The Jurmala Young Pop Singer Competition (Latvian: Jauno dziedātāju konkurss „Jūrmala”, Russian: конкурс молодых исполнителей эстрадной песни "Юрмала"),[1] has been held almost annually during 1986-1993 in the resort cityofJūrmala, Latvia. Each year the chairman of the jury was the initiator of the festival, Raimonds Pauls.[2] Another founder and host (until 1992) was Yuri Nikolaev.[3]
Since 1992: Jurmala Television Pop Music Festival (Latvian: Starptautiskais popmūzikas festivāls)[4]
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 was excluded for political reasons due to the escalated conflict with Russia. For the latter reason Nikolayev was rejected as a host.[3]
A 105' documentary Jurmala-92 was released.[4]
