Bilan the beginning of a career. Unprecedented heights

Dima Bilan is one of the most popular musical performers our country. In addition, he is also a talented composer. Many people remember Bilan as the most stubborn performer for the entire period of the Eurovision Song Contest. No other singer went to the competition again after taking second place. But this was not enough for Dima Bilan - he wanted to win. The desire to be the best can be traced in all his creative activity. ambition and hard work brought him first place, and next year our country met musicians from the expanses of Europe in the capital. For an excellent performance at the competition, a music school in his native Karachay-Cherkessia was named after the musician. Rambler called Dima Bilan the most popular person in Russia. The artist's biography vividly illustrates that there are reasons for this.

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Biography

We have long been accustomed to the fact that the musician's name is Dima Bilan. His name can often be found on posters in almost any city in the country. But in the musician's birth certificate, he is listed as Viktor Nikolaevich Belan. To work on stage, Victor took a pseudonym, and in 2008 he officially changed his name in his passport. Dmitry is the name of Bilan's grandfather, to whom the performer was very attached. In his childhood, he often told his parents that he wanted the same name for himself as his grandfather.

Bilan's mother gave birth to the future talented performer in the village of Moscow, in Karachay-Cherkessia. Dima was born on the night of 12/24/1981.

Bilan's father, Nikolai Mikhailovich, was a mechanical engineer, his mother, Nina Dmitrievna, spent her working days, first in the greenhouse, and later went into the social sphere. Dima is not only child, he has an older sister, Elena, who works as a fashion designer, and a younger sister, Anna.

When the then little Belan went into his second year, he, along with family members, moved to Naberezhnye Chelny. After 5 years, the Belans again changed their place of residence. Maisky, a town in Kabardino-Balkaria, where Dima Nikolaevich went to his first school line, became a new home.

Simultaneously with the transition to high school future star the stage is sent to study in the class of playing the accordion. Dima actively participates in all endeavors and performs at concerts. In 1999, the boy takes the stage at the Moscow festival called "Chunga-Changa". The diploma at this event is presented to Bilan by Joseph Kobzon himself.

After graduating from school, the singer submits documents to the State Musical College. Gnesins, where he masters the profession of a performer-vocalist. After graduating from high school, Bilan decides to continue his studies and takes exams at GITIS. Yes, it’s so good that he is enrolled immediately not in the first, but in the second year of study.

The first video "Autumn" hits television in 2000. The clip was filmed at the expense of producer Elena Kan and presented at Russian TV channel MTV. The concert debut of Dima Bilan took place on the "New Wave" in Jurmala in 2002. Then he was noticed by his next producer Yuri Aizenshpis. Bilan won 4th place with the song "Boom", for which a video clip was soon filmed. It was followed by a video for the song "I night bully and other fresh hits.

Bilan immediately won the attention of listeners with his unusual texts. The extraordinary appearance and demeanor in the frame were also in his favor. The very next year, the first album went on sale. young singer, and in 2004 the collection "On the Shore of the Sky" was recorded. In the same period, Bilan begins work on the first disc in English. And the following year, a collection of the singer's clips and a fresh single dedicated to the new year were released. Bilan received two Golden Gramophones at the ceremony of the same name.

Unfortunately, 2005 was a significant year for the singer, not only because of the success in his work and the nomination for the W.M.A. how best artist Russia. Dima's producer died on September 20.

In 2006, the performer breaks off cooperation with the production office of Aizenshpis and goes under the wing of Yana Rudkovskaya. Success continues to accompany him in his work, despite the loss of a mentor: in Kyiv, at the International Music Awards event, Bilan is announced as the singer of the year.

In 2007, Bilan was awarded at the Muz-TV award in three categories at once with the adjective "best": for the album, composition and as the performer of the year. At the Russia Music Awards, the singer is also awarded: for best song as Artist and Singer of the Year. Forbes ranks Bilan among the three most expensive and popular residents of the Russian Federation.

