Viktor Loginov, who has hosted the Russian version of Identity since its beginning in 2007, became a contestant on the Ukrainian
counterpart of the show which aired on 31st December. From its second season Andrey Domanskiy (host of Ukranian «Identity» began to be visited by Russian contestants quite often (for instance, by actors of Russian series airing on «Novy Kanal», the network airing «Identity»), and Mr Loginov was another addition to that company on the New Year’s Eve.
Before Ukraine launched its own version of the format, «Novy Kanal» aired Russian episodes of «Identity» (called «Intuitsiya» or «Intuition») – and still does that every day except Fridays, when the Ukranian version airs; so Mr. Loginov is, of course, popular with the viewers. Besides his career as a TV host, he is the main actor in a highly popular sitcom «Happy Together» (Russian adaptation of “Married… With Children”) which also airs in Ukraine.
The episode turned out to be fantastic. Viktor didn’t managed to win anything, but he played very well. Besides, as a host of a similar show, his categories were extremely tough and all contestants looked very alike. Next week Andrey Domanskiy and Viktor Loginov will switch places and Andrey will play as contestant – that will be the last episode of Ukranian «Identity», as Andrey is moving to «1+1» channel to host the «Show for Two Million», based off the Money Drop format.
