Celine Dion is reportedly in talks to return to Eurovision for the 2025 Song Contest, 37 years after her own win.
The Canadian singer, 56, won for Switzerland in 1988 with song Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi.
This year, the competition is returning to the country after Nemo’s win with The Code in Malmo, Sweden.
And it’s said Celine could be making an appearance, depending on her health.
The Grammy award-winning singer revealed she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome in an emotional video in December 2022, announcing that she had to cancel her Courage World Tour.
She performed for the first time since revealing her diagnosis at the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris last year, and it’s now been claimed talks are taking place for her to perform at Eurovision.
According to The Sun, organisers are keen for the My Heart Will Go On singer to take to the stage as an interval act.
Executive producers Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler confirmed they’ve had discussions with her team, but nothing has been decided.
They said: ‘We won’t know until a few weeks beforehand whether she feels fit enough.’
Celine spoke about her condition in her documentary which aired last year, I Am: Celine Dion.
In it, she spoke about the muscle spasms she suffered, which were once so strong they broke her ribs.
She said living with the condition was ‘like somebody’s strangling you’, explaining: ‘It feels like if I point my feet, it will stay in (that position), or if I cook — because I love to cook — my fingers, my hands will get in position.
‘It’s cramping, but it’s like in a position of like you cannot unlock them.’
She added: ‘Sometimes, when it’s very severe, it can break some ribs.’
What is stiff-person syndrome?
Stiff-person syndrome (SPS) is a rare autoimmune movement disorder that affects the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord).
SPS is characterised by fluctuating muscle rigidity in the trunk and limbs and a heightened sensitivity to stimuli such as noise, touch, and emotional distress, which can set off muscle spasms. Stiff-person syndrome is extremely rare.
Only about one out of every one million people have been diagnosed with this syndrome. Twice as many women have stiff person syndrome as men. Symptoms can occur at any age but usually develop between ages 30 and 60.
The main symptoms of SPS are muscle stiffening and spasming and there is currently no cure for the disease, but there are ways for it to be treated including through the use of muscle sedatives and relaxants.
Physical and occupational therapy is also a treatment route for people with SPS.
The Song Contest will be taking place in Basel, Switzerland, with the grand final on May 17 and the semi-finals on May 13 and 15.
Remember Monday have been confirmed as the UK’s entry, following in the footsteps of Olly Alexander.
The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place in St Jakobshalle in Basel on May 17, with the semi-finals taking place on May 13 and 15.
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