Capital show is a field of wonders of the star. A day in history: little-known facts about the Field of Miracles

The popularity rating of this capital show beat, beat and continues to beat all records. In our country, perhaps, there is no person who has not heard of the "Field of Miracles". This unique television project still attracts a huge audience like a magnet to the screen. Many are simply amazed at how many years "Field of Miracles" has been "afloat", entering the top of the most rated shows. After all, a huge number of modern programs of the entertainment genre do not have even a fraction of the popularity that the “people's” capital show has. And everything is very simple in it: shine with your intellect and get “fabulous prizes” for it. You just wonder how many years "Field of Miracles" makes a person a little happier. And today many people want to take part in the program and spin the drum with their own hands. What is the secret of the success of this project, which is so loved by the Russian audience? Let's consider this issue in more detail.

Historical reference

The first issue of the capital show was released back in 1990. The well-known journalist Vlad Listyev and the ex-general director of the ORT TV channel Anatoly Lysenko became its authors.

Initially it was assumed that it would be an analogue of the American project "Wheel of Fortune". When the creators were on one of their overseas business trips, they accidentally watched this entertainment program. Soon they were already discussing the idea of ​​a Russian version of the Wheel of Fortune. They could not even imagine how many years the "Field of Miracles" will cause smiles and give joy to ordinary people. Absolutely everyone plays it: teachers, doctors, milkmaids, tractor drivers, firefighters, policemen and others. There are no territorial boundaries for the project: people living in different parts of the country became participants in the program.

The host is the key to the success of the program

The "Field of Miracles" game has become popular in many ways thanks to a well-chosen host. Initially, it was the creator of the capital show - Vlad Listyev. However, after a while, the journalist had other television projects, and there was less and less time left at the "Field of Miracles". As a result, it was decided to appoint someone else to the lead role.

After several unsuccessful attempts, Listyev opted for a candidate. First, the "auctioneer" took time to think, and then agreed. Of course, the first programs, he felt, in his own words, not quite at ease, but then he got used to his role so much that the viewer understood that the game “Field of Miracles” and Leonid Yakubovich are inseparable concepts. Yes, and Vlad Listyev himself well understood that one of the components of the success of a television capital show is a charismatic presenter, which Leonid Arkadyevich was. For Russians, he has become a national favorite, since his charm, kindness and humor can win over anyone. In the program, he was assisted and assisted by bright models that open the unraveled letters and words on the scoreboard and award prizes to the winners.

It is noteworthy that in October 1992 the "Field of Miracles" program appeared for the hundredth time, and it was on this program that a curious incident took place. The release was filmed in the final of the capital show, the winner did not receive the coveted car, since a hint from the audience sounded in the hall.

The presenter was forced to change the assignment, the offender was removed, but the finalist was unable to answer a new question. However, Leonid Arkadyevich showed nobility and left all the prizes won to the winner.

Good capital show

Of course, the audience who has not missed a single episode (and there are many such fans of the project loved by the Russians) knows how many years the Field of Miracles recently celebrated. Yes, the program celebrated a quarter-century anniversary. One of its founders, Anatoly Lysenko, commented on the success of his "brainchild": “Today, the Field of Miracles has become a habit. This capital show has become a home friend who regularly visits, sometimes slightly outrages, but when you feel his absence, then there is a lack of something. There is no harm from the "Field of Miracles", on the contrary, this transfer is kind and sincere. This is very rare on television these days. A huge merit in the fact that the capital show lives and flourishes belongs to its permanent host - Leonid Yakubovich. "

"There is such a letter!"

For the anniversary of the show "Field of Miracles" (25 years old), a documentary film "There is such a letter!"

Over the entire period of the existence of this entertainment program, more than 74,000 prizes were awarded, about 100 cars and 20 apartments. Decorations, gifts, drum treats - everything is real. And it seems that this holiday will exist indefinitely, while people hundreds of thousands of kilometers away are ready to travel in order to give a jar of honey, sing, dance and kiss the presenter on his thick mustache.