Dima Bilan on this moment recognized as an honored artist of several republics, including his own small homeland. Relatively recently, the musician joined the LDPR. In 2012 he became a mentor musical project"Voice" on Channel One, and also tried himself as an actor in a big movie. The debut took place on the set of the film "Hero".

Personal life

The singer has always been the object of girls' romantic dreams. my first strong love he met at the New Wave festival. Bilan and his beloved stayed together for three years, after which they broke up. Later, Dima will say that this parting greatly influenced his work and gave him an impetus for development.

This was followed by a series of fleeting hobbies, until the singer met the model Lena Kuletskaya. They stayed together for a long time, Lena starred in the singer's videos, and the press kept spreading rumors about an imminent wedding and an alleged proposal already made. However, to the considerable surprise of others and the joy of the fans, the couple broke up, announcing that their relationship was only mutual PR. So it was in fact, or whether the couple was simply tired of the annoying attention of the press, remained a mystery.

After breaking up with Kuletskaya, Bilan is often seen in society as a model, Yuliana Krylova, who starred in his Safety video. Previously, only Lena starred in the singer's videos, so the appearance new girl in the video was the reason for the discussion. However, the musician claims that only friendly relations have always connected him with Juliana.

At the moment, Dima has gone headlong into creativity, sacrificing his personal life for the sake of music. As the singer says, his work is very important for him and requires great dedication, so the time and energy for full relationship it just doesn't stay.

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Dima Bilan is a popular and very charming Russian singer, actor, and just talented person. Below you will find out all the details of the star's personal life, his biography and see interesting photos.

Biography

According to sources, the date of birth of the star December 24, 1981 in the small village of Moskovsky (Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region of the RSFSR). Nationality - Russian (although some claim that he has oriental roots because of his unusual appearance). Received a name at birth - Viktor Nikolaevich Belan. Then, over time (in 2008), Victor will change his name to a stage name - Dima, because in his interviews he has repeatedly stated that he always wanted to be called Dimka, like a beloved grandfather.

Father in his youth and now

The boy was born into a family of ordinary workers. Father (Nikolai) - worked all his life as an engineer and a mechanic, and mother (Nina) - looked after plants in greenhouses, and then became a social worker. Dima is not the only child, he has sisters: elder Elena(born in 1980) and the youngest Anya (born around 1994). Today, Elena is married (husband Gennady Zimin) and successfully works as a fashion designer, and the youngest Anya now lives in America, makes music and even records songs and shoots videos.

Anna's little sister

Dima's childhood passed as in ordinary children. The only fact is that when Vitya was small, parents with children often changed their place of residence. First they moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, and a few years later to the city of Maisky and the boy had to change friends all the time.

Dima in childhood with his sister Elena

When Dimka was in the 5th grade, his parents decided to send him to music school (he studied playing the accordion), especially since the boy really liked it. Being at school little artist already begins to take part in various competitions, where he receives his first awards. After graduation, he submits documents to School of Music them. Gnesins, and three years later - goes to study at GITIS.

A family

Career

According to the media, a breakthrough in the career of an aspiring singer was the fact that MTV Russia launched his first video clip for the song "Autumn". The filming was sponsored by Dima's producer - Elena Kan.

Videoclip for the song "Autumn"

Then he acts as a contestant in the New Wave project (2002) and takes an honorable 4th place. First, the young singer works with Yuri Aizenshpis (his producer), shoots many videos, and records singles. A pafter the death of his beloved producer, he had some conflicts with the new director and the recording studio, but the scandal was soon hushed up.

At the New Wave competition

An important role in the career of a young singer was played by participation in international competition Eurovision.At first he tried to enter the competition in 2005, but in the qualifying round, he took 2nd place (Natalya Podolskaya was ahead of him). Then, in 2006, he tries his luck for the second time and receives the coveted ticket to the Eurovision final. But here, he again failed, because he takes second place (he was ahead of the Lordi group from Finland). Then, in 2008, Bilan tries his fate for the third time and with the song "Believe" still takes 1st place.

