The artist officially changed his name to a pseudonym in 2008. The new name was not chosen by chance. Dmitry was the name of Bilan's grandfather, whom he loved very much. From childhood, Vitya says that he would like to be called Dima.
Dima's family is a worker. Dad Nikolai Mikhailovich worked as a mechanic and design engineer, and my mother first worked in greenhouses, and then devoted herself to the social sphere. The singer has two sisters. The elder Elena worked as a waitress, and now a fashion designer, and the younger Anna (1994).
Dima Bilan's childhood
When Vita was only one year old, the family moved to Naberezhnye Chelny. And five years later, the Belan couple moved to the city of Maisky, Kabardino-Balkaria. Here the future singer went to school. In the fifth grade, Dima enters a music school and finishes it in the accordion class. At the same time, the boy participates in various competitions and festivals. In 1999, the young musician comes to Moscow and participates in the Chunga-Changa festival, which was dedicated to children's creativity and the 30th anniversary of the joint work of Yuri Entin and David Tukhmanov. Diploma Bilan receives personally from the hands of Joseph Kobzon.Musical education of Dima Bilan
In 2000, Vitya Belan entered the Gnesins State Musical College. His singer graduated in 2003, having received a diploma in the specialty of a vocal performer. 
After that, it was decided to continue his studies, the artist entered GITIS. There he was enrolled in the acting department immediately for the second year.
Enchanting career of Dima Bilan
In 2000, the first video of Dima Bilan got on the air of MTV Russia. Helena Kan, the first producer of the singer, shot it with her own money. It was the song "Autumn", the video for which was filmed on the shores of the Gulf of Finland.While still a student, Dima Bilan met his future producer Yuri Aizenshpis. The latter immediately saw the talent in the Kabardian boy and began to work with him. He made his debut on the Bilan stage in 2002. He performed at the New Wave festival in Jurmala. There he presented the song "Boom" and took fourth place. And after the competition, they began to shoot a video for this composition, and then for the songs "I'm a night hooligan", "I made a mistake, I got" and "You, only you." By the way, the daughter of Igor Krutoy starred in the video “I love you so much”. It is worth noting that while working with Aizenshpis, Dmitry Bilan imitated the singer Danko.
Bilan's debut album "I am a night hooligan" was released at the end of 2003. A year later, a reissue appeared, which included four new songs ("Heartless", "Stop the Music", "Last Time", "Dark Night"). The studio album "On the Shore of the Sky" was released in 2004. At the same time, the singer began to record the first English-language disc. Diane and Shaun Escoffery helped him in this. In 2005, an official collection of clips called "You, Only You" was released. In a fruitful year, the single "New Year from a New Line" was also released. It contained three tracks: New Year with a new line and its remix, as well as Between the sky and heaven.
Life without Yuri Aizenshpis
On September 20, 2005, Yuri Aizenshpis died. And immediately after the death of the producer, Dima was nominated for the World Music Awards as the best Russian artist. After the departure of Aizenshpis, Bilan was offered by many to sign contracts. In 2006, the contract with the Aizenshpis company, which was led by his wife Elena Kovrigina, was terminated. The company demanded that Bilan change his pseudonym, since it did not belong to him. However, Yana Rudkovskaya was already at the head of the team. Therefore, Bilan's conflict was resolved and in 2008 the pseudonym became the official name of the singer. 
Two Golden Gramophone awards immediately ended up in Dima Bilan's pocket in 2005. He received the award in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata for the song "You must be near." And on the project "New songs about the main thing" the artist got the prize of the First Channel from a professional jury.
In 2006, Dima Bilan participated in the "Golden Barrel" and also in Kyiv in the "International Music Awards". There he became "Singer of the Year". And just there the song "Never Let You Go" was first performed.
2007 was very eventful for the performer. Dima took three awards at once at the Muz-TV ceremony: “Best Composition”, “Best Album” and “Best Performer of the Year”. In the summer, he came as an honored guest to the New Wave and became a jury member of the STS Lights a Star project. And in the fall, three nominations were in the hands of the singer at the MTV Russia Music Awards. Bilan received nesting dolls for "Best Composition" (Impossible-Maybe), "Best Performer" and "Artist of the Year".
In addition, at the RMA MTV ceremony, the singer performed the song along with Sebastian (Timbaland's brother). The latter flew to Moscow specifically for this. By the way, according to the results of 2007, VTsIOM provided data that "Favorite Citizen of Russia" in the "Singer of the Year" rating was none other than Dima Bilan. In the same year, the artist entered the top three most expensive and popular Russians, according to Forbes.
“I am proud to be the Sochi 2014 Ambassador. I appeal to all my fans - guys, get on your skis, get involved in the Sochi 2014 mega-project. We know how to surprise the world. Eurovision in Moscow proved it once again. We are heading for Sochi!” - then said the artist.
In 2009, Dima Bilan released the international album "Believe".
