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Ice and a Stradivarius on stage
Russia: Believe premieres in Prague
Diman Bilan, chose Prague to present his 2008 Eurovision entry for the first time in public after winning the Russian national final. During the Ice Show by Evgeny Pluschenko, Dima performed three songs, Never let you go, Nevozmozhnoye Vozmozhno (the Russian version of Lady Flame) and Believe which was enthusiasticly received by the audience.
"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 vilolinist 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".
You can watch footage from Dima's performance in Prague here.
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Fariz G,
Tak ya i imela v vidu shto etu izbutuyu frazu ni nadi izbivat' eshyo bolshe i krichat' samoy sebe mnogo raz(kak ti predlagaesh),a voploshat' eyo v jizn'. Kajdiy dlya sebya i o sebe.
Na samom dele,ya uverena,shto ti ponyal o chom ya-prosto ne xotelos' bi na forumax Eurovision-a obsujdat' takie fakti,kotorie nam toje ne licepriyatni,ponimaesh? Ni nado vsyo smeshivat' v odnu kuchu. Drugoe delo,esli bi mi zdes' sporili o muzike,eto bilo bi normalno. No kajetsa na etom fronte nam ne o chom sporit'-ti kajetsa za Bilana,ya toje' 
liana-jan, etu izbituju frazu pereadresuj samoj sebe i prokrichi ee mnogo-mnogo raz. a voobshe ludi vekami ee povtorajut, da chto tolku. tak chto ne nado la-lalakat.
Fariz G
Vmesto togo,shtobi kopatsa v chujom gryaznom belye,razobralis' bi luchshe so svoimi problemami. Ya ne dumayu shto eto podxodyasheye mesto dlya podobnix viskazivaniy.
We'll get rid of our problems ourselves,thank you!
Number 1 fan, da vse te kto govorjat na russkom (za nebolshim isklucheniem) - mi vmeste!
rita, are you so stupid, or you just pretend?
do you think that winning or doing well on eurovision is what drives me in my life ongoing politicial or social preferences? this is BS! Also, I can not represent the opinion of the whole country. we have different opinions in Azerbaijan and we dont shoot those who think differently in our parliament and on public squares like you
voting system is a problem
it needs to be changed and organized more failry
Oh, I think that the problem with the voting system is way overexaggerated...
The Dima song is rubbish - but he will score well because it's Russia. Simple.
Time to face the truth - ESC as a "contest" is redundant. OK, it's a big show, spectacle etc but no longer a contest. The voting issues have stopped that idea.
number one fan: DUHHH thats why i said lesbian gimmick pfft
ok
I begin from the beginning...
T K
I'm happy for you that you like TATU, But they are not popular at all in Russia, and...bad news for you...they are ot lesbians, they have there own famylies.
Yes...everyone can write here his opinion. Did I say smething against democracy...hmm don't remember.
marc x,
No...Russians are people with no proud... and your word about russians are insulting for me. Egypt? yeah, I have been twice in Egypt, great underwater world, isn't it? I was in Canarias three weeks ago and saw a lot of people. Please, in future be carefull with the words, because, you know, sometimes you can insult people by words, and my best recarding wish to you, don't ever say bad about nation! Sorry, but I don't elieve you and T K about your owning of languages!
Mongol boy,
Corruption? No...there was no corruption, Bilan is the owner of 10 MTV's awards in Russia during years...see..in 3 YEARS-10 awards! In Russia it's reaally very great, and Dima is considered THE BEST in the Russian pop-scene! TV watchers gave him, and me in this number, maximum points, and experts too-27-maximum, so he is absolutely winner! and there is no corruption.
Lazy lover, are you shure?
A Night of Musical Comedy ,
REspect!
Maybe Bilan won Russian contest with dirty tricks but his song has modern sound and top-class arrangement that makes Believe world-wide tune. It will bring him to the top 5 or even top 3, but he never get the prize 
Dima Bilan won by corruption.
Azerbaijan was always pro-Russian and pro-Serbian???
