''Ice Age'' () is a weekly

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. It is originally produced by Channel One Russia (Pervy Kanal), broadcasting intermittently since 2007.

Description

The show ''Ice Age'' consists in a sports TV competition of several couples in

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. One of the partners in each pair is a well-known representative of the Russian theater, sports, ballet, stage, cinema or television, far from this sport, and the other is a titled professional in sports ice dancing or single figure skating. The skills of the competing duets are judged by five judges headed by Honored Coach of the USSR

Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (; born 13 February 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students h ...

. The marks are given on a six-point system in the same way as in real figure skating competitions before 2005 - for technique and artistry. In the period from 2007 to 2014, the participants were divided in two teams led by coaches

Alexander Zhulin Alexander (Sasha) Viacheslavovich Zhulin (; born 20 July 1963) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Maya Usova, he is a two-time Olympic medalist ( 1994 silver, 1992 bronze), the 1993 World champion, and the 1993 Europe ...

and

Ilya Averbukh Ilia Izyaslavich Averbukh (russian: Илья Изяславич Авербух, correctly spelled "Ilya"; born 18 December 1973) is a Russian ice dancer. With his then-wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World ...

. Coaches were also the authors of the dance numbers of their wards. Since 2015, Ilya Averbukh has been the coach and producer of the show. Figure skaters Maxim Stavisky,

Albena Denkova Albena Petrova Denkova ( bg, Албена Петрова Денкова, born 3 December 1974) is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiance Maxim Staviski, she is a two-time ( 2006– 2007) World champion, a two-time ( 2003– 2004) Europe ...

and Elena Stanislavovna Maslennikova are also involved in staging dances and working with participants.

Participants

1st season

Tatiana Navka Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka (russian: Татьяна Александровна Навка; born 13 April 1975) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer and wife of Dmitry Peskov. With her dance partner Roman Kostomarov, she is the 2006 Olymp ...

- actor

Ville Haapasalo Ville Juhana Haapasalo (born 28 February 1972) is a Finnish stage and film actor who has worked in Finland and Russia. His acting career started in 1995, after he finished his studies in St. Petersburg. In 2003, he was honored with the State Priz ...

*TV presenter

Larisa Verbitskaya Larisa Viktorovna Verbitskaya (russian: Лари́са Ви́кторовна Верби́цкая; born November 30, 1959, Feodosia, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet and Russian announcer and TV presenter. In the past, the host of t ...

- Povilas Vanagas * Margarita Drobyazko - actor

Alexander Dyachenko Alexander Igorevich Dyachenko (russian: Александр Игоревич Дьяченко; born 24 January 1990) is a banned Russian sprint canoeist. He won the Men's K-2 200 metres gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Yury Postriga ...

*singer Victoria Daineko - Alexey Yagudin *ballerina

Anastasia Volochkova Anastasia Yuryevna Volochkova (russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Волочкова; born 20 January 1976)NEWSru, newsru.com, 20 January 2006. is a former Russian prima ballerina.Anastasia Volochkova Official Homepage, volochkova.ru, 8 ...

- Anton Sikharulidze *actor

Grigory Siyatvinda Grigory Davidovich Siyatvinda (russian: Григорий Дэвидович Сиятвинда; born 26 April 1970) is a Russian stage and film actor, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2006), State Prize of the Russian Federation laurea ...

- Elena Leonova *singer Alexandra Savelyeva - Sergey Sakhnovsky * Tatyana Totmyanina - singer Nikita Malinin *actress Chulpan Khamatova -

Roman Kostomarov Roman Sergeyevich Kostomarov (russian: Роман Серге́евич Костомаров, born 8 February 1977) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Tatiana Navka, he is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World champion (2004–05), three-t ...

*actress Alisa Grebenshikova - Alexey Tikhonov * Maria Petrova - comedian

Mikhail Galustyan Nshan Sergeyevich Galustyan (russian: Ншан Сергеевич Галустян; born 25 October 1979), known professionally as Mikhail Galustyan (russian: link=no, Михаил Галустян), is a Russian showman, comedian, screenwriter, ...

Irina Lobacheva Irina Viktorovna Lobacheva (russian: Ирина Викторовна Лобачёва; born 18 February 1973) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner and former husband Ilia Averbukh, she is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the ...

- actor

Dmitry Maryanov Dmitry Yuryevich Maryanov (russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Марьянов; 1 December 1969 — 15 October 2017) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, TV presenter.