Bilan's victory at Eurovision
In 2005, Dima Bilan decided to try his hand at the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time. However, according to the results of the audience voting, he took only second place with the song "Not that simple". Natalia Podolskaya and her "Nobody hurt no one" won. Dima repeated the attempt in 2006. And he was chosen by Channel One as a representative from Russia. 
Among the 37 participating countries, Bilan took second place with the song "Never Let You Go". Such a high position was occupied only once by the singer Alsou in 2000. In Dima Bilan's room, European viewers were not even captivated by originality. Two ballerinas took part there, one of which crawls out of a piano strewn with rose petals.
Dima Bilan - Never Let You Go (Russia) 2006
In 2008, Vitya Belan again goes to Eurovision. With the song Believe, the artist was allowed to represent the country at a prestigious competition. At the same time, among Dima's competitors were such stars as Sergey Lazarev, Zhenya Otradnaya and Alexander Panayotov.
The singer took the stage at the final of the competition along with Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton and Russian figure skater Evgeny Plushenko. Everyone without exception liked the song and performance, Bilan took first place and became the first singer from Russia to win the Eurovision Song Contest. After that, in the native village of the performer, the music school was named after him.
Dima Bilan's personal life
Dima Bilan has always been a favorite of women and one of the most enviable suitors in Russia. The personal life of a celebrity does not allow almost anyone to live in peaceDima Nikolaevich Bilan (name at birth and until June 2008 - Viktor Nikolaevich Belan). Born December 24, 1981 in the village. Moscow (part of the city of Ust-Dzheguta, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region). Russian singer, film actor. Honored Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (2006). Honored Artist of the Chechen Republic (2007). Honored Artist of the Republic of Ingushetia (2007). People's Artist of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (2008). Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018).
Vitya Belan was born on December 24, 1981 in the city of Ust-Dzheguta (Karachay-Cherkess Republic).
Father - Nikolai Mikhailovich Belan - worked as a mechanic, design engineer.
Mother - Nina Dmitrievna Belan - worked in greenhouses, then in the social sphere.
Elder sister - Elena Belan-Zimina (born 1980) - fashion designer, worked as a waitress, married in 2006 to law student Gennady Zimin.
The younger sister is Anna Belan (born 1994).
When he was a year old, the family moved to Naberezhnye Chelny, after another 5 years - to the city of Maisky (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic), where Vitya studies at the second school until the 9th grade, and completes his secondary education at school No. 14.
In the fifth grade, he entered a music school, from which he graduated with an accordion class.
Participated in various music competitions and festivals. He took first place in the competition "Young Voices of the Caucasus".
In 1999, he came to 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. Vitya Belan receives a diploma from the hands of himself.
In 2000-2003 he studied at the Gnesins State Musical College. Specialty - Classical vocals.
In 2001-2002 became the laureate of the festival "Festos".
In 2003-2005 studied at GITIS (entered immediately for the 2nd course).
In 2000, the first video clip of Dima Bilan, filmed with the money of his first producer Elena Kan, got into the rotation of the MTV Russia TV channel. The video for the song "Autumn" was filmed on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The song is considered one of the first studio songs of Dima Bilan.
While still a student, Dima Bilan met his future producer, who immediately recognized his talent and began working with him.
In 2002, Dima Bilan made his debut on the stage of the Russian festival in Jurmala - "New Wave", at which he presented his composition "Boom" and took fourth place. After the competition, the shooting of a video for this song followed, and then also for the compositions “I'm a night hooligan”, “You, only you” and “I made a mistake, I got it”. The daughter starred in the video for the song "I love you so much". During the period of work with Aizenshpis, Dima Bilan imitated Danko in many ways.
At the end of October 2003, the debut album entitled "I am a night hooligan" was released. In 2004, a reissue of the album (“Night Hooligan +”) was released, including 19 songs: 15 songs from the original edition of the album “I am a Night Hooligan” and 4 new songs (“Heartless”, “Last Time”, “Stop the Music”, “Dark night").
Dima Bilan - Heartless
In 2004, Dima Bilan's second studio album was released, entitled "On the Shore of the Sky". In the same year, the recording of Dima Bilan's first English-language album began. Diane Warren and Shaun Escoffery took part in the work on the album.
In February 2005, Dima Bilan participated in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Not That Simple", taking second place. After that, a reissue of the album "On the Shore of the Sky" was released, which included English versions of the songs "How I Wanted", "On the Shore of the Sky" and "You Should Be Near".
In 2005, the official collection of clips “You, only you” was also released, which, in addition to the official video clips, included concert videos of the presentation of the albums “I am a night hooligan” and “On the shore of the sky”. The collection also included additional compositions that were not included in these albums: the song "I won't forget" and a cover version of the famous melody "Caruso" (presentation "I'm a night hooligan"), the track "Seven days" (presentation "On the shore of the sky") .
At the end of 2005, the single "New Year from a New Line" was released containing the original version and a remix of the song "New Year from a New Line", as well as the English version of the hit "On the Bank of the Sky" called "Between the Sky and Heaven".