The 26th birthday is celebrated today, October 25, by one of the most popular programs on Russian television - "Field of Miracles".

On October 25, 1990, a TV show went on the air for the first time "Field of Dreams"- as today, the capital show came out on the "first button". The authors of the program were Vladislav Listyev, who first and until his death played the game, and Alexey Murmulev. The first director of the project was Ivan Demidov. The program is produced by the TV company "VID" to this day.

The TV game "Field of Miracles" is the Russian analogue of the American television program "Wheel of Fortune". Vladislav Listyev took the name for the capital show from a fairy tale Alexei Tolstoy "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino".

Today, the permanent host of the "Field of Miracles" - Leonid Yakubovich, who has held this post since November 1, 1991, becoming one of the symbols of the project. So, the phrases of Leonid Yakubovich at the game "Field of Miracles": "Prize to the studio!" or "The main prize is a car" became popular, as well as the recognizable manner of pronouncing them - stretching consonants and deliberately solemnly. The presenter also has assistants, for example, girls who open letters on the scoreboard, whose names TV viewers do not know.

REGULATIONS

The rules of the game are very simple: three rounds involve three people each, the winners of the rounds compete in the final game, and the winner, if he wins the supergame, gets the main prize. It is very easy to become a participant of the "Field of Miracles" game: for this you need to send an original crossword puzzle to the editorial office of the program. The game is played by both adults and children, firefighters, milkmaids, police officers, teachers, war veterans, artists - everyone who knows Russian letters and words.

Watch "Field of Miracles" on Channel One every Friday at 20:00

FACTS

• In 1992, when the program was already hosted by Yakubovich, in one of the episodes, when the game with the audience was supposed to begin, Vlad Listyev appeared with a message about the theft of the film. This is the only program in which only the first, second and third rounds were recorded.
• On January 6, 2009, a record was set: the participant scored 13 654 points, while she won the super game.
• On May 8, 2015, in a special issue dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the player scored 0 points, but Yakubovich gave him 9000 points. The participant took all the prizes in the price list, agreed to play the super game and won the car by guessing all three words.
• In one of the issues of 1992, the participant won the supergame, naming the letter O from the possible letters. As a result, the word OOOO was opened - the first pseudonym of Gogol.
• Interestingly, the recording of one issue of "Field of Miracles", which is 52 minutes long, usually lasts more than three hours. During one shooting day, several programs "Field of Miracles" are usually filmed.
• "Field of Miracles" received two statuettes " "- in 1995 in the nomination" Best host of an entertainment program "and in 1999 - in the nomination" Host of an entertainment program ".
• In 2015, a documentary was filmed for the 25th anniversary of the TV program "There is such a letter"which aired on October 25, 2015.

BECOME A PARTICIPANT

Players from all over Russia and neighboring countries take part in the filming. To become a member, first you need to register on the program website, and also fill out questionnaire .

All these years, "Field of Miracles" has remained one of the most beloved spectacles of Russians, invariably earning high ratings. The game comes out at a very favorable time for rotation - prime time, on Friday evening. Despite the fact that today the project is becoming the object of jokes among netizens, "Field of Miracles" continues its history on the pages of television, proving that the project is still interesting to the public.

Domestic version of the American program "Wheel of Fortune"

For more than 20 years, the existence of the "Field of Miracles" program, it has turned into a popular program. And now it is already difficult to imagine that this is just a domestic version of the American show Wheel of Fortune, that is, the "Wheel of Fortune". "Field of Miracles" was "born" in a hotel room. In the book “Vlad Listyev. A biased requiem, "it is described that Vladislav Listyev and Anatoly Lysenko" created a capital show while watching the American program Wheel of Fortune in a hotel room. " The creators borrowed the name from the tale of Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy "The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino".

