Serhat (singer)

Serhat
Serhat performing at the 2015 Golden Butterfly Awards
Born Ahmet Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu
(1964-10-24) 24 October 1964
Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality Turkish
Occupation
  • Singer
  • producer
  • television presenter
Years active 1994–present
Musical career
Genres
Labels
  • End Music
  • Planetworks
  • CAP-Sounds
Website www.serhatofficial.com

Ahmet Serhat Hacıpaşalıoğlu (born October 24, 1964), known as Serhat, is a Turkish singer, producer and television presenter.

Born and raised in Istanbul, Serhat started his producing career by establishing his own company in 1994, End Productions. In the same year, he also started to produce and host a quiz show on TRT called Riziko! (Turkish version of the American quiz show Jeopardy!). In 1997, with his first single, "Rüya-Ben Bir Daha", his musical career began. Beside his other hosting and producing works, he continued his musical career and released "Total Disguise" (duet with Viktor Lazlo) in 2004, "Chocolate Flavour" in 2005, "I Was So Lonely", "No No Never (Moscow-Istanbul)" and "Ya + Ti" (Russian version of "Total Disguise", all of three songs were duets with Tamara Gverdtsiteli) in 2008 and "Je m'adore" in 2014. He represented San Marino in Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm singing "I Didn't Know" on May 10, 2016 in the first semi final of Eurovision, but failed to qualify for the final. In 2017, the disco version of the song featuring Martha Wash was released. This version reached to the 25th place on Dance Club Songs chart by making Serhat the first Turkish singer that appeared on the chart. In 2018, a new version of "Total Disguise" featuring Helena Paparizou was released.

Early years and education

Serhat was born on October 24, 1964 in İstanbul, Turkey.[1] His father, İsmail Hakkı, was a naval officer who was born in Trabzon where his mother was born, too.[1] He attended a primary school in İcadiye, Üsküdar, and then Deutsche Schule Istanbul (German High School) in Beyoğlu, Istanbul.[1] He graduated from Faculty of Dentistry of Istanbul University in 1988.[2] In 1990, he completed two months of compulsory military service in Burdur.[1]

Career

Azra Akın (left) and Serhat during 2004 Megahit-International Mediterranean Song Contest.

Television and events

In 1994, Serhat established his own production company, End Productions. After an agreement with TRT, the company became the producer of the quiz show named Riziko!, Turkish version of the American quiz show Jeopardy!. Serhat was also the host of the show that started to air on October 3, 1994.[1] In 1995, he received two Golden Butterfly (Turkish: Altın Kelebek) awards, one for "Best Male Host of the Year" and one for "Best Quiz Show of the Year" for Riziko!.[3][4] In 1996 he again received the award for "Best Quiz Show of the Year".[5] The show lasted over 430 episodes and ended at the end of 1996.[6] A game show named Hedef 4 (Turkish version of Connect Four) that started to air on TRT 1 in 1996, was produced by End Productions.[7] In 1997, he started to produce the game show Altına Hücum (Turkish version of Midas Touch) for Kanal 6 which ended after 72 episodes in the same year.[8][9][10] In 1998, Riziko! returned to television and was aired on Kanal 7 hosted by Serhat.[11] In the same year, Hedef 4 started to air on Kanal 7, too[12] and ended the following year. Riziko! ended in 1999 and in the same year, Serhat started to host a talk entertainment on Kanal 7 named Serhat'la Rizikosuz which ended after six episodes.[13][14][15] After a few months, Riziko! returned to Kanal 7 in 2000 and was continued 65 episodes.[16] In September 2005, Serhat co-hosted Show TV's Kalimerhaba with Katerina Moutsatsou, a TV show which was produced by End Productions.[17] At the end of 2009, Serhat created a dance orchestra "Caprice the Show" with 18 musicians and made numerous performances in the following years.[18][19]

