Who is hiding behind Uncle Vitya from Comedy Battle? Ilya Sobolev - Biography, personal life, YouTube, Comedy Club, Uncle Vitya Grandfather from Comedy Battle, who is he.

Uncle Vitya is one of the most uncompromising humorists Russian television. He first appeared in the show Comedy Battle, where he reached the final. Despite the fact that he failed to win in that project, he was able to organize his own show - “Money or Shame” on the TNT4 channel, where he invites stars to teach them to laugh at themselves and not be afraid hot topics. The guest who copes with this leaves with a monetary win. In his conversations with stars, he does not hesitate to discuss shameful facts from their personal lives and provoke them in every way. He forced Stas Yarushin to compete with a homeless man, Vadim Galygin to lick a pig, and Ekaterina Varnava even smashed her brand new smartphone on the table. On September 14, the final episode of the first season, “Money or Shame,” was released, and many have long been asking the question, who is this Uncle Vitya and why does he allow himself to behave this way?

- Uncle Vitya, after the success of the show, I would like to address you more formally. What's your middle name?
To be honest, I still don’t know who my father is, since birth I lived under my uncle’s stairs, I had a scar on my forehead, then I entered some university, where I killed a noseless man. And if you wrote all this down, then I’m more interested in who your father is, since he raised such an idiot.

You are now a popular host on a channel with more than 90 million audience. Have you already been called to host weddings or corporate events?
Yes, I recently had a very expensive wedding and am now wealthy for the rest of my life. It’s not that they paid me a lot, I just didn’t have much time left.

- Were there any offers from other channels? Are you going to follow Malakhov's example?
It's good that you reminded me. I officially invite Malakhov to my show, or let him invite me to his. For the sake of this hype, I’m even ready to sleep with a young pretty stunner... for example, Allegrova.

- Do they recognize you on the streets and ask for an autograph?
They don’t really recognize me on the streets; TNT4 doesn’t show me in Monaco. By the way, these are two unrelated facts.

- Did you manage to bring any of the guests of the first season of “Money or Shame” to tears?
Yes, Maxim Galkin was crying and begging for the program not to go on air. But she didn’t come out. Apparently, he also begged Pugacheva to come out, and she did.

- Who would you like to see on your show in the new season?
Someone from the top leadership of the country. I think the highest rated episode will be with Yeltsin.

- If a star refuses to come to you, what threatens her?
Participation in the show is on a voluntary basis only. But in fact, no one has yet refused, which is why the relatives of the stars who participated in the program have all the fingers on their hands.

- Can we find any incriminating evidence on you similar to what you find on your guests?
In fact, it’s very easy to find incriminating evidence on me - just type into a search engine the phrase: “Uncle Vitya sat on a journalist’s face,” however, this video will appear online only in an hour.

- Who is the best comedian on modern TV?
This is a stupid question. It's like asking Putin who is the best president. By the way, the answer to both questions is “Uncle Vitya.”

- Is your pension enough to live on?
What does pension have to do with it? I'm long past retirement age.

-Have you had problems with the law?
Yes, I once escaped from Shawshank through a sewer pipe. But in our country lying is not punishable.

- Thank you, Uncle Vit! Any wishes for your viewers?
Watch “Money or Shame” on TNT4 channel. There's a lot of money, improvisation and shame - in general, my show is like the Russian national football team.

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The show “Money or Shame” continues to be shown on TNT4; it is hosted by the scandalous host, like all shows, Uncle Vitya. He is rude and rude to the stars, makes vulgar jokes, and no one knows exactly who is hiding under this mask.

The show is based on a dialogue between Uncle Vitya and the star who came on air. The presenter asks them questions, and they try not to send him away and answer them. TV viewers and stars have long been wondering who really hosts this show.

This character first appeared in Laughter Without Rules, in the tenth anniversary season. In addition, he participated in the “Slaughter League” and in the last season of “Comedy Battle”. His style of behavior is quite typical.

He appears as a bearded grandfather in a suit and glasses. His jokes are vulgar and rude, often not funny.

