Vladislav Yakovlev

Education

He studied languages (English, Chinese and Italian) at the International Slavonic University of Moscow before working for two major Russian television channels, Channel One Russia and RTR (now part of VGTRK).

Career

In 2009, when the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Moscow, Yakovlev was appointed as Deputy Executive of the Contest. This role opened him the doors of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which he joined in 2010. Eurovision contests

After joining the EBU, he was appointed as responsible for the Eurovision Young Dancers 2011, which had not taken place since 2005.

He organized it successfully in Oslo, Norway and did it again in 2013 in Gdańsk, Poland.

After the Young Dancers competition in Oslo, he was given the opportunity to organize the Eurovision Young Musicians 2012, which took place in Vienna, Austria and the 2014 edition in Cologne, Germany on 31 May 2014. Yaklovev returned to his role for the Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 in Plzeň, Czechoslovakian Republic and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The recent Junior Eurovision turned out to be his last event as an EBU worker

Achievements

• Following the achievements of coordinating these internationally recognised events, Yaklovev took the challenge of being the Executive Supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 that took place in Kiev, Ukraine on 30 November 2013 and the 2014 Contest which was held in Malta.