"Believe". Video

Thus, according to the media, he becomes the first contestant to bring victory to Russia at Eurovision (before and after that, so far no one has managed to repeat his feat).He tries to conquer the Eurovision stage for the fourth time in 2012 (this time in tandem with Yulia Volkova), but again does not pass the qualifying round (took 2nd place).

Discography

Bilan has a lot of earned awards (he has so many that it's hard to count), because he is a truly talented guy. Albums:

2003 - "I am a night hooligan";

2004 - "On the shore of the sky";

2006 - "Time is a river";

2008 - "Against the rules";

"I am a night hooligan"

2009 - "believe";

2011 - "Dreamer";

"Dreamer"

2013 - "Reach";

2014 - "Alien";

2015 - "Do not be silent ".

"Do not be silent"

Singles that won the hearts of millions of viewers:

• "Never Let You Go" (2006);
• "Believe" (2008);
• "Dancing Lady" (2009);
• "Catch my colorful dreams" (2012).

"Catch my colorful dreams"

He voiced one of the characters (Hans) of the cartoon "Frozen" (2013). Also, he showed himself as an actor. He has acted in the following films: star holidays" and " Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors"(2007); "Golden Key" (2009); "Theater of the Absurd" (2011); "Hero" (2016).In 2017, a picture with his participation - "Midshipmen IV" will be released.

Trailer for the movie "Hero"

Interesting Facts

His height - about 182 centimeters, and weight - about 75 kilograms. Glamor magazine has named him Man of the Year several times. According to the media, the singer is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and soon plans to become a space tourist. The star has two names, because for fans he always remains Dima, and for his parents - Victor.

star love leisure and socializing with friends in nature. Also, according to sources, Dima loves to eat deliciously and therefore practices on his own in the kitchen (cooks with soul).

Personal life

Dima has always been an enviable groom and favorite of women. Many spread dirty gossip that he homosexual, and all because of the scandal with the rapper Timati (he accused Dima of using drugs and hinted that he was gay). But this is just gossip, and the singer himself has a weakness for beauties.

According to the media, he had long romance with model Lena Kuletskaya. They met for many years, but the matter never came to the wedding.

Dima with Lena Kuletskaya photo

And then, there were new rumors about him love affairs with another model Yulianna Krylova. But, Dima reassured the fans, saying that they were just friends.

with Yulianna Krylova

Then she was replaced by a model Adelina Sharipova. In 2012, he was credited with an affair with singer Yulia Volkova, which did not last long.

with Adelina Sharipova

There were also rumors that Bilan met for a long time with a simple girl Inna Andreeva (a coach in therapeutic gymnastics). Allegedly, Bilan's elder sister personally shared this information with journalists. The artist did not tell the press anything about her, because she is not from show business. For the popular creative person, according to his producer, is not suitable as a wife an ordinary girl from the people (it must be a star), otherwise the public will not understand such relations.

with Yulia Volkova

According to sources, today Bilan's heart is free, and his wife and children are absent. The celebrity claims that his girlfriend should be faithful, bright, dynamic, understand his profession, give freedom and be a mystery to him all his life. He dreams of having his own children, but has not yet found perfect woman with whom I would like to start a family. In one of the interviews, he stated that his busy work schedule does not allow him to create real family and he would not want his chosen one to feel lonely because of his profession. Therefore, the creation of a family is postponed for the future.

Viktor Nikolaevich Belan (pseudonym Dima Bilan) was born on December 24, 1982 in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. When the boy was one year old, the family moved to the city of Naberezhnye Chelny (Republic of Tatarstan) to his grandmother, where he lived until he was 6 years old. Then Dima's family moved to Kabardino-Balkaria.
Dima's musical abilities manifested themselves in early childhood. At school, he took part in all cultural events: he read poetry, sang songs. In the fifth grade, he participated in a competition for admission to a music school. He was accepted immediately and he began to study accordion and solo in the children's choir. Then there were children's competitions, festivals, concerts of regional significance and other paraphernalia of a promising singer.

