Yana Churikova

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alekseyevna and the family name is Churikova.

Yana Churikova
Яна Чурикова
File:Яна Алексеевна Чурикова.jpg
Born	Yana Alekseyevna Churikova (1978-11-06) 6 November 1978 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Occupations	Television presenter journalist television producer editor-in-chief
Website	yanachurikova.ru

Yana Alekseyevna Churikova (Russian: Яна Алексеевна Чурикова; born 6 November 1978) is a Russian journalist and television host who worked on MTV Russia before moving to Channel One, where she hosted seven seasons of the Star Factory talent show.

Career

She has also gained publicity across Europe and the world for presenting the results of the Russian televote at the Eurovision Song Contest for several years. Churikova was to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, to be held in Moscow, Russia. However, her pregnancy was announced shortly afterwards and she instead hosted only the allocation draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals. Her daughter Taisa Lazareva was born on 26 May 2009, 10 days after the Eurovision final.

Every other year, from 2009 to 2021, Churikova provided commentary to Eurovision Song Contest on Channel One. She also hosted the national final to select Russia's entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

External links

• Yana Churikova at IMDb
• (in Russian) Official site of Yana Churikova
• (in Russian) Яна Чурикова in Peoples.ru database
• (in Russian) Yana Churikova Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine in LiveJournal