Humor is often very primitive, but that is precisely why he became the host of “Money or Shame,” where everything is built on trolling the stars.

So who is hiding under the guise of Uncle Vitya? So far, fans and stars have only one version, this is the comedian Ilya Sobolev. He is a member of the Kamidi Club, where he participates in three Ivanov, Petrov, Sobolev, reports the rosregistr website. At one time he participated in the same projects as Uncle Vitya.

This version has a basis. The first is the voice, it is very similar to Sobolev’s voice, only slightly rattling. There was a moment when, at one of his performances, he accidentally switched to his usual voice. And this is the first proof.

The second is appearance, if you look closely you can see that Sobolev and Vitya have the same color eyes. In addition, there is also an ear. The fact is that at one of the shows it came out of my uncle’s wig, and then this right ear was compared with Sobolev’s ear, since it had a similar shape, and then it turned out that they were very similar.

Well, the third thing is demeanor and outrageousness. In this they are similar to Sobolev, if you watch both of them you can notice this. In addition, this is a way of joking and behaving rather rudely. This is clearly visible when the trio came to the “Improvisation” show,

There are already quite a few scandalous moments associated with this show. First of all, this is the situation with Ekaterina Barnabas, whom the scandalous grandfather enraged with his stupid jokes and vulgarity. The presenter swore at him and left the set.

Humor stars are often invited to the show, and they often simply laugh it off and ignore the provocations. On January 15, 2018, the new season was launched. And recently, former Comedy Club resident Roman Yunusov came to the show and took the presenter’s chair, asking questions to Uncle Vita himself.

Well, Sobolev himself does not comment on the situation and the attacks of the stars. True, that was at the beginning. Now he strongly denies involvement in this character. Especially in light of the video message from one of the MBand participants.

He was outraged that he and the group in which he sings were indirectly called gay, hinting openly at their homosexuality.

Ilya Viktorovich Sobolev is a stand-up comedian, showman, TV presenter, actor, musician, member of the Krasnoyarsk KVN team “Left Bank”, winner of the “Laughter without Rules” program, resident of the “Comedy Club”, member of the trio “Ivanov, Smirnov, Sobolev”.

Childhood and youth

Ilya was born on February 25, 1983 in Krasnoyarsk. Since childhood, he loved to joke and joke. There was always laughter around the boy. At school, Ilya was the ringleader and the highlight of the company. But the guy felt best on stage. At that time, the stage was a school stage, sometimes in the House of Culture.

On stage, Ilya Sobolev brilliantly joked, improvised and amused teachers, peers and others present. KVN with the participation of the young man and his performances became a joyful event that the audience did not miss.

After graduating from school, Ilya Sobolev received two educations: higher technical (ITsMiMSFU) and acting.

The creative biography of Ilya Sobolev began as part of the KVN team called “Left Bank”. In 2003, Sobolev’s team became the champion of the Premier League of the Cheerful and Resourceful Club. Among the 18 teams, which included “Narts from Abkhazia”, “Persons of Ural nationality”, “ Ordinary people", the national teams of Belarus, Kharkov, players from Krasnoyarsk, reached the finals and won with the highest score, sharing first place with the team from Saransk "Region-13".

This allowed LB to become participants in the Major League a year later, where the players reached the quarterfinals. In 2004, Siberians also received gold at the Voting KiViN 2004 festival. In 2005, Left Bank became a semi-finalist in the Premier League, losing to the teams MaximM (Tomsk) and Friends (Perm).

Humor and creativity

Ilya Sobolev, as one of the brightest and most talented KVN players, was invited to television. The comedian became a participant in popular comedy projects, appeared in the “Slaughter League”, “Laughter without Rules” and “Comedy Club”.

Together with Roman Klyachkin, Sobolev participated in the first season of the show program “Laughter without Rules,” where he took 2nd place. And in the 9th, “golden” season of “Laughter Without Rules,” in which most of the finalists of previous years participated, Ilya Sobolev, as part of the “Beautiful” duet, won 1st place.