Good joke! LOL
It could be more honest if you said Azerbaijan is pro-anything that can help it to win
Well at least it is not copy of Prodigy Out Of space
as the the bulgarians did
thought 1993 - noone will notice
hahaha marc look dude no need to bother these people just can take criticism whatsoever..
say what you want- you are entitled to free speech, a basic tenant of democracy
Sweety's, I am Luxemburgish, speak and write 5 languages fluently. And I think, if you want to bring a message accross in another language, make sure you do it well. And in Dima's case, it's absolutely horrible. On top of that the song is not very good either. And nobody will tell me here what I can or can't say. This is a forum, so everyone is entitled to his/her opinion. But Russians think they are a bit more than the rest of us. I went on a trip last year to Egypt, 90 % of the tourism is Russian, my God, that's an experience.
number one dima fan: i actually quite like dima in russian, kak hotel ya is fantastic..
i understand what you are saying, i just think he is better if he sings in his native language. what i was saying is that here people would probz laugh at his song, ppl are very critical here lol, Alsou didnt get anywhere and i loved solo.. Tatu hd one big song, and thats only coz of the lesbian gimmick.. but i am a fan of TATU spesh in Russian...
speaking about your languages YA gavaryu nemnoga pa ruskiy (ok hard to write with out the cyrillic alphabet) my god father is russian.. i can read serbian, macedonian, bulgarian and russian cyrillic... i can speak french, macedonian, bit of german, italian, serbian, croatian, and a lil russian and greek. my criticism of dima's english should not be taken as a criticism of russia geez, i honestly believe he could win hands down in russian
p.s i can read the greek alphabet too
cpbija 89 ,
I agree with you! They can't even spell our cities and countries, not all of them, but most of, but they blame Dima for a bit of accent, did they thik about he was born in Russia,but not in USA or GB, and it's normal that he speks with accent! People, you should be happy that participants sing in English, but it would be more comfortable for them to sing in their own languages! You don't even try to speak any other languages, you don't know russian, serbian,spanish and etc. And it's doubtthat you can sing in Russian, Serbian,Bulgarian,Spanish...Di dn't you think about it, did you, people?!
Rossiya y vse te, to govorit po-russki,my vmeste!!!
omg ure such a lil child, are you that unhappy?? your comments are becoming cliched, tedious and rather superfluous. your grammar really needs some amelioration dude as does your spelling. whilst i make a conscious desicion to write in argot, yours is just a clear indication that you dont know how to properlly express yourself.
you really need to go on a quest for some mental stability and equilibrium.. you are veritably unstable. you recieve a positive message and treat it like negative, my god you are the epitome of a pessimist. this is the last reply you shall recieve from me because quite frankly i choose not to argue with you over superfluous and pathetic issues...
i wish all the best on your future process of socialisation and enculturation, hopefully you succeed in self actualising and realise that you are acting like an immature, child who has not progressed from the stage of infancy..
cha cha good luck in life
I hate this song, can not stand the singer. Totally overrated, will go through to final only because it's Russia. Such a shame.
omg night u know nothing lol wit is short for with, have u listened to any rnb songs latley.. they actually say WIT instead of with.. ride wit me, u wanna fuck wit me lol
not that afro-american slang is the height of english lol
dude u have made sooo many grammatical mistakes when u write ur posts, but i never comment on that coz i appreciate the fact that english probz isnt ur first language so its great u r able to express urself in a language that is not ur native
cha cha better luck next time
I would like to hear all of you who blame Dima for his accent speaking some Russian language or Serbian.
you don't even know to spell our country's and city's name right.
So shut up ppl.
He's not English born to speak great English
DIMA DIMA DIMA
THE GORGEUS WINNER OF ESC 2008
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW 2009!!!!!!!!!
T K
Do you understand?
@night of musical comedy: haha thanks for picking up on that- its not proper english, its net speak.. we use it when we r lazy lol... wat, wit, wen, nt, bt ect its shortening things..
The english of Dima is not a problem at all cause it can be fixed.You know how the ppl say the one that its talented and sings well have a sense for languages too.So Dima can make that better.Anyway the acent is not problem at all.The song is emotional has something that none of the songs this year have all are so average.Only this brings the energy and make you feel it from the first time you hear it.Thats the thing that its so special about it.Greetings from Bulgaria to Russia.WE wish you luck.
Thank you Galena!!!!!!!!
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