UViktor Nikolaevich Belan ungumculi othandwayo waseRussia, owaziwayo kakhulu kubantu ngaphansi kobuqili uDima Bilan. Wazalwa ngoDisemba 24, 1981 edolobheni lase-Ust-Dzheguda esifundeni saseKarachay-Cherkess.
U-Victor omncane waqala ukubonisa amakhono akhe kusukela ebuntwaneni. Njengoba eseseklasini lokuqala, wahlola, lapho uthisha wesikole somculo ethi abazali bekudingeke ukuba bathumele ingane yabo esikoleni somculo. Kodwa ngemfundo yomculo ayizange ihlale isikhathi eside, futhi kuphela ebangeni lesi-5, ngenxa kadadewabo, i-vitya encane ingena esikoleni somculo futhi igcwalise ngempumelelo igumbi layo le-accordion. Isikole somculo sesiphelile, kodwa lokhu akusilo umkhawulo, uBilan uthatha konke okumsiza ukuba athuthukise amakhono akhe okudala: yena kuphela kwi-choir yezingane, uhlanganyele emincintiswaneni ehlukahlukene, imikhosi, imincintiswano yesifunda nezinye izenzakalo eziphethwe inkanyezi yokuqala. Ngale ndlela, ekubeni yi-grade 10, uDima Bilan uqala ukuya eMoscow, ehlanganyela emkhosini "uChunga-changa".
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, ithalenta elincane lingena esikoleni somculo. UGnesin waya eMoscow ekilasini lezwi lomfundi, futhi ngemva kokuphothula iziqu ngo-2003, wangena esikoleni sesi-2 seGITIS ukuze asebenze. Ukufunda esikoleni somculo, u-Dima uzama ukuhlanganyela emkhakheni we-solo, ongathwali izithelo. Ukuba unyaka wesithathu weyunivesithi, ujwayele umkhiqizi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo Yu.Sh. I-Aizenshpisom. Njengoba umculi ngokwakhe ekhumbula, kwakunzima ukufika kumuntu odumile, kodwa umfundi ompofu waphatha ngokuyisimanga futhi wathola inombolo yefoni ethandekayo. Sekuyisikhathi eside angizange ngibize, kodwa lapho ngifika, kwakudingeka ngichaze umkhiqizi ngelanga eliphukile elingu-Vitya Belan nokuthi kungani ebiza. Uvunyelwe ukuhlangana kule studio yokurekhoda, lapho uBilan amenyelwe ukwenza ingoma ethi "Kid". U-Aizenshpis wayethande, futhi wanquma ukubambisana noDima osemncane futhi othembisayo. Kulungile-ke kufika ingoma ethi "Boom", lapho uDima Bilan ebukeka emncane kakhulu, futhi isiqephu sokuqala. Ngo-2002, umculi waqala umkhosi eJurmala okokuqala. Ukuphila kuyaqhubeka ukugcwalisa ngemibala. Ngo-2006, uBilan uthunyelwa ku-Eurovision Song Contest ngengoma ethi "Ungalokothi Uyeke", lapho umculi ephethe indawo yesibili ehloniphekile. KwaseRussia, lokhu kwaba yimpumelelo engakaze yenzeke, ngoba u-Alsu kuphela owayengumculi ngonyaka ka-2000 wathatha indawo yesibili. Kodwa ukumisa esithombeni esitholakale sobusha bekungekho futhi ngo-2008 kufakwe isicelo sokubamba iqhaza emncintiswaneni. Akukho ukuphulwa okutholiwe, futhi umculi wavunyelwa ukuthi aphinde ahlanganyele ku-Eurovision Song Contest. Khona-ke uDima "walala" ngokugcwele ngengoma ethi "Believe", okwathi wathatha indawo ehloniphekile yokuqala. Waba ngumculi wokuqala waseRussia ukunqoba i-Eurovision Song Contest.
Ngemva kwalokho, abalandeli baqala ukukhulekela izithombe zabo ngisho nakakhulu, kodwa nabantu abanobukhwele babona ukuthi uyithenda elicacile. Imiklomelo kanye neziqu syplyutsya kumculi ngejubane elingavamile, unabalandeli abaningi futhi amaphephandaba asebelokhu ekhala ngezwi likaBilan neRussian Kuletskaya. Kodwa ngabe umculi wayenenkinga embi, noma wayephethwe yi-paparazzi, kodwa emoyeni omsakazo wesiteshi somsakazo "I-Europa Plus" eLuzhniki, i-selebrytis, kanye nentombi yakhe, bavuma ukuthi ubuhlobo babo buyi-PR nje kuphela, ngoba ukunyakaza okunjalo kusiza ekukhuliseni ukuthandwa kwabo ukuphakama okungakaze kwenzeke. Bonke abantu babesabisa, ngoba lo mbhangqwana wawuhlangane iminyaka emine, wabonakala kuzo zonke izinhlangano zomhlaba ndawonye, futhi ngomunwe womhle uHelen, indandatho isikhathi eside. Kodwa-ke, lo mshado awuzange ulandele ... Iziphetho iziphetho, kodwa ukuvuma okungenangqondo okunjalo akukho owethemba. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, i-StarHit yashayela ucingo umculi we-pop ukuze achaze ukuthi yini wonke umuntu ayekubone ngesonto elidlule. UDima waphendula ukuthi ku-ether bona noLena banquma ukudlala wonke umuntu, kuhlanganise napapa wonke, abathukuthelela ukungabi namthetho ngokufaka izikhala zabo emzimbeni wangasese. Lesi simemezelo sombhangqwana yisinye isinyathelo se-PR, ungakhathazeki muntu, basenabo noLena ndawonye, futhi umshado ngeke udlale okwamanje. Phila, njengoba behlala.
Manje cabanga ukuthi ngabe yi-PR noma cha. Ngemuva kwalokho, amaphephandaba athatha uguquko olusha: ayikho inoveli ngumculi we-pop onobuhle, ngoba angase ahlangane nesifiso esisha, futhi futhi u-Juliana Krylova. Kube naye ukuthi wadubula isiqeshana sakhe ngengoma ethi "Ukuphepha", futhi izigcawu ezithandanayo zevidiyo zikhululekile kakhulu. Ngaphambili, uBilan akazange akubone lokhu, ngoba i-heroine eyinhloko yazo zonke izigcawu zokulala zezingxenye zakhe kwakuyi-Kuletskaya. Yebo, naseMadrid emcimbini we "MTV Music Award" uDima wahamba ngokuqondile ne-Krylova. Ngokusobala, wayejabule kakhulu ukuba asuswe kwi-video yakhe, ngakho wanquma manje ukugcina naye futhi ahlale ekamelweni elilodwa lehhotela ngesikhathi somkhosi ... Kuzo zonke izintatheli zezindaba, umculi waphendula ngamagama ambalwa ukuthi uJuliana wayeyintombi yakhe kuphela, u-Elena wayazi konke hhayi nomhawu nhlobo. Lezi yizitatimende. A PR noma cha, isihloko senombolo eyodwa yomphakathi ... Yilokho, uDima Bilan, okuphila kwakhe kucebile kakhulu ezenzakalweni.