The prototype for "Field of Miracles" - the American show "Wheel of Fortune" - first aired on January 6, 1975 at 10:30 am on NBC. In August 1980, the program was withdrawn from the air. But later, the channel's management decided to leave the program on the air and cut David Letterman's show from 90 to 60 minutes for the sake of this show. "Wheel of Fortune" is one of the highest-rated shows in the history of American television.

19 seasons

None of the currently existing serials have dreamed of such a creative "longevity"! But this is exactly how many - 19 seasons - the "Field of Miracles" had in its more than 20-year history.

Leonid Yakubovich on the set of the show "Field of Miracles", 1992 F oto: ITAR-TASS

The studio changed 5 times

On October 25, 1990, the first issue of the Pole Miracles TV show with the host Vlad Listyev took place in a dark blue studio with a simple unpretentious drum, external handles like hooks and arrows indicating sectors, a board with black letters. A year later, in 1991, the studio underwent its first changes: the inscription "Field of Miracles" appeared on the wall, and the letters turned blue on the board. Two years later, in 1993, the drum shrank and acquired an arrow like a compass, as well as several vertical handles. The number of maximum points that a participant could score has increased to 750. Among other things, the music has changed. In this form, the studio existed for two more years. In 1995, when the screensavers and logo of the First Channel changed, the scenery of the "Field of Miracles" show also acquired a new look: the stairs, along which the participants descended, began to glow, televisions appeared on the steps, where a spinning drum was broadcast, the music changed again. In this form, the studio existed for 6 years until 2001, when the "Field of Miracles" show completely changed its image. Naturally, the studio could not help but change. It was improved, modernized, a new drum with a plasma screen was installed, on which the turn of the arrow was broadcast. Finally, the last changes touched the studio 8 years ago, in 2005, when they changed the drum and the music. Since then and to this day, the design of the studio has not been changed.

Studio in 2007 F oto: Russian Look

The host changed only once

Despite 19 seasons and more than 20 years of history, the host at Pole Miracles has changed only once, and this happened exactly one year after the premiere of the program. Then Vlad Listyev handed over the "baton" to Leonid Yakubovchu, who since then, which means that for 22 years, has been permanent.

The game show celebrates anniversaries in ... the circus

This has already become a good tradition. So, the jubilee 100th edition of the "Field of Miracles" show was filmed on September 29, 1992 at the Nikulin Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. The festive program aired on October 23. The game show also celebrated its 20th anniversary in the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Surprisingly, but true: the 20th anniversary of the "Field of Miracles" coincided with the 130th anniversary of the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Actually, therefore, the management and chose this place when choosing a place for the celebrations.

Vladislav Listyev, Klara Novikova and Leonid Yakubovich on the set of the 100th edition of the "Field of Miracles" show (09/29/1992) Photo: ITAR-TASS

"Field of Miracles" was marked on the world map

On account of the "Field of Miracles" there are several exit issues. The first, which was about Spain, was filmed in Barcelona. It aired on December 25, 1992. The second "exit" edition was on April 23, 1993. It was filmed on the motor ship "Shota Rustaveli", which in March 1993 set off for the first cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. The third was the Kiev edition. It was filmed in the capital of Ukraine. It went on the air on December 16, 1994. There was another, supposedly African edition of "Field of Miracles", which went on the air on March 31, 2000. The bottom line was that Leonid Yakubovich led him from Africa. In fact, the program was filmed in their own studio, they were simply rebuilt in an African manner, and ordinary students of the RUDN University played the inhabitants of Africa.

Alla Pugacheva accompanied Vladislav Listyev

The prima donna of the national stage participated in the "Field of Miracles" program twice. First appeared in the latest episode hosted by Vladislav Listyev. This program was broadcast on October 25, 1991. Actually, on the birthday of "Field of Miracles". For the second time, Pugacheva took part in the festive edition of "Field of Miracles" dedicated to International Women's Day. It aired on March 7, 1997.

