Journalist biography
Alexey Samoletov was born in 1963 in Novosibirsk. Already at the age of 4 he appeared on television as a presenter of children's programs. After graduating from school, he entered the Novosibirsk Theater School. At that time, the stage attracted him more than the camera. He studied in the workshop of the Honored Artist of Russia Lev Belov.
At the same time, he got his first job - as an actor in the Novosibirsk theater for young spectators. During his studies, he took part in 9 performances that were in the theater’s repertoire. After graduating from college, he was officially registered as a full-time employee.
First steps in the profession
In 1987, Alexey Samoletov began working in one of the leading Novosibirsk theaters, the Red Torch. His repertoire includes many classical and modern productions.
At this time he took his first steps in journalism. Starts immediately on both radio and television. It produces original programs dedicated to the problems of youth - “Student Meridian” and “On the Student Wave”.
At the age of 20, he was appointed director and artistic director of the theater of facial expressions and gestures of Novosibirsk. He led the creative team for about two years.
In 1989 he entered the correspondence faculty of Altai State University, the Faculty of Journalism. Then he finished working in theaters. Goes to television. Starts as an assistant director at a Novosibirsk television studio.
Career
An integral part of Irada’s life is her career. Public recognition for the newly minted journalist allowed her to gain cooperation with Channel One, which began in 2003. Zeynalova surprised many spectators and colleagues with her fearlessness and hard work. From the first days of work, she easily agreed to report from the sites of tragic incidents, including terrorist attacks.
In 2012, Zeynalova announced herself as the host of the popular program “Time”. Then “Conversations with Dmitry Medvedev” and “Results of the week with Irada Zeynalova” appeared in her professional biography. The latest program is broadcast on the NTV channel and is in great demand among regular viewers.
Irada’s second husband is ten years younger than her chosen one, but this does not prevent them from building a happy family life
Own projects
Aleksey Eduardovich Samoletov began working on his own projects in 1990. Gets a job at the Novosibirsk main information editorial office in Moscow. Begins to produce the program “Panorama”, develops sports programs.
Samoletov was one of the initiators of the creation of private regional television. For the first time, such television channels publicly announced themselves in 1991, during the August putsch in Moscow. In those days when the fate of the entire country was being decided in the capital, the Panorama program, produced by Aleksey Eduardovich Samoletov, was the only truthful source of information for residents of Russia after the Urals. As you know, the ballet “Swan Lake” was broadcast on federal channels at that time, so most Russians had a very rough idea of what was really happening.
After this success, Alexey Samoletov received an invitation to federal television channels in Moscow.
Instagram and Wikipedia Irada Zeynalova
After the highly experienced combat journalist of Channel One left one of the most stable television programs, search requests for Irada Zeynalova’s Instagram and Wikipedia became more frequent on the Internet. Despite the fact that Valery Fadeev now covers the most significant events for the country, Zeynalova’s personality remains popular. Many people are interested in her not only as a TV presenter, but also as a person with extensive experience in the field of journalism.
Under various posts on social networks, you can see hundreds of user comments with questions about how to find yourself in life. Of course, most questions remain unanswered, but whenever possible, the popular journalist tries to respond to comments from time to time, which pleases her fans.
When Irada Avtandilovna Zeynalova broadcasts, few remain indifferent. Her extravagance, vitality and enthusiasm are conveyed to the viewer. She managed to become a professional in her field and achieve a dizzying career in a short time. In the late 90s, she could be seen on the RTR channel, from the early 2000s on Channel One, to which she devoted 13 years of her professional activity, and now on the NTV channel, where Irada
Vesti correspondent
In the early 90s, Samoletov became a freelance correspondent for the Vesti program on the RTR television channel. Already in 1992, he received a position on the staff as his own correspondent for the Vesti program in the Novosibirsk region.
It has been operating in the capital since 1993. Starts as a commentator in Vesti. He works a lot as a war correspondent in various hot spots: Abkhazia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, North Ossetia, Chechnya.
