Celine Dion Performs at the 2024 Olympics with Tears

After not singing for four years and an Amazon Prime documentary that had revealed her daily life between broken voice and spasms, possible talks aroused of Céline Dion performing at the Paris Olympic Games. Her arrival in the capital a few days ago had amplified the rumor. At the end of the ceremony, after the illumination and the flight of the Olympic cauldron, Céline Dion pronounced the first lyrics of "L'hymne à l'amour" by Edith Piaf from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower. A legendary song, on an emblematic monument for an iconic moment.

In a Dior Haute Couture dress in white silk georgette, embroidered with a hypnotic gradient of sequins and enhanced with more than five hundred meters of fringes studded with thousands of silver pearls, the singer brought this opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to a beautiful ending, with tears in her eyes.

"When Thomas Jolly - the one who orchestrated this opening ceremony, called Céline Dion a year ago, she immediately said yes. If I have to sing again, it will be for the Olympic Games she replied," explained the host Daphné Bürki on France 2. The artist "overcame many trials to be here tonight. Céline, it's wonderful to see you sing again," reacted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on X.

The singer, who had already performed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, formed the most beautiful duo of this opening ceremony with the Iron Lady: two giants who braved the rain and the trials of time to dominate Paris on this very special evening.

Renowned Lebanese presenter, author and public speaker Ricardo Karam, shared a video on his Instagram account from the event with the caption “Triumphant Return after 4 years: Céline Dion shines at the Olympics, defying her battle with a rare and progressive neurological disorder, to inspire the world with her indomitable spirit and extraordinary talent. She spread all the human emotions through « Hymne à l’amour », the legendary hit of the iconic Edith Piaf. A magical moment.”