Ilya’s name is associated with another participant in “Laughter Without Rules” and “Slaughter League”, performing under the stage name Uncle Vitya. When the latter appeared in the 10th season of “Laughter Without Rules” on TNT, attentive TV viewers began to compare the new character with Sobolev, noting considerable similarities. The project managers denied this, but the audience remained with their own opinion.

Over time, more and more “evidence” of this appeared. Firstly, the image of Uncle Vitya was partly borrowed from Ilya’s favorite film “Man on the Moon”. Secondly, during one of the performances, Uncle Vitya’s voice broke, and many recognized the timbre and notes of Sobolev’s voice.

Ilya Sobolev in the Stand-Up show

Plus, in 2017, a new show “Money or Shame” was launched on the TNT4 channel, hosted by this scandalous character. Despite the fact that Sobolev continued to deny involvement in Uncle Vita, a video message from the angry lead singer of the group MBAND was sent to him. The fact is that on the air of the program Uncle Vitya spoke impartially about the team, calling them “the favorite group of worms.”

Once again, comedian Ilya began to deny that it was not he who was hosting the show. And therefore, he has nothing to apologize for.

In February 2010, Ilya Sobolev left the “Slaughter League”, deciding that he needed to move on. The creative producer of the project, a TV presenter and 12 participants left with the comedian. The guys worked, and at the end of August of the same year, on the TNT channel, viewers saw a new humorous show called “Comedy Battle,” consisting of two parts - selection and tournament.

5 clans took part in the game - finalists of the Comedy Battle. Selection" ("The Chosen"), residents of the "Comedy Club" ("Five Eggplants"), former participants of the "Slaughter League" ("Aristocrats", "Pimps of Happiness" and "Jokers"). Ilya Sobolev, together with comedians Konstantin Pushkin and Evgeniy Otstavnov, joined the “Aristocrats” team.

Ilya Sobolev is a talented artist who has received recognition as a presenter and showman. Ilya’s colleagues claim that the comedian is an extremely creative person. He is not afraid to experiment and does not recognize boundaries and limitations.

Therefore, Ilya manages to realize himself in projects of different genres. The comedian makes parodies and miniatures. Performs brilliantly in the stand-up genre. The artist also works as an entertainer. Organizes special events, holidays and weddings. He was repeatedly invited as the host of corporate events for the companies “Dyula-Tour”, “Sberbank”, “UralEnergoGaz”, “Uralsib”, “Mars”.

Dj FrEsH ft Andrian & Ilya Sobolev - “Don’t think about the bad”

Ilya Sobolev is also interested in music. Together with a popular St. Petersburg musician, Ilya recorded two musical tracks - “Gansta” and “Don’t Think.” The songs became hits and long time stayed in the charts of the first dance “Radio Record”. The track “Gansta” even took 16th place in the final superchart in 2009.

In 2013, 3 members of the Comedy Club, former members of the KVN team, decided to create a creative comedy trio “Ivanov, Smirnov, Sobolev”. Anton Ivanov and Alexey Smirnov, members of the KVN team “Hot Finnish Guys”, worked as a duet called “Cattle”, which gained popularity among viewers of the projects “Laughter without rules”, “Killer League”, “Killer Night”.

Alexey Smirnov, Anton Ivanov and Ilya Sobolev at the Comedy Club

The third participant, Ilya, organically complemented the acting ensemble. The short artist (Sobolev’s height is 166 cm, weight about 60 kg) proved that he can become energy center humorous scene. The club residents decided not to limit themselves to comical numbers of the usual themes. Anton, Alexey and Ilya created their own format of humor, bordering on the absurd.

The trio “Ivanov, Smirnov, Sobolev” began to regularly appear on the air of the Comedy Club program, collecting high viewer ratings. Soon the comedians starred together in the video “Nuances” of the group “3NT”. Once the acting ensemble received an award in the category “Best media group of the city of St. Petersburg.” The figurine was signed “Ivanov, Petrov, Sobolev,” which surprised the comedians.