- actor

Igor Vernik Igor Emilievich Vernik (russian: И́горь Эми́льевич Ве́рник; born October 11, 1963) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, producer, television and radio host. Biography Igor was born in 1963 in family of Emil ...

*actress Olga Kabo -

Maxim Marinin Maxim Viktorovich Marinin (russian: link=no, Максим Викторович Маринин, born 23 March 1977) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. With partner Tatiana Totmianina, he is the 2006 Olympic champion, two-time World cham ...

*tennis player Anastasia Myskina - Andrey Khvalko *

Anna Semenovich Anna Grigorievna Semenovich (russian: А́нна Григо́рьевна Семено́вич, born 1 March 1980) is a Russian singer, actress, model, and former competitive ice-dancer. Skating-career Early in her career, Semenovich skated w ...

- actor

Alexei Makarov Alexei Valerevich Makarov (russian: Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Мака́ров; 15 February 1972) is a Russian actor of theatre and cinema. Born 1972 in Omsk in family of actors Valeriy Makarov and Lyubov Polishchuk. Biography A ...

2nd season

*actress

Alyona Babenko Alyona Olegovna Babenko (; russian: Алёна Оле́говна Бабе́нко; born March 31, 1972) is a Russian film and theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2013). Biography Elena Baranova, known professionally as Aly ...

*actress and TV presenter Ekaterina Strizhenova - Alexey Tikhonov * Ekaterina Gordeeva - actor

Egor Beroev Egor Vadimovich Beroev (russian: Егор Вадимович Бероев; born 9 October 1977) is a Russian actor of film, television and theater. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1994. Early career Beroev graduated from the Mikha ...

*actress Ksenia Alferova - Povilas Vanagas *singer Anna Sedokova – Andrey Khvalko * Margarita Drobyazko - actor

Dmitry Miller Dmitry Arturovich Miller (russian: Дми́трий Арту́рович Ми́ллер; born 2 April 1972) is a Russian theater actor. Biography Dmitry Miller was born on 2 April 1972 in suburban Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet ...

*actress

Olesya Zheleznyak Olesya Vladimirovna Zheleznyak (russian: Оле́ся Влади́мировна Железня́к; born November 11, 1974) is a Russian theater and film actress, TV presenter.

*actress Valeria Lanskaya - Alexey Yagudin *

- actor Vladimir Shevelkov *

- fencer Pavel Kolobkov *actress

Tatyana Arntgolts Tatyana Albertovna Arntgolts (russian: Татьяна Альбертовна Арнтгоольц; born 18 March 1982) is a Russian theater and film actress, and TV presenter. Biography Twin sisters Tatyana and Olga were born in Kaliningrad, R ...

/ Olga Arntgolts - Maxim Stavisky * Tatyana Totmyanina - TV presenter Leonid Zakoshansky *singer Vera Brezhneva – Vazgen Azroyan *actress Anastasia Makeeva – Alexander Abt *

- showman Timur Rodriguez *singer

Zhanna Friske Jeanna Vladimirovna Friske (russian: link=no, Жанна Владимировна Фриске; born Jeanna Vladimirovna Kopylova; 8 July 1974 – 15 June 2015), better known by the stage name Zhanna Friske, was a Russian actress, singer and mo ...

- Vitaly Novikov * Maria Petrova - boxer Konstantin Tsyu *

- actor Vadim Kolganov * Irina Slutskaya - choreographer Gediminas Taranda

3rd season

- actor

Marat Basharov Marat Alimzhanovich Basharov (russian: Марат Алимжанович Башаров, tt-Cyrl, Марат Галимҗан улы Бәшәров, born 22 August 1974) is a Soviet and Russian film actor and a TV host, of Volga Tatar origin. H ...

/ actor

- actor Vadim Kolganov * Margarita Drobyazko - actor Pyotr Krasilov *

Elena Berezhnaya Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, born 11 October 1977) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medali ...

- comedian

*Actress Valeria Lanskaya - Alexey Yagudin *Actress Alisa Grebenshikova - Maxim Stavisky *Ballerina

*Actress

- Alexey Tikhonov * Anzhelika Krylova - actor

Vyacheslav Razbegaev Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich Razbegaev (russian: Вячеслав Вячеславович Разбегаев; born 14 October 1965) is a Russian actor.http://persona.rin.ru/eng/view/f//36306/vyacheslav-razbegaev-vyacheslav-razbegaev He appeared in ...