On September 20, 2005, Bilan's producer, Yuri Aizenshpis, died. Immediately after that, Dima was nominated for the World Music Awards as the Best Russian Artist.
After the death of Aizenshpis, many producers offered contracts to Bilan. In 2006, he terminated the contract with the Aizenshpis company, which, after his death, was led by his wife Elena Lvovna Kovrigina. After that, the company demanded that Bilan change his name, since "Dima Bilan" is a pseudonym that belongs to the company. But together with the new team, headed by Bilan, he resolved the conflict and since 2008 took a pseudonym as his official name.
In December 2005, he received two Golden Gramophone awards for the song "You Must Be Near" in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata. On the project "New songs about the main thing", the singer received the First Channel prize from a professional jury. Dima became the person of the year in the field of show business, as the majority of voters cast their votes for him, according to the Rambler version of the search engine. In December 2005, a video for the lyrical composition "I Remember You" was filmed in the Botanical Garden.
In 2006, he took part in the "Golden Street Organ", "International Music Awards" in Kyiv, where he received the "Singer of the Year" award. The song "Never Let You Go" was performed there for the first time.
Dima Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Never Let You Go" and took second place.
In the summer of 2007, Dima becomes an honored guest of the New Wave 2007 festival in Jurmala, and also sits on the jury of the STS Lights a Superstar project.
On October 4, the annual musical ceremony MTV Russia Music Awards 2007 took place. Dima Bilan received 3 nesting dolls that evening, winning in the nominations: “Best composition” (“Impossible-possible”), “Best performer”, and the main award “Artist of the Year”. An equally important event was the performance of Dima and Sebastian (Timbaland's brother), who specially flew to Moscow for the RMA MTV ceremony, he performed the hit "Number One Fan" with Dima in a new version. There was also an exclusive premiere of the new song "Amnesia".
The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM) on January 15 presented data on who Russians consider their "Favorite Citizen of Russia in 2007". The first line of the "Singer of the Year" rating, as in 2006, was taken by Dima Bilan.
In 2007, an MTV reality show called "Live with Bilan". It became popular and gained a lot of fans. That is why already at the beginning of 2008 the continuation of this show was aired.
Also in 2007, Dima Bilan entered the top three most expensive and popular people in Russia according to Forbes magazine: 3rd place in terms of press attention and audience interests and 12th place in terms of income.
Dima Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Believe" and took first place, becoming the first Russian artist to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision - 2008: Dima Bilan - Believe
On May 16, the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was held in Moscow at the Olimpiysky sports complex. Dima Bilan opened the competition with his number, since it was thanks to his victory at Eurovision 2008 that Russia received the honorable right to host Europe's main music competition in Moscow.
In 2012, Dima Bilan, in a duet with Yulia Volkova, performed in the national selection of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Back to Her Future", where together they took 2nd place.
In 2012, Dima Bilan created an electronic project in synth-pop style, initially taking his native name Vitya Belan as a new pseudonym, but after sound producer Alexei Cherny joined him, the project changed its name to Alien24.
In December 2014, the band released their first studio album Alien, which included the song "Fairy World", originally released under the name of Vitya Belan, as well as the singles "Music Is in My Soul" and "Wally", for which video clips were shot.
In 2012-2014 and in 2016-2017 he was a mentor of the Voice project.
In 2018, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation - for his merits in the development of national culture and art, and many years of fruitful activity.
In the village of Moskovsky in Ust-Dzhegut, a music school is named after Dima Bilan.
Socio-political position of Dima Bilan
In 2005, he was a candidate from the LDPR in the elections to the Belgorod Regional Duma. For several years he was a party member. In parallel with this, he took part in the events of United Russia and Just Russia.
In 2011, he spoke positively about opposition protests.
In the presidential elections of 2012 and 2018, he participated in campaigning for.
He spoke out against the ban on the gay parade in Moscow. However, in 2013 he condemned foreign performers who raise the topic of LGBT rights in Russia, and declared a negative attitude towards the so-called "homosexual propaganda", but noted that it was necessary to distinguish it from "artistic intent".
He condemned the action of the Pussy Riot group, but opposed the imprisonment for the participants, suggesting that they limit themselves to "demonstrative flogging".
In 2016, he performed at the concert-rally "We are together", dedicated to the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to Russia.
Dima Bilan's height: 182 centimeters.
Dima Bilan's personal life:
For four years, the singer maintained a relationship with model Lena Kuletskaya, even promised to marry her if she won Eurovision. Then he broke up with Kuletskaya, saying that for all four years he led fans and the press by the nose: this relationship was an ordinary PR.
After parting with Kuletskaya, he got another model and aspiring singer - Yuliana Krylova, who starred in his Safety video.
Then he had Adelina Sharipova.
There were rumors about an affair with his producer Yana Rudkovskaya. It has long been thought that this could be a journalistic duck. But in May 2019, this fact was confirmed by Yana Rudkovskaya: “I can say with whom I had an affair. I had an affair with Dima Bilan. Seriously. If Plushenko had not been next to me, I would have had Dima Bilan. He suits me in everything. This is a very important point. He is handsome, talented, earns very well.”
