Dima Bilan,the winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, was awarded as Best Singer at Muz Tv Awards 2008 Russia.
Dima Bilan, Edvin Marton and Evgheny Pluschenko at Muz Tv Awards
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Dima Bilan singing Number One Fan at 2008 Muz TV Awards
Dima Bilan won the 2008 Euovision Song Contest for Russia with his song Believe. He won ahead of the entries from Ukraine and Greece.
Watch Dima's performance together with Evgheny Pluschenko and Edvin Marton:
Congratulations Dima Bilan!
On 17th April, during the Ice Skating show in the Arena HC Sparta in Prague which was packed with over 10.000 spectators, Dima Bilan, Evgeny Pluschenko and Edvin Marton performed Believe for the first time in public as a trio and talked about their staging plans for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.
"Ice will be on the Eurovision for the first time, as well as Stradivarius's violin. I will be for the second time. And I hope this time we will smile" said Dima after the show, going on to reveal that there will be five more people accompanying him on the Belgrade Arena stage.
Apart from Olympic figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko and Hungarian violonist Edvin Marton, there will be two backing singers and one dancer. The three performers, each in his own way, will attempt to tell the European audience how to be strong and never stop going after their dreams.
A fighter by nature, Evgeny Plushenko, says: "This song is also about me, Dima and Edvin. Of course, we had much success and a lot of victories, but we have also faced defeat many times. That is why you should never lose heart! When I represent Russia, I want to climb the pedestal only on the first place and listen to the anthem of my country".
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Dima Bilan's interview for MTV about the video clip for the song "Believe"
Dima Bilan is assisted by Olympic medallist figure skater Evgeny Pluschenko, Hungarian violinist Edvin Marton who will be also accompanying him on stage in Belgrade, as well as well-known Russian photographer Yulia Bochkova and Yana Rudkovskaya, Dima's producer.
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eurovision.tv reports:
Dima Bilan recorded the video for his 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry Believe. The Russian pop idol found figure skating champion Evgeny Pluschenko and violin player Edvin Marton prepared to contribute to the video.
In the video, Bilan is trying to save a seven-year old boy, who is in need of financial support to cover the costs of surgery. At the mini-movie proceeds, Bilan and his friends organize a beneficiary concert to raise money. years old boy, who needs money for operation
Exclusive pictures taken during the making of the video for Believe
Photographer Ekaterina Kosheleva