While studying in the tenth grade, Dima came to Moscow to participate in the Chunga-Changa festival dedicated to children's creativity and thirtieth anniversary joint activities composers Yuri Entin and David Tukhmanov.

After graduating from high school and music schools the singer again came to Moscow to enter the music school. Gnesins. He managed to pass the competition and enter the class academic vocal. By that time he already had own song called "Autumn" in the style of "chanson". During his third year at one of the parties, Bilan met a famous music producer Yuri Aizenshpis, who drew attention to the young singer. Having made a trial recording of the song "Baby", the author of which was Ilya Zudin from the Dynamite group, Y. Aizenshpis decided to work with Bilan. The first song that appeared on the air of radio stations and music channels in the spring of 2002 was the song "Boom". In the summer of the same year, Dima Bilan took part in music competition young performers "New Wave" in Jurmala, where he took fourth place. This was followed by new hits - "Night Hooligan"; "You only you"; "I love you so much" and others.

In 2003, the singer graduated from the College. Gnesins and entered GITIS - immediately to the second year of the faculty of acting. The debut album "Night Hooligan", released by Gala Records, was released on October 31, 2003.

In December 2005, Dima received two Golden Gramophones in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata for the song "You Should Be Near". On the set of "New songs about the main thing" he received the Grand Prix of Channel One from a professional jury.

In 2005, Bilan took part in the qualifying round of Eurovision, but lost to Natalia Podolskaya, a participant in the Star Factory.
On March 7, 2006, a special commission, which included well-known journalists, producers and musicians, nominated Dima Bilan for the Eurovision 2006 contest.

March 14, 2006 in Kyiv, Dima Bilan took part in the International music award"Golden barrel organ", where he received an award as a performer of the year. It was there that the incendiary song "Never let you go" was first performed, with which Dima represented Russia at Eurovision -2006. At the competition, which was held in Athens, Bilan took second place.

In March 2008, Bilan fought for the second time for the right to go to the main European music competition.

The Candidates Concert took place on March 9 at the Moscow concert hall"Academic". During audience voting and the jury vote, it was decided that Russia at the international music competition "

Bilan Dima (Belan Viktor Nikolaevich) is a modern Russian singer. Victor Belan is also better known as Dima Bilan. He took this pseudonym for stage performances.

Dima was born in the small village of Ust-Dzheguta Stavropol Territory in December 1982. Nikolai Mikhailovich, his father had engineering education. Nina Dmitrievna, mother, worked in social sphere. When Dima was very small, the family went to live in Naberezhnye Chelny, and then to Maisky.

There Dima received a certificate of completion of nine classes. In addition to the standard school curriculum he studied accordion. To adolescence he has already been the winner of competitions related to the performance of songs several times.

This allowed him to final grade schools to be delegated to Moscow for a competition called "Chunga Changa". Having become his diploma student, Dima received an award from the hands of I. Kobzon.

Perhaps this award also played a role in the possibility of entering the Gnesins' music school. There Dima made his way to the department of classical vocals. In the very first year after admission, the young singer managed to star in the video "Autumn". At first, E. Kan was his producer, but then he met Yu. Aizenshpis, and he replaced Elena.

From that moment on, the singer's career took off sharply. His new creation "Boom" sounded from almost all radio stations in the country, he became recognizable. At the same time, I was preparing for a performance in Jurmala, where, after scoring, I got into the top five.

All this time, training at the school continued, after which the admission to the university followed. They became GITIS, where the singer went immediately to the second year, to study acting skills.

The singer's ability to work allowed him to release two albums in a row, and start preparing for Eurovision. For the first time, he did not pass the selection and did not enter the competition.

Another blow for the singer was the death of the producer in 2005. started financial difficulties, the songs stopped getting into rotation. Luck came in the person of businessman Baturin, who allocated money for promotion, and Yana Rudkovskaya took up all the affairs and management of the singer's career.