With his company, he also organizes some annual events such as High Schools Music Contest (Liselerarası Müzik Yarışması, 1998–present),[20] Megahit-International Mediterranean Song Contest (Megahit-Uluslararası Akdeniz Şarkı Yarışması, 2002-2004)[21][1] and Dance Marathon (Dans Maratonu, dance competition between high schools and universities separately, 2009–present).[22]

Production credits

Series Channels Years Functioned as Notes
Presenter Producer
Riziko! TRT 1
Kanal 7
Kanal 7		 1994–96
1998–99
2000		 Yes Yes
Hedef 4 TRT 1
Kanal 7		 1996–98
1998–99		 No Yes
Altına Hücum Kanal 6 1997 No Yes
Serhat'la Rizikosuz Kanal 7 1999 Yes Yes
Kalimerhaba Show TV 2005 Yes Yes Co-hosted with Katerina Moutsatsou

Musical career

Serhat during a rehearsal before the first semi final of Eurovision Song Contest 2016' (May 6, 2016).

He started his musical career 1997, with a single of two songs "Rüya" and "Ben Bir Daha".[23] In 2004, he released his second single named "Total Disguise" with the French singer Viktor Lazlo in duet. Lyrics and music of the song were written by Olcayto Ahmet Tuğsuz and the song was performed both in English and French. The single also contained several remix versions of the song.[24] In 2005, he recorded "Chocolate Flavour" and the song was released with "Total Disguise" as a single in Greece.[25] In 2008, he collaborated with Russian/Georgian singer Tamara Gverdtsiteli and they recorded "I Was So Lonely", "No No Never (Moscow-Istanbul)" and "Ya + Ti" (Russian version of "Total Disguise"). These songs were released as a single and also appeared in Gverdtsiteli's album Vozdushiy Potsyelui (2008).[26][27]

In 2014, Serhat started to work in France and Germany. He released his fifth single, a French song called "Je m'adore" with the music video directed by Thierry Vergnes shot in Paris.[28][29] It reached number 1 for 5 weeks in a row on Deutsche DJ Black/Pop Charts,[30] number 1 on Black 30,[31] number 2 on British Dance Charts,[32] number 8 on French Dance Charts and number 9 on Swiss Dance Charts.[33]

On January 12, 2016, San Marino RTV announced that Serhat will represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm.[34] On 9 March 2016, the song that he will perform in the contest, "I Didn't Know" was released.[35][36] He performed on May 10, 2016 during the first semi-final of the Eurovision contest and failed to qualify to final, ending in 12th place.[37] On November 2, 2017, the disco version of "I Didn't Know" featuring Martha Wash that was re-arranged by the Swedish musician Johan Bejerholm was released as a single, along with a new music video.[38] The song entered from the 47th place to the Dance Club Songs chart of the United States, and reached to its peak position, the 25th place on its fourth week in the chart.[39][40] Thus, Serhat became the first Turkish singer that appeared in the chart.[41] A new version of "Total Disguise" featuring Helena Paparizou was released on June 22, 2018 by CAP-Sounds.[42][43] The music video of the single was released on September 14.[44][45]

Other works

Since 2010, Serhat is the president of Alumni Association of Istanbul German High School (German: Verein der Ehemaligen Schüler der Deutschen Schule Istanbul, Turkish: İstanbul Alman Liseliler Derneği)[46][47] and since 2013 a board member of Istanbul German High School Management Association (German: Verein zum Betrieb der Deutschen Schule Istanbul, Turkish: İstanbul Özel Alman Lisesi İdare Derneği).[48]

Discography

Singles

Awards and honours

Year Awards Category Work Result
1995 Golden Butterfly Awards Best Male Host of the Year Riziko! Won
Best Quiz Show of the Year Riziko! Won
1996 Golden Butterfly Awards Best Quiz Show of the Year Riziko! Won

References

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  5. ↑ "1996: İşte ödüller" (in Turkish). Hürriyet Kelebek. November 29, 2015. p. 18.
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  8. ↑ "Altına Hücum". Milliyet. February 10, 1997. p. 3.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini
with "Chain of Lights"		 San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
2016		 Succeeded by
Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson
with "Spirit of the Night"
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