The final night of competition for the sixth “New Wave” festival ended late Sunday night. The six day music festival featured three nights of competition which included Natalia Gordienko, Andris Erglis, Polina Smolova, and Mihai Traistariu who have all also recently taken part in a Eurovision Song Contest. The latest jury scores are available on the festival's Russian language website which will allow followers to predict the festival's top winners who will be announced tonight. Sunday's third and final night of competition will only be aired Monday night 30 July.
Moldova's Natalia Gordienko who entered the 2006 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest as part of the duo Arsenium makes the strongest bid for the final having placed second in jury scores during both the previous two nights of competition; jury scores from each night of competition are added together. Andres Erglis who joined Bonaparti.lv this May in Helsinki is also well-ranked for the final beginning the night in 3rd place. Mihai Traistariu and Polina Smolova also hope to make a strong showing in the final.
Russian broadcaster RTR and RTR Planet will air the final night of competition tonight 30 July; the final night of competition was recorded Sunday night. Because countries outside the usual reach of RTR are now sending contestants to the festival local stations in other parts of Europe are expected to air the competition – or highlights from it. Viewers are encouraged to check local listings (especially in Germany, Cyprus, Greece and the Czech Republic).
It's possible to predict the winner of the "New Wave" festival which will be announced tomorrow night based on the jury scores already announced. If you plan to watch a broadcast of the competition, and if you do not wish to know the results, please stop reading. The following information could be considered a "spoiler".
Based on the jury scores given on the "New Wave" festival website – after adding the highest score of the last night of competition to her previous scores – Natalia Gordienko from Moldova should be named as the winner of the "New Wave" festival in Jurmela, Latvia on Monday night. Latvian Andris Erglis should be receiving the third place for his efforts with Belarus' Polina Smolova rounding out the Top 5. Despite a strong showing in the last two nights of competition the Romanian Mihai Traistariu's last place score on the first night of competition prevented him from reaching higher then thirteenth place.
