Eurovision Song Contest 2025 without Performance by Celine Dion

It was long uncertain whether Celine Dion could participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel due to her health condition. As recently as early March, the organizers of the music competition stated that Celine Dion simply belongs to Switzerland and the ESC.

Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 for Switzerland

Celine Dion won the Song Contest in 1988 in the Irish capital Dublin as a 20-year-old for Switzerland. Her victory was secured by the song "Ne partez pas sans moi," with only a one-point lead over the English pop singer Scott Fitzgerald. For Dion, this meant an international breakthrough. A year later, she was back on the ESC stage in Lausanne as the previous year's winner. In the summer of 2019, Celine Dion performed for the last time for the time being. In December 2022, she publicly announced that she suffers from the incurable disease Stiff-Person Syndrome, which is associated with severe muscle spasms. With a performance on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024, Celine Dion celebrated a spectacular comeback after a long treatment and four years of stage absence.

Eurovision Song Contest 2025: 1st Semi-Final on Tuesday

At the Song Contest, things will get serious on Tuesday evening with the first semi-final. 15 acts will compete for ten tickets to the grand finale on Saturday. The Swedish fun group KAJ and their sauna song "Bara Bada Bastu" will be among the acts to watch, as they have been leading the betting odds for weeks. However, Austria's representative JJ and his dramatic title "Wasted Love" are also considered to have very good chances. He will make his first appearance in the second semi-final on Thursday. On Saturday, a total of 26 acts will try to secure Europe's singing crown. The Vienna duo Abor & Tynna, competing for Germany with "Baller," is already confirmed to participate.

(APA/Red)

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