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Celine Dion Was Never Due to Attend Eurovision 2025

Celine Dion's team clarified she was never scheduled to perform or attend Eurovision 2025, emphasizing ongoing health recovery from stiff-person syndrome.

  • Celine Dion was neither scheduled to participate in any capacity nor make an appearance at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest held in May in Basel, Switzerland.
  • This followed reports and speculation that she would perform, which her representatives denied as false and potentially damaging.
  • Dion, diagnosed with the rare neurological stiff-person syndrome since 2022, appeared only in a prerecorded video greeting aired during the contest's first semi-final.
  • She revealed her condition in December 2022 and gave her first live performance post-diagnosis at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, stating she is recovering and working hard on her comeback.
  • Her nonattendance highlights ongoing health challenges while showing progress, as organizers remain in contact and open to future involvement.
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Celine Dion was never due to ‘attend, perform, or present’ at Eurovision

She won Eurovision for Switzerland in 1988.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Friday, September 12, 2025.
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