The winner of Jurmala competition "New Wave" has become a Latvian singer.

Last year the winner was also a Latvian singer. The second place was Ukrainian Tina Karol, and the third - Rossiyanka Polina Gagarina, according to a press release of the festival.

In addition to the main prizes at the festival was also awarded the Audience Prize - the representative of Kazakhstan Makpal Isabekova. A Alla Pugacheva has awarded a silver winner of the competition - Tinu Carol - his own calls for "Allah".

ideologists competition composers Igor Sharp and Raimonds Pauls conceived the competition as "a new project and a way to exit from the crisis of the musical" music in Russia and CIS countries.

In the future, they plan to hold talks with representatives of the Western show business and expand the range of participants.

Two years ago, organizers of the old television competition "Jkrmala" tried to sue Raimonds Pauls and Igor Krutov, accusing them of usurping the idea of pop singing contest, held at Riga seaside.