*Actress Anna Bolshova – Povilas Vanagas *Singer

Yulia Kovalchuk Yulia ( Юлия) is a female given name, the equivalent of the Latin Julia. It can be spelled Yulia, Yulya, Julia, Julja, Julija, Yuliia, Yuliya, Juliya or İulia. An alternative spelling is Ioulia/Gioulia (Greek) or Iuliia. Prononciations can dif ...

- jazzman

Igor Butman Igor Butman PAR is a Russian jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. Butman holds dual citizenship for both the US and Russian Federation. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader. American saxop ...

*Actress Ksenia Alferova - Pyotr Chernyshev *

- actor

Dmitry Maryanov Dmitry Yuryevich Maryanov (russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Марьянов; 1 December 1969 — 15 October 2017) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, TV presenter.

4th season

*Actress

Lyanka Gryu Lyanka Georgievna Gryu (russian: Ля́нка Гео́ргиевна Гры́у, ro, Leanca Gheorghievna Grâu; born 22 November 1987) is a Russian theater and film actress. Biography Lyanka Gryu was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ...

*Actor Artem Mikhalkov -

Tatyana Navka Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka (russian: Татьяна Александровна Навка; born 13 April 1975) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer and wife of Dmitry Peskov. With her dance partner Roman Kostomarov, she is the 2006 Olymp ...

*Actress Marusya Zykova -

*Singer

Anita Tsoi Anna Sergeyevna "Anita" Tsoy (russian: Анна Серге́евна "Анита" Цой; born Kim, russian: Ким; 7 February 1971, Moscow) is a Russian singer-songwriter of Korean descent. She is a Meritorious Artist of Russia (2003). Early l ...

— Alexey Tikhonov *Actress

Irina Medvedeva Irina Medvedeva may refer to: *Irina Medvedeva (scientist) (1958-2021), Soviet Russian medical scientist and professor *Irina Medvedeva (actress) (born 1982), Belarusian actress {{hndis, Medvedeva, Irina ...

- Povilas Vanagas *Actress Katerina Shpitsa - Maxim Stavisky *Actress

Yulia Zimina Yulia Alexandrovna Zimina (russian: Ю́лия Алекса́ндровна Зимина́; born July 4, 1981, Krasny Kut, Saratov Oblast) is a Russian film actress and TV presenter. Biography On July 4, 1981, Zimina was born in the town of Kras ...

- Petr Tchernyshev *Singer

Nyusha Anna Vladimirovna "Nyusha" Shurochkina (russian: А́нна Влади́мировна "Ню́ша" Шу́рочкина; 15 August 1990) is a Russian singer and songwriter. One of the most popular musicians in contemporary Russia, Nyusha has re ...

Maxim Shabalin Maxim Andreyevich Shabalin (russian: Максим Андреевич Шабалин; born 25 January 1982) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. He and partner Oksana Domnina are the 2010 Olympic bronze medalists, the 2009 World Champions ...

Margarita Drobiazko Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko (russian: Маргарита Александровна Дробязко; born 21 December 1971) is a Russian retired ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas. ...

- ice hockey centre Alexey Yashin * Yana Khokhlova - comedian Dmitriy Khrustalev *

- actor Petr Kislov * Maria Petrova - actor Askold Zapashny * Tatiana Totmyanina - actor Oskar Kuchera * Oksana Domnina - actor Vladimir Yaglych

5th season

* Oksana Domnina - speed skater

Ivan Skobrev Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (russian: Иван Александрович Скобрев; born 8 February 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater. Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5000 meter ...

Peter Tchernyshev Peter Tchernyshev (russian: Пётр Андреевич Чернышёв; also romanized as ''Pyotr Andreyevich Chernyshev''; born February 6, 1971) is a Russian- American ice dancer. With skating partner Naomi Lang, he is a two-time Four Cont ...

- actress

Elena Podkaminskaya Yelena Ilinichna Podkaminskaya (also '' tr.'' Elena; russian: Еле́на Ильи́нична Подками́нская; born 10 April 1979) is a Russian theatre, television and film actress. She starred in the television series ''Kitchen'' ...

* Povilas Vanagas - actress Anna Begunova *

- actress Alexandra Ursuliak * Maria Petrova - actor

Valery Nikolaev Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev (russian: Валерий Валерьевич Николаев; born 23 August 1965) is a Russian film and theater actor, director. Career Nikolaev has choreographed five productions at the Chekhov MKhAT theater. He c ...

