"Battle of psychics": how did the TV deceive your grandmother

We need not only bread and spectacles, but a little more fairy tale. And while there are still interruptions with bread and we stay here, there is no lack in fairy tales. On the TNT channel, a program is regularly shown, which helps to believe simultaneously in magic, miracles, God, justice and simply human happiness - the “battle of psychics”. We figure out how the program is arranged, where miracles are in it and why the viewer is “glad to be deceived”.

The Battle of Psychics is a television show, which, like many others, came up with the British to Russians. Transigns of this kind are popular all over the planet. The UK shows Britain's Psychic Challenge, in America it is American PSYCHIC CHALLENGE, in Bulgaria - "CHINEARICOVIDSIA", in Azerbaijan - "Ekstra Hiss". There is even its show in Mongolia - “Zөn Bilgian Tulaan” (Yandex.P. calls it “emotional battle”). So we touch the paranormal, which becomes paranormal, but through the centimeter glass of the TV - as a result, the audience is in order, and the desires are satisfied.

Grandma and miracles

Sofia is a native Muscovite, she is seventy-six years old, she worked for thirty years at the radio engineering research institute, and now retired. In recent years, she sat with a sick sister who recently died. Sofia conducts leisure, like many other grandmothers - doing household chores, and sometimes does nothing.

But she also watches TV, although not often.

“There is not even any specific program that I follow,” says Sofia, “at which one is-I look at that. I watch the battle of psychics irregularly, but still I love this program. ”

Sofia does not trust medicine: according to her, the doctors could not make her the right diagnosis once - unlike psychics.

Twenty -six years ago, Sofia first came to a psychic. Then she understood two things about the supernatural: firstly, it is interesting, and secondly, it works. Since then, Sofia has repeatedly went to psychics with her sister. They were helped to solve health problems and personal difficulties. But Sofia does not trust medicine: according to her, the doctors could not make her the right diagnosis once - unlike psychics.

Sofia believes in the Battle of Battle. He says that there are real psychics, although they are all a little dishonest: those who are decent will not seek fame - they will simply do their job.

Psychic-passer and esoteric perfume

Julia Wang, the winner of the fifteenth season of the Battle, in the outfit that looks like modern vampire vestments, goes to the cemetery. Behind the scenes of the voice: "Julia Wang does not yet know that it is approaching the grave, a sign on which is closed with fabric." Another voice says that she does not know that in this grave there is a gallows. They greet her. She, in a voice weary of life, greets in response. She is asked to tell about the deceased everything that she will feel. Like a stranger sniffing before an attack, Julia turns her head and worships: "They did not ask for permission from the cemetery." She squats to the grave, lights a candle. At this moment, music plays, after which the dog Baskerville should have howl. Julia, with the white, like the witcher Geralt, begins to mutter something and call on some mother. The psychic begins to swing, mutter more and more diligent, the camera approaches her face so that it can be seen with what difficulty it is given to her.

As a ghost, Julia gets up and slowly moves towards the relatives of the gallows. She looks at them intently, without blinking. And he says, he says something that makes the young brunette cry-it seems that Julia voices the sad truth that the brunette tried to forget. How does the psychic know the details of life and death that are in no way connected with it?

The radio host Katya Gordon would answer that it was just a deception.

“She was my hairdresser. Believe me, she has no ability. Unless she was engaged in the expulsion of demons with a perhydrol. ”

“These participants in the“ Battle of Psychics ”are real charlatans. This is not psychics, ”she said to one yellow publication, which, in general, is not very decent to refer to.

Then Gordon said that she was familiar with Julia before the “battle”: “She was my hairdresser. Believe me, she has no ability. Unless she was engaged in the expulsion of demons with a perhydrol. ”

But we will not completely trust secular ladies who can deceive us for the sake of elaborating glory. However, keeping in mind such an opinion is worth it.

Wang was exposed like a fashion model and starred in the series "All the men - his ...". Her colleagues-examses-Vlad Kadoni, Georgy Malinovsky and Venzeslav Vengrzhanovsky- participated in "House-2". By any means, these people were looking for the opportunity to become famous. And they received it, discovering in themselves "paranormal abilities."

After the transfer, the most talented participants conduct receptions. Marilyn Kerro's schedule is occupied by customers for three months in advance. Alexander Sheps opened the store and every two weeks gives a magic seminar. Julia Wang sells VKontakte perfumes. Psychics take tens of thousands of rubles for the meeting. Even an ordinary expert in the jury of the Battle, Mikhail Vinogradov, a psychiatrist, receives 15,000 rubles for taking-three to five times higher than on average psychiatrists in Moscow receive.

The pain and hatred of the Russian taxi “Four in the morning, the first of January 2016. In the cabin, some kind of plan. I felt him well "

TNT guarding the otherworldly

Student GITIS Ksenia is hiding in the attic. This is not an episode of the Russian horror film, but the shooting of Battle. The test for psychics is to find Ksenia.

Swami Dasha, who opened his gift after several years of life in India, includes the mansion where the shooting is going on. The presenter gives him the Ring of Ksenia, and Swami asks for several minutes: he needs to prepare. Suddenly, from nowhere, bells appear in his hands - he gently hit one about the other, and everyone is fascinatingly listening to how the otherworldly engine of the super -resistances Swami is gaining momentum.

The clairvoyant looks back. Before him are the students of GITIS and the host. Swami approaches one of the students and affectionately asks: "Immediately say or then?" Obviously, the conversation about the personal. So psychics of "Battle" are often done. Swami says that the guy was born correctly, to which he responds with a frequent nod.

