Jógvan Hansen (born 28 December 1978 in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese singer, musician (violinist and guitar player)[1] and actor who won the first ever Icelandic version of The X Factor in 2007 with 70% of the popular vote.
Prior to his solo career, he was in the music formations Aria and Kular Røtur Jógvan Hansen was trained in classical violin playing for nine years and was the lead singer in a band called Aria that released a CD in 1998 entitled After These Messages, which went straight to the top of the charts on the Faroe Islands.
From 1999, he was in the children's concept Kular Røtur (Cool Roots) and released with them three CDs and two videotapes.
[citation needed] In the year 2006, while he was working as a hair stylist, he took part in The X Factor song contest in Iceland.
In January 2013 he participated in the semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Iceland.