* Tatyana Totmyanina – actor

Artur Smolyaninov Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov (russian: Арту́р Серге́евич Смольяни́нов, born 27 October 1983) is a Russian actor of theater, He is known for playing the role of Oleg Lutaev in ''The 9th Company''. Biography Artur Serge ...

* Maxim Stavisky - singer Alena Toymintseva * Margarita Drobyazko - actor Stanislav Yarushin * Alexey Tikhonov – actress

Kristina Asmus Kristina Igorevna Asmus (russian: link=no, Кристи́на И́горевна А́смус; born ) is a Russian actress. She is known for her television role in the medical sitcom ''Interns (TV series), Interns''. She was named the sexiest Russ ...

* Yana Khokhlova – singer

Aleksey Goman Aleksey Vladimirovich Goman (russian: link=no, Алексей Владимирович Гоман) (born 12 September 1983, in Murmansk) is a Russian pop singer, composer and television presenter, who rose to popularity after winning the first se ...

– comedian Timur Batrudinov *

- comedian Alla Mikheeva

6th season

— actor

Andrey Burkovsky Andrei Vladimirovich Burkovsky (russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Бурко́вский; born November 14, 1983) is a Russian theater and film actor, former KVN player, champion of the Major League as a member of the Maximum tea ...

* Oksana Domnina — actor

Daniil Spivakovsky Daniil Ivanovich Spivakovsky (russian: Даниил Иванович Спиваковский; August 28, 1969, Moscow) is a Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of Russia (2007). Head of the workshop of Theatre faculty of the Moscow In ...

— actor

Viktor Vasiliev The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

* Maria Petrova — singer Alexey Serov * Yana Khokhlova - singer Irakli Pirtschalava * Margarita Drobyazko — actor Anatoly Rudenko * Tatyana Totmyanina — actor

Mikhail Gavrilov Mikhail Gavrilov (9 April 1893 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - 4 April 1954), professor, religious writer, historian, teacher, Russian Catholic apostolate in exile, member of the a parishioner of the Greek Catholic Church of the Annunciation i ...

*Actress Darya Moroz - Oleg Vasiliev *Comedian

Ekaterina Varnava Ekaterina is a Russian feminine given name, and an alternative transliteration of the Russian ''Yekaterina''. Katya and Katyusha are common diminutive forms of Ekaterina. Notable people with the name can be found below. Arts *Ekaterina Medvedev ...

*Actress Angelika Kashirina —

*Singer

Yulianna Karaulova Yulianna Yurievna Karaulova (russian: link=no, Юлианна Юрьевна Караулова; born April 24, 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian singer, former lead singer of 5sta Family, and a former finalist of ''Fabrika Zvyozd'' 5. Biography ...

— Maxim Trankov

7th season

*actress

Olga Kuzmina Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia ...

and

Alexander Enbert Alexander Yuryevich Enbert (russian: Александр Юрьевич Энберт; born 17 April 1989) is a Russian retired pair skater. With Natalya Zabiyako, he was the 2019 World bronze medalist, 2018 European bronze medalist, 2018 Grand ...

*actor Vyacheslav Chepurchenko and Tatyana Totmyanina (episodes 1-2)/ Yana Khokhlova (from episode 3) *TV presenter

Regina Todorenko Regina Petrivna Todorenko ( uk, Регіна Петрівна Тодоренко also Regina Petrovna Todorenko in russian: Регина Петровна Тодоренко; born 14 June 1990), is a Ukrainian pop-singer and television presenter. ...

and

*actor

Wolfgang Cerny Wolfgang Cerny (born August 31, 1984 in Vienna) is an Austrian actor and producer, best known for his roles in ''Storm of Love'' (2009-2010), ''Sobibor'' (2018) and '' The Red Ghost'' (2021). From 2012 until 2022 he was actively working in Moscow ...

and Oksana Domnina *actress

Irina Pegova Irina (Cyrillic: Ирина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is derived from Eirene (Ancient Greek: Εἰρήνη), an ancient Greek goddess, personification of pe ...

and Alexey Tikhonov *football player Dmitry Sychev and Maria Petrova *actress Maria Lugovaya and Povilas Vanagas *singer and TV presenter

Olga Buzova Olga Igorevna Buzova (russian: Ольга Игоревна Бузова; born 20 January 1986) is a Russian media personality and singer. Buzova is regarded as one of the most successful Russian contemporary entertainers. Buzova is most known ...

and Dmitry Solovyov *actor Evgeny Pronin and Tatyana Volosozhar (dropped out in the 10th episode) - 9th place *singer Vlad Topalov and Elena Ilinykh (dropped out in the 9th issue) - 10th place *singer Vlad Sokolovsky and

Ekaterina Bobrova Ekaterina Alexandrovna Bobrova (russian: link=no, Екатерина Александровна Боброва, born 28 March 1990) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Dmitri Soloviev, she is the 2014 Olympic champion in the team even ...