Also, the topic of the artist's non-traditional sexual orientation has been raised in the media and the Web for a long time.
Discography of Dima Bilan:
Studio albums:
2003 - I am a night hooligan
2004 - On the shore of the sky
2006 - Time is a river
2008 - Against the rules
2009 - Believe
2011 - Dreamer
2013 - Reach out
2014-Alien
2015 - Don't be silent
2017 - Egoist
Collections:
2011 - BEST. From bully to dreamer
2013 - Baby
CD singles:
2005 - "New Year with a new line"
2006 - "Never Let You Go"
2008 - Believe
2009 - "Dancing Lady"
2012 - "Catch my colored dreams"
Joint songs:
“New Year from a new line” (feat. Fidget)
“Without you I can’t” (feat. Darina)
“Who invented love” (feat. Anita Tsoi)
“Sing to me” (feat. Larisa Dolina)
"Number One Fan" (feat. Sebastian)
"Safety" (feat. Anastacia)
"Star" (feat. Anya Belan)
"Blind Love" (feat. Yuliana Krylova)
“Love-bitch” / “Back to Her Future” (feat. Yulia Volkova)
"Don't be afraid baby" (feat. Eva Samieva)
"Hug Me" / "Come Into My World" (feat. Nikki Jamal)
Video clips of Dima Bilan:
2000 - "Autumn"
2002 - "Boom"
2002 - "I am a night hooligan"
2003 - "You, only you"
2003 - "I was wrong, I got"
2003 - "Without you I can not" feat. Darina Hindrek
2003 - "I love you so"
2004 - "Congratulations!"
2004 - Mulatto
2004 - "On the shore of the sky" / "Between The Sky And Heaven"
2005 - "You should be there" / "Not That Simple"
2005 - "How I Wanted" / "Take Me With You"
2005 - "I remember you"
2006 - "It Was Love"
2006 - "Never Let You Go"
2006 - "The Impossible is Possible" / "Lady Flame"
2007 - "Time is a river" / "See What I See"
2007 - "I'm Your Number One" / "Number One Fan"
2007 - "Woe Winter"
2007 - “You sing to me” feat. Larisa Dolina
2008 - Believe
2008 - Lonely
2009 - Lady
2009 - "You are with me (Dancing Lady)"
2009 - "Changes"
2010 - "In pairs"
2010 - "Safety" feat. Anastasia
2010 - "I just love you"
2011 - "Dreamers"
2011 - "Suffocating" / "Rock My Life"
2011 - "Blind Love" feat. Julia Krylova
2012 - "It Doesn't Happen" / "Honey"
2012 - "Love is a Bitch" feat. Julia Volkova
2012 - "Fairy World"
2013 - "Don't be afraid baby" feat. Eva Samieva
2013 - "Catch my colored dreams"
2013 - “Hug me” / “Come Into My World” feat. Nigar Jamal
2013 - Reach Out
2013 - "Baby"
2014 - "Music Is in My Soul"
2014 - "I'm sick of you"
2014 - "Wally"
2014 - "When the ice melts"
2015 - "Watch"
2015 - "Don't be silent"
2016 - "Indivisible"
2016 - "In Your Head"
2017 - "Monsters in your head"
2017 - "Labyrinths"
2017 - "Hold"
2017 - "Forgive me" feat. Sergey Lazarev
2018 - "Girl don't cry"
2018 - "Drunken Love" feat. Polina
2018 - "Lightning"
2018 - "Sorry" feat. Alexander Filin
2019 - "Ocean"
Filmography of Dima Bilan:
2007 - Star Holidays - Fortiano
2007 - Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors - Gurd, stagehand
2009 - Golden Key - visiting singer
2011 - Theater of the Absurd - producer, lead actor and track performer
2016 - - Andrey Kulikov / Andrey Dolmatov
2019 - Midshipmen IV - Captain De Lombardi
Sounding of Dima Bilan's films:
2013 - Frozen - Hans
2016 - Trolls - Tsvetan
Dima Bilan(name and surname at birth - Belan Viktor Nikolaevich) is a Russian singer and film actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018), Honored Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2006), Honored Artist of Chechnya (2007), and People's Artist of Kabardino-Balkaria (2008).
Dima Bilan represented Russia twice at the Eurovision Song Contest: in 2006 with the song "Never Let You Go", taking second place, and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking first place. He became the first singer from Russia to win Eurovision.
Childhood, education
Dima Bilan was born on December 24, 1981 in the village of Moskovsky (part of the city of Ust-Dzheguta) of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region.
Father - Nikolai Mikhailovich Belan- first worked as a mechanic, then, after graduating from the institute, he became a design engineer at the KAMAZ plant in Naberezhnye Chelny.
Mother - Nina Dmitrievna Belan- was a greenhouse worker, then moved to work in the social sphere.
