Sevak Khanagyan ( hy, Սևակ Խանաղյան, russian: Севак Тигранович Ханагян, Sevak Tigranovich Khanagyan; born 28 July 1987) is a Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter. Khanagyan came to prominence while competing in season four of ''

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'' in 2015, and he later won season seven of '' X-Factor Ukraine'' the following year. He has been a coach on '' The Voice of Armenia'' since its fourth season in 2017. Khanagyan represented Armenia in the

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with the song " Qami" (Wind).

Early life

Khanagyan was born on 28 July 1987 in

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, a village in the

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. When he was in seventh grade, his family left Armenia and moved to

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in Russia. He went on to study music in

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, and graduated with a degree in 2014.

Career

2015–2017: Beginnings and ''X-Factor Ukraine''

In 2015, Khanagyan competed in the first season of ''

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'', the Russian version of ''

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''. He was mentored by

Maxim Fadeev Maxim "Max" Aleksandrovich Fadeev (russian: link=no, Макси́м Алекса́ндрович Фаде́ев) (born 6 May 1968) is a Russian singer-songwriter, composer and producer. Biography Early life and career Maxim Fadeev was born on ...

, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Later that year he began participating in season four of ''

''. He joined the team of

Polina Gagarina Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina ( rus, Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина, p=pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə; born 27 March 1987) is a Russian singer and songwriter. She Russia in the Eurovision Song Contes ...

but was eliminated in the knockout rounds. The following year, Khanagyan left Russia to compete in season seven of '' X-Factor Ukraine''. Throughout the show, he was mentored by Anton Savlepov and went on to win the competition. Following his success on ''X-Factor Ukraine'', Khanagyan returned to his home country Armenia and became a coach on the third season of '' The Voice of Armenia''.

2018–present: Eurovision Song Contest

In December 2017, he was confirmed as a competitor in '' Depi Evratesil 2018'' with the song " Qami". In March, 2018 Public TV of Armenia released the official Music Video of Sevak's "Qami". Director of the music video is

Arthur Manukyan Arthur Manukyan ( hy, Արթուր Մանուկյան, born July 4, 1985) is an Armenian director and producer. He is known for being the producer and director of music videos of Armenian singers. He directed dozens of television projects and eve ...

. Sevak qualified from the second semi-final on 21 February 2018, and went on to win the competition on 25 February. He went on to represent Armenia in the

, but failed to qualify from the first semi-final coming in 15th place with 79 points.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Sevak Khanagyan's biography
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