Evgeniy Chebatkov

Evgeniy Andreyevich Chebatkov (born 13 September 1990) is a Kazakh-born stand-up comedian and media personality, who is notable for mainly performing in Russia. He is a co-presenter of the Bedtime Story podcast of the LABELSMART YouTube channel and a prominent presenter on the TNT TV channel, where he has led programmes including Stand Up, The Game and Concerts. He was born in Ust-Kamenogorsk to a music teacher and a metallurgical factory worker, and learned English for two years in the Mormons community during his childhood. He enrolled at Tomsk State University in 2008, where he began his radio presenter career, presenting Europa Plus Tomsk from 2008 to 2013, and in 2013 he started attending Niagara College in Canada, where he began stand-up comedy. After moving to Moscow he worked as a copywriter for BBDO Moscow from 2015 to 2017 while performing at open mics, was featured at TNT's Stand Up in 2016, and in 2022 became the programme's new main presenter. In July 2023 he married actress Vera Drovenikova in Moscow.