Dima Bilan has two sisters: the eldest - Elena Belan-Zimina(1980), younger - Anna Belan(1994). A photo of little Dima with his family can be seen on his website, as well as a photo with an ABC book already at school.
Singer Dima Bilan with his sister Anna Belan (left) and parents (Photo: TASS / Global Look Press)
As stated in the biography of D. Bilan on his official website, “on the very first day of his life, the baby was drawn into a serious intrigue. Since he had a pronounced Caucasian appearance, Nina Dmitrievna began to fear that she, the only Russian woman in the maternity hospital, had been replaced by her son, accidentally confusing it with some other newborn. Fortunately, the obstetricians dispelled her doubts and reassured her.”
Dima Bilan in childhood
When the boy was one year old, the family moved to Naberezhnye Chelny. Five years later, Dmitry's parents moved to the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, to the city of Maisky.
While studying in the fifth grade of high school, Vitya (aka the future Dima) entered a music school, from which he graduated in the accordion class. Young Dima Bilan was an active participant in various music competitions and festivals. A talented young man in the competition "Young Voices of the Caucasus" was able to take first place. Then D. Bilan became the winner of various festivals, including the "Morning Star" in Stavropol.
The official biography of the singer says that Bilan's love for songs comes from his maternal grandmother, who worked in the choir for thirty years. At school, Dima could sing a song right in the lesson.
In 1998, Dima Bilan (then still Vitya Belan) came to Moscow to participate in the Chunga-Changa festival, dedicated to children's creativity and the thirtieth anniversary of joint activity Yuri Entin and David Tukhmanov. And again the award - the young performer received a diploma from Joseph Kobzon.
In 2000, Dima Bilan entered the Gnesins State Musical College. Specialty - classical vocals.
While studying at the school, D. Bilan takes part in festivals and various music competitions. In addition, in 2000, his video clip for the song "Autumn" was in the rotation of the MTV Russia channel. In 2001-2002 Dima Bilan became the laureate of the festival "Festos". Along the way, living in a hostel, he worked part-time in a clothing store.
The beginning of Dima Bilan's career
Latvia. Jurmala. In the concert hall "Dzintari" in Jurmala yesterday was the first qualifying round (Retro hit in the native language) at the international competition for young pop singers "New Wave". Pictured: young contestant Dima Bilan from Moscow, 2002 (Photo: Anton Denisov / TASS)
The first producer of D. Bilan was Yuri Aizenshpis who immediately saw talent in the young man. In 2002, Dima made his debut at the New Wave festival in Jurmala, where he took fourth place.
At the end of October 2003, Bilan's debut album, entitled "I'm a night hooligan", was released.
2004 for D. Bilan turned out to be very favorable in terms of creativity. The first album ("Night Hooligan+") was re-released. Then came the second studio album by Dima Bilan called "On the Bank of the Sky", which became successful. It included the songs “You Should Be Near”, “Mulatto”, “On the Bank of the Sky”, “Congratulations!”, “How I Wanted”, for which clips were shot. The 2005 reissue of the album included English versions of three songs.
Singer Dima Bilan and producer Yuri Aizenshpis, 2004 (Photo: Sergey Uzakov / TASS)
The recording of the singer's first English-language album began. In the work on the album, together with Dima Bilan took part Diane Warren and Shaun Escoffery.
Dima Bilan and Yana Rudkovskaya, 2009 (Photo: Alexei Pantsikov/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
On September 20, 2005, a misfortune happened - Bilan's producer Yuri Aizenshpis died. After his death, many producers offered Dima contracts. In 2006, Dima left the Aizenshpis company, which was led by his widow Elena Kovrigina. However, the company demanded that Bilan change his name, as "Dima Bilan" is a pseudonym that belongs to the company. But together with the new team, headed by Yana Rudkovskaya, Bilan resolved the conflict and since 2008 took a pseudonym as his official name. By the way, the singer chose the name Dima for himself not by chance: Dmitry was the name of Bilan's grandfather, whom he loved very much. Since childhood, the singer said that he wanted to be called Dima.
Two awards Golden Gramophone Award”, the prize of the First Channel for participation in the project“ New songs about the main thing ”brought Dmitry 2005. And in the same year, in the field of show business, Dima became the person of the year according to the version of the Rambler search engine, and in 2006 D. Bilan was awarded the title "Singer of the Year" at a music competition in Kyiv. Then Dima became the laureate of Muz-TV (three awards - "Best Album", "Best Composition" and "Best Performer of the Year").
Singer Dima Bilan during the filming of the New Year's project "Old and New Songs about the Main" (left); at the Golden Gramophone music award ceremony, 2006 (Photo: TASS)
Songs " It was love», « Impossible is possible" and " Number One Fan"headed the Russian charts in these years.
Unprecedented success accompanied Bilan - he entered the top three most expensive and popular people in Russia, according to Forbes magazine. In show business news, Dima has become a regular character. Photos of the singer also went well. D. Bilan posed naked for the cover of Sex and the City magazine and the news discussed how Bilan shared these photos with colleagues.
