CONFIRMED: Celine WON'T be at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

[Del]

i wish

 

Celine could be couple weeks prego. Unless doctors said otherwise, i don't think she will risk her pregnancy just to sing at the English Canadian Olympics.

 

These Olympics are for all of Canada... so it must have been a mistake when you wrote English Canadian Olympics.

[zuv]

i wish

 

Celine could be couple weeks prego. Unless doctors said otherwise, i don't think she will risk her pregnancy just to sing at the English Canadian Olympics.

 

These Olympics are for all of Canada... so it must have been a mistake when you wrote English Canadian Olympics.

 

Unfortunately its not mistake,

 

I wrote a lot about this subject on this thread.... but just to give you an idea of why i said that, u just have to watch the opening ceremonies to understand that its indeed the "English Canadian Olympics".

 

The only french thing we got was a french song (which got deleted by most of the countries for commercial needs)

We also got a "Bienvenoue mes amis", than a "meurci"

And the president of the olympics spoke in french for about a minute, only because he was obliged since French is the official Olympic language (where ever the Olympics are)

The rest of the night was entirely in english

 

No respect for Canadians French speakers. Even René commented on that...

 

I wrote more here : Page 10, Post # 275 + René' s comment

Edited February 28, 2010 at 01:31 AM by pyb

[lindsey22]

i wish

 

Celine could be couple weeks prego. Unless doctors said otherwise, i don't think she will risk her pregnancy just to sing at the English Canadian Olympics.

 

These Olympics are for all of Canada... so it must have been a mistake when you wrote English Canadian Olympics.

 

Unfortunately its not mistake,

 

I wrote a lot about this subject on this thread.... but just to give you an idea of why i said that, u just have to watch the opening ceremonies to understand that its indeed the "English Canadian Olympics".

 

The only french thing we got was a french song (which got deleted by most of the countries for commercial needs)

We also got a "Bienvenoue mes amis", than a "meurci"

And the president of the olympics spoke in french for about a minute, only because he was obliged since French is the official Olympic language (where ever the Olympics are)

The rest of the night was entirely in english

 

No respect for Canadians French speakers. Even René commented on that...

 

I wrote more here : Page 10, Post # 275 + René' s comment

i dont understand your attitude sorry its olympics time to celebrate not being picky

[zuv]

I know its more important to focus on our athletes at this time, and i do. I've been asked a question and i answered it. Its just frustrating that they ignored 8 millions of french speakers.

You prolly don't understand cause your not from Quebec,and you prolly don't know much about our history either...

 

But lets move on....

[lindsey22]

I know its more important to focus on our athletes at this time, and i do. I've been asked a question and i answered it. Its just frustrating that they ignored 8 millions of french speakers.

You prolly don't understand cause your not from Quebec,and you prolly don't know much about our history either...

 

But lets move on....

pyb, stop playing the victim, yes i know about quebec history, no one was "ignored"

Vancouver is an english speaking city, so dont you expect the majority of the ceremonies to be in english

also please remember that most of the countries there know english but not french so much so they have to reflect that too. your turning it into something it's not. a long time ago when the olympics were held in montreal it was the same thing. mostly french , hardly english and no one complained. when i visited montreal to see Celine, there were no english signs posted anywhere in the public spaces, (subways), metro's, no advisaries , not even emergencies warning signs are posted in english. when they make announcements its only in french, never in english.

if there was a bomb scare they still dont say anything in english yet they know that there is a large english speaking community living in montreal. so dont talk about "being ignored" how about being ignored every day of your life!

but where i'm from they always do both languages. so im not feeling too sorry for you. sorry i dont!

Edited February 28, 2010 at 04:36 PM by lindsey22

[Claudette]

Okeee Dokeeeee...

 

So do we know yet if Celine really was/is in Vancouver?

[stevo]

What's the point in talking about this when she wasn't there, she was in NYC getting IVFed again...move on

[zuv]

I know its more important to focus on our athletes at this time, and i do. I've been asked a question and i answered it. Its just frustrating that they ignored 8 millions of french speakers.

You prolly don't understand cause your not from Quebec,and you prolly don't know much about our history either...

