Eurovision 2017 - Cyprus' Entry

Eurovision 2017 - Cyprus' Entry
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Cyprus is sending Hovid with his entry Gravity. Hovig Demirjian is a singer songwriter of Armenian origin born in Cyprus in 1989. At the age of 16, Hovig started performing in various clubs, getting noticed in the artistic community in Cyprus. After dropping out of Marketing Studies, Hovig enrolled in a jazz music course at the European University of Nicosia.

In 2009 Hovig participated in The X Factor Greece. In 2010 and 2015 Hovig tried to represent his country in the Eurovision Song Contest by competing in the national selection, reaching the final on both occasions. This year, broadcaster CyBC internally selected Hovig for the 2017 competition with the song Gravity.

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