The help of the sponsor helped the singer to get on his feet and he approached the next Eurovision prepared. The result of the performance was the second place, which opened the doors to Western record companies. The singer began to perform songs in English, trying to expand his audience. One such attempt was a performance in London.

In addition to songs, Dima took up a career in television - he became the leading star in the show of his name. And again there were problems with the producers - a divorce occurred in the Baturin family. After him, Rudkovskaya single-handedly took up all the affairs of the singer, and her ex-wife got the pseudonym of the singer.

Cooperation with Yana became very successful - the singer finally won his third Eurovision Song Contest, after which he released an album with the song that brought victory.

As the winner, he opened the next competition, held in the capital of Russia. He became so popular that according to the results of one of the polls he became the most popular Russian singer.

This did not stop him from preparing for the release of the next album and again trying to storm the pedestals of song contests.

Maybe, main song the singer is still ahead and she will bring him the long-awaited worldwide fame.

Achievements of Dima Bilan:

He is an honored artist of almost all the North Caucasian republics
Has 12 MTV awards
8 MuzTV awards
Collected six "Musical gramophones"
Released 7 studio albums
Eurovision winner

Dates from the biography of Dima Bilan:

1982 was born in Kabardino-Balkaria
2000 entered the school. Gnesins
2001 met Yu. Aizenshpis
2002 became a member of " new wave»
2003 received the Gnesinki diploma
2005 start of work with Rudkovskaya
2006 became the second in the Eurovision Song Contest
2011 released the album "Dreamer"
2013 album "Reach out"

Interesting facts of Dima Bilan:

As a child, friends called Dima Sherlock Holmes
Getting ready to fly into space
AT school years hated math
Two years ago he began performing under his real name - Vitya Belan
Has older and younger sisters
More than once he performed a duet with both famous Russian performers and Western ones, for example, Anesteysha
He starred in several films, periodically voices characters
In one of the singer's clips there is an advertisement for a Russian oil company
Together with other artists, he signed a letter for the termination of the powers of the scandalous Milonov
Out of respect for his grandfather-front-line soldier, he took his name as a pseudonym
At one time he met with E. Kuletskaya, who recently married, but not a singer
Frequently uses You Tube
Has many female fans ready to follow him from city to city

Biography, life story of Dima Bilan

About the name

The real name of the performer is Viktor Nikolaevich Belan. The sonorous and memorable pseudonym was taken at the very beginning of the singer's career, and in the summer of 2008 Dima changed all his documents and officially became Dima Viktorovich Bilan.

Childhood

Dima Bilan was born on December 24, 1981. His childhood was spent in Karachay-Cherkessia, and when Dima was one year old, the whole family, consisting of four people, moved to the city of Naberezhnye Chelny of the Republic of Tatarstan to stay with his grandmother.

"There I was with my sister and went to Kindergarten, but unlike her, he appeared there infrequently, since there was a wonderful opportunity to stay at home. Madly in love with me, my grandmother looked with tenderness at my tricks, for which I had to stand in the corner in the garden!”.

It was at this time that everyone noticed outstanding musical ability boy. At the age of six, Dima and his family moved again, but this time to Kabardino-Balkaria, where he and his sister went to school. There he took part in the holidays, where he read poetry, sang songs.

“And in the second grade, I got my first applause ... in the school cafeteria during lunch: in the midst of a big break, I suddenly got up and sang “Beautiful Far Away”. Gradually, the noise died down and even those whom I had just bullied stared at me with their mouths open. The song ended and after a second pause, the silence exploded with a standing ovation”.

School of Music

A few months later, a teacher from a local music school came to the classroom with a request to listen to the students. Enraptured by Dima's performance of "There was a birch in the field," she declared that the boy must certainly go to study music. But his parents wanted an "earthly" and sought-after profession for him, so musical education it didn't start right away. When Dima was in the fifth grade, he was immediately accepted into a music school, but parental permission was required. Here my sister helped, deciding to keep up with him, and the parents had to put up with it. So Bilan began to study accordion and also solo in the children's choir.

