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) of the world took part in the festival. The headliners of the festival were

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, and other popular performers from

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. The patroness of the festival was

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. The festival took place in 2011 and 2012. The festival was

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in the event of the year category.

The first festival (2011)

Held from September 6 till September 10, 2011. Representatives from 19 different countries of five continents participated in competition program of the first festival. Participants age limit was from 18 till 30 years old inclusive. Each contestant presented two songs – the first performance was in the ethnic style representing national peculiarities of the contestants native country. The participants represented the world-famous hits during the second performance. The jury chairperson of the contest is Sophia Rotaru, People's Artist of three countries (Ukraine, Russia, Moldova). Members of the International Jury: co-chairman

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(Greece), Erol Yaras (Turkey), Antero Payvalaynen (Finland). Grand Prix of the festival and the first prize of USD100, 000 were awarded to Carolina Soto from

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. The 2nd place won the participant Nikhil D'Souza (

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), the third place jury awarded to the sisters Umara Sinhawansa and Umaria Sinhawansa(

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). The Art Director of the festival Alla Pugacheva awarded "Alla`s star" to Rin'Go band (

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The second festival (2012)

Scheduled from August 28 till September 1, 2012. The selection of contestants has been on since December 1, 2011. The 2012 festival featured performers from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and other countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This time the winner was determined by the audience's votes. The winners of the 2012 competition were the Ukrainian pop group Unreal. Their hit Love is War.

Founders of the festival

Festival Art Director is Alla Pugacheva, a singer. General Producer – Valentina Basovskaya, who has been working over Alla Pugachevas Ukrainian projects (musical "Chasing Two Hares" Pugachevas recitals in Ukraine, "Christmas Meeting" in

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in 2009 and others) for a long time. The organizer of the festival is Krymfest LLC. The total prize fund of the contest is USD 200,000. The festival management is located in Kyiv.

References

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External links

Official site of the contest "Crimea Music Fest"

News of the festival is on Alla Pugachevas official website

Pugachova switches on Crimean "Іntervision." "High Castle", Lviv

Yalta Crimea Music Fest has been considered to be the most peaceful event in 2011

Details of the Song Contest

Music festivals in Ukraine Culture of Crimea Yalta