WATCH: Celine Dion wows with incredible comeback performance in Paris
The legendary singer, Celine Dion, who has been battling a rare illness, made a spectacular comeback by singing from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Let the games begin!🏅Sending love and luck to all competitors.
— Celine Dion (@celinedion) July 26, 2024
- Celine xx… #paris2024 #openingceremony pic.twitter.com/84aJP9AGjw
The first-ever Olympics opening ceremony held outside a stadium - on the River Seine - had to battle driving rain that cast a pallid gloom over the City of Light.
The fast-moving and multi-location ceremony masterminded by acclaimed French theatre director Thomas Jolly was aimed at impressing the global TV audience as much as those who braved the weather and intense security to watch live.
"It is now. The world is watching us. Let's open the Games in style!" French President Emmanuel Macron, who watched the ceremony in a VIP stand with other leaders, wrote on X.
Canadian singer Celine Dion, who has been battling Stiff Persons Syndrome, made a spectacular comeback by singing from the Eiffel Tower at the climax of the ceremony with a rousing version of the 'Hymn to Love' by Edith Piaf.
Watch the stunning performance below:
I’m honored to have performed tonight, for the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, and so full of joy to be back in one of my very favorite cities! Most of all, I’m so happy to be celebrating these amazing athletes, with all their stories of sacrifice and determination, pain and… pic.twitter.com/Ak6iKfhgzX
— Celine Dion (@celinedion) July 27, 2024
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