New Wave 2009: You are not alone - Michael Jackson Tribute - video

Новая Волна 2009 - You are not alone

Dima Bilan @ New Wave 2009 Festival - video

Watch Dima Bilan's perfomance as a guest at New Wave 2009:

New Wave 2009 - Dima Bilan - Killing me softly




New Wave 2009 - Dima Bilan - Lonely



Dima Bilan @ VIP Zone - New wave 2009 - Number One Fan


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New Wave 2009 - The winners

The contest winners were Sondoro Sandhy from Indonesia and Jamala from Ukraine.
Each took home EUR 50,000.

Italy's Antonello Carozza was second, Mark Yusim from Russia was third. Aisha shared 4th/5th place with Lika from Georgia.

Russian pop diva Alla Pugachova presented her special award - "The Golden Star" - to Milla Niticha from Ukraine. Its cash prize: USD 50,000.

Latvia's Aisha (Aija Andrejeva) was named "audience favorite" during the awards presentation ceremony.

New wave 2009 winner - Sandhy Sondoro ( Indonesia)


New Wave 2009 winner - Jamala (Ukraine)




You can read more about New Wave Festival HERE


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New Wave 2009: Alla Pugachyova & Maksim Galkin - This Love - video

Alla Pugachyova and Maksim Galkin singing "This Love" (Это Любовь)at Jurmala New Wave Festival 2009.

New Wave 2009: Alla Pugachyova - Звезда (Star) - video

Alla Pugachyova singing at Jurmala New Wave Festival 2009 the song Звезда (Star).

New Wave 2009: Filipp Kirkorov - Livin' La Vida Loca - video

Filipp Kirkorov singing and dancing "Livin' La Vida Loca" at Jurmala New Wave Festival 2009.

Eurovision 2009 under threat after Russian invasion of Georgia

Next year's Eurovision Song Contest is under threat after ex-Soviet states called for a boycott after Russia invaded Georgia.

Russia's Dima Bilan won the 2008 contest thanks to ex-pats in former Soviet-bloc states banding together to vote for him.

As a result, the 2009 contest will take place in Moscow.

But Baltic nations Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia may pull out of the annual TV show.

A poll in Estonia has already backed the boycott, while pressure is also rising for a Polish withdrawal.

Estonia's culture minister Laine Janes, said: "Solidarity must exist with Lithuania and Latvia to show consolidated support for Georgia."

The European Broadcasting Union, who run Eurovision, have said the Georgian conflict cannot be allowed to wreck the contest.

Spokesman Svante Stockselius said: "These issues should not be linked. We are organising a non-political event and if the hosting country is able to ensure the safety of participants there is no reason why it should not be allowed to host the finals."

The potential eastern boycott is another problem for Eurovision, who are already struggling to allay the fears of the western countries that they now no longer have a chance in the contest.

Sir Terry Wogan confirmed last month he would be stepping down as the BBC's Eurovision host after 37 years. The 70-year-old presenter has tired of the "political voting" that determined the outcome.

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Kostas Martakis @ New Wave 2008 - Jurmala

Kostas Martakis at New Wave 2008 music festival singing russian version of "Always and Forever"

Dima Bilan at New Wave 2008 - Jurmala

Watch Dima Bilan's performance at New Wave 2008 music festival - Jurmala, Latvia.

Filipp Kirkorov@New Wave 2008 - Jurmala

Watch Filipp Korokorov's performance at New Wave 2008 music festival - Jurmala, Latvia.

Alla Pugachyova&Maxim Galkin@New Wave 2008 -Jurmala

Alla Pugachyova and Maxim Galkin at New Wave 2008 -Jurmala singing "Громоотводы" (Lightning).

Verka Serduchka at New Wave 2008 festival - Jurmala

Verka Serduchka (ESC 2007) singing "Do, Re, Mi" at New Wave 2008 music festival - Jurmala, Latvia.

Serebro at New Wave 2008 Festival - Jurmala

Serebro (ESC 2007) performing in premiere a new song "Dirty Kiss" at New Wave 2008 music festival - Jurmala, Latvia.

Second Semi-Final -reactions after perfomance

The representatives of nineteen countries have presented their songs tonight in the Second Semi-Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

Watch the reactions after perfomance below:

The ten qualifiers of the second semifinal

The following countries have qualified for the Final of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest (in order of announcement):



Ukraine
Croatia
Albania
Iceland
Georgia
Denmark
Sweden
Latvia
Turkey
Portugal

Latvia rehearsal and press conference

The Latvian group Pirates Of The Sea consists of three lead singers Aleksandra Kurusova, Jānis Vaišļa and Roberto Meloni.

During the rehearsal it seemed that not all of the props were in place, and the final visual aspects of the performance will not be clear until the dress rehearsals.

The Pirates are joined by three other backing singers.Amongst the items used on stage are antique weapons and swords, with skull and cross bones flags being waved. Rumour has it that the Pirates could be using an authentic ship steering wheel and this has been held up in customs but will be available for the next rehearsals.





Press conference

The pirates arrived in full costumes to the press conference with Pirates of The Sea playing in the background. With regards to the staging, the obvious question of what happened with the other props was raised, to which Roberto answered "Well, they considered us pirates very dangerous at the airport so we couldn't bring the items straight away!".




sources:eurovision.tv; esckaz.com; estoday.com

Greece: Kostas Martakis - photos

New Wave 2007, Jurmala, Latvia

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Dima Bilan - Time to party -photos

New Wave 2007, Jurmala, Latvia

source:novonews.lv;partylive.lv

New Wave 2007 - Kostas Martakis wins the Audience Choice Award

Greek musician Kostas Martakis is the winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2007 New Wave international music festival, in the Baltic resort of Jurmala, Latvia. (Photo ITAR-Tass)

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New Wave 2007: Natalia Gordienko from Moldova wins

With 312 point Natalia Gordienko from Moldova wins the sixth edition of New Wave Festival.

The final results are: (1st day + 2nd day + 3rd day)

1 - Natalia Gordienko (Moldova) - 100 - 105 - 107 = 312
2 - duo Barcelona (Ukraine) - 106 -101 - 101 = 308
3- Erglis (Latvia) - 103 - 101 - 104 = 308
4 - Marina (Poland) - 100 -97 - 107 = 304
5- Polina Smolova (Belarus)- 100 - 95 - 106 = 301

6- Rin'Go (Kazakhstan) - 95 - 100 - 106 = 301
7 -Kostas Martakis (Greece) - 94 - 103 - 102 = 299
8 - Francisca Urio(Germany) - 98 - 100 -101= 299
9- Masha Novikova (Russia) - 98 - 98 - 101= 297
10 -Natasha Vinokurova (Russia)- 93 - 103 - 100 = 296

11- Anastasia Kochetkova (Russia) - 97 -96 - 98 = 291
12- Vasily Lazarovich (Ukraine) - 94 - 96 - 99 = 289
13 -Mihai Traistariu (Romania) - 81 - 107 - 99 = 287
14- Chioma (USA) - 93 - 100 - 93 = 286
15- Issa Samer (Czech Republic) - 91- 92 100 = 283
16- Eleonora (Georgia) - 89 - 96 - 94 = 279
17- Kate (Czech Republic)- 92 - 89 - 94 = 275
18- Alessandro (Italy) - 95 - 88 - 91= 274

source:newwavestars.com