Eurovision
In 2006 Channel One chose Bilan to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens. Dima Bilan took second place with the song "Never Let You Go".
Just two years later, in 2008, D. Bilan took first place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Believe". On May 24, 2008, Dima performed in the final of the competition together with Evgeny Plushenko and a Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton. Dmitry became the first Russian singer to win the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving the main prize - Crystal Microphone.
Russian singer Dima Bilan won Eurovision 2008 (Photo: DPA/TASS)
In the village of Moskovsky in Ust-Dzhegut, a music school was named after Dima Bilan.
Continuing a career
Singer Dima Bilan at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Photo: PA Photos/TASS)
Success followed the talented singer everywhere. Dima Bilan became the Sochi-2014 Ambassador. The artist received a May Fashion diploma and entered the TOP-100 most beautiful people in Moscow-2009. For the fifth time in a row, D. Bilan received the prestigious MTV Europe Music Awards in the Best Russian Act nomination.
In 2009, Bilan's fifth studio and first English-language album "Believe" was released. In the cover photo, Bilan is standing in jeans alone, holding out his arms with tattoos.
In 2010, Dima Bilan recorded a duet with the American singer Anastacia. They recorded the song "Safety" in Los Angeles at Chalice Recording.
A real sensation on the Web was made by a video capturing how Alla Pugacheva and Dima Bilan performed the hit "Do not renounce loving." The performers received applause from the guests of the evening and enthusiastic comments from users. But fans paid attention not so much to the song and its original presentation, but to the photo, where Bilan's trousers are too tight.
In 2011, Dima Bilan released the album " Dreamer", in 2013 - " reach out". The audience appreciated such songs as " I just love you», « Baby», « sick of you and other hits.
Dima Bilan (Andrey Dolmatov) in the frame from the film "Hero" directed by Yuri Vasiliev (Photo: PR Agency Sarafan / TASS)
In recent years, D. Bilan took an active part in interesting projects - The Phantom of the Opera (2011), acted as a mentor of the Voice project (2012-2016). From 2014 to the present, he has been a mentor of the Voice. Children". And recently, the singer decided to test himself in the cinema. Dima's full-fledged debut was the historical film "Hero", the events of which take place in Russia during the First World War. Bilan's character is captain Andrey Dolmatov.
Singer Dima Bilan on the set of the musical program "Voice" (Photo: Pravda Komsomolskaya / Russian Look / Global Look Press)
Also in the filmography of D. Bilan "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors", "Golden Key", "Theatre of the Absurd". In the near future, the continuation of the trilogy “Midshipmen, forward! ", in which Dima will also play.
“I was surprised and delighted by the offer to star in the film “Midshipmen 1787”, because I not only had the opportunity to meet the most legendary people in the cinema of Russia and the USSR, but also to play with them in a cult film,” Dima Bilan shared in an interview.
President Vladimir Putin in 2018 awarded Dima Bilan the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. The corresponding decree was published on the official portal of legal information.
“For merits in the development of national culture and art, for many years of fruitful activity, to award the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation” to Bilan Dima Nikolayevich, artist, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic,” the document says.
Political views of Dima Bilan
In 2007, D. Bilan became an official member of the LDPR. Nevertheless, Dima in the same 2007 took part in the election campaign of the Just Russia party. And in the 2012 presidential election, Bilan supported the candidacy of Vladimir Putin.
Due to touring activities in the Crimea, D. Bilan was included in the database of the website of the Ukrainian “Peacemaker”, which compiles lists of citizens accused of “illegal” crossing the “square” border. Therefore, he could not attend the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. However, Bilan's student is Bulgarian Christian Kostov– fascinated the audience there with strong vocals and an expressive number. By the way, Kostov was also convicted of performing in Crimea in 2014, but the SBU did not urgently remove the Bulgarian singer from the competition, since he was in Artek before the adoption of the Ukrainian law on crossing the border with Crimea.
Irina Khakamada and Dima Bilan starred in the 7 Deadly Sins photo project, 2012 (Photo: Pravda Komsomolskaya/Russian Look/Global Look Press)
Dima Bilan's health
Any change in the appearance of a public person, and even more so, a pet, causes excitement. Recently Dima Bilan became bald. In a new way, the singer seriously scared the fans, who decided that the disease caused their idol to shave his head. And when Dima decided to spend his vacation in Africa, many thought that he would be treated on the black continent.
“We must come up with this - Dima Bilan flies to Africa to treat the disease! Probably, to Dr. Aibolit, not otherwise! God bless you all, but I'm not going to pay attention to any stupid bloggers, ”and added that he was flying to Africa for new experiences, and not for treatment.
The personal life of Dima Bilan is a chest, but the singer hid the key in his house and does not give it to anyone. Many fans are interested in when Bilan gets married and has children, but Dima is in no hurry to change his status.
It is quite possible that Bilan had a lot of girls, because he is not only handsome, but also financially secure and popular, but little is known about this. The press sometimes alludes to his unconventional preferences in terms of partnerships, although, of course, this is not the case.
