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 city of Jūrmala, Latvia.
Each year the chairman of the jury was the initiator of the festival, Raimonds Pauls.
[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.
Russian was excluded for political reasons due to the escalated conflict with Russia.