ArmInfo.At the Eurovision song contest 2018, which will be held this spring in Lisbon, Armenia will be represented by Sevak Khanagyan with the author's song "Kami" (Wind). Gaining the maximum number of votes of the viewers and the international jury, Cevak Khanagyan became the absolute winner of the project Depi Evrotesil 2018.
"I'm very excited. I want to thank everyone who was nearby and voted for me. Sincerity always wins. Thank you! ", - the singer said live on the First Channel.
It is noteworthy that this year the opinion of the professional international jury representing 9 countries practically coincided with the people's choice. In particular, the lowest number of votes (1 point) from the jury was received by Mher Armenia, 2 points by Kamil Shaw (Arsen Grigoryan), 3 points by Gevorg Harutyunyan, 4 points by Robert Koloyan, 5 by Mariam, 6 by Hasmik Shiroyan, 7 points - Lusine Mardanyan, 8 points - Amalia Margaryan, 10 points - Nemra group and 12 points - Sevak Khanaghyan. The voting was distributed as follows: 1 point - Lusine Mardaryan, 2 points - Robert Koloyan, 3 points - Hasmik Shiroyan, 4 points - Mariam, 5 points - Gevorg Harutyunyan, 6 points - Mher Armenia, 7 points - Amalia Margaryan, 8 points - group Nemra, 10 points - Kamil Shaw and 12 points - Sevak Khanagyan. Recall that in 2017, at the Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Kiev, Armenia was represented by the winner of the contest, Depi Evratesil 2017 Artsvik, which took the 18th position without hitting the TOP-10. The best result was recorded in 2008, when singer Sirusho with the song Qele Qele took the fourth place.
In the 63rd international song contest "Eurovision" in the capital of Portugal will be attended by representatives of 43 countries. Semifinals will be held on the 8th and 10th of May, and the finals on the 12th of May.
It should be noted that Sevak Khanagyan is from Tavush region of Armenia, but he grew up and lived in the Russian city of Kursk. He is a participant of the Russian TV show and , as well as the winner of the most popular music project of Ukraine .