Dima Bilan's wife
Only one woman claimed the status of Bilan's wife - this is Elena Kuletskaya. They met for several years, it became known about the relationship of the couple after Eurovision, where Bilan performed successfully. Then Kuletskaya had a golden ring on her finger. It seemed that the wedding was ahead, but the potential husband and wife remained single.
Dima Bilan's wife photo
There are several reasons that led to the separation of Bilan from Kuletskaya. They can be distinguished by looking at various interviews of former lovers.
- Permanent employment. Dmitry Bilan was actively engaged in a career: new songs, tours, shows. Elena also built a modeling career. There was not enough time for each other.
- Little responsibility and ease in relationships. They did not discuss their personal lives, were not interested in each other's pastime. When you love, you are jealous, interested, worried. Ease in relationships does not always hold the couple together.
- Love did not grow into tenderness, affection, but smoothly flowed into friendship.
Now Kuletskaya is the wife, but of another man. She is happily married and recalls her union with Bilan with a smile.
Personal life of Dima Bilan: girls
There is information about several Bilan girls. All of them are different, but they were able, albeit not for long, to win the heart of a talented singer.
Bilan's personal life is stormy, like a raging ocean, only he knows how it flows. We wish Bilan happiness, wife and children!
Dima Bilan and his personal life for a year in a row haunt the army of loyal fans, as well as hundreds of annoying paparazzi. What connects Dima Bilan and Anna Moshkovich? Does the artist have a wife and children? Or a star of the domestic pop scene - gay, gay? And how does Bilan, with such a hectic personal life and busy tour schedule, manage to act in films and even take 1st place at Eurovision? So, who is this “night hooligan” really, we understand in this article
Dima Bilan's personal life - his wife and children
Lena Kuletskaya, Yulia Sarkisova, Anna Moshkovich - all of them were predicted by popular rumor to be the wife of Dima Bilan, one of the most enviable bachelors of domestic show business. But - alas! Each time, information about the upcoming wedding celebration (or already played wedding) was not confirmed. The greatest chances of becoming Bilan's wife, according to journalists who follow the personal life of celebrities, were the model Lena Kuletskaya. A stunning blonde with an angelic appearance - she is simply made for love!
Lena Kuletskaya, alleged wife of Dima Bilan
It is not surprising that Bilan could not resist the beauty of Lena Kuletskaya. Young people met for several years, appeared together at various events. The singer even gave his beloved a ring during one of the concerts! This unequivocal gift gave rise to numerous talk about the imminent wedding of the “night hooligan” and the “blond angel”. Even the evil tongues that attributed to the bride of the performer a stormy romance with Mickey Rourke, it seemed, could not interfere with the happiness of the lovers.
Lena Kuletskaya and Dima Bilan
Lena Kuletskaya and Dima Bilan
In the video for the song “It was love”, the heroes of Kuletskaya and Bilan start a romantic relationship, but fate separates them. The video became prophetic - soon one of the most beautiful couples of the domestic show business ceased to exist. Although, many wondered: maybe all this was just a PR move to hide the unconventional orientation of a famous artist?
Today Lena Kuletskaya is a happy married woman. And what about Dima Bilan? - The performer still does not cease to intrigue his fans, giving rise to new rumors about his personal life. Dima Bilan's Instagram is full of photos with spectacular "colleagues". Ksenia Sobchak, Lera Kudryavtseva, Pelageya, Sasha Savelyeva... the list is endless. But there is no question of a permanent girl and love relationships.
Photo from Dima Bilan's Instagram
Dima Bilan does not get tired of leading curious paparazzi by the nose, proving that it is not for nothing that he is called the sex symbol of domestic show business. To do this, he even starred in a very candid BDSM photo shoot.
Dima Bilan in BDSM photoshoot
As for the children of Dima Bilan, so far the ubiquitous paparazzi have not been able to “dig up” anything interesting. A certain Anna Belan, whose name now and then flashes in the personal Instagram of the “night hooligan”, turned out to be ... the singer's younger sister. The girl lives in the United States and does not hide her intentions to follow in the footsteps of her famous brother.
Dima Bilan's sister, whom the paparazzi mistook for a daughter
Although, the pop star still has a son ... a godfather. This is Alexander, the son of Evgeni Plushenko and Yana Rudkovskaya. The singer gets along well with the boy. This is clearly seen from the numerous photos of the artist with a little godson, which Dima Bilan posts on his pages on social networks.
Dima Bilan with his godson
The singer does not think about his own children yet, preferring to children's laughter ... dog barking. In an interview, he shared his dream of having a Weimaraner dog.
Dima Bilan's wedding: the whole truth about the scandalous photo
“Dima Bilan got married in Sevastopol! Yulia Sarkisova became the chosen one of the famous performer! The media were full of such headlines, wanting to be the first heralds of this sensational news. However, the significant event turned out to be only part of the script for the singer's future video. And Yulia Sarkisova is a girl who is happily married to her husband, the famous businessman Nikolai Sarkisov. Moreover, the couple has three children.
