{"id":30785,"date":"2026-09-23T22:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=30785"},"modified":"2026-09-23T22:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T19:33:47","slug":"serhii-sosiedov-pomer-detali-smerti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/show-biz\/serhii-sosiedov-pomer-detali-smerti\/","title":{"rendered":"Former \u00abX Factor\u00bb judge Sergei Sosedov has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Russian music critic and television presenter Sergei Sosedov, who served as a judge on the Ukrainian \u00abX Factor\u00bb on STB, has died aged 58. The news was announced on 23 September by his colleague Vadim Takmenev. According to him, he passed away in the morning. Russian media have linked the incident to a trip to Yakutia, although there is no publicly confirmed definitive cause of death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TV presenter Vadim Takmenev announced Sosedov\u2019s death.<\/li>\n<li>The critic and television presenter was 58 years old.<\/li>\n<li>The media are reporting on a possible accident in Yakutia.<\/li>\n<li>Sosyedov was a judge on the \u00abX Factor\u00bb programme on STB.<\/li>\n<li>He subsequently supported Putin and the annexation of Crimea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The media are reporting that it was an accident<\/h2>\n<p>For the team behind the Russian television programme \u00abSuperstar\u00bb, with whom <strong>Neighbours<\/strong> He had worked for many years, so his death came as a surprise, said Takmenev.<\/p>\n<p>Russian media outlets, citing sources close to the TV presenter, report that this happened during a trip to Yakutia. These reports suggest it was an accident. *Moskovsky Komsomolets* reported a possible fall down the stairs, but this information has not been publicly confirmed by a medical report.<\/p>\n<h2>Work on a Ukrainian show and Russian television programmes<\/h2>\n<p>Sosiedov was a member of the judging panel on the Ukrainian \u00abX Factor\u00bb from 2010 to 2015. Archival footage from STB confirms his involvement in the programme from the very first series, as well as in material from the sixth series.<\/p>\n<p>On the show, he judged the contestants\u00ab performances and worked with his prot\u00e9g\u00e9s as a mentor. \u00bbThe X Factor\u2019 made him a household name <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/lora-lumer-rosijska-propaganda\/\">Ukrainian audience<\/a>. He also worked on Russian television on the programme *Sharks of the Pen*, was a judge on *Superstar! The Comeback* and presented the talk show *Beyond the Edge* on NTV.<\/p>\n<h2>Public support for Putin and the annexation of Crimea<\/h2>\n<p>After working in Ukrainian television, Sosedov publicly supported <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> and echoed the Kremlin\u2019s claims regarding Ukraine. In 2014, he justified Russia\u2019s seizure of Crimea. Ukraine and the international community consider Russia\u2019s annexation of the peninsula to be illegal.<\/p>\n<p>A former colleague of Sosedov on \u00abX Factor\u00bb, a producer <strong>Ihor Kondratyuk<\/strong>, said that after <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/zelenskyi-deokupatsiia-krymu-samit\/\">the occupation of Crimea<\/a> Communication between them became strained. According to him, the critic justified the occupation of the peninsula and, as a result, clashed with the project staff.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergei Sosedov has died aged 58. 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