Worked closely with the Ministry of Emergency Situations in eliminating the consequences of various emergency incidents in different parts of the world - on Sakhalin and even in Colombia. He covered the tests of the first crew of the international space station Alpha, for which conditions of artificial weightlessness were created.
Irada Zeynalova now
In July 2021, Irada Zeynalova with colleagues Egor Kolyvanov and Sergei Malozemov participated in the program “Non-Children's Conversation with.”
Irada Zeynalova during the “Non-childish conversation with Vladimir Putin”
Now Irada Zeynalova looks refreshed, with a height of 175 cm, her weight does not exceed 55 kg. The TV presenter devotes her free time to traveling, which she informs users of her Instagram about. The journalist recently began posting photos on this social network.
Irada’s personal profile appeared in the summer of 2021. There was also a funny thing: while in Marseille, a TV journalist received a bruise under her eye after accidentally crashing into a pole on the street. The photo with the injured eye surprised subscribers. Irada herself joked that she could now pose as a victim of street riots.
Irada Zeynalova in Syria in 2021
In the summer of the same year, Irada Zeynalova became a representative of the jury of the international Khaled Alkhateb Memorial Awards, established by the RT channel in memory of the deceased Syrian correspondent Khaled al-Khatib. Correspondents working in hot spots around the world received prizes.
Irada is always up to date with the latest events. The TV presenter left her comment about the scandalous Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, which the men gave about their stay in Salisbury and their non-involvement in the poisoning and. According to Zeynalova, their appearance on the screen raised even more doubts than before. The TV journalist also noted confusion in their answers and general uncertainty.
TEFI Award nominee Irada Zeynalova
In October 2021, Irada Zeynalova became a nominee for the TEFI award in the category “Best TV presenter of an information and analytical final program.” Competing for the award were (“News of the Week”, Russia 1) and Anna Prokhorova (“In the Center of Events”, TV, Channel One). The winner was Andrey Dobrov, TV presenter of the “Dobrov on Air” program on the REN TV channel.
Irada Zeynalova’s program also competed for “TEFI” in the category “Best Information and Analytical Final Program” along with the releases “Everything for Football”, “News of the Week”, “Sunday Time”. But here, too, Andrei Dobrov’s pass was the first.
Projects dedicated to the Russian aircraft industry
He actively covered the problems and successes of the Russian aircraft industry. Alexey Samoletov, whose biography has been associated with aviation throughout his career, is a regular author and host of the program “Under the Wing” dedicated to this. Airplanes." Worked at several International Aviation and Space Salons "MAKS".
In 2010, based on his script, the film “Ruslan, who united the world” was shot, dedicated to the history of the development and creation of the Soviet heavy transport aircraft “Ruslan”. The film received positive reviews from viewers and film critics and was included in the competition program of the New York Film and Television Festival.
Samoletov himself noted that he was lucky with his last name. It was a very fortunate coincidence that he was really very interested in aviation, knew its history well, and constantly worked on topics related to it. The editors encouraged this passion; they almost always trusted him to film reports from the MAKS air show. This is how he lives up to his last name, Alexey himself claims.
For almost 10 years he broadcast on Radio Russia, and at the same time began teaching the basics of creative skills at the journalism departments of various higher educational institutions.
Journalism
The desire to become a journalist, which had been dormant in Irada Zeynalova since childhood, awakened in 1997. The “journalistic gene” was passed on to the daughters from their father, who once mastered this profession. The only thing that kept Irada from appearing on television earlier was the fear that the titanic work would be beyond her. But the fears were in vain. A certain role in Zeynalova’s work biography was played by her friend, journalist Olga Kokorekina. She invited Irada to try her hand as an assistant to the editor of the “Time” program on RTR.
Soon the assistant became the editor of Vesti and a translator from English. Working with the Dutch team, Irada Zeynalova participated in the creation of a newsroom for a news program. And Zeynalova first appeared on television screens in 2000 - she made her debut as the host of the TV program “Time”.
Despite the lack of special education, Irada Zeynalova has become a leading television journalist of our time. High-profile events, natural disasters, terrorist acts and military operations, media and sporting events - this is not a complete list of covered events in Irada’s track record.