Personal life

The personal life of Ilya Sobolev is arranged. The artist has a beloved wife, Natalya Pakhomova, who is involved in jurisprudence, as well as issues of purchasing real estate abroad. Natalya Soboleva is the organizer and co-owner of the EMS studio “Fit Premium”, the agency “Real Estate in Spain”. The family lives in St. Petersburg.

The young people have been together for several years now. When they first started dating, Ilya brought his bride to meet his parents. Mom gave her future daughter-in-law real exams to make sure the girl was ready for family life. Natalya passed the test, and soon the lovers legalized their relationship.

Ilya Sobolev with his wife Natalya and daughter

Later they had a daughter, Sofia. In September 2015, Natalya gave her husband a second daughter, Eva. The birth took place in a Moscow clinic. Being an experienced mother, Natalya developed the “Nutrition Diary and Postpartum Recovery” application for microblog subscribers on Instagram. Both spouses maintain their own pages on in social networks, including Twitter, where they regularly post joint and work photos. All free time the man tries to spend time with his children and wife.

Ilya Sobolev now

In mid-April 2017, Ilya Sobolev, as part of a comedy trio, went on tour to China, to the island of Hainan, where the Comedy Club festival was held. The event program included daily performances by club residents. During the day, participants and spectators were offered joint participation in games, competitions and relay races. The comedians prepared for the concerts best numbers, as well as miniatures that were created specifically for the festival.

In May 2017, the artist was detained by police officers to check his documents, during which it turned out that Ilya was driving with an invalid driver’s license. The traffic police service deprived Sobolev of his rights back in 2014. But the artist, according to him, did not know about this, since he did not receive a summons from the court.

Also in 2017, Sobolev made his film debut. He starred in the series “The Phantom of the Opera,” directed by Emil Nikoghosyan, known for the films “Champions” and “Moms 3.” It is noteworthy that his colleagues from the Comedy Club also starred in the film - and. This is the story of friendship between police operative Lesha and the ghost of the legendary swindler Pashka Veterok. At the moment, Ilya’s filmography is limited only to this picture.

Ilya Sobolev and blogger Nikolai Sobolev are namesakes

In 2018, Ilya decided to conquer the Internet. His YouTube channel was registered in 2012, but only now he began to develop and popularize it. The man admits that he can afford much more on the Internet than on TV. Here his monologues are even more poignant and topical. He also publishes his impromptu concerts and parodies of Russian show business stars on the channel.

Ilya Sobolev on the project "Where is the logic"

In the winter of 2018, a new show “Prozharka” launched on the TNT4 channel, hosted by Ilya. The format of the program is comedy: young comedians make fun of the invited guest. TV presenter and singer, stand-up comedian Ruslan Bely, blogger, etc. have already visited Sobolev at Prozharka. Some fans believe that they are brothers. But this is not so, the guys are just namesakes.

By the way, in August 2018, both Sobolevs came to the show “Where is the logic?”, Ilya was in tandem with rapper L’One, and Nikolai was with.

Projects

• 1999 – KVN team “Left Bank”
• 2007 – “Laughter without rules”
• 2007 – “Slaughter League”
• 2010 – “Comedy Battle”
• 2013 – “Ivanov, Smirnov, Sobolev”
• 2013 – “ComedyClub”
• 2018 – “Roasting”

Uncle Vitya is a shocking character in humorous shows that air on the TNT channel. Viewers are sure that under his mask there is a young comedian, whose name is still kept secret. The funny old man became the star of the show “Comedy Battle”, “Laughter without Rules”, and then created his own project.

Character history

When Uncle Vitya first appeared on the stage of Slaughter League, people wondered who played him. Some people had no doubt that it was a real man. After all, the actor transforming into him cleverly hid under professional makeup and did not give himself away.

Uncle Vitya always has the same image. Old worn trousers, plaid shirts worn over a turtleneck, and a vest or jacket. And the movement around the stage, characteristic of an elderly person, casts even greater doubts. The man came up with the name Uncle Vitya, or rather his pseudonym, himself, which further emphasizes the created image.