This scene seemed strange to Batenka, so we contacted a former student, now an actor, and talked about filming.

"I want it to be true, so I believe."

He said that he did not know by what parameters the students were selected for filming. It’s just that the university’s leadership chose them - and that’s it. There were no agreements on where to hide. The students themselves chose which room to go to, and then psychics really searched for them.

“The shooting impressed me very much because I ran into the energy of unusually strong people. For example, when Dasha looked at me, I bluntly pressed on the floor. At the same time, I had a conversation with another psychic transmission, and he did not say anything sensible about me, ”says the interlocutor of“ Butenka ”, who wished to remain an unknown. - Everything that was said by psychics about the guys - everything is true. We really cried from some things. The information that the psychics said was nowhere to take. True, after filming, the guys and I discussed what information about us can be found on social networks, and one guy said that what was said about him was on Facebook. The truth or the lie is shown in the “battle” - the question of faith. I want it to be true, so I believe. ”

After that, the "friend", trying to understand how the transfer is arranged, sent a request to the TNT press service. Here's what they answered there:

“Participation in the program is free. Our team has been looking for psychics for a year - and having found, we still need to persuade them to participate in the project. It is impossible to buy participation or any place: we are only interested in the show rating, but for this we need real psychics. "The Battle of Psychics" has nothing to do with the esoteric business. Moreover: we advise the audience not to go to paid methods for psychics.

Everything that happens on the screen is true. Of course, we use installation: from thirty hours of filming, a half -hour test is broadcast. On the screen, it looks more impressive due to music and good installation work. In reality, everything is much slower and boring.

We have no script. This is not a staged, but a real reality show. All its participants are real people with real problems, often with grief. We cannot make them cry or laugh. We do not control the actions and words of psychics, which is why we are often forced to shoot until late, since they need a lot of time to immerse themselves in the situation.

We never know who will win. We can only guess about it. Sometimes leaders are visible immediately, but they can change. Often the frontman has such outstanding talents that it can be predicted that he will at least reach the final. But whoever wins is decided by the audience with the help of voting. We cannot falsify its results. And we have no benefit from the victory of a particular participant: we don’t care who will win, the favorite of the audience always becomes the winner. So, for example, in the seventh season we assumed that Ilona Novosyolova would win, and Alexei Pokhabov won. In the sixteenth season, it was completely incomprehensible whether Victoria Rydos or Marilyn Kerro would win - the gap was only a couple of percent of the audience votes.

After the show ends, the only obligation of our participants is not to act in other projects within three years, since at this time there are repetitions of “Battle of psychics”. ”

Kaldy Baldes and paranormal scenario

Some claim that everything is a little different as the TNT press service says. For example, Mikhail Porechenkov, who was the host of the program for several years, said : “I worked with them for a long time. Kaldy-balds, as they said in childhood. All lies! Yes, completely. And what is not to disclose here? I tell the truth. I upset everyone? "

Like people serious, we are not enough for us "kalda-balda." We need evidence that we are being deceived. Unfortunately, they are.

Of course, all this can be blogger inventions. He, taking advantage of the method of Katya Gordon, could simply wind up the views. We turned to a more authoritative source - the former editor of TNT Mikhail (the name changed).

He said that psychics are selected in the external image. If the editors suit the image of a psychic, then they take it. The participant can even have some abilities-in this case, the image will be even more complete and realistic. But the main thing is the necessary appearance. If the image does not fit, then no one cares that a psychic can. Theoretically, if you dress up like a Sheps and behave like Wang, then you will be taken without problems to the “battle”. The main thing is that the producers should believe you. You can be a complete idiot, but they will drag you if you have the right way.

People turn to the channel with their real problems. They send letters to TNT, and the editors of the TV channel select those topics that will be interesting to the viewer.

“After receiving the letter,” Mikhail explains, “the answer to people comes in two months: during this time you can find out about a person. Everyone has social networks - this is the main source from which you can learn a lot of things. The shooting begins two months after the agreement on them. During this time, TNT editors drive and collect information, and then psychics look omnivorous. They go around the cemetery and supposedly cannot find the way, but they seem to be enthusiastic. Guys, in fact, the editor has long visited this cemetery and chose the most sinister path to the right grave, and the psychic simply learned the road.

“What is the difference between“ Dom-2 ”and“ Battle of Psychics ”? Almost nothing. "

One of my friends passed the casting and went up to type. Producers offered her second place for 2,000,000 rubles. She did not have that kind of money, so the producers said that they could make money for her, and then she would work them at receptions. That is, you work out money - and only then do you go into free swimming. There is a story about Mehdi who tried to escape, but he was stopped by TNT employees in Sheremetyevo and returned to the salon. The first place is more expensive: several years ago it cost about 5,000,000 rubles. This is decided at the initial stage, and psychics lead to victory. ”

If the shooting about solving the problems of the heroes, Michael says, then psychics are prepared one hundred percent, they should not be mistaken, because the people who leave the shooting should believe in what happened.

“My friends convinced me that everything was real. I began to argue: well, how much did you come to you for shooting? Two months later. Do you think they could not find out everything about you during this time? -Michael laughs.-How does "Dom-2" differ from the "battle of psychics"? Almost nothing. Both there and there should come people who can lie so that everyone believes them. You can come up with at least any story, the main thing is to look realistic. Psychics do not receive a salary for participating in the battle. The main thing is the glory and audience, which will be ready to pay tens of thousands of rubles for reception in the future. In “House-2” there is no clear scenario, there people come off, improvise-and earn money. Here are two differences from the Battle of Psychics. And the rest is the same. ”