Nikolay Mozgovoy and Yurko Yurchenko

The composer Nikolay Mozgovoy, right, the co-chairman of the Fifth International Television Musical Contest "The Sea of Friends" and the singer Yurko Yurchenko rest on the Yalta-based beach during the last day of the Contest (Saturday, July 31, 1999). The Contest was held in Yalta on July 27-31 and gathered the singers from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria. Nobody of the participants gained the Grand Prix, Evgenya Topchy (a native of Kyiv) got the First Prix ($5 thousands) and the Rank of Laureate. Photo by Anatoly Medzik/ UNIAN