Today, the tireless and successful columnist, unpredictable and bright personality Otar Kushanashvili, jokingly positioned as a “nightmare of domestic show business”, captivates the public with emotionality, sincerity, erudition, wit and boldness of judgment, albeit sometimes in a somewhat unflattering form for others.
Study and first attempt at writing by journalist Otar Kushanashvili
Since childhood, Kushanashvili has been attracted to journalism. As a schoolboy, he began to publish his articles in the newspaper Kutaisskaya Pravda, wrote to the authors of the Literary Gazette, including the literary critic Lev Anninsky. Having received an answer from a literary critic at the age of 14, he kissed the lines of the letter and, from an excess of feelings, wept.After graduating from school, he entered the Faculty of Journalism of the Tbilisi state university. However, according to Otar, for a long tongue and allegedly unworthy behavior of a Georgian, he was expelled from there in disgrace. After serving in the army, returning to his native Kutaisi and faced with the prevailing unemployment there, in 1992 he decided to go to Moscow. There he could not get a job in the media for a long time, because he did not speak Russian well.
But fate turned out to be favorable to the young man, persistent and adamant in his desire to become a reporter, Evgeny Dodolev took him to work in the newspaper " A New Look". And six months later, he was able to prepare his first material, which was immediately awarded an editorial prize by publishing an interview with actress Vera Glagoleva and screenwriter and screenwriter Viktor Merezhko.
Otar Kushanashvili on TV
Then there was an acquaintance with Ivan Demidov, the head of the TV-6 channel, who considered that Kushanashvili's arrogance was simply necessary in the scandalous Sharks of the Pen program, where journalists asked the invited musicians the most uncomfortable questions, regardless of the personality of the interlocutor. And Otar lived up to expectations, increasing the popularity of the program with such provocative questions as, for example, asked Valery Leontiev whether he is straight or homosexual, and whether he sleeps with his dog. As a person with a sense of humor, Leontiev, although shocked, answered with dignity and grace.Most of the artists, however, Kushanashvili was outraged by such questions, and he gained fame as a provocateur and a burned-out cynic. And when the late singer Natalya Medvedeva threw the microphone during the broadcast, Otar decided to leave the program. He did this, according to him, because of the understanding that for the sake of the rating he began to go too far and offend people.
Kushanashvili insulted Pugacheva
Otar's relationship with representatives of domestic show business can hardly be called ideal. Suffice it to recall the scandalous incident with the Russian pop diva Alla Pugacheva, when he allowed himself to obscenely insult her and even push her, or statements about the abilities of Sergei Lazarev as a singer and TV presenter (more precisely, about the alleged absence of such). 
Politicians are not immune from the sharp remarks of the scandalous TV presenter. Thanks to an interview with the Russia.ru TV channel, the public became aware of his negative attitude towards the activities of the ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, whom he called the shame of the Georgian nation.
Many celebrities are disgusted by Otar’s statements that he is being sold, however, with a noble goal - for the sake of the well-being of his children.
In fairness, it should be noted that Kushanashvili does not treat all stars and famous personalities negatively. In particular, he speaks about Yuri Aizenshpis as a great person, about Ksenia Sobchak as the smartest girl he knows, who never offends the weak. Otar appreciates the singing talent and personal qualities of Valery Meladze, Iosif Kobzon, Leonid Agutin.
Creative achievements of Otar Kushanashvili
Since 1995, he headed the weekly magazine about Russian show business "Musical Truth", at that time called "MuzOBOZ". Having made about three hundred interviews with domestic celebrities, he became a well-known figure in secular society.From January 1997, together with Lera Kudryavtseva, he hosted the music and information programs “Party Zone” and “MuzOBOZ” (later it became known as “Obozzz-Show”) on TV-6, was the host of the “Big Jackpot” programs on the STS channel, “On the Boulevard "and" Time is money "on DTV.
He ended up on the radio - he broadcast on Europe Plus. He noted that he was interested in his program "Planetarium" by the presence of picks with guests. I like to write texts for the morning show "European Dawn", as well as author's columns for the magazines "Fly & Drive", "Om", the newspapers "Soviet Sport", "Vechernyaya Moskva", "Komsomolskaya Pravda", "Moskovsky Komsomolets", "AiF". Host of the program "Stargazer", "Otar Against" on the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda", "What?!" on KP-TV, the quiz "Smart found!" on the channel "360° Podmoskovye". In 2011, on the Inter channel, he was a co-host of the Debriefing program and a judge of the grandiose show Maidan's.
He starred in the comedy television series “33 Square Meters”, the detective series “Kamenskaya-3”, the action drama “Club”, the film “Kaleidoscope”, “Life is like a movie, or a high security show”, “Vladislav Galkin. Step out of role.
Laureate of the "Star", "Ovation", four "Quality Marks", "Silver Galosh" awards.
