Celine Dion stunned viewers all over the world with a performance from the Eiffel Tower in Paris during the Olympics opening ceremony - the first since revealing she suffers from stiff person syndrome (SPS). The Canadian superstar sparkled in a beaded gown as she sang an incredible rendition of Edith Piaf's L'Hymne A L'Amour. The 56-year-old appeared on the first stage of the Eiffel Tower as an estimated one billion people watched the elaborate opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Dion hadn't performed since 2021, when she cancelled her Las Vegas residency due to health concerns, before revealing her SPS diagnosis in December 2022 and cancelling her Courage World Tour. Last month, Dion revealed she took life-threatening doses of diazepam to help ease muscle spasms so she could perform on stage. SPS is a rare neurological disorder that causes progressive muscular stiffness, which can cause spasms so strong that can break ribs and feel like strangulation of the throat, she has said previously.
Her struggles are documented in her 2024 documentary I Am: Celine Dion, in which she spoke about her desire to return to performing. Is Celine Dion performing at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony? Celine Dion receives emotional standing ovation at film premiere Celine Dion took life-threatening doses of Valium to ease muscle spasms After her rendition in Paris on Friday, Dion said it was her "supreme honour" to perform at the event, which saw about 10,500 athletes sail the icon.