Career
Valdis Pelšs graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Philosophy. He firstly appeared on television as a KVN player among MSU team with his friend Alexei Kortnev (1987). Together they also participated in Oba-na television program. In 1983 they formed an alternative rock band Neschastny Sluchai, which Pelšs left in 1997.
In 1995 Vladislav Listyev invited him to work on musical game show Ugadai Melodiu, a Russian version of Name That Tune aired on Channel One. The show quickly gained popularity: while airing it was watched by 96% of people, therefore Valdis Pelšs is mentioned in The Guinness Book of Records as the most popular Russian television personality. He was awarded with TEFI in 1997. After the death of Sergei Suponev in 2001 Pelšs manages child programms subdivision on Channel One.
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