Elena Orlova is a player of the teams of Vladimir Belkin, Andrey Kozlov and Alexei Blinov, a connoisseur of the elite intellectual club "What? Where? When?". He is a teacher-psychologist, methodologist, specialist in creative thinking, organizer and leader of the educational institution "Academy of Intelligence", operating in Israel and Russia.
Biography of Elena Orlova began in 1965. The girl was born on November 10 in a metropolitan family. Elena studied well at school. The love of knowledge had a considerable influence on the further choice of the type of activity.
Path selection
After school, a graduate decided to get an education at the Plekhanov Institute. She chose the Faculty of Economics. In 1989, the diploma was successfully defended, but the girl was disappointed in the chosen specialty. She was not useful in the future work of Orlova. Elena was interested in advertising.
Formed as an independent business area, the industry attracted a talented person with a creative direction. The girl began with drawings. Then she switched to verbal advertising. She worked as a copywriter and editor. In 1992, a promising employee was appointed on television to be the editor for the launch of the TV programs “My Game, ” “Two Pianos, ” and “One Hundred to One.”
She was preparing for the show "Cooking Fingers". Elena was responsible for the scripts, the lead of the host, the content of the program and the ad units. Then Orlova went to the project "Who wants to become a millionaire?". She was involved in preparing questions and working with program participants.
A talented creative artist was invited to one of the departments of Artemy Lebedev's studio "Artography". There, Elena worked as a creative director at the Masterhost IT company. On the set of the pilot episode of the program "My game", an acquaintance with experts on the capital's teams "What? Where? When?" At that moment, Orlova realized that in the program it was possible to meet and chat with those who, like her, love reading, word games and are curious.
Elena quickly became a club regular. The girl was noticed. She took part in the Brain Ring games. Candidates for participation in an intellectual show were selected in it. The first round as a participant took place in 1998. Then there was a game in Athena, the team of Vladimir Belkin. With her, Orlova received the championship title 11 times.
Fateful decision
She then went on to Alexei Blinov. In his team, Elena got the title of the best player three times. In 2005, in the season of the Anniversary Games, experts were named the best. Orlov was awarded the Voroshilov Prize for his warehouse in the development of the club.
Among all the teams participating in the program, the Blinov team is considered one of the strongest. However, failed games were not uncommon. So, in 2011 in the fall series, the loss to the audience was 3 points. It was the incorrect version of the participant that prevented Askerov from giving the correct answer. Then the club veterans refused to help the team.
According to Elena, she came to "What? Where? When?" not to earn, but to train the brain, learn to look for unexpected points of view and innovative solutions. Orlova is sure that logic has no gender.
Since 2014, the connoisseur has been living in Tel Aviv. She is engaged in the development of the educational institution "Intelligence Academy". In it, teaching is conducted in a playful way.
The founder does not stop participating in the games of the intellectual club. She has a place in the team of Andrei Kozlov. Almost half of all victories in 33 games were provided to her by Elena, the versions voiced and proposed by her. The last time a female expert appeared in the club in 2017.
Family and passion
Little is known about the personal life of the female expert. In 1989, Orlova had a child, daughter Masha. The girl was born almost immediately after the protection of her diploma by her mother. Elena does not say anything about her first wife. It is known that he fully supported his wife in her decision to move to another sphere.
The intellectual player began working on television when Masha was three years old. Mom raised the girl herself. Maria graduated from Moscow State University. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy. The family has a pet, Dachshund Uma.
The woman herself likes cycling, she loves the sea, music and reading books, not only in electronic, but also in a traditional format. This is what she explains the secret of her erudition.
In 2014, it became known about the decision of Vladimir Belkin and Elena Orlova to become husband and wife. At first, the husband was involved in organizing youth competitions in the club, then he founded a network of children's intellectual clubs.
