Its participants were young singers from Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Lithuania, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine.  

Chairman of the jury was People’s Artist of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, Professor Evgeny Nesterenko (Russia). 

Deputy Chairman was People’s Artist of the USSR, Professor Farhad Badalbeyli (Azerbaijan).

Members of the Jury:

Firangiz Ahmedova, People’s Artist of the USSR, Professor (Azerbaijan) Cornelia von Kersenbrock, conductor (Germany)
Lenora Rosenberg, director of the opera studio of the Metropolitan Opera (USA)

Robert Koerner, artistic director of the Opéra de Lyon (France) 

Philip Broeking, opera director of the Komische Oper Berlin (Germany)

Sergei Leiferkus, People’s Artist of Russia (Russia)
Arnold Alons, artistic director of the Theatre du Capitole and Municipal Theater in Santiago de Chile (France and Chile)

Ivan Kalmhout, assistant casting director of the Staatsoper Berlin and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (Germany and Spain)

Teimuraz Gugushvili, People’s Artist of Georgia, Professor (Georgia)

Laureates of the Competition:

Grand Prix – Azamat Zheltyrguzov (Kazakhstan)

First Prize – Ramiz Usmanov (Uzbekistan)

First Prize – Alexander Chuvpilo (Ukraine)

Second Prize – Alexey Lavrov(Russia)

Second Prize – Jenisbek Piyazov (Uzbekistan)

Third Prize – Zhala Ismailova (Azerbaijan)

Third Prize – Maria Kublashvili (Georgia)

Forth Prize – Azer Rza-zade (Azerbaijan)

Forth Prize – Konstantin Brzhinslkiy (Russia)

Special Prizes:
The Best Tenor of the Competition - Ramiz Usmanov (Uzbekistan)

The Best Performance of a Folk Song – Du Fanyong (China)

The Best Performance of a Piece from Byulbyul’s Repertoire – Rahim Mirzakamalov (Uzbekistan)

Prize of the Musicians of Azerbaijan - Jenisbek Piyazov (Uzbekistan)