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

[pat200]

i meant she might be when they end the olympic games on the 28th of february!!!

[Belle Céline]

I swear the title said she WILL be like a half hour ago....

[idroveallnight]

Technically, Celine will be there since they are premiering the "We Are The World" video during the opening ceremonies.

[Belle Céline]

Technically, Celine will be there since they are premiering the "We Are The World" video during the opening ceremonies.

Physically she's not there, which is what people were wondering. If she was going to be there in person, really she's not because she isn't there in person. Just on video, with about 80 other people lol.

[ladylindsey]

OMD this is hilarious- from twitter-

 

"If Neil Young doesn't light the torch with a flaming Celine Dion, Canada missed an opportunity"

http://twitter.com/LookyDaddy

 

 

"Can't we just get to the part of the Olympics where Celine Dion turns into a Polar Bear and eats Bob Costas?"

http://twitter.com/OverlandParker

 

 

Edited February 13, 2010 at 03:04 AM by ladylindsey

[CelineDionFan710]

lol hehehe thats funny

[manu23]

How is possible Celine is not there singing Hallelujah

[ladylindsey]

I knowwww. She really is missed I think. I mean, it would be the icing on the Canadian cake if she busted out from a trap door or something. I would die.

[Belle Céline]

How is possible Celine is not there singing Hallelujah

She can't be in NY doing IVF and at the Olympics at the sametime.

[Amanja]

OMG Garou just sang Un peu plus haut Loved it.

[ladylindsey]

I missed that! Nooooooooooooo.

[luciusbright]

sorry Celine couldn't make it, but Garou is really a nice surprise

[ladylindsey]

gotta find Garou online- they didn't play his part here?!

[JP]

How is possible Celine is not there singing Hallelujah

Well, K.D. Lang is also a great Canadian singer, who made a version of Hallelujah in the 90's and make it a great success on radio!

 

OMG Garou just sang Un peu plus haut Loved it.

That was sooooo painful.. He should retire, her voice is so bad now..

I can't believe they didn't ask Ginette Reno, that's terrible

[Bellamy]

OMG Garou just sang Un peu plus haut Loved it.

That was sooooo painful.. He should retire, her voice is so bad now..

I can't believe they didn't ask Ginette Reno, that's terrible

Yeah, his performance is horrible. But it's live?

[nati]

OMG Garou just sang Un peu plus haut Loved it.

That was sooooo painful.. He should retire, her voice is so bad now..

I can't believe they didn't ask Ginette Reno, that's terrible

Yeah, his performance is horrible. But it's live?

I Thought it was really well done

[ladylindsey]

anybody have a link to the garou performance?

[mirage]

OMG Garou just sang Un peu plus haut Loved it.

 

Oh god if only celine was there singing that song with Ginette Reno...

Imagine that, with the same power and emotions they had in SLP

 

I loved the opening ceremonies, but it's a pity she wasn't there just because its the games in Canada her country

[Acacia]

Aww, I wish I could have seen Garou's performance. Watching the ceremony, I was upset that they didn't include more of the French culture, but no...it was just that NBC didn't show it. They are really on my bad side!

[Dionesque]

I missed on the opening ceremony as I was asleep... It will reair here at 8:15pm tonight so I may watch it than.

I used to like Garou, even saw him live in concert back than in 2003 so it's a bit sad to hear that his voice has gotten bad... But I also heard he doesn't care much for his voice and career, he just carry on without any special care on his voice so yeah, that's the way it is...

But I'll judge after hearing myself - let's hope they won't cut it out off the broadcast here.

 

Was he the only singing performer? Or were there other singing acts too? Who? (except for "We are the world" video)

[Sofie]

There were lots of other artists, Nelly Fourtado, Bryan Adams and more, I don't remember

 

I got that she wasn't going to perform when I had stayed up from 3 to 6 in the night (different timezone) and I didn't get to see Celine!

[Javito]

Did Shania sung??

[PatrickDion22]

Did Shania sung??

 

No, but Sarah Mclachlan did. She was pretty good. I loved the opening ceremony, btw!

[CelineDionFan710]

no but somebody did sing that Hallelujah song

[CD4ever]

I saw the last hour of the ceremony this morning (repeat). I totally didn't expect Garou! When he started singing I said: OMG, that's GAROU! And my mom looked at me with a weird face and was like: YOU know him ?!

 

Watching Garou perform made me realise though how much I missed Celine there

[smw]

I've gotta say - the opening ceremony was beautiful. But it was very strange for Celine not to be there. She IS Canada to so many people. She is by far and away the biggest artist to ever come out of there! So it was bittersweet.

 

But kd Lang's performance was breathtaking. I saw her in concert recently - and her voice is so velvety perfect!!!

[CelineDionFan710]

I saw the last hour of the ceremony this morning (repeat). I totally didn't expect Garou! When he started singing I said: OMG, that's GAROU! And my mom looked at me with a weird face and was like: YOU know him ?!

 

Watching Garou perform made me realise though how much I missed Celine there

 

 

exactly i wish that she was there singing Hallujah song. but thats ok. hopefully the closing ceromony would be good

[celine_rox]

who's that 16 year old that sang the anthem?

she's really good.

i bet you one of her influences is celine lmao

[CelineDionFan710]

i was wondering the same thing. i never heard of her

[Lou555]

who's that 16 year old that sang the anthem?

she's really good.

i bet you one of her influences is celine lmao

 

She's a young Jazz singer from Montréal called Nikki Yanofsky. She's a lot better when doing jazz imo. I read she has sung with Céline at one time.

 

I was glad to hear JP Ferland's "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" but I thought it was too far from Garou's style and I didn't like his singing there unfortunately. I believe he was NOT the right choice for this song(he should have chosen another). But the guy is so cute, I watched him more than I listened at one point. Anyway, he was asked one year ago to sing at those ceremonies. He was their choice first, not the song. When he did the duet cd with JP, that's when he thought of this song and talked to Ferland about doing it last night. Of course, this song is iconing in Québec and has hauting and inspirational lyrics. Taking part in the "Sur les plaines" show with Céline, he witnessed again how powerful this song still was. It didn't air on NBC last night apparently. I watched it live in french and he was there but I recorded it on NBC(I couldn't find it on there).

 

Montréal's Leonard Cohen song by K.D. Lang was just wonderfully interpreted. Joni Mitchell's "Both sides now" was fabulous joined by the young guy flying. All and all I appreciated the poetic parts of the ceremony the most, either visual or otherwise.

 

I read a lot of article on the web when they say how they missed Céline being there, the Ultimate Canadian Superstar of course!! Personnally I think it would have been great but I totally understand and respect her life choices here. What she's doing right now(IVF attempt) is SO much more important then this. She's got her priorities straight.

Edited February 13, 2010 at 08:02 PM by Lou555