New Wave starts tomorrow!

Oh yes,tomorrow sees the start of the annual Latvian musical extravaganza that is New Wave.New Wave is of course the competition that launched the careers of Tina Karol,Smash! ("a duet of young stylish guys" according to the website) and Dima Bilan.As well as featuring competing singers from all over Europe,the festival also sees some great (international and Russian) star guests every year- Stevie Wonder was there last year,Lara Fabian the year before...Russian overlord Filip Kirkorov has made his fair share of appearances over the years too,and there's even been British talent there too in the form of erm...Chris de Burgh and Craig David :/

Anyway,this year,there's 17 participants from various different countries.Of course there's plenty from the ex-USSR but there's plenty of others too.Although I haven't heard any music from any of them yet,I've read all their biographies.On this basis,my favourites are Simon from Germany,who likes French and Russian films,doesn't dance and "spends his free time doing nothing".My kind of guy :) I also like Don,who "dreams of getting a cake with Zhanna Friske coming out of it",dreamt as a child of becoming the first Latvian in space,and who "gets frightened when someone comes up to him quietly and says "Booo!" from behind his back" Aww. Also,you've gotta love Vladi from Israel who may or may not be basing his image on Dima Bilan circa 2003.He's a stylist,"helping rich and influential people of Israel look good." Stellar!

Apparantly you can see coverage of New Wave from tomorrow on RTR Planeta,but I have no idea what time.(I checked the listings and couldn't see anything :/ ) Cool beans...