Tina Kandelaki

Tina Kandelaki (Russian: Тина Канделаки, Georgian: თინათინ კანდელაკი born 10 November 1975) is a Russian journalist, public figure, television presenter and producer[1] and a co-owner of the Apostol company.

Tina Kandelaki
Born (1975-11-10) 10 November 1975
Kvashta,Keda, Georgian, Soviet Union
Alma materRussian State University for the Humanities
OccupationRussian journalist, presenter, producer
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse(s)
  • Andrey Kondrakhin
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    (m. 1998; div. 2010)​
  • Grisha Oniani
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    (m. 2015)​
ChildrenMelania
Leonti
Websitewww.tinakandelaki.ru

Biography

Tina was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tina’s father, Givi Kandelaki (1942–2009), was a Georgian economist and the director of a vegetable depot in Tbilisi, moved to Moscow upon retirement. Her father is of half Georgian and half Greek origin.[2] Tina’s mother, Elvira Kandelaki (maiden name Alakhverdova), is a narcologist of half Armenian and half Turkish descent.[3] Tina graduated from high school #64 in Tbilisi. In 1993 Tina was accepted into the Medical Department of Tbilisi State University. But soon after she left medicine and transferred to the Journalist Department. In 2008 she graduated from the Foreign Affairs Department of the Russian State University for the Humanities.

On 26 November 2006 Kandelaki was involved in a car accident in Nice, France. Kandelaki was a passenger of a Ferrari Enzo driven by Suleyman Kerimov, Russian billionaire and entrepreneur. The car went off road and crashed into a tree. The cause of the car accident is unknown. Kerimov was seriously injured and rushed to hospital.

TV and radio

Kandelaki worked for Radio 105, a radio station in Tbilisi, Georgia, until 1995, when she left for Moscow and started working on many TV and radio stations, such as M-radio, RDV, Silver Rain Radio, 2x2, Biz-TV, Muz-TV, Vremechko and TV-6. Since September 2002 Kandelaki has been hosting the talk show Details on the STS channel with Russian celebrity guests. In 2006 she received her first TEFI (the highest Russian TV award) for the “Best Talk Show TV Presenter” nomination. Since February 2003 Kandelaki has been hosting the TV show «The Smartest», the most popular version of “Britain's brainiest kid” quiz show. The show, as well as its host, received two more TEFIs — in 2004 and 2009. 2006 — Tina Kandelaki, together with Sergey Dorenko presented a weekly political program on Echo of Moscow (Russian radio station) 2008 —Kandelaki hosts Unreal Politics, a show that was aired on NTV. The show started as an experimental online project, in time Unreal Politics turned into one of the most popular talk shows on Russian TV with celebrity guests from politics, business and entertainment 2009 — Kandelaki hosts Two Stars, a TV show on Channel One 2009 — works as a producer of Infomania, a TV program on STS, a unique infotainment program for the thinking audience 2009 — dubbed Juarez, one of the guinea pigs of the G-force movie by Walt Disney Pictures 2010 — is a jury member of KVN Top-league (a TV game show) 2010 — is a TV-host for the show Perfect Man (STS Channel) 2010 - is a jury member of Bolshaya Raznitsa a parody show hosted in Odessa. (Russia One channel)

Public activities

In November 2007 Kandelaki condemned the policy of Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. “A man who acted as a mouthpiece for democracy in Georgia turned out to be a medieval tyrant”.

Since October 2009 Kandelaki is a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation by invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

In 2011 Kandelaki signed “Letter 55” (a public address from public representatives against the informational undermining of public trust in the Russian judicial system) which condemned the pressure put on the judicial system during the trials against the heads of the Yukos Oil Company.

In August 2019, Kandelaki accused Katy Perry of trying to kiss her at a private party.[4]

In February 2022, Kandelaki expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] On 18 March 2022, she spoke at Vladimir Putin's Moscow rally celebrating the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation from Ukraine and justifying the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

Business

Tina Kandelaki is partner and co-owner of Apostol Media Group. The company produces TV-programs for leading Russian TV channels and provides a full spectrum of PR services. Kandelaki is the owner of “Tinatin”, a restaurant opened in Moscow in 2010. The recipes used in the menu of the restaurant have been passed down from Kandelaki’s mother. On 3 June 2011 Tinatin received the Russian National Restaurant Award for “Best Ethnic Cuisine”. From May to November 2011 Kandelaki was on the board of directors of Vyatka-bank. On 29 January 2012 Kandelaki launched a political talk-show with video blogger Dmitry Kamikadze - “A flight with Kamikadze”. Kandelaki is the producer of the program. In March 2012 Kandelaki signed a contract with cosmetics company Oriflame. According to the contract Kandelaki will represent Oriflame products for two years in Russia and the CIS countries, as well as participate in company events. Although there is no official information, and Kandelaki would not disclose the sum of the contract – it is rumored to be $2,000,000.

Filmography
  • 2004 – Dazhe ne Dumai. Den’ nezavisimosti – correspondent.
  • 2004 – My Fair Nanny (Russian TV series) - cameo
  • 2005 – Ne Rodis' Krasivoy (the Russian version of Ugly Betty), small cameo as a spokesperson for Zimaletto company
  • 2007 – Папины дочки, a small cameo
  • 2009 – The Forbidden Reality, a small cameo
  • 2009 – Moriachok, a music video of the Russian band Nochniye Snaiperi
  • 2011 – Mama-Moskva (in process) – Sanya Sadovaya
  • 2011 – Odnazhdy v Baben-babene (in process)
  • 2011 – Svetophor, cameo

Dubbing
  • 2009 – G-force, dubbed a guinea pig named Juarez
  • 2008 – Asterix at the Olympic Games, dubbed the Greek Princess Irina

Video clips
  • 2009 – Moriachok, a music video from the Russian band “Nochniye Snaiperi”

References
  1. Тина Канделаки не взяла детей на похороны своего отца, Gazeta.ua.
  2. Тина Канделаки: детям не смогу объяснить только перемен в личной жизни, Теленеделя: Если тебе интересно, я наполовину грузинка, и эта половина у меня делится ещё пополам. Одна из этих частей — греческая. А моя мама — наполовину армянка, наполовину турчанка.
  3. Мемория. Тина Канделаки, Polit, 2014, retrieved 23 May 2021, Тинатин Гивиевна Канделаки (39 лет) родилась в Тбилиси в семье служащих. Отец — Гиви Шалвович происходил из дворянского грузинского рода, работал директором овощной базы в Тбилиси, мать Эльвира Георгиевна — наполовину армянка, наполовину турчанка, работала врачом-наркологом. После выхода на пенсию родители Канделаки переехали в Москву, где отец скончался в 2009 году.
  4. "Tina Kandelaki: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. 17 August 2019.
  5. "Басков и ряд российских знаменитостей поддержали войну в Украине". Украинская правда (in Russian). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. "По приколу пошли, не всерьез". Meduza (in Russian). 18 March 2022.
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