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Then there were children's competitions, festivals, concerts of regional significance and other paraphernalia of a promising singer. While studying in the tenth grade, the artist first visited Moscow to participate in the Chunga-Changa festival, dedicated to children's creativity and the thirtieth anniversary of the joint activity of Yuri Entin and David Tukhmanov.

Dima recalled his first visit to the capital with horror: “Everything is new, unknown, no one met, cold, snow and rain, wandering all day in search of the address of the festival”. The ten-day program was filled with excitement, meetings and joyful experiences. Dima received a diploma from his hands, after which he had to return home. But a month later, on the eve of 1999, an invitation suddenly comes from the girl Alla, whom she met at the festival, to meet New Year in the capital. The next trip to Moscow took place after graduating from secondary and music schools, when Bilan went to enter the school. Gnesins in vocal class. For two years, the aspiring singer lived with Alla, but in his second year he left home to live in a hostel. At night, the artist had to earn extra money in the United Colors Of Benetton store, in the morning - study, in parallel - the realization of creative desires. It was a difficult period.

Meeting with Y. Aizenshpis

In my third year, at the YES party! Dima and his girlfriend and classmate (who later won the Star Factory) meet Yuri Aizenshpis. “I realized that this is a chance that should not be missed and just started singing - they paid attention to me. Knowing that there are thousands of people like me, one way or another, Yuri Shmilyevich left me his phone number”. Later, they met at the studio, where the composition "Kid" by Ilya Zudin from the group "" was just involved. Having sung this composition, everyone unanimously recognized that Bilan has an extraordinary talent. The next stage was "Jurmala".

Training competitive program, qualifying rounds, held in "Metelitsa", and the ongoing work on their own material took several months. At the same time, the first of the clips for the song from new program- Boom. Having successfully passed the qualifying rounds, Dima goes to the festival. "Jurmala", associated primarily with relaxation, became a real test of strength: there was no time for entertainment - all day long rehearsals on stage, which continued in the hotel room. The result of a hard struggle was the fourth place.

In the fall, the recording of material continued - a full-fledged concert program. The first clip and songs had already appeared on television, but success had to be developed. The song recorded at that time and the filmed clip "Night Hooligan" take Bilan to a new level creative career. This song most accurately reflects state of mind the artist at that time and it was after her that Dima began to be recognized. The work became more and more intensive: for the final exams in Gnesinka, there were already three clips behind me: "Boom", "Night Hooligan" and "You, Only You". On the last exam the singer came straight from film set his fourth video "I made a mistake, I got it." In 2003, Dima graduated from the Gnessin School. In the summer of 2004, at a solemn ceremony, he receives a diploma from the hands of People's Artist USSR and, having decided not to stop there, enters GITIS immediately for the second year of the faculty of acting.

Jurmala

The summer of 2003 passed in concert tours around resort towns together with the group "". Being in Jurmala as special guest, the artist began filming his new romantic video for the song "I love you so much" with the participation of his daughter Vicki.

Presentation of "Night Hooligan"

At the end of October 2003, a presentation debut album singer "I'm a night hooligan" in the entertainment complex "Arlekino". The whole program was worked out live with the participation of the "Palata Lux" group. The disc featured compositions within popular music with elements of R&B and 2Step, as well as songs already known and loved by the audience. "", "", "", "" appeared on the stage that evening, and there was also powerful dance support from the "Capture Group". Dima also performed a duet with a young R&B singer Darina. They performed a joint song "Without you, I can not", for which they also shot a video. Immediately after participating in the "Fear Factor" program in Argentina, where Bilan had to ride a bicycle at a 40-meter height on a thin cable, and after eating strawberries "in the company of flies", a video for the song "Mulatto" was shot, which took place in at the end of March 2004 at an abandoned elevator not far from the Savelovsky railway station.

