Roy van der Merwe of South Africa went to the blue carpet to meet some of the artists. The carpet event is a highlight for most and all 43 artists came down  in alphabetical order if their countries. Unfortunately a long and tiring event but one of the highlights was seeing LAURA RIZZOTTO who represents Latvia – with Brazilian routes, she is one of the new artists this with who is also from the Southern Hempishere, Mandy from Norway was so kind to supply this photo.