SOCHI, RUSSIA – Last night was the first, out of the three, competition nights of the new wave festival in Sochi. Two Eurostars represented their countries, Josephine (GR NF 2014) and (San Marino 2015, San Marino 2013) who represented Italy. After the first night Josephine is on the 6th place with 80 points while Michele is on the 9th place with 78 points. The artists will perform an international hit in the next phase of the contest.
The โNew wave festivalโ is one of the most popular competition in Europe. Many Eurostars have started their promising careers by just participating in it among them a winner, Dima Bilan, who was fourth in 2002. The outcome of the competition comes from a jury of 8 very well established artists, among them this year we find 4 Eurostars : Phillip Kirkorov (RU 1995), Ani Lorak (UKR 2008), Valeriya (RU NF 2009) and as a guest juror the famous Greek composer and producer Dimitris Kontopoulos (Belarus 2007, Ukraine 2008, Greece 2009, Azerbaijan 2013, Russia 2014)