One of the main characters in both films is a spoof of a Russian pop singer: Tima Milan in Samyy luchshiy film (2008) portrays Dima Bilan, and Dimaty parodies Timur Yunusov.
The previous film, Samyy luchshiy film (2008), includes a spoof of Dima Bilan's number at Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 (2006), where he won the second place, and this film spoofs his number at Eurovision Song Contest Belgrade 2008 (2008), which he won.
Andrey Myagkov's role in Ironiya sudby. Prodolzhenie (2007) is spoofed in this film by Mikhail Efremov, while Efremov's role in another 2007 film, 12 (2007), is spoofed here by Vladimir Vinogradov. Lyubov Rudneva also acted both in this film and in "12".