CEO of the first channel Konstantin Ernst became a man of the year according to the GQ magazine. The victory in this nomination, as well as in the nomination "Producer of the Year," he was brought to the opening and closure ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
"Thanks to the Olympiad. This is one of the happiest and terrible experiences in my life. I only thought about how to fit the unopened ring on the closure, "Ernst commented on his award.
Recall that it was Konstantin who made it as the main creative producer and the scenario of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sochi, who was remembered by the audience not only with its unparalleled entertainment, but also with problems with the Olympic ring, not discontinued from high-tech snowflakes. On the air of Russian TV, these frames were promptly replaced by shooting from a general rehearsal, where everything passed perfectly. And the leading channel "Russia-1", which reported to the audio to the viewers, was unwound and said that all five snowflakes revealed. But information about the incident still leaked in the media and for a long time she became a reason for jokes.
It should be noted that the award ceremony of the Award "Man of the Year 2014" took place on the eve, on September 16, on the stage of the Mayakovsky Theater. Alexander Tsecalo and Ivan Urgant became her leading.
In addition to Ernst, the cherished statuette received Ilya Azar as a "journalist of the year", the "athlete of the year" was Viktor An, the Award "Musicant of the Year" deserved Sergey Shnurov, and Leonid Yarmolnik was named "Actor of the Year".