For ten consecutive years, the Russian branch of the men's magazine "GQ" has been presenting figures of Russian show business with a prize for contribution to a particular sphere of life. The anniversary award allowed the magazine to award a larger number of participants compared to previous years.
Every year, journalists of the Russian branch of "GQ" highlight several media characters who managed to bring something new to Russian culture. In 2012, the editorial board of the magazine proposed as many as fourteen nominations, in each of which five artists were nominated.
In the nomination "Actor of the Year", the jury chose Mikhail Efremov, Alexander Yatsenko, Andrey Smolyakov, Danila Kozlovsky and Alexei Serebryakov. As the most frequently appearing person on TV screens (nomination "Face from the TV"), candidacies were proposed by Alexander Maslyakov, Vadim Takmenev, Nikolai Naumov, Fedor Dobronravov, as well as Vladimir Pozner and Leonid Parfenov. The last two participants joined forces and created an analytical show of a new format, for which they were awarded one in two nominations.
Little-known cultural figures such as Oxxxymiron, Dmitry Bogdan, Maxim Aksenov, Konstantin Buslov and Anton Adasinsky were nominated for the "Discovery of the Year" prize. In the nomination "Politician of the Year" there is only one "dark horse" - a former member of the party "United Russia" Evgeny Urlashov, who became mayor of Yaroslavl. For the prize, he will compete with Mikhail Prokhorov, Alexei Kudrin, Vladimir Putin and Alexei Navalny.
In the nomination "Producer of the Year" - again a couple of participants nominated for a common project (Konstantin Ernst and Denis Evstigneev). They are opposed by Roman Borisevich, Alexander Rodnyansky, Joseph Bakshtein and Eduard Boyakov. The highest chances, according to the GQ editors, are to receive the prize "Businessman of the Year" from Oleg Tinkov, Pavel Durov, Maxim Nogotkov, Ziyavudin Magomedov and Arkady Volozh.
Vyacheslav Zaitsev, Evgeny Nikitin, Dmitry Loginov, Oleg Ovsiev and Leonid Alekseev will compete for the title "Designer of the Year". This is not the first time Arkady Novikov has appeared in the lists of nominees for the Restaurateur of the Year prize. This year, the company was made up of Kirill Gusev, Gia Abramishvili, Ivan Shishkin and Andrei Dellos.
The award "Writer of the Year" will be shared between Alexei Ivanov, Vladimir Mikushevich, Vladimir Kozlov, Sergey Shargunov and Andrei Rubanov. Among the nominees for the "Journalist of the Year" award is an intangible project called "Kermlinrussia, Presidential Roissy." Whether he will be able to defeat strong opponents in the person of Grigory Revzin, Ilya Azar, Yuri Saprykin and Alexei Venediktov is not known.
Athletes in the appropriate category represent one sport: Maxim Maximov (biathlon), Fedor Emelianenko (boxing), Roman Shirokov (football), Evgeni Malkin (hockey) and Andrey Kirilenko (basketball). This year’s prize “Musician of the Year” will be won by the leader of the Mumiy Troll group Ilya Lagutenko, Alexander Sklyar, rapper N1NT3NDO, as well as the groups Auktsyon and Predilection Loop.
Among foreign cultural figures (nomination "International Man"), the men's magazine singled out Kanye West, Jean Dujardin, Matt Weiner, Raf Simons and Jeremy Lin. In the only nomination where beautiful ladies can take part - “Woman of the Year”, the prize will be won between Elena Isinbaeva, Leah Akhedzhakova, Hibla Gerzmava, Avdotya Smirnova and Oksana Akinshina. Prize winners will be revealed on September 22, 2012.
