Pambuyo pa mpikisano wachiwiri pa mpikisano "New Wave 2008" ku Jurmala, mtsogoleriyo anali woyimira Russia.
Tsiku lachiwiri lopikisano linaperekedwera kugonjetsedwa kwadziko. Omvera anayenera kumvetsera nyimbo zambiri zodabwitsa, zomwe pachiyambi zinkawoneka ngati zovuta. Zotsatira za kulenga kwa kusintha zinali zosiyana, zomwe zinakhazikitsidwa ndi jury.
Wopambana pa ulendo wachiwiri ndi mtsogoleri wa mpikisano wonsewo anakhala Iris wa ku Russia, wolemba za nyimbo ya Laima Vaikule "Kuyenda kovuta kwa jazz" ndi ballet wamphongo. Ali ndi zaka 19 ndipo wapita nawo mpikisano wamitundu yonse, kuphatikizapo Black Sea Games (2001, First Prize), New York, Tel Aviv, Kiev (2005, Grand Prix), Humor Festival ndi zojambulajambula zosiyanasiyana (2007, Mphoto Yachiwiri).
Amamvetsera ku funk, jazz, moyo. Amalola ochita, mosiyana ndi ena, omwe amachita zomwe aliyense sangachite (Bobby McFerrin, Stevie Wonder). Irina anasankha kutenga nawo mbali mu "New Wave" chifukwa adakondwera ndi chilengedwe, komanso makanema apamwamba.
Pano pali tebulo lomaliza monga lonse:
Zotsatira za mpikisano Watsopano Wave 2008 pambuyo pa ulendo wachiwiri:
Iris (Russia) - 236
Georgia (Georgia) - 233
Alessandro Ristori (Italy) - 232
Ndalama (Latvia) - 227
Mher (Armenia) - 224
«Rivets» (Ukraine) - 222
Omar Zhanyshev (Kirghizia) - 219
Vladi (Israeli) - 217
Simoni Novsky (Germany) - 216
Nyusha (Russia) - 212
"China Town" (Kazakhstan) - 208
Elena Maksimova (Russia) - 207
Mika Newton (Ukraine) - 207
Sofia Zida (Finland) - 199
"Nokaut" (Makedoniya) - 198
Jacynthe (Canada) - 197
Amalume Vanya (Byelorussia) - 190
Gome likuwonetsa kuti anthu atatu kapena anayi okha ali ndi mwayi wopambana - Iris (Russia), Georgia (Georgia), Alessandro Ristori (Italy) ndi Zopereka (Latvia).
Pamapeto omaliza, ochita masewerawo adzachita nyimbo yoyambirira yomwe inalembedwa makamaka pa mpikisanowo "New Wave 2008".