The MUZ-TV Anniversary Award ceremony has prepared unexpected surprises for the audience

The 20th National Award Ceremony of the MUZ-TV channel is taking place in Moscow on Saturday, June 7, during which the best song, album and performers of the year are determined. The list of nominees includes both recognized masters of show business and new names.

The organizers of the grand celebration have prepared many surprises for the audience, including the premiere. Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the participants and the audience, noting her contribution to the development of Russian culture. He stressed that the opinion of the audience plays an important role in determining the winners, thus respect for the choice of people "increases the prestige of the award as one of the most prestigious in Russian pop art."

Correspondent Ksenia Soldatova noted that not only the nominees themselves, but also their fans carefully prepared for the award. Fans of the author and performer SHAMAN (real name Yaroslav Dronov) came in a group, wearing kokoshniks. Singer Sergey Lazarev was greeted with his songs. And Philip Kirkorov appeared on the red carpet for the first time after being hospitalized, recovering from his burns during his show.

Before going on stage with performer Lucy Chebotina, the robops, which she will have as backup dancers, "warmed up". But the singer MakSim will have to literally fly out to the audience in the Sun.

"We have MakSim involved. She generally flies out into the Sun, her own sun. The room is in oriental style. A large six—meter sphere is inflating, we shine a projector on it, like in a movie theater," the director of the MUZ-TV 2025 Award shared the secrets of preparation. The legend "Legend" Anton Davydenko.

The stage for the ceremony was also created specifically according to the director's sketches. The heavy multi-ton decorations are actually easy to move, and the arena ceiling is designed so that the most unexpected objects can be hung from it. Pyrotechnics will add entertainment to the stunts.

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How did secular Moscow spend the last week

On June 2, it was reported that at the "MUZ-TV Awards 2025. Legend" Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, author and performer SHAMAN will perform a song for the first time, with which he will represent Russia at the international music competition "Intervision 2025".

In addition to SHAMAN, the band "Zveri", ANNA ASTI, Sergey Lazarev, Polina Gagarina, Dima Bilan, Grigory Leps, Lucy Chebotina, Nikolai Baskov, Serega, Igor Krutoy, Lev Leshchenko, AY YOLA, Klava Coca, MakSim, "Room of Culture", "Disco Accident" will appear on the stage of the Live Arena. Semitsvetik Ensemble, Vadim Samoilov (Agatha Christie), Artik & Asti, BEARWOLF, The Hatters, Tatiana Kurtukova and MOTH. The ceremony began at 16:00 live on MUZ-TV.