Yana Churikova

{{short description|Russian journalist and television host (born 1978)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Family name hatnote|Alekseyevna|Churikova|lang=East Slavic}} {{Infobox person | name = Yana Churikova | native_name = {{nobold|Яна Чурикова}} | image = Яна Алексеевна Чурикова.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Yana Alekseyevna Churikova | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|11|06|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, USSR | occupation = {{hlist|Television presenter|journalist|television producer|editor-in-chief}} | website = [http://www.yanachurikova.ru/ yanachurikova.ru] | module = {{Listen |pos = center |embed = yes |filename = Yana Churikova voice.oga |title = Yana Churikova's voice |type = |description =Churikova on the Echo of Moscow program, 20 December 2007 }} }} '''Yana Alekseyevna Churikova''' ({{langx|ru|Яна Алексеевна Чурикова}}; born 6 November 1978) is a Russian journalist and television host who worked on MTV Russia before moving to Channel One, where she hosted seven seasons of the ''Star Factory'' talent show.

==Career== She has also gained publicity across Europe and the world for presenting the results of the Russian televote at the Eurovision Song Contest for several years. Churikova was to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, to be held in Moscow, Russia. However, her pregnancy was announced shortly afterwards and she instead hosted only the allocation draw to determine the participating countries' semi-finals. Her daughter Taisa Lazareva was born on 26 May 2009, 10 days after the Eurovision final.

Every other year, from 2009 to 2021, Churikova provided commentary on the Eurovision Song Contest for Channel One. She hosted the Russian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

==External links== {{Commons category|Yana Churikova}} * {{IMDb name|1695730}} * {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.yanachurikova.ru/ Official site of Yana Churikova] * {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.peoples.ru/tv/churikova/ Яна Чурикова] in Peoples.ru database * {{in lang|ru}} [http://users.livejournal.com/yanachu Yana Churikova] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905011227/http://users.livejournal.com/yanachu |date=2008-09-05 }} in LiveJournal

{{DEFAULTSORT:Churikova, Yana}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Russian video jockeys Category:Russian television personalities Category:Mass media people from Moscow Category:Moscow State University alumni Category:21st-century Russian women journalists Category:21st-century Russian journalists Category:MTV executives Category:Russian women television personalities Category:Russian women television presenters