The three singers who took the first spot at the ‘New Wave 2017’ international music contest of young pop singers have shared the prize money amounting to 6 million rubles at the finale of the song festival, RIA Novosti reports.
To remind, representative of Armenia Erna Mirzoyan (Erna Mir) led the song contest with 362 points after summing up the results of the first three days of the contest.
Mirzoyan, known in Armenia as part of the "Voices of Artsakh" music ensemble, shared the first spot with representatives of Uzbekistan and Moldova.
During the closing ceremony of the contest, the announcers said that this is a unique incident in the history of the New Wave contest when three participants claim the first place.
The other representative of Armenia, Syuzanna Melkonyan, who finished 3rd in the Armenian national selection in 2017 Eurovision song contest, comes the second with 357 points.
To note, the contest has been organized annually since 2002 by Russian composer Igor Krutoy and Latvian composer Raimonds Pauls. Young singers between the ages of 16 and 30 are eligible to compete in the festival. This year the festival was attended by 14 participants from 9 countries. The festival was held in Russia’s Sochi from September 8-14.