Since 2003, working as a correspondent for the news programs “News”, “Other News” and “Time”, Irada Zeynalova conducted television reports in difficult conditions: in 2004 and 2010 during the explosions in the Moscow metro, in September 2004 during the terrorist attack in Beslan. In 2006, Zeynalova was entrusted with reporting from the final match of the FIFA World Cup in Germany and covering the Winter Olympic Games in Turin. In 2012, Irada’s collection of sports reports was replenished with stories from the Summer Olympic Games in London.
Irada Zeynalova also has funny moments. The video, where the TV presenter sends the boy in the frame to a well-known address, received 1.5 million views on YouTube.
Irada Zeynalova - video with a boy
Later, the journalist told the story of a curious incident. According to her, Channel One was filming a story in Tobolsk about the final journey of the Romanov imperial family. Filming in 40-degree frost against the backdrop of the house where the Romanovs stayed, a microphone with an iron base in a hand without a mitten, and unsuccessful takes caused Irada’s breakdown, because the boy ruined the only successful shot.
Another hit of the Runet is the release of KVN stars 15 years ago “Graduate Meeting”. The most memorable was the sketch of the Tomsk team “Maximum” called “Siberian Storytellers”. and told a story about sanctions, foreign and domestic policies, remembered the Olympics, Mistral and TV presenter Irada Zeynalova. The video was watched by 3 million Internet users.
KVN team "Maximum" - "Siberian Storytellers"
Journalist Zeynalova's track record is varied; hot spots and sporting events, politics and art add color to her journalistic palette. For the bright shades of reporting in 2006, Irada received a shower of awards: the prestigious television award “TEFI” for the reporting cycle “Golden Moments of the Olympics” and the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree.
Irada Zeynalova’s further career rise continued in 2007: the journalist headed the bureau of Channel One OJSC in London, moving to the same position in Tel Aviv in 2011.
In September 2012, the Muscovite took the position of presenter of the most media-rich Sunday edition of the TV show “Time”. From 2012 to 2014, as a guest journalist for Channel One, Irada Avtandilovna was a participant in the “Conversations with” program.
In the summer of 2014, Zeynalova became “banned” from entering Ukraine: the country’s authorities added the Russian TV presenter to the sanctions list for her position on events in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
In the same year, Zeynalova was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree.
At the end of 2021, changes occurred in the TV star’s career: she left Channel One and moved to NTV. Zeynalova said the reason was the exhausted relationship with the TV channel and the desire to start a new page. The first to know about Irada’s decision were her relatives and the head of Channel One. After a long and difficult conversation, everyone accepted the journalist’s choice and supported her.
Since December 2016, NTV viewers saw Irada Zeynalova. The TV presenter is the new face of the Sunday newscast. The information and analytical program is called “Results of the week with Irada Zeynalova.” For the author's program, the journalist prepares reports and interviews newsmakers of the week.
Samoletov family
The journalist is now divorced. Alexey Samoletov, whose personal life did not work out, was married twice. He had one son from both marriages. From the first, a short one, concluded in his youth - Oleg, from the second - Timur.
The second wife of the hero of our article is also a famous journalist. Alexey Samoletov and Irada Zeynalova have been married for about 20 years. Divorced in 2015.
Now Samoletov is free, Zeynalova got married again. This time for the war correspondent of Channel One, Alexander Evstigneev.
Children of Irada Zeynalova
The TV presenter does not often talk about her own family. Of course, there are children of Irada Zeynalova, and this is a child from her first marriage - the charming son Timur. Despite the fact that Irada divorced her first husband, she is not an ardent opponent of his communication with her son. Timur, despite his young age, has already managed not only to serve in the army, but also to begin an independent life a little away from his family.
According to Irada, she and her son try as much as possible not to interfere in each other’s personal lives. Timur now devotes almost all his free time to study and self-development. After Irada stopped being a TV presenter of one of the most popular projects on Channel One, she immediately began to devote more time to her family.