Elena Malysheva left the "Field of Miracles" in a mink coat

During its existence, the "Field of Miracles" show has presented a great many prizes to its participants. By the way, the stars also got it. So, which participated in the anniversary, 1000th edition, the program won it and won a mink coat and a week's vacation in Venice.

Gifts made to Yakubovich by the show participants can not only be seen, but also touched

The capital show museum "Semi Miracles", which is constantly mentioned on the air and where Leonid Yakubovich sends all the gifts brought to him, really exists. It is located in the Central pavilion of the All-Russian Exhibition Center and has existed for 12 years. There you can find the first box "Field of Miracles", all those costumes that Yakubovich tried on on the air, numerous portraits of the presenter, and much more. It is noteworthy that the main part of the exhibits can be touched by hands, photographed and even tried on.

Museum capital show "Field of Miracles" Photo: Sergey Danilchev

In the early nineties, viewers, not yet spoiled by a variety of television programs, from young to old sat at the screens on Friday evenings to watch a program in which the most ordinary people from Russian cities and villages competed in intelligence and erudition, rotating the drum, spelling out the hidden word and taking home the joy of winning or the bitterness of defeat. How old is "Field of Miracles", a program that has collected more than one generation on television? And could its creators have assumed that it will last so long on the air and will continue to be at the top of the ratings even after the appearance of new, more popular TV shows?

TV game creation

So how old is Field of Miracles, a program familiar to us from childhood? For the first time this TV show was released on screens in 1990, or rather, on October 26. It is on this day, Friday, at 20.00, that one of the longest and most popular TV games starts. The young, talented and ambitious Vladislav Listyev, together with Anatoly Lysenko, who was then the head of the youth editorial staff of Central Television, reworked and adapted the script for the American game Wheel of Fortune, invented and embodied by Merv Griffin. One of the main differences was that there were several presenters in the "Wheel of Fortune", and in the "Field of Miracles" - only one. Listyev himself became him. Having conceived and realized "Field of Miracles", he enthusiastically conducted the first edition himself. And this enthusiasm was enough for a year. Despite the fact that the popularity of the show was very high and the interest of the audience only grew over time, Listyev wanted to expand his horizons. Therefore, he went to implement new projects, handing over the reins of government to Leonid Yakubovich.

The essence of the game is quite simple: there are three triplets of players playing in turn, then the winners from each triple play among themselves, and then a super game follows, from which the finalist has the right to refuse and take prizes or play it and receive a super prize as well. Each of the players spins the black and white drum that has already become famous and, depending on the value dropped, either guesses the letter, or moves on. There are, of course, a lot of exceptions - this is the Prize sector, and the Zero sector, and Bankrupt, and two boxes for three correctly guessed letters ... But the main point of the game is to guess the word before your opponents. In the process, the players show themselves as best they can - they say hello to their relatives, perform dance or circus numbers, sing, recite poems and, of course, give the presenter gifts. Gifts from players are one of the main traditions of the game. Souvenirs can be of any kind, but it is desirable that they have the flavor of the area from which the guest came, or that they be made or prepared by hand. All gifts are sent to the capital show museum.

First presenter - Vlad Listyev

The creator of the TV show became its first presenter. Vladislav Listyev was born in Moscow in 1956. He was a talented journalist, anchorman, an entrepreneur with a business acumen. He was one of those who stood at the origins of the VID TV company, the emblem of which, appearing on the screen, often frightened the kids. Listyev remained the leader of his brainchild for a very short time, from 1990 to 1991. At that time he was already known thanks to the socio-political program "Look", and after the "Field of Miracles" he went to conquer new heights. He created such programs as "Theme" and "Rush Hour", he was successful, popular and loved by the audience. He was often invited to the KVN jury. Then came the peak of his career in the VID TV company - he became its president. And again he decided to go further, in 1995 he was appointed to the post of general director of the ORT channel. And just a month after the appointment, on March 1, 1995, a tragedy occurred - Vladislav Listyev was killed.

