I met Celine tonight!

[nico robin]

OMG you're so lucky!!! i wish i can talk to her one day but i'm so happy for you...and jealous that is such a cool experience!!!

 

too bad is not gonna be RDMH but i can't wait for this!!!!!!

[Der_Griffon]

More details about her interpretation, her voice...Pleaaaseeee

She was all goaty, sang through her nose and then squeaked like a squirrel jumping on one foot and kicking to the slow refrain like it would be a disco song. *kick* *kick* Elvis, ma friend *kick kick kick* Then after she was finished with the first stanza, she put her middle finger in the right hole of her nose, julien, aaaaaand said aloud: "I guess I have one of these nasal days, my dear Idol contestans, Céline Dion doesn't sound that bad usually, only when the cameras are on!!!" And she went on to sing the second one. At that time Elvis managed to turn 33 times in his grave.

 

:mdr: :mdr:

[Leda]

Lucky you! Congrats!

You know, guys, sometimes it seems to me Celine is a magician. She fulfils the dreams of people SO often! She's SO lovely & generous. She just makes people happy.

Edited April 17, 2007 at 02:25 PM by Leda

[hellobaby]

WoW!!! You Are So Lucky!!!

[keny]

That is so cool. And to think I missed my opportunity to meet Celine at Disneyland last month cause I decided to go off into a different direction than my friends went. Oh well, c'est la vie

[DianaLuts]

I could have been there with my daughter if i only went standby. i didn't think it was possible:(:( Damn!

 

Glad you enjoyed the taping. so it is going to be on TV Wednesday and Celine will not be Live?

[DianaLuts]

That is so cool. And to think I missed my opportunity to meet Celine at Disneyland last month cause I decided to go off into a different direction than my friends went. Oh well, c'est la vie

 

She was at Disney last month?? when? cause i went too. but i guess that was more like beginning of April. where did your friends spot her?

[KimboCosmo]

Well good...maybe she will come to Tennessee on her tour since Elvis is from here, and that would be PERFECT for me, cuz I live here to! Thats all I grew up to, was Elvis...my Dad was obsessed with him just as much as I am with Celine...it's so funny. We have ALL of his RECORDS...wow guys, remember when RECORDS were around?

[Celinefreak05]

And I was very surprised that throughout the night, she never once did the Elvis lip! I'm not sure how they are going to edit this segment of the show...or if they will show the Elvis impersonator at all during the performance. From what we could see on the green screen, it looked like they are going to match Celine walking out with old footage of Elvis performing the song.

 

It will be interesting to see how it turns out!

 

Kimberly

[I Surrender]

OMG Kimberly how cool. U lucky girl.

And Yes I remember you from the FANatic show. It was on Hawaii right ? That was great as well.

[katie555]

that is the gr8st story ever, you are so cool funny lady. I can bet that other fans could cut their veins to be on your place!!!!

 

 

this must be so crazy when Celine said are you talkin to me?

 

hahahahahaahaha

 

 

lolololololololololoolololooolololol

[blue.grave]

I hope I get to meet her too some day as well. I hope I don't faint thought.

[LaFeeRailleuse]

That's great Kimberly!

 

I like the song (that I had never heard before), I can't wait to hear Céline's voice on it!

[celinesounds]

the idols singing: Celine and Elvis; the best selling artists of all time

 

[Lawna]

OK...i didnt have a ticket to tonight's American Idol, but I figure I might as well try my luck! I got there around 6pm and there was a long line, but I was number 128 and they said that I would probably get in bc the sound-stage seats 600. We we escorted over around 7:30pm and waited outside while Celine rehearsed until 9pm. I ended up on the 7th or 8th row towards the middle. There were a few Celine fans, but mostly American Idol fans.

 

Celine sings a song with "elvis" - kind of like the frank sinatra song where he's on the screen. Except tonight, they weren't able to generate "elvis" on the screen, so they had an elvis impersonator there from Las Vegas. He walked out with Celine and lipsynched the Elvis verses. The song they sang was called something like "I have a dream" or "In a dream" or something about dreams!!!!

 

Celine was wearing black pants, a black mesh shirt and a black sparkley jacket. The crowd went crazy when she came on stage! We stood up during the whole song and kept giving her standing ovations after each take! They had to sing the song 4 or 5 times to get all of the camera angles and audience shots.

 

OK, now to the part about me meeting Celine During the breaks, Celine was just standing on stage and the audience warm-up guy was walking around and talking to different people in the audience. I knew I had to say something!

