Garik Papoyan

Garik Papoyan Գարիկ Պապոյան
Born	(1984-09-20) 20 September 1984 (age 40) Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Education	Russian-Armenian University
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician, presenter, humorist, lyricist, writer
Years active	2006–present

Garik Yurii Papoyan (Armenian: Գարիկ Յուրիի Պապոյան, born 20 September 1984) is an Armenian actor, musician, presenter, writer and comedian.[1][2]

Early life

Garik Papoyan was born on 20 September 1984 in Leninakan (now called Gyumri). He received secondary education at No. 196 secondary school of Yerevan. In 2001, he entered the Faculty of Tourism and Advertisement of Russian-Armenian University, which he graduated from in 2008. From 2003 to 2005 he served in the Armenian Army.

Career

He first came to prominence as a member of 32 Atam club from 2006–2010, and later appeared on its spin-off titled Vitamin Club. In 2014, he wrote "Not Alone" for Aram Mp3, which represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark and finished fourth in the final.[3][4] In 2016, he formed the duo Garik & Sona with singer Sona Rubenyan, releasing several singles including "Lusin", "Esor Urbat e", "Nino" and more.[5] Papoyan is the creator of the "Rock Generation" movement in Armenia.[6]

Personal life

In August 2012, he married Marianne from the "X Factor" project, Mars On. The pair now has 3 daughters.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Super Mother	Menua
2015	Love Odd	Rafo "Rafayel"
2017	Super Mother 2	Menua

Television and web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2010	32 Atam (32 ատամ)	various
2007–2008	Two Stars (Երկու աստղ)	various	Singer, featuring Hasmik Karapetyan
2010	Our Yard (Մեր բակը)	various
2010–2015	Vitamin Club (Վիտամին ակումբ)	various
2016	Stone Cage	Indian	5 episode

As himself

Year	Title	Notes
2009–2010	3 Wall (3 պատ)	Host
2010	Hello Garik (Ալո գարիկ)	Host
2010	X Factor	Jury Member
2010–2011	No Problem (Հարց չկա)	Host, featuring Aram MP3
2011–2012	Hay Superstar (Հայ Սուպերսթար)	Jury Member
2012–2013	Cash humor (Կանխիկ հումոր)	Jury Member
2016–2017	Suspicious Evening (Կասկածելի Երեկո)	Host, featuring Robert Martirosyan
2017–2019	Nice Evening (Լավ Երեկո)	Host, featuring Aram MP3
2021	Garik's Evening (Գարիկի Երեկոն)	Host
2022	Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022	Host, alongside Iveta Mukuchyan and Karina Ignatyan

Songwriting

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2014	"Not Alone"	Aram Mp3	Represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
2019	"Walking Out"	Srbuk	Represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Recipient	Result	Ref
2014	LUXURY award	Advertising face	Himself	Won	[7]
2018	Swallow Music Awards	The Hit of The Year	"Lusin" (Garik & Sona)	Won	[8]

References

1. "ԳԱՐԻԿ ՊԱՊՈՅԱՆ (Armenian)". zarkfoundation.com.
2. "Garik Papoyan: "I want Dorians to go to Eurovision…"". Retrieved 11 July 2016.
3. "Original Lyrics | Aram MP3 – Not Alone – Armenia 2014 | Eurovision.TV". www.eurovision.tv. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
4. "Aram MP3 to sing "Not Alone" for Armenia". Retrieved 11 July 2016.
5. ""Գարուն ա". Կոմիտաս՝ Գարիկ Պապոյանի և Սոնա Ռուբենյանի մշակմամբ (Տեսանյութ)". Aysor.am. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. "Առավոտ – Լուրեր Հայաստանից". Առավոտ – Նորություններ Հայաստանից (in Armenian). Retrieved 11 July 2016.
7. KamoTovmasyan. "LUXURY. ՏԱՐՎԱ ՄԱՐԴԻԿ մրցանակաբաշխությունը, հաղթողները, հյուրերը". Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
8. "Առաջինը ԿամոԲլոգում! ԾԻԾԵՌՆԱԿ 2018 Ազգային Երաժշտական Մրցանակաբաշխությունը, մրցանակները, հյուրերը". Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

External links

• Garik Papoyan at IMDb

Preceded by Carla, Élodie Gossuin and Olivier Minne

Junior Eurovision Song Contest presenter 2022 With: Iveta Mukuchyan and Karina Ignatyan

Succeeded by Olivier Minne and Laury Thilleman