In 2016, the contest of young artists "Newwave, as well as in 2015, is planned to be held in Sochi. Prior to this, it has become a tradition to hold it in Jurmala. "New Wave" was a kind of continuation of the competition among young performers "Jurmala", held on the shores of the Gulf of Riga until 1990.

Start. "New Wave" in 2002-2006
For the first time this music competition was heldonly 12 years after the closed "Jurmala", namely in 2002, but, nevertheless, after the premiere, it became clear that "New Wave" will quickly gain popularity among the audience. For the first time there were 15 participants. The winners of the “New Wave-2002” duet Smash, which at that time were future celebrities and girls' favorites - Vlad Topalov and Sergey Lazarev. The young performer Dima Bilan, who was then able to take only fourth place, has now become a mega-famous and popular singer. Among the star guests were Toto Cutugno, Philip Kirkorov, the prima donna Alla Pugacheva and many other celebrities.
In 2003, the winner of the titleThe “new wave” was a red-haired beauty Anastasia Stotskaya, the guests then were Patricia Kaas, Ingrid, Sarah Conor and many Russian stars. In 2004, the title of the winners of the "New Wave" went to the group "Cosmos", the second place winner was Irina Dubtsova.
Alla became co-host of concerts in 2005Borisovna Pugacheva. Then Intars Busulis from Latvia won, Tina Karol took the second place, and Polina Gagarina awarded the third place. In 2006, the American performer La Rose won the New Wave competition, the second place was taken by Italian Gianni Fiorellino, and the third was taken by Sofiko from Georgia.

Competition "New Wave". Winners 2007-2009
In 2007, the owner of the first place wasMoldavian Natalia Gordienko, Erglis from Latvia and the Barcelona duet from Ukraine shared the second place, Marina from Poland became the owner of the honorable third place.
Winners of the "New Wave" in 2008 - a duetGeorgia. The second place was given to the Russian woman Iris by the judge, and the third place went to Italian Alessandro Ristori. Guests of the competition were not only celebrities of Russian pop, but also world stars - Robin Gibb, Montserrat Caballe, Joe Cocker.
"New Wave" in 2009 distinguished by the fact thatthe first place was shared by Ukrainian Jamala and Indonesian Sondoro Sandhy. The award from the most prima donna - Alla Pugacheva - was received by Ukrainian Mila Nytych. The second place was awarded to the Italian performer Antonello Carozza, the third was received by the Russian singer Yusim Mark.
Anniversary, the tenth "New Wave"
In 2010, in the competition won the performerfrom Armenia - Sona Shahgeldyan, the deserved second place was won by Ukrainian singer Tatyana Shirko, and the third place the judges decided to give Uku Suviste from Estonia. In 2011, the anniversary, the tenth competition "New Wave". An extensive festive program was organized in his honor. Many events took place in Jurmala and in Riga. The competition was attended by 16 performers. Won the talented guy from America Jayden Felder. The honorable second place by right belonged to the Ukrainian Masha Sobko, and the third was received by the group “N.А.О.М.И.” from Russia.

Winners 2012, 2013, 2014
In 2012, the owner of the first place “NewWaves ”was the Russian woman Nilufar Rasulmuhamedova, Constanzo del Pinto from Italy took the second place, and Maria Yaremchuk from Ukraine won the third place. At that time, this competition was different from the previous ones in that the voting of judges in 2012 was open only on the first and second day of the competition, on the third day it was closed to preserve intrigue.
In 2013, the judges gave the victory to the Cubanto performer roberto kel torres. Georgian Salome Katamadze then deservedly ranked second, and Vietnamese Win Huat took third place. The star guests were Lara Fabian, famous singer Alessandro Safina and popular Toto Cutugno.
In 2014, the victory went to the performer fromNutsa Buzaladze of Georgia, a deserved second place was won by Ukrainian Victoria Petrik, the third - Vyacheslav Rybikov. Famous guests were Ricky Martin, Alessandro Safina and the indispensable Lara Fabian.

"New Wave 2015" in Russian Sochi
In 2015, 15 were involved in the competition.performers. Who are the winners of the New Wave in Sochi? The title deservedly won Damir Kedzo from Croatia, who was in the lead from day one. The second place was shared by Indonesian Millane Fernandez and Ademi from Kazakhstan, and the third judge gave the Ukrainian group The Pringlez. The presentation of the winners of the "New Wave" in 2015 impressed all the guests and spectators of the competition. In contrast to previous years, the competition program lasted 10 days. World and Russian celebrities were invited to the New Wave in Sochi, including E. Ramazotti, A. Pugacheva, F. Kirkorov, A. Netrebko, Valeria, S. Shnurov and gr. "Leningrad", D. Bilan, P. Gagarin, N. Baskov, L. Vaikule, A. Varum, L. Agutin, O. Gazmanov, V. Presnyakov, S. Lazarev, A. Lorak, I. Dubtsova and others.
For the first time that “New Wave 2015” will beIt is not held in Jurmala, but in Russian Sochi, people heard from the mouth of the governor of the Krasnodar Territory. Later information was confirmed by Igor Krutoy. This happened because of the ban on entry into Latvia by Russian stars: Valeria, Oleg Gazmanov and Iosif Kobzon. Crimea, as well as the Russian cities of Kaliningrad, Kazan and others, were ready for the competition.