# New Wave 2012

11th International contest of young performers New wave was held from 24 to 29 July 2012 in the concert hall Dzintari in Jūrmala, Latvia.

## Participants

| Participant | Country |
| Suren Arustamyan | Armenia |
| Aleksandra Bartashevich | Belarus |
| Costanzo Del Pinto | Italy |
| Ayala Eligoola | Israel |
| The Jigits | Kazakhstan |
| Bek Israilov | Kyrgyzstan |
| Han Hua | China |
| W | Russia |
| IOWA | Russia |
| Niloo | Russia |
| Framest | Latvia |
| Diāna Jasilionite | Lithuania |
| Los Rumberos | Mexico |
| Michael Blayze | Nigeria |
| Cristal | Finland |
| Mariya Yaremchuk | Ukraine |

## Day 1–25 July

| Nr. | Country | Performer | Song | Points |
| 01 | Mexico | Los Rumberos | I Like It (Enrique Iglesias) | 83 |
| 02 | Kyrgyzstan | Bek Israilov | Honesty (Billy Joel) | 85 |
| 03 | Finland | Cristal | If I ain’t got you (Alicia Keys) | 80 |
| 04 | Russia | Niloo | Unfaithful (Rihanna) | 93 |
| 05 | Armenia | Suren Arustamyan | Change the world (Eric Clapton) | 92 |
| 06 | Kazakhstan | The Jigits | September (Earth, Wind & Fire) | 94 |
| 07 | Ukraine | Mariya Yaremchuk | Homeless (Leona Lewis) | 97 |
| 08 | Lithuania | Diāna Jasilionite | Killing Me Softly (The Fugees) | 87 |
| 09 | Latvia | Framest | Moanin' (Art Blakey and «Jazz Messengers») | 96 |
| 10 | China | Han Hua | A New Day Has Come (Celine Dion) | 81 |
| 11 | Nigeria | Michael Blayze | Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) | 81 |
| 12 | Russia | IOWA | Paparazzi (Lady Gaga) | 85 |
| 13 | Israel | Ayala Eligoola | Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley) | 95 |
| 14 | Belarus | Aleksandra Bartashevich | No Ordinary Love (Sade) | 94 |
| 15 | Russia | W | I want you back (Michael Jackson) | 89 |
| 16 | Italy | Costanzo Del Pinto | Thank You For Loving Me (Bon Jovi) | 96 |

## Day 2–26 July

| Nr. | Country | Performer | Song | Points |
| 01 | China | Han Hua | Mage Ama | 86 |
| 02 | Belarus | Aleksandra Bartashevich | Ya ne veryu tvoim glazam (Maxim Fadeev) | 91 |
| 03 | Ukraine | Maria Yaremchuk | Teche voda (Sofia Rotaru) | 95 |
| 04 | Finland | Cristal | Rolling in the Deep (Adele) | 83 |
| 05 | Italy | Costanzo Del Pinto | L’italiano (Toto Cutugno) | 97 |
| 06 | Israel | Ayala Eligoola | One Night Only (Beyoncé) | 90 |
| 07 | Latvia | Framest | Podberu muzyku (Raimonds Pauls) | 94 |
| 08 | Russia | IOWA | Sneg (Nikolai Noskov) | 93 |
| 09 | Lithuania | Diāna Jasilionite | Love is blind (Donny Montell) | 88 |
| 10 | Armenia | Suren Arustamyan | Moya lyubov' tebe (Avet Barsegyan) | 88 |
| 11 | Mexico | Los Rumberos | Bamboleo (Nicolas Reyes) | 88 |
| 12 | Russia | Niloo | Samaya luchshaya (Slivki) | 95 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | The Jigits | Uletayu (A-Studio) | 95 |
| 14 | Nigeria | Michael Blayze | All I do (Stevie Wonder) | 84 |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | Bek Israilov | Bozhe, kakoy pustyak (Aleksandr Ivanov) | 88 |
| 16 | Russia | W | Predstav' sebe (Aleksandr Abdulov) | 88 |

## Day 3–28 July

| Nr. | Country | Performer | Song | Points |
| 01 | Kyrgyzstan | Bek Israilov | Moya lyubov' | 88 |
| 02 | Nigeria | Michael Blayze | Never Say Never | 76 |
| 03 | Ukraine | Mariya Yaremchuk | Vesna | 88 |
| 04 | Russia | Niloo | Ola-ola | 96 |
| 05 | Finland | Cristal | He doesn't know | 80 |
| 06 | Italy | Costanzo Del Pinto | Se vuoi | 89 |
| 07 | Israel | Ayala Eligoola | How it most a beautiful | 83 |
| 08 | Kazakhstan | The Jigits | Vso lyubov' | 88 |
| 09 | Mexico | Los Rumberos | Mami ti siento do lor | 84 |
| 10 | Belarus | Aleksandra Bartashevich | Ty leti | 89 |
| 11 | Latvia | Framest | Na ulitse goroda roz | 87 |
| 12 | Russia | IOWA | Mama | 97 |
| 13 | Russia | W | Na samom dele | 82 |
| 14 | Armenia | Suren Arustamyan | Next to you | 88 |
| 15 | China | Han Hua | To get a love and make me stay | 75 |
| 16 | Lithuania | Diāna Jasilionite | Endless melody | 85 |

## Results

| Country | Performer | Total points | Place |
| Russia | Niloo | 284 | 1 |
| Italy | Costanzo Del Pinto | 282 | 2 |
| Ukraine | Mariya Yaremchuk | 280 | 3 |
| Latvia | Framest | 277 | 4-5 |
| Kazakhstan | The Jigits | 277 | 4-5 |
| Russia | IOWA | 275 | 6 |
| Belarus | Aleksandra Bartashevich | 274 | 7 |
| Israel | Ayala Eligoola | 268 | 8-9 |
| Armenia | Suren Arustamyan | 268 | 8-9 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bek Israilov | 262 | 10 |
| Lithuania | Diāna Jasilionite | 260 | 11 |
| Russia | W | 259 | 12 |
| Mexico | Los Rumberos | 255 | 13 |
| Finland | Cristal | 243 | 14 |
| China | Han Hua | 242 | 15 |
| Nigeria | Michael Blayze | 241 | 16 |

## Presenters

* Valeria Kudryavtseva
* Sergey Lazarev
* Aleksandr Revva
* Vera Brezhneva
* Ivan Dorn
* Anna Semenovich
* Sergey Zverev
* Vladimir Zelenskiy
* Elizaveta Boyarskaya
* Valery Meladze
* Verka Serduchka
* Potap

## The contest program

* 24 July — Grandiose gala concert dedicated to the opening of the contest
* 25 July — The first day of the contest — The day of the world-wide hit
* 26 July — The second day of the contest — The hit of the native country
* 27 July — Traditional beach soccer tournament «New Wave Cup» between the teams of show business stars and contestants «New Wave».
* 27 July — Creative evening of Konstantin Meladze
* 27 July — Night discotheque «Muz-TV» — Special guest — Timati.
* 28 July — Tennis tournament between the stars of the «New Wave» and professionals
* 28 July — The third day of the contest — Premiere Day — Special guest — Lara Fabian.
* 29 July — Gala concert dedicated to the closing of the contest, award ceremony — Special guests — Nelly Furtado and Sumi Jo.

## Jury

* Raimonds Pauls
* Igor Krutoy
* Valeriya
* Laima Vaikule
* Valery Meladze
* Konstantin Meladze
* Igor Nikolayev
* Igor Matviyenko
* Leonid Agutin
* Yuri Antonov
* Maxim Fadeev