Karaoke on the Maidan
Karaoke on the Maidan was one of the most popular TV projects in Ukraine. Its rates and shares were very high. It was on air during more than 10 years. Ihor Kondratuk was a presenter and coauthor of this TV show. Andrey Kozlov (What? Where? When? magister) who is a godfather of Kondratuk's child was as well a coauthor of Karaoke on the Maidan. This format had been beamed in Russia on TV channel 31 (February 1997 to the end of 1999) before it started in Ukraine on TV channel Inter in 1999. TV channel 1+1 bought the right to broadcast it on air in 2007.
Format
- a crowd of people is gathering on the street and everyone is a potential participant of the game;
- a presenter sing a song together with the crowd;
- he chooses at his discretion those people who were singing that song better than others for further game;
- among those who were chosen the crowd has to elect the ones who will take part in the final episode of the program;
- the finalists are gathering money in the crowd to find out who is the winner;
- the one who has gathered more money is the winner.
Ihor Kondratuk's copyright protection in the Court
One of Ukrainian media outlets illegally created a project Karaoke near the Fountain, which was a copy of the Karaoke on the Maidan format. The proceeding in a case lasted three years. Attorneys-at-law Natalia Subota and Andrii Nechyporenko represented Ihor Kondratuk's interests in court. The presenter of the program and co-author Ihor Kondratuk visited court sessions by himself.
This case is a unique one, because it is a first and a successful attempt of copyright protection in Ukraine, in particular the copyright protection of TV program format.
TV show Chance — an ideological continuation of Karaoke on the Maidan
A new format of Ihor Kondratuk Chance with Andrii Kuzmenko and Natalia Mohylevska as presenters became an ideological continuation of Karaoke on the Maidan. The finalists who had won in Karaoke on the Maidan became as well the participants of the other program – Chance. During one day they had to prepare performance with help hair designers, make-up artists and producers and to present it at the end of the day.