Yana Alekseyevna Churikova ( ; born 6 November 1978 ) is a Russian journalist and television host who worked on MTV Russia before moving to Channel One , where she hosted seven seasons of the Star Factory show . She has also gained publicity across Europe and the world for presenting the results of the Russian televote at the Eurovision Song Contest for several years . Churikova was to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 , to be held in Moscow , Russia . However , her pregnancy was announced shortly afterwards and she instead hosted the allocation draw of the Eurovision countries and arranged Russian commentary to Channel One . Her daughter Taisa Lazareva was born on May 26 , 2009 , 10 days after the Eurovision final
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Yana Churikova