Personal life of Otar Kushanashvili
Otar Kunashvili is currently single. Father of seven children. His parents, now deceased, had nine children. It is recognized that they are not ready to repeat their feat.Kushanashvili has four sons and three daughters. The eldest daughter Dasha, according to her father, is an amazing person and beauty. Sons George and Nikolos are more like their mother, their first wife Maria. The second wife, Irina, gave Otar a daughter, Elina, and a son, Fyodor, whom they jokingly call "Uncle Fyodor" in the family. The third woman, Olga, had a son, Mamuka, and a daughter, Elena. A caring dad introduced his children to each other and was happy that they found a common language and began to communicate well.
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He is called an icon of adventurism and a nightmare of Russian show business, and he claims with a smile that he is an "anti-publicist" and a "chemically pure genius." Troublemaker and brawler, flamboyant and outrageous, unpredictable journalist, TV and radio host, popular columnist Otar Kushanashvili can please someone, and insanely annoy someone. The only feeling that a journalist does not cause in anyone is indifference.
Otar Shalvovich Kushanashvili was born in the ancient Georgian Kutaisi in a large family. The journalist's parents, Shalva and Nelli Kushanashvili, raised nine children.
Journalism began to attract Otar in middle school. Sociable, emotional and erudite Kushanashvili did not see himself in any other profession. It seems that communication with the outside world and the desire to speak out on any occasion, whether someone likes it or not, were in his blood. A test of the pen took place in the local "Kutaisskaya Pravda". The schoolboy read a lot, including the authoritative Literaturnaya Gazeta. And he did not just read, but wrote to famous authors of the publication, such as Stanislav Rassadin and Lev Anninsky.
Once Anninsky, obviously provoked by the amazing sincerity, bordering on the outrageous Georgian boy, who wrote to a journalist that « This is a bad writer! You should read at least Nodar Dumbadze. Our writer will be stronger!” decided to answer Kushanashvili. Later, Otar said that when he received a response from a metropolitan celebrity, he kissed the letter and cried from an overabundance of feelings.
After graduating from school, Otar Kushanashvili entered Tbilisi University. I chose, of course, the Faculty of Journalism. Soon the young man was expelled from there. According to the journalist, for unworthy Georgian behavior and too long language.
The guy was drafted into the army. After serving, Otar decided not to waste time on trifles and went to conquer Moscow. The capital did not immediately open hospitable embraces to the young man. Kushanashvili washed the floors at the Paveletsky railway station during the day, worked as a school watchman at night and tirelessly sent out resumes to various Moscow publications. Of the 35 editors contacted by Otar, only one responded.
Journalism
The creative biography of Otar Kushanashvili began in the New Look newspaper, which was founded by Evgeny Dodolev. The persistent Georgian guy was enrolled in the state as a correspondent. Otar had a hard time. First of all, it was necessary to master Russian grammar thoroughly. But Kushanashvili turned out to be a capable and stubborn young man. Six months later, the young journalist was awarded an editorial award for an excellent interview taken from and.
Otar did not sit still: the young man vigorously made his way everywhere, knowing full well that water does not flow under a lying stone. Soon Otar Kushanashvili met the head of the television channel "TV-6". He immediately realized that such a guy, impudent and without complexes, would be of great use to him in the promotion of the new Sharks of the Pen project.
Otar Kushanashvili did not deceive the hopes placed by Demidov. From the very first broadcasts, the journalist made a name for himself and raised the rating of the program. The invited stars of show business were shocked by the provocative questions of this guy. Otar Kushanashvili was not at all shy and did not feel any reverence for people who were known by the whole country. For example, Kushanashvili asked if he was straight and if he slept with his own dog. Although the singer was shocked, he did not suffer from the lack of a sense of humor and self-control: he managed to gracefully parry the “shark of the pen”.
However, not everyone had such self-control, like Leontiev. The late singer and fashion model Natalia Medvedeva, offended by Kushanashvili's antics, threw a microphone at him.
And Stanislav Rassadin wrote about the new scandalous star in an author's article that "in this disgusting lad attacking decent people with indecent questions," the journalist hardly recognized that wonderful young man from Kutaisi who wrote him naive, semi-literate, but full of fire letters. Rassadin called Kushanashvili a "shifter" and regretted that the era of such people had come.
It seems that the dubious fame of a hardened cynic and provocateur has ceased to please Otar himself. The TV presenter realized that in pursuit of the rating he had crossed the forbidden line. Therefore, the journalist left the TV show.
But Otar Kushanashvili was not going to change radically. Soon, the journalist was attacked, about whose vocal abilities (more precisely, the lack of such) the journalist publicly announced, and even the prima donna of the Russian stage herself. Kushanashvili was not only brought to court, but even beaten. It is not surprising that once a journalist lost his teeth.
