Young talents showcased their skills in various areas of performance arts: dance, song, instrumental and folk music, and circus acts.
[2] The show quickly gained popularity with viewers, and increasingly, young professional pop singers began to appear.
Among the many artists who started their careers on the show were Philipp Kirkorov, Alexey Glyzin, Olga Zarubina [ru], Alexander Serov, Yuri Loza, Leonid Agutin, Dmitry Malikov, Valeriya, Vyacheslav Malezhik, Ekaterina Semenova, Yaroslav Evdokimov, Alexander Malinin, Taisiya Litvinenko [ru], Nadezhda Chepraga [ru], Anne Veski, Vyacheslav Dobrynin, Alena Apina, Natasha Koroleva, Mikhail Zadornov, Gennady Vetrov, Julian, and the groups Sekret and Ivanushki International.
Hosts over the years included Vyacheslav Malezhik, Ekaterina Semenova, Tatiana Menshikova, Yuri Okhochinsky, Rafael Tsitalashvili, Maxim Leonidov, Vladimir Danilin, Tatiana Vedeneyeva, Valentina Legkostupova, Pavel Smeian, Viktor Krivonos, Olga Denisenko, Ilona Bronievitskaya, Yuri Antonov, Philipp Kirkorov, Jasmine, Alena Apina, and Gennady Vetrov.
The hijacking attempt failed, and during the assault, nine people were killed, including the mother Ninel Ovechkina and four of her older sons, along with a flight attendant and three passengers.
The program "Wider Circle" was preceded by shows such as "The Screen Gathers Friends", "Musical Tournament of Cities", "Tele-Theatre Welcomes Guests", and "Carousel".