 

But lets move on....

pyb, stop playing the victim, yes i know about quebec history, no one was "ignored"

Vancouver is an english speaking city, so dont you expect the majority of the ceremonies to be in english

also please remember that most of the countries there know english but not french so much so they have to reflect that too. your turning it into something it's not. a long time ago when the olympics were held in montreal it was the same thing. mostly french , hardly english and no one complained. when i visited montreal to see Celine, there were no english signs posted anywhere in the public spaces, (subways), metro's, no advisaries , not even emergencies warning signs are posted in english. when they make announcements its only in french, never in english.

if there was a bomb scare they still dont say anything in english yet they know that there is a large english speaking community living in montreal. so dont talk about "being ignored" how about being ignored every day of your life!

but where i'm from they always do both languages. so im not feeling too sorry for you. sorry i dont!

 

OH please....

funny that you came up with Montreal Olympics of 1976, because every single word said in French got translated into English. I wasn't born at this time, but i've been told by others, and even journalist confirmed it. Thats why no one complained loll

But are you even from Quebec? No. So who are you to say that we weren't ignored at the opening Ceremonies? Do you even read newspapers from here? Or even watch tv from here. Prolly not. It became a big DEAL here, and its still is. They talked about it a lot the 1st week and even now they still talk about it... (and Lou555 or other quebecers from the forum could confirm that to you)

And who cares if Vancouver speaks mostly English? The 2 official languages in Canada are French and English. We are one country. It was the biggest opportunity to show to the world that Canada has 2 different language and that they are proud of it. The next Olympics will be in Rio de Janeiro. You think they will not speak Portuguese because most countries understand more English? Let me laugh.

And please don't mix apples and Oranges. The public signs and announcements of every day life have nothing to do with what we are discussing. I'm not expecting to read french everywhere i go in Canada. I'm not expecting to be answered in French anywhere else than Quebec either. But if you want to be served in English in Quebec, there's no problem there But when a Olympic Opening Ceremonies are held in Canada for the entire world to watch and that Quebec paid there part on that 38 millions dollars night, i think Quebec is allowed to expect some recognition, that Canada is a billingual Nation and that we are proud of our 10 provinces and different languages.

 

 

Look lindsey, i'm not making that up. I'm not trying to convince you either. Even René was shock about the lack of French. They tried to have Celine for the closing ceremonies to make it up for their mistake. Even the prime minister was sorry and tried to reach René so that Celine come to sing.

Don,t bother again to reply to me that i'm playing the poor victim again... i'll just ignore, i'm done discussing this subject, and if you still can't understand my point, well so be it.

[lindsey22]

I know its more important to focus on our athletes at this time, and i do. I've been asked a question and i answered it. Its just frustrating that they ignored 8 millions of french speakers.

You prolly don't understand cause your not from Quebec,and you prolly don't know much about our history either...

 

But lets move on....

pyb, stop playing the victim, yes i know about quebec history, no one was "ignored"

Vancouver is an english speaking city, so dont you expect the majority of the ceremonies to be in english

also please remember that most of the countries there know english but not french so much so they have to reflect that too. your turning it into something it's not. a long time ago when the olympics were held in montreal it was the same thing. mostly french , hardly english and no one complained. when i visited montreal to see Celine, there were no english signs posted anywhere in the public spaces, (subways), metro's, no advisaries , not even emergencies warning signs are posted in english. when they make announcements its only in french, never in english.

if there was a bomb scare they still dont say anything in english yet they know that there is a large english speaking community living in montreal. so dont talk about "being ignored" how about being ignored every day of your life!

but where i'm from they always do both languages. so im not feeling too sorry for you. sorry i dont!

 

OH please....

funny that you came up with Montreal Olympics of 1976, because every single word said in French got translated into English. I wasn't born at this time, but i've been told by others, and even journalist confirmed it. Thats why no one complained loll

But are you even from Quebec? No. So who are you to say that we weren't ignored at the opening Ceremonies? Do you even read newspapers from here? Or even watch tv from here. Prolly not. It became a big DEAL here, and its still is. They talked about it a lot the 1st week and even now they still talk about it... (and Lou555 or other quebecers from the forum could confirm that to you)

And who cares if Vancouver speaks mostly English? The 2 official languages in Canada are French and English. We are one country. It was the biggest opportunity to show to the world that Canada has 2 different language and that they are proud of it. The next Olympics will be in Rio de Janeiro. You think they will not speak Portuguese because most countries understand more English? Let me laugh.

And please don't mix apples and Oranges. The public signs and announcements of every day life have nothing to do with what we are discussing. I'm not expecting to read french everywhere i go in Canada. I'm not expecting to be answered in French anywhere else than Quebec either. But if you want to be served in English in Quebec, there's no problem there But when a Olympic Opening Ceremonies are held in Canada for the entire world to watch and that Quebec paid there part on that 38 millions dollars night, i think Quebec is allowed to expect some recognition, that Canada is a billingual Nation and that we are proud of our 10 provinces and different languages.