(dropped out in the 8th episode) - 11th place *correspondent Olga Pautova and

(dropped out in the 7th episode) - 12th place *TV presenter Vladimir Marconi and

(dropped out in episode 6) - 13th place *actress

Nadezhda Mikhalkova Nadezhda Nikitichna Mikhalkova (russian: Надежда Никитична Михалкова; born September 27, 1986) is a Russian actress. Nadezhda is the youngest daughter of actor and film director Nikita Mikhalkov and fashion designer Taty ...

and

(dropped out in episode 5) - 14th place

8th season

- actor Makar Zaporozhsky *TV presenter

Kseniya Borodina Kseniya Kimovna Borodina (born Amoyeva) (russian: Ксе́ния Ки́мовна Бородина́ (Амо́ева); born on March 8, 1983) is a Russian television presenter and actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Charac ...

- Dmitry Soloviev * Tatyana Volosozhar - actor Fedor Fedotov * Oksana Domnina - actor

Kirill Zaytsev Kirill Andreyevich Zaytsev (russian: Кирилл Андреевич Зайцев; born August 16, 1987) is a Russian actor, film director, producer. For his role in ''Going Vertical'' he received the Golden Eagle Award in 2019. Life and career ...

* Natalya Zabyako - actor Nikita Presnyakov *Actress

Darya Melnikova Darya Alekseyevna Melnikova (russian: Да́рья Алексе́евна Ме́льникова; born 9 February 1992) is a Russian actress in theater, film and television. Biography Darya Melnikova was born in Omsk, Russia. She learned to p ...

* Evgenia Medvedeva - singer, TikToker Danya Milokhin *Actress

Agata Muceniece Agata Edgarovna Muceniece (Priluchnaya) ( lv, Agata Muceniece, russian: Ага́та Эдга́ровна Му́цениеце (Прилу́чная), born 1 March 1989) is a Latvian actress and model, and television presenter. Life and career M ...

* Adelina Sotnikova - singer David Manukyan (eliminated before the start of the show) *Actress Anna Starshenbaum -

*Actress Yanina Studilina - Vitaly Novikov * Tatiana Totmyanina - actor Ivan Kolesnikov * Yana Khokhlova - actor Gela Meskhi *Actress Aglaya Shilovskaya -

9th season

* Elena Ilinykh - actor

*Actress Valeria Lanskaya -

* Evgenia Medvedeva - singer, TikToker Danya Milokhin *Actress Darya Moroz -

*Singer Natalya Podolskaya - Dmitry Soloviev *

Victoria Sinitsina Victoria Alexandrovna Sinitsina (russian: Виктория Александровна Синицина; born 29 April 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With Nikita Katsalapov, she is the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, 2022 Olympic silve ...

- speed skater

- singer

*Comedian Alla Mikheeva -

Ivan Bukin Ivan Andreyevich Bukin (russian: Иван Андреевич Букин; born 16 September 1993) is a Russian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Alexandra Stepanova, he is a four-time European medalist (silver in 2019, bronze in 2015, 2018 a ...

*Actress

Liza Arzamasova Elizaveta Nikolaevna Arzamasova (russian: Елизаве́та Никола́евна Арзама́сова, or less formally russian: Ли́за Арзама́сова; born March 17, 1995) is a Russian actress of theater, also known as TV-sho ...

- Nikita Katsalapov *

Tatiana Volosozhar Tatiana Andreyеvna Volosozhar (russian: Татьяна Андреевна Волосожар, uk, Тетяна Андріївна Волосожар; born 22 May 1986) is a Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater. With Maxim Trankov, she is the tw ...

- Vyacheslav Chepurchenko * Oksana Domnina - TV host

* Tatyana Totmyanina - actor Ivan Kolesnikov

References

External links

Ice Age show (1st season, 2007)
''Televizionny videoarkhiv'' (in Russian)
Ice Age show (1st season, 2007)
''Vokrug TV'' (in Russian) Figure skating reality television series Channel One Russia original programming 2000s Russian television series debuts 2007 Russian television series debuts {{Russia-tv-prog-stub