Celine Dion was not expected to “attend, perform, or present” at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, her representative has confirmed.
The Canadian singer, 57, famously won Eurovision for Switzerland in 1988 with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi in Dublin. Speculation had circulated that she would make a return appearance at the 2025 contest in Basel, Switzerland.
In a statement to the PA news agency, Dion’s representative said:
“We would like to address the false reporting regarding Celine Dion and the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest earlier this year.
Celine was not in Basel, nor did she ever plan to attend, perform, or present at the event. Furthermore, contrary to certain claims, she does not own a private plane.
Recent published stories are entirely false and potentially damaging since they suggest that she accepted the organisers’ invitation to attend in person and that her subsequent non-attendance resulted from ill health.
This is completely untrue.
What is accurate is that Celine was invited to record a brief video greeting for the occasion, which she was happy to provide.
In an era where sensational headlines often take precedence, we urge media outlets to uphold journalistic integrity and even minimal fact-check before publishing such inaccuracies.”
Dion appeared only in a pre-recorded video message during the first semi-final of the competition.
Last year, she made her first live public appearance since revealing her diagnosis of stiff person syndrome (SPS), performing from the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Dion disclosed her SPS diagnosis in December 2022 and subsequently cancelled her Courage World Tour. The rare condition, which causes increasing muscular stiffness, is explored in her 2024 documentary I Am: Celine Dion, where she shares her determination to return to the stage.
Her catalog of hits includes It’s All Coming Back To Me Now, Think Twice, A New Day Has Come, and My Heart Will Go On, the theme from Titanic (1997).
Source: RTÉ
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