A comedian is good at the conversational genre, when he has to quickly come up with a funny answer to the questions of the jury members and improvise. However, the man was not seen in other directions. It is not known for certain who is hiding behind the mask of a grumpy old man. The organizers of the shows in which he participates assure that the man communicates with them in the same way as on stage.

Ilya Sobolev (supposed Uncle Vitya without makeup)

Although Uncle Vitya tries to keep the intrigue to the last and does not reveal his true face, attentive viewers have drawn conclusions for themselves. The main version is that he is hiding under the mask of a rollicking pensioner. This is a comedian on the TNT channel and a former member of the KVN team, who has a reputation as a cheerful guy who performs in miniatures in stand-up style.

Viewers of humorous programs made such conclusions after carefully comparing photos of Sobolev and Uncle Vitya. Despite the applied makeup, users found similarities in the facial features of these two people. Moreover, as “experts” assure, the image of the old man is not accidental. It was partially copied from the film “Man on the Moon”, Sobolev’s favorite film.

Those who carefully watched “Laughter Without Rules” also made their own conclusions. Uncle Vitya’s voice, rude and harsh, broke during the broadcast of the program, and the phrase “He is no longer a defender” was uttered in Sobolev’s voice.

home distinguishing feature this character is all about jokes. More precisely, in the translation of any questions addressed to him on the topic of the love affairs of an elderly man. The boorish, unbridled Don Juan seems repulsive and outrageous to the audience. However, his wit allows him to quickly come up with a suitable answer and make the whole room laugh.

No matter how much journalists and simply fans of TNT’s humorous projects tried to get to the bottom of the truth, the attempts were in vain. Sobolev and the channel management claim that these are two different people, Ilya has no relation to Uncle Vita.

In May 2018, in an interview for the Talking Heads Youtube channel, Sobolev personally answered an exciting question, assuring the host that Uncle Vitya was not him. Therefore, everyone is left to continue to wonder whether this character is real, or whether he is skillfully played by a professional actor.

Humor and TV shows

For the first time, viewers saw Uncle Vitya on the stage of the humorous show “Laughter without Rules” in 2007. He turned his speech into a dialogue with the jury. The jokes were directed at the girls who sat in the judge's chairs. The man “flirted” with, and. Nobody took him seriously, although the mysterious character's approach to humor and charisma captivated thousands of viewers. So other television programs began to appear in his biography.

In the show “Killer League”, the purpose of which was to select comedians to advance to the next stages and fight for the place of the best, Uncle Vitya was seen again. The man performed on par with other participants and captivated everyone with his jokes, from young people to the elderly.

Uncle Vitya appeared more than once in Comedy Battle. More precisely, he became a full-fledged participant in the project, along with other performers in three seasons. While on stage, the man improvises; he does not prepare for his appearances, but tries to get the jury to talk. Moreover, he always has the same image - a grumpy old man who doesn’t love anyone.

Uncle Vitya gets a job

During the entire time Uncle Vitya participated in this project, he even managed to reach the finals. In the 7th season of the project, which took place under the slogan “Experience vs. Youth,” the man took 4th place and received the right to open his own project on the TNT channel.

He also competed in Season 8, again finishing in 4th place, but this time the cash prize was only for the sole finalist. However, he was not upset, because he began promoting his own program called “Money or Shame.”

Uncle Vitya's new show started in the summer of 2017. He invites famous guests to the studio and does not change the created image when communicating with them. The stars of Russian show business experience sophisticated “set-ups”, sharp facts and scandalous details of their lives from Uncle Vitya.

The audience appreciated the show of the outrageous old man, so filming did not stop after the release of the first filmed episodes. In January 2018, the 2nd season of the show was released, and in the summer of the same year, viewers saw the 3rd. The man continues to look for new “victims” for his show, shoots new episodes and remains afloat for now.

