Фотогалереи / New Wave - International Contest of Young Singers of Popular Music in Jurmala

The informal "New Wave"

The first day of lots dwaring on the "New Wave 2003" contest - July 26th 2003 - passed on the seashore. The participants had to wlak or swim (their choice - the water was just over a meter) about 30 meters away from the shore to choose a balloon, tied to a bottle with a number.

Unfortunately not all the participants of the contest can be seen in this gallery. Participants from Latvia - Veronika Plotnikova and Nicole, Vadim Azarh from Moscow, the "101" band from Kazahstan and Rafael from Israel didn't get pictured. We shall try to compensate this in our next galleries dedicated to the "New Wave" contest

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The lot-masters - the contests general manager - Aleksandr Rumyantsev (holding a microphone) and the main director Aleksandr Revzin (the "balloon-guy").

Journalists at work

The "Radiocafe" girls (Olesya left and Natasha right) are going to get the balloon.

"Radiocafe" drawing lots...

Nelly - the participant from Moldova is heading for the lots

Yevgeniya (the Ukraine) has already made her choice

Anastasiya Stockaya (Russia)

Participants from Russia - the "Radiocafe" girls and A. Stotskaya

A participant from "Slej" (United Kingdom)

A georgian girl Hatuna representing Estonia

Emmy from Armenia

A true Swede - Leon

Tatjana Perez (Turkey)

Ruta (Lithuania)

Having made it out of the water, the contest participants started singing

"АЪЛО" (which is translated as "great") from Uzbekistan (from left: Kristina, Sveta and Karina)

Isn't it a beauty-contest? Some girls even have numbers!

A. Rumyantsev and Leon

The most exotic cand at the "New Wawe" contest - "Slej" from the United Kingdom