#Dima Bilan

[gaymer-hag-stan]

2004, 2007, 2008 - Rigged. Ruslana, Marija Serifovic and Dima Bilan all won because of Eastern European bloc voting

2005 - Rigged. Helena Paparizou won because of Balkan bloc voting

2006 - Lordi shouldn't win because they promote Satan worship through their music

2014 - Rigged. Conchita Wurst won because of LGBT voting / they're trying to force it down our throats

2015 - Måns shouldn't win because he's homophobic / Heroes shouldn't win because it's a copy of Descendants of the Sun (correct me if I'm wrong on this one; people were definitely saying that it was too derivative of a popular song at the time, I don't remember if that was its name)

2016 - Rigged. Jamala's win was political

2017 - Rigged. Salvador Sobral won because of his heart condition

2018 - Netta won because she was a joke entry. The contest is of poor quality / She is promoting overweight body types as the new standard (I'm not even joking, people actually said that)

2021 - Måneskin should be stripped of their title as champions because Damiano did cocaine

2022 - Rigged. Kalush Orchestra won because of the war

2023 - Rigged. Loreen won due to Sweden celebrating 50 years from their first win next year.

Can you STOP and take a moment to realize how ridiculous you all sound?

And yes, these are all things people actually said at the time, in case you don't remember or forget easily (or out of convenience)

[guysofeurovision]

[mockva]

Anniversary evening of Alexandra Pakhmutova. 95 years

[sergeylazarev]

mid-late 00s dima bilan and sergey lazarev were doing a better job at being lesbian style icons than t.A.T.u. were

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #505:

When Kristian Kostov, Bulgaria's representative in 2017, was a child, he participated in Russia's version of The Voice Kids. While on the show, his coach was former Eurovision winner Dima Bilan.

[Source]

Participants of Kyiv 2017: Kristian Kostov, Eurovision.tv.

[incorrect-eurovision-quotes]

Alexander:*speaking Spanish*

Dima:I know,I know.

Måns:You speak Spanish?

Dima:No.I just know the phrase,'this is all your fault'in every language Alexander speaks.

[fyeahdimabilan]

[crystallllines]

спасибо, mot, что напомнил мне, что на берегу небо вышел двадцать лет назад

жестокий ублюдок

[kittyprincessofcats]

Genuinely tempted to make one of those “All Eurovision winners since XY” videos you can find on Youtube, but make it the real (a.k.a. televote) winners in 2015 (Il Volo), 2019 (KEiiNO) and 2023 (Käjirää) (Jamala can stay over Lazarev in 2016 because fuck R*ssia), and then also mute/blur/exclude Dima Bilan in 2008 and Netta in 2018 out of respect for Ukrainians and Palestinians respectively.

[dimabilansmullet]

Coming back to tumblr 3 years later to realize I have 3 unanswered messages. Two telling me I’m loved and the third asking me about Mr. Bilan’s dick size, as if I have the answer

[guysofeurovision]

[sovamurka]

My gender of the day is Sergey Lazarev in Masked Singer Russia

[sergeylazarev]

it's not gay to give your longtime industry rival the ol' once-over if you're singing a heartbreak ballad with him right

[white-eyed-girl]

There's one more and I'll be stubborn about it forever

(Plus Loreen II too!)

Eurovision Fact #233:

Five winners of the Eurovision Song Contest have performed barefoot:

In 1967, Sandie Shaw was the first person to waltz across the stage barefoot. She also took home the UK's first win!

Sertab Erener and her dancers were all barefoot for their 2003 win for Türkiye.

Dima Bilan won in 2008, wearing all white from his head to his ankles. His two other partners on stage did have shoes on, one even wore roller skates!

2012 saw Loreen take the barefooted win.

Finally, the following year Emmelie De Forest also won Eurovision with bare feet.

[Sources]

'Playing footsie: 10 artists who went barefoot at Eurovision,' Wiwibloggs.com.

Dima Bilan - Believe (Russia) 2008 Eurovision Song Contest Winner, YouTube.com.

Emmelie de Forest - Only Teardrops (Denmark) - LIVE - 2013 Grand Final, YouTube.com.

Loreen - Euphoria - Sweden - Live - Grand Final - 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, YouTube.com.

Eurovision Song Contest 1967 - Sandie Shaw - Puppet on a String (WINNER), YouTube.com.

Eurovision 2003 - Turkey - Sertab Erener - Everyway that I can [WINNER] HQ, YouTube.com.