Uncle Vitya now

On November 5, 2018, the 4th season of Uncle Vitya’s show “Money or Shame” started, where the participants, represented by eminent guests, will have to answer the host’s tricky questions. For completing all stages of the program, the guest star receives a cash prize.

Uncle Vitya and Elena Berkova

Other actors, comedians and singers have already come to visit Uncle Vita in previous episodes. The largest sum of money was earned by a businesswoman and former participant in the television project “Dom-2”.

• The fact that Uncle Vitya and Sobolev are one person has not yet been proven. Attentive viewers noticed an important detail in one of the episodes of “Slaughter League”. After the next performance, when the comedian went down the steps from the stage, Ilya Sobolev, or a guy similar to him, appeared in the same frame for 10 seconds. This video is freely available on the Internet.

Uncle Vitya and Ilya Sobolev on the same stage

• The interviews that Uncle Vitya gives for online publications are conducted in the same style as communication on stage during performances. The comedian turns questions from journalists into jokes and does not answer any questions seriously.
• In the program “Money or Shame,” where the invited guest was an actor, Uncle Vitya paid most attention to the latter. Moreover, the jokes were daring and arrogant. Although they made the audience laugh, Ruslan did not like such attention. He even went up on stage to “deal” with the man, but everything ended well.

Projects

• 2007 – “Laughter without rules”
• 2009 – “Slaughter League”
• 2015 – “Comedy Battle. Last season"
• 2016 – “Comedy Battle. Experience vs. Youth"
• 2017-2018 – “Money or shame”
• 2018 – “Comedy Battle. Stand-up vs. Miniatures"

This hero was originally conceived as the host of an unusual program. In order to promote Uncle Vitya, he was sent to various humorous competitions. He appeared in:

• Slaughter League;
• Laughter without rules.

The following definitions were offered to the viewer as characteristics of Uncle Vitya:

1. resident of the capital;
2. grumpy old man;
3. debater;
4. the one who has the last word;
5. self-proclaimed leader.

It was not difficult to guess that the scruffy old man was an actor in makeup. Uncle Vitya's voice sounded artificial, like Barmaley's on children's party. The clothes, although they are the standard of fashion on the outskirts of the city, are extremely clean and well-fitted. The hair on the hero's head, untouched by the barber, has been thoroughly washed, reminiscent of a theatrical wig.

You should also pay attention to how Uncle Vitya communicates with the hosts of the shows he attends. This is a pre-choreographed dialogue performed by artists. The guest’s impudence does not shock the hosts, and he himself does not stare at the “guys from TV.” Real characters from the social environment of the fictional uncle they idolize television and the stars of all kinds of shows.

He was created as an entertainer for the television program "Money or Shame." The plot of this program may seem familiar - they invite one of the stars and he or she earns money by answering tricky questions. If in world practice such a show borders on shamelessness, then at NTN they decided to spice up the shame with humor.

Performer of the role of Uncle Vitya

The name of the actor who plays this character was not disclosed by the management of the TNT channel and does not intend to be disclosed. Viewers conducted their own investigation, during which they even compared the ears of Uncle Vitya and the main comedians of the country.

As a result, it turned out that Ilya Sobolev plays the old man. He is not new to the world of comedy shows. Here short biography artist:

• Ilya was born 34 years ago in the city of Krasnoyarsk. The boy showed the makings of a KVN player very early - he began participating in humorous competitions while still at school. He also enjoyed performing original numbers at all children's amateur performance shows.
• The first adult KVN team for the artist was “Left Bank”, representing hometown guy in Major League KVN.
• Like many KVN players, Sobolev participated in the Comedy Club project. At the moment he is one of the residents of this show - he is its permanent participant. By the way, Uncle Vitya was also spotted there.
• Together with his friend from the “Left Bank” Roman Klyachkin, Ilya created the duet “Beautiful”.
• In addition to the comedy conversational genre, Ilya Sobolev is partial to music. He writes light dance tunes.

A dark spot in the comedian’s biography can be considered his detention in St. Petersburg in the spring of this year. Sobolev drove the car without documents. So he is quite a friendly character and not prone to hooligan antics.