 

 

Look lindsey, i'm not making that up. I'm not trying to convince you either. Even René was shock about the lack of French. They tried to have Celine for the closing ceremonies to make it up for their mistake. Even the prime minister was sorry and tried to reach René so that Celine come to sing.

Don,t bother again to reply to me that i'm playing the poor victim again... i'll just ignore, i'm done discussing this subject, and if you still can't understand my point, well so be it.

there you go again making assumptions about me. how do you know where i was born or if i read newpapers or watch french tv. well as a matter of fact i do. i watch radio-canada, and tva, and tfo , musique plus also making assumption about brazilian games even before they start?

and PUH-LEASE, mixing apples with oranges? we are talkng about "people being ignored"

how come its the quecbec people being ignored but when the english ones who are born in quebec , they are not ignored, when their language of choice is totally non-existant. what happened to the 2 official languages policy then. and i'm glad you're done discussing it, because your "points" are moot. bye..

Edited February 28, 2010 at 05:57 PM by lindsey22

[zuv]

there you go again making assumptions about me. how do you know where i was born or if i read newpapers or watch french tv. well as a matter of fact i do. i watch radio-canada, and tva, and tfo , musique plus also making assumption about brazilian games even before they start?

and PUH-LEASE, mixing apples with oranges? we are talkng about "people being ignored"

how come its the quecbec people being ignored but when the english ones who are born in quebec , they are not ignored, when their language of choice is totally non-existant. what happened to the 2 official languages policy then. and i'm glad you're done discussing it, because your "points" are moot. bye..

 

i'm making assumptionss blablabla Who cares? lolll Part of my family is back from US their Children speak only English. They are not complaining because "everything" is in French in Quebec (which is not true btw). Sucks to be you if you do.

You saying that English speakers are ignored in Quebec is the most hilarious thing i heard today. I just got back from montreal 2 days ago, i heard more english than i heard french

And we were not talking about ignorance in everyday life anyway, we were talking about ignorance at the Opening Ceremonies. LOL So, yes, you are totally out of track.

[lindsey22]

there you go again making assumptions about me. how do you know where i was born or if i read newpapers or watch french tv. well as a matter of fact i do. i watch radio-canada, and tva, and tfo , musique plus also making assumption about brazilian games even before they start?

and PUH-LEASE, mixing apples with oranges? we are talkng about "people being ignored"

how come its the quecbec people being ignored but when the english ones who are born in quebec , they are not ignored, when their language of choice is totally non-existant. what happened to the 2 official languages policy then. and i'm glad you're done discussing it, because your "points" are moot. bye..

 

i'm making assumptionss blablabla Who cares? lolll Part of my family is back from US their Children speak only English. They are not complaining because "everything" is in French in Quebec (which is not true btw). Sucks to be you if you do.

You saying that English speakers are ignored in Quebec is the most hilarious thing i heard today. I just got back from montreal 2 days ago, i heard more english than i heard french

And we were not talking about ignorance in everyday life anyway, we were talking about ignorance at the Opening Ceremonies. LOL So, yes, you are totally out of track.

your "american" family who are tourists won't mind so much because to them its a change of culture, but i was really referring to english spaking people who are born and raised in quebec. i dont care if your visiting family didnt complain.

you just got back from montreal and you heard more english in the streets than french? . oh thats nice, i guess you now you see the large amounts of english speakers being ignored by their provincial government.

and my point is that hundreds of thousands of english speakers are ignored every day on an ongoing basis for all their lives. issues which affect their real daily lives which is infinitely more important than a little speech at a opening ceremony

[Koolan]

Guys, take this via PM instead...

[CelineTheBest5]

Well, I'm watching to the hockey final game (USA x Canada) and there is no signal of Celine, Rene or RC there.

Anyone knows anything about it?

Edited February 28, 2010 at 08:38 PM by CelineTheBest5

[zuv]

My "american tourist family" like you said, could have been any where else from Canada, and it would have been the same story.

lolll i can't believe you complain because you speak english and live in Quebec and feel ignored . If i want to get served in French in Victoria BC, I can dream about it. Its totally different here in Quebec, we serve both in French and English.

 

If i were to live in Calgary, i wouldn't complain or feel ignored because there's total absence of French there. I would adapt to where i live!

 

Its Canada's Olympics not British Columbia's Olympics LOL

 

sorry Koolan I had to answer this one... but anyway, i think its a dead end with her and that she will always be rigth no matter what people say

 

But to answer to everyone else who still think that Celine will performe....unless rené contradicts himself, Celine wont sing at the closing Ceremonies. He said it to a journalist.

