Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, umculi waba yisimenywa sombukiso we-YouTube "futhi akhulume?", Lapho kwakukhulunywa ngokungagwegwesi ngokuzithoba kwakhe ngokobulili. UBilan wavuma ukuthi ukhetha abesifazane kuphela futhi anobungqingili ngokuphelele. Ngokubona kwakhe, amahlebezi ngothando lwakhe kwabesilisa avele phakathi kokubambisana noMkhiqizi uYuri Aizenshpis. Ngaleso sikhathi, ama-detactors ngqo ayalele izihloko zabezindaba ngokuqondile umkhiqizi osekhulile akhuthaza ngentshiseko isithandwa sakhe esincane. Kodwa-ke, umculi ngokwakhe akazange aqaphele iizizizizpis zokuziphatha "okungelona ngokwesiko".
Ngokusho kukaBilan, eminye iminyaka emi-4 eyedlule yayicasukile yi-Dhessip ukuthi uyitayela. Kodwa-ke, manje akanendaba.
Ngabona okuningi kule mpilo futhi ngazi okuningi,
- Umculi unezela ngokunenjongo.
Njengamanje, umculi ukhathazeke kakhulu ukuthi useyedwa. UDima uyaphupha umndeni, izingane, kodwa kuze kube manje akuphumelelanga. Onqobayo e-Eurovision 2008 wembula imfihlo eyimfihlo: Eminyakeni eminingi edlule intombazane yakhe yasinda ezingxotsheni ezimbalwa, lo mbhangqwana awukwazi ukubhekana nesikhathi esinzima futhi wahlukana. Kusukela lapho, uBilan akazange aguqule ubudlelwane obungathi sína futhi usethola kuphela.