Jurmala Young Pop Singer Competition


The Jurmala Young Pop Singer Competition, has been held almost annually during 1986-1993 in the resort city of Jūrmala, Latvia. Each year the chairman of the jury was the initiator of the festival, Raimonds Pauls. Another founder and host was Yuri Nikolaev.
Since 1992: Jurmala Television Pop Music Festival

1986

The competition was held July 21–25 in the Tennis Center "Lielupe". The organizers were Raimonds Pauls, Igor Nikolayev and Vadim Makarenko. This year it was announced as an International Television Festival and rules were changed: the number of contestants was limited to 15, the age was limited to 25, and the languages were limited to English and Latvian. Russian language was excluded for political reasons due to escalated conflict with Russia. For the latter reason Nikolayev was rejected as a host.
A 105' documentary Jurmala-92 was released.