Already in the summer of 2004, Dima Bilan went to Venice, where he filmed a video for the lyrical composition "On the Bank of the Sky". The shooting took place with the participation of foreign professionals, including the Italian cameraman Giannenrico Bianchi (Gianenrico Bianchi) and main character- girls named Jari (Yari). Yuri Shmilevich also took part in the shooting of the video. After "working days" the singer flew to Turkey for a well-deserved rest.

And in September 2004, Dima made his debut in advertising. He starred in a Tele2 video: he played a student chatting on his cell phone right at the lecture. The roller turned out cool. In advertising, by the way, the incendiary "Mulatto" sounds.

Second presentation

On October 14, 2004, the presentation of the second album "On the Shore of the Sky" took place at Night Club Infiniti. Participated in the recording of this album foreign composers Shaun Escoffery, as well as Diane Warren, who at that time had been working with world stars of the first magnitude for more than 20 years, including:, Whitney Houston, and many others. It is she who is the author of the legendary ballad Un-break My Heart, performed, and the super hit I Don`t Want To Miss A Thing. Bilan himself acted as an author with two songs "Water, Sand" and "Like Romeo". A huge number of VIP guests gathered at the party: Marat Safin, Pavel Bure, "", (as they say, she arrived "from the ship to the ball" - immediately after filming " last hero")," ", and, Otar Kushanashvili, of course, "dynamites" and many, many others.

Takeoff

Under the leadership of Yu.Sh. Aizenshpis, who predicted the release of the English-language album, Dima begins cooperation with Mr. English, the largest school of English language in Russia. “We are not standing still and are already preparing the launch pad for a future world release, which, I hope, is just around the corner. I want to say thank you so much Mr.English company, namely, the Alchinov family (especially Yanochka)”. It was Yana who played leading role in Dima's video "Congratulations!".

A few months later, the shooting of the artist's next video for the hit song "You Should Be Near" began. Gosha Toidze, director of the video, together with Vlad Opelyants created new style in Russian clip-making. All efforts were not in vain, because the video and the track "You should be near" soared to the first positions of the national charts. After the successful rotation of the song, many offers from television and radio channels began to arrive. During the spring period alone, the artist posed for a photo shoot in such glossy magazines as Cosmopolitan, Elle, FHM, Atmosphere. Filming lasted two days, for the clip were built special scenery in the pavilion at the film studio "Mosfilm". At this time, Dima begins to cooperate and becomes the face of La Scala Fashion Group and Franck Provost. In the world Russian show business fuss began to prepare for Eurovision-2005. Having won the qualifying rounds, Bilan successfully passes to the final. According to the professional jury, it was Dima who took first place, but according to the results of sms voting, it turned out that he was beaten by several points, which subsequently represented Russia at the final in Kyiv. Dima took part in several festivals, despite the tight tour schedule across Russia. One of the significant events was the festival "Five Stars". Among its organizers are the most rated channels: "First", "Russia", MTV Russia and, in addition, popular Russian radio stations provided support: " Russian radio"and" Europe Plus ". Bilan had the honor of being the guest of honor of the festival. But time runs, you won’t live on festivals alone – it was necessary to engage in creativity as well. Therefore, after talking with Yuri Shmilevich, we decided that it was time to shoot a new video.

The song was chosen immediately, the bet was made on the track "How I Wanted". Filming took place in Panama, the budget was huge, at least by Russian standards. The director was Gosha Toidze, and the cameraman was Vlad Opelyants. The clip turned out to be "crazy", thanks to the joint efforts, this song quickly entered the hot tracklists of Russian radio stations.