[Lou555]

I agree, I'm sure Céline won't be there either. She's been asked more than a year ago, they said no cuz she thought and hoped she would be pregnant at this time. Than we all know, she's on her fifth try now. She has other more important priorities now and I wish those organizers who have asked René ten times already would understand and leave them alone. Being asked or chosing to perform(or not) on those ceremonies is usually not something done at the last minute anyways. It has to be recorded, there are rehearsals....it's very different then being on Oprah or Larry King like some already said. Céline and René always gave the same answer when asked and it was no, not this time. Anything else is just rumours or for marketing purposes...

 

It's not a thing that one decides a couple of days before the events anyways....eventhough they have invited Annie Villeneuve and Nicky Y. to record again on Friday, during the night(no sleep), another new version of their "I believe"(Nicky) - "J'imagine"(Annie) song and make a mix of both english and french versions with new images for the song to air in english (and french) tonight during their showing of a clip of Olympic Winners I think... and so it could be a bilingual one for the closing ceremonies. I watched Annie Villeneuve on tv who was very disapointed not being part of the closing ceremonies days earlier just arriving in Vancouver and talking about it on RDS on Friday. So I guess there are still last minute decisions being made but this is a taped audio only thing with no performances. And it took many hours of their time so...Rochette was also ask today to bring the Canadian flag into the stadium for Canada.

 

But a Céline performance tonight won't be one of them I dont' think. Hope Céline is pregnant and especially taking care of herself and her family life right now. I'm behind Céline and René's choice 100% percent.

 

And Pyb, rendez-vous in 2020 for Québec City Winter Olympic Games maybe!

Edited February 28, 2010 at 11:00 PM by Lou555

[Cheerfuljane]

I haven't seen ANY celebrities, but they've gotta be there somewhere

 

I'm still hoping that she makes an appearance tonight.

Although it is likely that she is just there to give RC this great experience.

[lindsey22]

honestly i dont want her to be there. i want her to get herself pregnant and take care of herself. they always love to critisize her calling her corny etc, but then when they need her for ratings they call on her. remeber how they treated her in halifax and rene cancelled.

[zuv]

And Pyb, rendez-vous in 2020 for Québec City Winter Olympic Games maybe!

 

hihi!! Hopefully!!! A bilingual one this time!

But i was reading the papers this morning, there's like 200 feet missing at the Massif (i always thought MSA was higher) so it can be used for male olympics skiing... so there's an issue here that needs to be resolved before... ohhohohohhh and we will finally get Le journal de Quebec here on march 1st!! I saw full page of celine's movie in it few days back. So tired on Le Soleil and its 2 days old scoop

You can edit your post 45 mins later?? is that a moderator's privilege? haha

 

 

edit: 2022

Edited February 28, 2010 at 11:23 PM by pyb

[fyoung98]

i just read an article that said she would be performing at the closing ceremony.

[remykyes]

i just read an article that said she would be performing at the closing ceremony.

 

sources?

[celinefanonline]

really!!!! the ceremoney gonna be on just in few mins here!!!! and one of the reporter said it's gonna be like a concert!

 

it started!!

Edited March 1, 2010 at 01:30 AM by celinefanonline

[remykyes]

Here we go!

 

Edit: Hahaha! Way to go with the nod to the opening ceremonies! they had the torch out with only 3 of the 4 legs and raised the 4th up!

Edited March 1, 2010 at 01:39 AM by remykyes

[rhapsodion]

seems like her private jet has gone back to new york from florida though.

[kevincheung410]

i just read an article that said she would be performing at the closing ceremony.

 

sources?

 

Yes, i have read it from some Chinese news site, including Avril, Shania and Celine. But I don't think so.

[celinefanonline]

plz Celine be on!! lol

so want Celine perform there! it would be so amazing i'll probably get emotional

hopefully it's a secret

Edited March 1, 2010 at 02:23 AM by celinefanonline

[Cheerfuljane]

Well, NBC said some names. Avril is one of them but Celine was not

[ThisTime]

They said "Nickelback, Avril Lavigne, and others!"

so maybe she's one of 'the others'

[autumnskies00]

Celine's never an "other". If they had Celine booked, they'd want her name in the promos for ratings.

[ThisTime]

Unless she's a surprise! Then she would be!

[Lawna]

Unless she's a surprise! Then she would be!

 

 

Then they would say A special "Surprise Guest" she still wouldn't be considered as an "other"