Otar was not going to stop. In the end, outrageousness and scandals are part of the image of a journalist. Kushanashvili was paid money for this. One day, a journalist “modestly” admitted that there should be no compromises for literary geniuses. And he said that he was forced to "sell himself so that his children would not be in need."
Otar Kushanashvili did not ignore politicians either. For example, in 2008, a journalist called it "a disgrace to the nation." But later he radically changed his own opinion about this policy.
Not all celebrities were subjected to derogatory criticism of the outrageous journalist. For example, Kushanashvili called a great man, considered an unrecognized genius, and spoke about him as the smartest girl he knew, who never allows herself to offend the weak. Among the stars of Russian show business respected by Kushanashvili were, and.
In the mid-1990s, Otar Kushanashvili had already become a recognized star of Russian show business. And it doesn’t matter that many used the prefix “scandalous” to the word “star” - no one disputed the popularity of the journalist. In 1995, Otar Kushanashvili headed the weekly "Musical Truth", which was then called "MuzOBOZ". As part of the project, Kushanashvili interviewed over 300 celebrities.
At the beginning of 1997, Otar began to conduct the music and information projects "Party Zone" and "Obozzz-Show" together with. Later, as a TV presenter, he appeared in the Big Snatch programs on STS, On the Boulevard and Time is Money on the DTV channel, What is it ?! on KP-TV. And he also led the quiz "Smart found!" on the TV channel "360° Podmoskovye".
Kushanashvili was also noted on the radio. At various times, he worked as a broadcaster for Europe Plus and Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda. He wrote author's columns for the Argumenty i Pravda newspaper, Om, Secret&Mystery and Fly&Drive magazines. The journalist's articles were regularly published in Vechernyaya Moskva, Moskovsky Komsomolets and Moskovskaya Pravda.
Since October 2015, the creative biography of Otar Kushanashvili has been enriched with new pages. Until March 2016, Kushanashvili hosted the morning radio show 100% Morning on Sport FM. In the same year, the journalist tried to take a vacancy after leaving the Ukrainian Radio Vesti, but Kushanashvili was refused.
Kushanashvili also tried his hand as an actor. The journalist appeared in the comedy project "33 square meters", in the 3rd season of the detective series "Kamenskaya-3" and the action drama "Club". He also starred in the films “Kaleidoscope”, “Life is like a movie, or a high security show” and “Vladislav Galkin. Step out of role.
Peru Otar Kushanashvili owns the books “I and the Way in ... How to defeat good”, “I. The Book is Revenge” and “The Epoch and I. Bully Chronicles”.
In October 2016, Otar Kushanashvili became the TV presenter of the Natural Selection program. The talk show is dedicated to the quality of products. Both average citizens who have suffered from low-quality goods, and owners and directors of manufacturing companies who are ready to defend the name of their own product come to the studio of the program. Disputes are resolved by experts: production technologists, doctors, nutritionists and even lawyers.
Zinaida Rudenko became the co-host of Otar Kushanashvili. The TV presenter called his partner a godsend for a program that instantly adapts to each topic and is able to bring the program to the desired level of tension.
At the same time, Kushanashvili himself admitted that he was performing in a show of this format for the first time. Although it is not the first time for a journalist to play the role of “defender of the oppressed”, Otar Kushanashvili is used to doing it in a more ironic and creative way. Otar Kushanashvili and Zinaida Rudenko
The TV presenter called the main purpose of the program an educational function: to teach what and how to buy, how to live efficiently and safely, what to look for when choosing new brands, and what things and products it is better to completely abandon.
Personal life
Otar Kushanashvili not so long ago claimed that he was not ready to repeat the feat of already deceased parents and have nine children. However, the journalist already has 8 children.
The journalist's first wife, Maria Gorokhova, gave birth to Kushanashvili's first three children, daughter Daria (or Dariko) and sons George and Nikolos. All three live with their mother in Kyiv. The eldest daughter is especially proud of the father. According to Otar, Daria is a real smart and beautiful woman. The girl plans to make a career in television.
After the divorce, Maria Gorokhova-Kushanashvili sued her husband for all the property.
After parting with Masha, Otar Kushanashvili's personal life only made sense when the journalist met Irina Kiseleva. The second wife also had nothing to do with the world of television and show business: she worked as a banking lawyer. In this union, two children were born - daughter Elina and son Fedor.
Today Kushanashvili is happy in his third civil marriage. Business lady Olga Kurochkina in the summer of 2016 gave her husband a son, Roma. The boy is named after the deceased brother of Kushanashvili - Romani - and became the third common child in the family of Otar and Olga. In addition to the baby, the couple are raising their eldest son Mamuka and daughter Elena.
Otar Kushanashvili and Olga Kurochkina Otar Kushanashvili introduced all his children from different marriages and is happy that the offspring managed to find a common language.
Otar Kushanashvili shares his thoughts not only in the format of officially published books or TV shows on federal channels. The journalist is present on social networks and on other platforms for the exchange of opinions: he maintains accounts in “