After a business trip to Panama, just a few days later, Dima was invited to shoot a new reality show on Channel One. The show called "Empire" was filmed in Poland, near Warsaw. The participants included such famous people, like, Shandybin, Apeksimova, and others. Everyone was divided into rich and poor. At the very first competition, Bilan managed to get around everyone and get the status of king, but a few days later, thanks to "political skill", Dima again fell into the hands of the poor. “In general, this could go on for a long time, but I decided that intrigues were not mine, and together we decided to leave and return home. Moreover, there are still many things to do at home for which there is not enough time…”.

On September 20, 2005, at the age of 61, Yuri Shmilevich Aizenshpis dies of a heart attack. “I am grateful to Yuri Shmilyevich for everything he has done for me. This was great person and producer. He played a huge role in my life and work”.

Triumph on MTV

On September 21, the MTV Russian Music Awards ceremony took place on Vasilyevsky Spusk. Bilan received two awards - both best performer and artist of the year. After the show, the singer performed on the Zamoskvoretsky Bridge, where he sang all his hits. In conclusion, Dima performed the anthem of the Russian Federation along with other artists. A few days later, the DVD "You, Only You" was released, containing two presentations of the artist's albums, clips, photos and interviews.

In October, Dima took part in the "Heart of Africa" ​​program. There he acted as an expert. Forgetting to get preventive vaccinations against tropical diseases and the consequences of insect bites, Dima left for the show. But everything worked out and the singer returned satisfied with the trip. On November 3, Bilan left for Lisbon to represent Russia at the Europe Music Awards. In December 2005, Dima received two golden gramophones in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata for the song "You Should Be Near". On the set of "New songs about the main thing" he received the Grand Prix of "Channel One" from a professional jury.

The fact that Dima became the man of the year (according to Rambler) in the field of show business indicates that he was voted for largest number human. At the end of the year, he received an invitation from American company voice tracks for the musical "Peter Pan". Also in December, a video for the lyrical composition "I Remember You" was filmed in the Botanical Garden. The video turned out to be fabulous and magical, which corresponds to the pre-New Year atmosphere.

2005 for Dima Bilan was both triumphant and sad in his career. Therefore, the third album, the presentation of which took place in April 2006, was dedicated to the first Russian producer Yuri Shmilevich Aizenshpis.

On March 14, 2006 in Kyiv, Dima Bilan took part in the International Music Award "Golden Barrel Organ", where he received the award as the performer of the year. It was there that the incendiary song Never Let You Go was first heard.

After sudden death Yuri Aizenshpis, many production centers offered Bilan very attractive terms of cooperation. After thinking for a while, Dima decided to work with.

Between 2003 and 2014, Dima Bilan released eight solo albums. Each record of the singer was highly appreciated by both critics and his loyal fans. In parallel with recording songs and filming videos, Dima never forgot to actively participate in public life- he often appeared at various social events, magnificent receptions, competitions, festivals and other events. It's amazing how, with such a strong employment, Bilan also managed to please fans with concerts.

"Eurovision"

In March 2006, the organizing committee of Eurovision in Russia chose Dima Bilan to represent the country and defend its honor at the world song contest in Athens. Bilan performed with dignity in front of millions of eyes, performing the song Never Let You Go, and took an honorable second place.

In 2008, Dima Bilan again decided to try his hand at Eurovision. The competition was held in Belgrade (Serbia). The pop singer impressed the jury and the audience with the composition Believe. According to the voting results, Dima won. He became the first in history Russian artist, who won first place at Eurovision.

Personal life

In the early 2000s, Dima maintained a very close relationship with model Elena Kuletskaya. The artist even talked about the wedding, but the marriage never took place. A little later, by the way, she told the press that Lena and Dima's romance was just a PR move, nothing more. True, Kuletskaya herself, even after these words of the producer, continued to insist that Bilan had romantic feelings for her, however, she herself was seriously passionate about him.

In 2012, information was leaked to the media that Dima Bilan began dating. The couple has appeared together on numerous occasions. public events They kissed and hugged in public. However, almost no one believed in the sincerity of their feelings - at the same time, Bilan actively collaborated, recorded joint singles, so most likely this novel was fictitious.