False wedding of Dima Bilan
However, these fake wedding photos plus the rather intimate selfies of the Bilan-Sarkisov couple have created quite a buzz among social media users.
Dima Bilan with his "bride"
Dima Bilan is gay?
Another contender to be called the second half of the artist is the Baltic fashion model Rovens Pritula. One Lithuanian publication reported that a couple in love often spends time together. And after a joint trip to Amsterdam, Rovens got a coveted engagement ring on his finger. It was also reported that the wedding of Dima Bilan and Rovens Prytula would take place in Germany. But it looks like we've been fooled again. And rumors that Dima Bilan is gay are still rumors.
Rovens Prytula
Dima Bilan and Anna Moshkovich: husband and wife?
A certain Anna Moshkovich is a mystery girl whom no one has seen, but who, nevertheless, managed to ring Bilan himself! In any case, this is how some media reported recently. Dima Bilan and Anna Moshkovich are a married couple! What a sensation! ... However, this news turned out to be another successful PR move by the famous artist's team. So, the photo from Dima Bilan's wedding is a well-directed prank.
Photos from the "wedding" of Dima Bilan
Photos from the "wedding" of Dima Bilan
In fact, the singer is still absolutely free. He travels a lot, creates, shoots new clips, voices animated characters ... What can I say! "Night Hooligan" even managed to star in a big movie! Although, secretly, he still dreams of meeting the one and only ... In any case, Dima himself says so in his interviews.
« First of all, she must be true, as well as dynamic, bright, always remain a mystery to me, which I would like to unravel and unravel further, throughout my life! I think the ideal girl is the one who can understand me, my profession , to be a part of my life, to realize that I will always need to be shared with the stage»
From singers to actors: Dima Bilan's film "Hero"
When you have achieved so much on the musical Olympus, you want to try your hand at something else. Dima Bilan, having collected a huge collection of domestic and international awards as a singer, swung at the "most important of the arts" - cinema. The debut of the pop artist on the big screen was the serious historical film "Hero", the events of which take place in Russia during the First World War. Dima's character - captain Andrey Dolmatov - fights, loves, suffers. Whether the famous singer managed to convey the full depth and tragedy of his hero is to be judged by film critics and viewers. One thing is certain: the military uniform suits Dima Bilan very well.
Dima Bilan in the movie "Hero"
Poster for the film "Hero" with Dima Bilan
The trailer for the new film by Dima Bilan "Hero" makes it clear: the picture will make the viewer empathize with the main character from the first frame to the final credits. And the pop celebrity's partners on the set were such masters as Alexander Baluev and Alexander Adebashyan.
However, the film partners of the star of the Russian scene were no worse. The main character and love of the whole life of the hero Dima Bilan was played by a young, promising actress Svetlana Ivanova, familiar to the audience from the films “House of the Sun”, “Legend No. 17”. The talented actress Yulia Peresild also starred in the film - the same female sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko from the Battle for Sevastopol.
Who knows - whether the romantic relationship of the main characters with the Stop! Taken!” Or are we waiting for a new wave of rumors about the next novel by the performer of the hits "On the Shore of the Sky" and "Night Hooligan"?
1st place of Dima Bilan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008: watch in good quality
Our hero was easily able to refute the well-known proverb that you cannot enter the same river twice. The singer performed at Eurovision from Russia twice! And twice - good luck! More precisely - once successfully, and the second - triumphantly. In 2006, the young star with the composition "Never Let you go" takes 2nd place, losing only to the outrageous Finnish rockers Lordi. That beautiful, gentle production with a porcelain ballerina emerging from a white piano was remembered by all of Europe. And the hit, which suddenly became popular in dozens of countries, was not sung except by a person with a complete lack of hearing.
Two years later, the performer again decides to storm the impregnable peak of the most popular song contest in Europe. Dima easily overtakes his competitors in the national selection and again enters the big stage of Eurovision. This time he scores the most points in the final vote. And the number of those wishing to watch in good quality the video of Dima Bilan's 1st place at Eurovision 2008 on the most popular YouTube video hosting has already exceeded 2 million people.
Dima Bilan's Instagram: all about personal life and a new girlfriend
With the advent of Instagram, celebrity fans have a unique opportunity to observe the life of their idols almost online. Dima Bilan was no exception. Now he daily pleases a large army of female fans with new shots with himself in the title role. His Instagram is one of the most popular in Runet. The singer has over a million followers. All of them can learn daily about what they eat, where they go, with whom the singer likes to spend time. By the way, on the Instagram page of a celebrity today you can see a photo of another mysterious blonde who kept Dima company during his recent vacation in America. The pop artist himself introduces her as his old friend from Gnesinka.
Dima Bilan's new girlfriend?
Dima Bilan and possibly his new girlfriend
But is it really so?... Most Instagram users are sure that the pop star has another romance. The personal life of Dima Bilan is again under the gun of millions of curious eyes.