The second and permanent presenter - Leonid Yakubovich

Almost as many years as the "Field of Miracles", the cheerleading Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich conducts it. He became the host of the capital show after Leaves left. According to the presenter himself, he was very worried when he came to the casting at the "Field of Miracles". He spent the first graduation very nervous and was sure that he would not be accepted. However, they took it, and it was he who led the program to success and national love. And some of Yakubovich's phrases even became winged, for example, "And now the commercial break!" Leonid Arkadievich is happily married, he has a daughter, Varvara. And the favorite brainchild - the program "Field of Miracles" - has been pleasing the audience for 25 years. Yes, in 2015 the TV game had an anniversary - a quarter of a century on the screens!

In the archives of the game, you can find many interesting and unusual moments. For example, not all shootings were in studio. Here is the 100th anniversary edition of the show took place at the circus arena on Tsvetnoy Boulevard. And one of the Christmas episodes is in Spain. There was also a super final on board an ocean liner. And the participants weren't always ordinary. They made games with the participation of celebrities, with the participation of dolls in place of the players, there was a program with four presenters and even an edition styled in Africa - all the spectators in the hall were African.

Museum capital show "Field of Miracles"

How old is the "Field of Miracles", the same is the age of the museum. The museum was not originally planned as part of the show, but people brought and brought gifts to the presenter ... Then they organized an exhibition of these gifts in the hall of the TV studio, but during the existence of the TV game their number has grown incredibly. After all, from what year does "Field of Miracles" come? Since 1990! For so many years, a whole mountain of presents have accumulated there. As a result, in 2002 it was decided to create a permanent exhibition of the museum at the All-Russian Exhibition Center. This is where the Fields of Miracles Museum is now located.

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Issues with Vlad Listyev (1990-1991); Issues from 1993; Joint release of "Field of Miracles" and "Dolls" (1996)

Screensavers

In 1990-2000, the screen saver of the program looked like this: bright stripes quickly move parallel to each other towards each other, thus forming a field of sixteen even squares. Further, the field becomes three-dimensional, as if acquiring volume (in three-dimensional form, it becomes similar to a bar of chocolate). Under a kind of chomping sound, three-dimensional colored symbols of various shapes are lowered on the field, each symbol as a result occupies one square. Then the main musical motive of the screensaver sounds, under it a field of squares soars into the air, rises and on its background is written in pink letters “ Field of Dreams ". Then the field flies out of the screen (while the music continues), and soon returns, turning over with its reverse side, which is an ordinary gray square. The square is dropped behind the words "Field of Miracles", and then the phrase "kap and tal shoy" appears under the resulting composition. The background music for this screensaver changed slightly in 1993. In 1991, after the advertisement and before the super game, a blue paper flew in with the word "Field of Miracles Capital Show". From 1992 to 1995, a splash screen with bouncing gold letters on a black background was shown in front of the ad.

From autumn 1995 to 2000, after an advertisement on ORT, a game drum rotates in the screen saver of the program, the camera approaches it so that the points on the sectors are not visible. With each new sector, letters appear under one sonorous note, forming the words “ Field of Dreams". When the sector is changed for the last time, a golden frame appears, which, like the square from the old splash screen, sinks into the background. In the screensaver of the super game, the square with the word "Field of Miracles" began to rotate rapidly, after stopping in the square it was already " Super game". There were also screensavers for individual sectors at that time.

The modern opening splash screen, in use since December 29, 2000, shows the game studio and a spinning reel flying. On the screen of the stars, the image of Yakubovich is formed. Then the word "Field of Miracles" is spelled out. All this takes place to the accompaniment of a shortened version of the music from the first intro, while it sounds twice, first in a jazz style, then, when the letters light up, in a standard one. They also existed in a truncated form for the commercial break. Before the super game, in the upper line we see the word "SUPER", written in lilac letters, and in the bottom - the word "game", formed by lit lamps. In March 2009, the image of Yakubovich was removed from the screensaver, and the screensaver itself runs at a slower pace.

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