Sevak Khanagyan

Sevak Tigrani Khanagyan (Armenian: Սևակ Տիգրանի Խանաղյան, Russian: Севак Тигранович Ханагян, romanized: Sevak Tigranovich Khanagyan; born 28 July 1987) is a Russian-Armenian singer and songwriter. Khanagyan came to prominence while competing in season four of The Voice of Russia 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Qami" (Wind).

Sevak Khanagyan
Khanagyan in 2018
Background information
Also known as	Seva Khanagyan, Sevak
Born	(1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37) Metsavan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Origin	Moscow, Russia
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2015–present

Early life

Khanagyan was born on 28 July 1987 in Metsavan, a village in the Lori Province. When he was in seventh grade, his family left Armenia and moved to Kursk in Russia. He went on to study music in Moscow, and graduated with a degree in 2014.^[1][2]

Career

2015–2017: Beginnings and X-Factor Ukraine

In 2015, Khanagyan competed in the first season of Glavnaya Stsena, the Russian version of The X Factor. He was mentored by Maxim Fadeev, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.^[3] Later that year he began participating in season four of The Voice of Russia. He joined the team of Polina Gagarina but was eliminated in the knockout rounds.^[4] 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

Main article: Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

In December 2017, he was confirmed as a competitor in Depi Evratesil 2018 with the song "Qami".^[5][6] In March, 2018 Public TV of Armenia released the official Music Video of Sevak's "Qami". Director of the music video is Arthur Manukyan.^[7] 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2018, but failed to qualify from the first semi-final coming in 15th place with 79 points.^[8][9][10]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Notes
Океан внутри тебя	Released: March 15, 2019 (Russia)	No. Title Length 1. "Ответь" 3:42 2. "Не беги" 3:51 3. "Невесомость" 3:39 4. "Дым" 3:15 5. "Обними" 3:51 6. "Ярко" 3:33 7. "Падать" 3:32 8. "Открой глаза" 3:03 9. "Они не знают" 3:17 10. "Океан внутри тебя" 3:18 11. "Доброе утро" 3:30

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Когда мы с тобой" (feat. VARDA)	2016	Non-album singles
"Hayrenik"
"Hin Fayton"
"Не молчи"	2017
"Im Ttvatsin"
"Новогодняя"
"Если вдруг"
"Qami"	2018
"Зеркала"
"Я чувствую кожей" (feat. Lyudmila Sokolova)
"Amena"
"Пустота" (Soundtrack of the film "Непрощённый")
"Океан внутри тебя"	2019	Океан внутри тебя
"Доброе утро"

References

1. "Սևակ Խանաղյանի մայրիկի բացահայտումները երգչի մասին" (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
2. "Ես շատ հպարտ եմ իմ հայ լինելով. Սևակ Խանագյան" (in Armenian). Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
3. "Сева Ханагян" (in Russian). Scena. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
4. "ПЕРВЫЙ КАНАЛ. ГОЛОС-4" (in Russian). The Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
5. Gallagher, Robyn (27 December 2017). "Armenia: Tamar Kaprelian among acts confirmed for Depi Evratesil". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
6. Granger, Anthony (27 December 2017). "Armenia: Depi Evratesil 2018 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
7. "Armenia: Athena Manoukian releases the official music video of her ESC entry". 16 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
8. Herbert, Emily (25 February 2018). "Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan to Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 11 June 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
9. Senkishev, Georgi (25 February 2018). "Armenia: It's Sevak Khanagyan for Lisbon!". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 30 April 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
10. Mercereau, Damien (8 March 2018). "Eurovision 2018 : l'Arménie revient aux origines avec Sevak Khanagyan" (in French). Le Figaro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

External links

• Sevak Khanagyan's biography

Preceded by Mélovin	X-Factor Ukraine Winner 2016	Succeeded by Misha Panchishyn
Preceded by Artsvik with "Fly with Me"	Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018	Succeeded by Srbuk with "Walking Out"