''Big Difference'' (russian: Большая разница, Bolshaya raznitsa) was a Russian
parody
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TV show
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. Conceptually it is similar to the ''
MADtv
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'' show or the German comedy show, ''
Switch
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''. Created by producers
Aleksandr Tsekalo
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Tsekalo, uk, Олександр Євгенович Цекало, Oleksandr Yevhenovich Tsekalo (born 22 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian musician, actor, radio and TV host. Founder of production company Sreda, he is ...
and Ruslan Sorokin in 2007. The actors within the project are performing parodies of the most popular Russian and world
celebrities
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,
TV program
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s,
movie
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s, etc.
In 2012, the show was rebranded to ''Big Difference TV'' and one of the hosts,
Ivan Urgant
Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. His best known roles in film are Boris in the ''Yolki'' series and as Dani ...
, was contracted by the Russian competing channel
TNT
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to leave the show.
The show ended in 2014.
History
The first episode was broadcast on January 1, 2008 on
Channel One Russia
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. Three more episodes were created because of the audience's approval. After hiatus TV show resumed in September 2008. On June 5, 2014, the last episode of the project was released.
Hosts
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Ivan Urgant
Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. His best known roles in film are Boris in the ''Yolki'' series and as Dani ...
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Aleksandr Tsekalo
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Tsekalo, uk, Олександр Євгенович Цекало, Oleksandr Yevhenovich Tsekalo (born 22 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian musician, actor, radio and TV host. Founder of production company Sreda, he is ...
Actors
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Nonna Grishayeva
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Aleksandr Oleshko
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Sergey Burunov
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He has appeared in more than 60 films since 2002. Burunov is known for his performances in the parody TV show ''Big ...
Svetlana Galka
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Vladimir Kisarov
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Valentina Rubtsova
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Vyacheslav Manucharov Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацл ...
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Maria Zykova
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Vladimir Zhukov
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Galina Konshina
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Viktor Andriyenko
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Aleksey Fedotov
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Fyodor Dobronravov
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* Mikhail Politseymako
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Olga Medynich
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"Sketch with star" (Russian: Sketch so zvezdoy) is heading, in which guest stars are playing in sketches together with the actors. Currently named "World history" (Russian: Vsemirnaya istoriya), in which guest stars play different historic figures.
Guest stars:
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Gosha Kutsenko
Yuriy Georgiyevich Kutsenko (russian: Ю́рий Гео́ргиевич Куце́нко; born 20 May 1967), better known as Gosha Kutsenko (russian: Гоша Куценко), is a Russian actor, producer, singer, poet, and screenwriter. In 2008, ...
Semyon Slepakov
Semyon Sergeyevich Slepakov (russian: Семён Серге́евич Слепако́в; born 23 August 1979 in Pyatigorsk) is one of the top Russian producers, screenwriters and show-runners.
Creative producer of TNT, the most rated Russian TV c ...
Aleksandr Tsekalo
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Tsekalo, uk, Олександр Євгенович Цекало, Oleksandr Yevhenovich Tsekalo (born 22 March 1961) is a Soviet and Russian musician, actor, radio and TV host. Founder of production company Sreda, he is ...
"Animated painting" (Russian: Ozhivshaya kartina) is heading, in which actors play characters from well-known paintings.
International editions
The Ukrainian version of ''Big Difference'' has been produced since January 1, 2010. January 1, 2011 is the expected date for the release of a Belorussian version.