The participants of the festival were 17 teams from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and other countries of the CIS and Europe. Their performances were assessed by a competent jury which included the permanent member of the KVN (The Club of the Happy and Inventive) jury, film director Yuli Gusman, Laima Vaikule, Pelageya, Oleg Znarok, Vladislav Tretiak, Valdis Pelsh, Igor Vernik, Valeri Syutkin. The winner of the festival was the Soyuz team from Tyumen who received the main award – The Big KiViN in Gold.
Rodion Shchedrin and Maya Plisetskaya who arrived to Riga especially for this performance were given an ovation.
On Saturday Rietumu Bank will hold a ceremonial reception in honour of the jubilee of the famous festival. The open-air reception arranged at the popular national restaurant Lido on Jomas Street (the central street of Jurmala) will be attended by more than 300 guests, among them being Alexander Maslyakov, members of the jury, KVN (The Club of the Happy and Inventive) participants of different periods, honorary guests of the festival, recognised political leaders and entrepreneurs.
The Charity Fund of Rietumu Bank is arranging the event in cooperation with Art Forte Company and Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg).