 

Many of you know me from Celine's FANatic episode... well, the warm-up guy came to our section and I raised my hand and said, "I have something to say"

 

And I talked about FANatic and how Celine encouraged me to go for all my dreams and now I live in LA and work in TV blah blah blah...the audience guy talked a little about FANatic and asked the audience if they remembered the show...they all started clapping for me. Celine was on stage this whole time...then she said, "Are you talking to me?" and I nodded at her...and she said "I can't hear anything....then she motioned for me to come ON STAGE and said "Come up here"

 

So, the audience warm-up guy escorted me on the stage and it was just me and Celine talking on the stage by ourselves! The mics weren't on so no one in the audience could hear....We talked about FANatic and I told her I was at the show this weekend... with her number one fan, Ramona...HA! She laughed and gave me a hug and then they escorted me back to my seat!

 

Later on during the show, I saw Rene sitting in the back of the audience! So, hopefully he heard everything that I said to the crowd!

 

During another break, this guy said he was a singer and the warm-up guy asked him to sing his favorite Celine song, so he started singing "A New Day" - Celine was looking around and kept saying, "I can't hear anything" "Can someone turn the monitors on?" and then she started mouthing the words to A New Day w/ him... he sang the first verse and then they were ready to start filming again.

 

All in all, she sang the song all the way through 3 or 4 times. Then, they played back the track and shot close=ups of her (lip-syncing) to the track.

 

I'm not sure if she ever sang the song live or if it was all playback....I was too far away.

 

Anyway, they said it would air during the live "Idol Gives Back" show. The idols were there and sang as her back-up singers/choir. They were all wearing white suits.

 

Nigel said that the song will be available on I-tunes during the live show.

 

What a night!!!!!!!!!

 

Kimberly

Robinson

 

I'm so happy for you! But still a little jealous. I'm a fellow Southern-Californian...you need to take me with you next time!

[SarahJB5]

Yay...I'm so happy for you...what a great experience! I can't wait to see the appearance, it will be interesting to see how they edit it for sure!

[Tal]

thats so cool!

 

thanks for the review. listening to a bit of the song, i cant wait to hear Celine sing it!

[**Josh**]

it had had to be ammmmaazzzinnnggg lucky you..........and thanks for your story Edited April 18, 2007 at 12:40 AM by Nitty-Gritty

[celinerific]

Awwwwwe! That's amazing! She seems like the nicest person in the world, and she is tooo cuuuuute.

I'm so happy that you've gotten the chance to experience that.

[blue.grave]

I'm a little green with envy that you got to meet Celine, buy my happiness for you is much more greater then the envy part of me. And as a fan of the Great Celine Dion... I'm happy for anyone who gets to meet her. One day I'll get my chance as well and I will tell all of you about that experience with meeting Celine herself.

[Elaine]

Thanks for the review Kimberly!!! What a dream!!!

You're always so lucky!!

Thanks for sharing your story with us!!

[je t'aime]

That sounds like a good experience.

[winforlife]

A dream come true meeting Céline-lucky you! I suppose since she's been in LV, an Elvis song was fitting for the occasion. I can't wait for the episode to be aired

[DianaLuts]

i wish it was RDMH. but i am curious to see her do Elvis:):) she is such a goofball:)

[Johana]

Did anyone recorded American Idol?

[JP]

Did anyone recorded American Idol?

Oh, Celine prestation will be next week

This week was Martina McBride

[Johana]

Did anyone recorded American Idol?

Oh, Celine prestation will be next week

This week was Martina McBride

aaaaaaaaaa thank you for info

[jjlovescéline]

Kimberly,

 

Thanks for all the details! You described your experience so well that I placed myself in your shoes and felt the experience was happening to me! How very lucky you are!

[blue.grave]

Hey Kimberly. I now consider you a Jedi Master among Celine fans. This rank is only given to those people who met Celine Dion in person.

 

My ranking for Jedi Status of Celine fans:

 

Paduwon: Fans that just started liking Celine's music.

 

Jedi Apprentice: People who have been fans and haven't seen her live yet.

 

Jedi Knight: Fans who have gone to a Celine Dion live performance. this the rank I'm in Jedi Knight status.

 

 

and Finally.

 

Jedi Master: Fans who got the chance to meet Celine Dion and talk with her. Have a nice day.

[Snowhite]

thank u kimberly!!! u travelled me to celine's world....... i felt that that i was in ur case-ur freakin lucky