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All All. Sign In. Victor Belan. With his unique talent and exceptional abilities, vocal sensation Dima Bilan commanded the world's attention in May when he represented Russia at The Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece. Dima was the hunk who took the honorable second place, conceding only Finland, with remarkable stage performance of his hit single "Never Let You Go".

After that Forbes magazine couldn't but settle Bilan on the top of the rating of most popular Russian celebrities. Since launching his first single in Russia in , in less than three years Bilan emerged as one of the most popular and widely acclaimed talents from Russia, being recognized with the most prestigious accolades in the industry. One of the first steps in Bilan's career was his participation in Jurmala contest, the most relevant music contest in Eastern Europe.

Dima came in at number 4 at the contest and the whole country got to know him. Dima's Eurovision hit single Never Let You Go catapulted Dima to superstar status and placed him on top or all Russian radio and TV-charts in May and stayed on top of the charts for mind-blowing 24 weeks! Bilan got classical scholarship at the famous Gnesin Academy of Music.

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Being a student, he got acquainted with top Russian manager in show - business, the late 'Yuriy Aizenshpis', who became Dima's manager and added a lot to Dima's successful career in Russia. One of the new tracks was a duet with one of Timbaland's most successful artists - Nelly Furtado. Dima's first international album in English will be released in United States and Europe this year with a record major, and its Spanish version to be released in Latin America this year as well.

Dima Bilan and his management team are currently working on the stage presentation of Believe. Their plans include Olympic and World champion figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and famous Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton , who plays Giacomo Antonio Stradivari 's treasure violin from The concept of the unique choreography will be the essence of the song itself, that is believing in oneself, friendship and people close to you, overcoming difficulties in life and coming out with victory.