Career
His album Rooftop and the title single were #1 in Iceland. Prior to his solo career, he was in the music formations Aria and Kular Røtur Early days Jógvan Hansen was trained in classical violin playing for nine years and was the lead singer in a band called Aria that released a Civil Defense in 1998 entitled After These Messages, which went straight to the top of the charts on the Faroe Islands. In Kular Røtur From 1999, he was in the children"s concept Kular Røtur (Cool Roots) and released with them three CDs and two videotapes.
One of the CDs became the best selling album in the last 20 years on the Faroe Islands.
In the year 2006, while he was working as a hair stylist, he took part in The X Factor song contest in Iceland. The series was broadcast in 2006-2007 by Icelandic Stöð 2 television station.
He performed in Icelandic and English. Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins Jógvan Hansen participated in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2009 with the song "I Think The World of You", placing fourth and in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2010 with the song "One More Day", placing second.
In January 2013 he participated in the semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Iceland.
He and Stefanía Svavarsdóttir were singing the song "Til þín". They made it to the final round, which was held on 2 February 2013, seven songs competed.