Céline Dion makes a rare look because five countries are expelled

Céline Dion made a rare appearance during the first semi -finals of the Eurovision Song Contest with a short, pre -recorded message.

The star won the competition for Switzerland in 1988, and it will be rumored to take the stage when the ceremony returned to the country this year.

“I wouldn’t want anything more than being with you,” she said in the video, obviously turning off this opportunity. “Switzerland will forever detain a special place in my heart. This country that believed in me and gave me the opportunity to become part of something so unusual.”

The semi -finals saw 10 acts entitled to the big finals on Saturday, including the Swedish Kai participants whose song Bara Bada Bastu is the favorite of the escape.

According to the bookmakers, their song, the comedy number under the guidance of the harmonic, whose name “Let’s take the sauna”, has 40% chance of winning.

If the forecast is fulfilled, it will be the eighth title in Eurovision Sweden – which has made them the most victorious country in the history of the competition (they are currently related to Ireland, in seven victories in each).

Fifteen acts spoke in the semi-finals in Basel St. Jacob. These are those who made the incision.

• Norway: Kyle Alesandra – lighter
• Albania: Shkodra Electronic – Zjerm
• Sweden: kai – just swim sauna
• Iceland: Wæb – Calm
• Netherlands: Claude is a life
• Poland: Justina Stetskovskaya – Gaja
• San -Maryna: Habs Ponte – All Italy
• Estonia: Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato
• Portugal: Attracted – Moved
• Ukraine: Ziferblat – Bird Prayer

This means that the dreams of Eurovision Azerbaijan, Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia and Slovenia ended in 2025.

Of these, the biggest surprise was the red sebastian Belgium, whose captured hymns ended among the top five.

Its disqualification occurred on his 26th birthday.

Ten more acts will go to the main competition after the second semi -final Thursday.

The Great Five countries, which are most financially competed (France, Germany, Spain, UK and Italy) are automatically qualified, as well as the winners of last year, Switzerland.

The Dion Video test occurred during the ceremony when the votes were giving.

Although she couldn’t be there personally, it was a coup for the organizers. In recent years, the singer has gone out of attention due to health problems associated with a tough person (SPS), a neurological condition that causes muscle spasms and makes it difficult to walk.

After a four -year break, she made an emotional return to the Paris Olympics last summer, singing the classic Hymne à l’amour Edith Piaf with the Eiffel Tower.

Speculations on the potential appearance of Eurovision have emerged since the Swiss singer Nemo has won in the 2024 competition.

In his video, Dion said that “beautifully and emotionally” when the young singer lifted the trophy, and reminded that her victory in 1988 “was a change in life.”

“The people of Switzerland, thank you for love,” she continued. “This night is yours and I hope you feel like me.”

After repeating their notice in French, several former Eurovision contestants appeared on stage to cover the Dion’s winning song since 1988, Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi (don’t leave me without me).

However, the organizers said they did not give up hope that the star appeared in the finals this weekend.

“We still closely contact her,” they said in a statement.

The semi -finals of Tuesday opened with the Icelandic group Væb, two brothers with the unregulated energy of the former Irish participant.

They were followed by Polish star Justina Stetskovskaya, who hung up on the stage on two ropes when she sang her witch’s anthem of the mother, Gaja.

Acrobatics continued with the Slovenian musician Clement, who was rejected upside down during his ballad, how much time we have?

The song was a tribute to his wife, who recently healed from the river, but the emotional performance was not enough to take it in the finals.

Taking a lighter note, Estonia Tommy Kesh, whose intricate Espresso Makciat’s anthem was interrupted by a “stage invaders” – in fact a dancer who repeated the dance movements.

The Arena was overflowing with Ukrainian flags Ziferblat, whose anthem Prog-Pop Bird Of Moll is a message about Nadezhda and resistance to families separated by a permanent war with Russia.

Italian Lucio Corsci brought vibrations Glam Rock 70’s Significant performance Starman David Bowie and Mick Ronson 1972.

Bosnian singer Mark Boshnjak was the whole black eyeliner and sinister energy for its hymn-hydro-hist, while the Dutch singer Claude has taken the reverse approach, filling the positiveness throughout the optimistic work C’est La Vie.

And the Swiss singer Zoya May was spilled in a sea of ​​light phones when she made a journey, a low and rather beautiful request for kindness and understanding.

However, Kai was artists to win – the whole audience stupid to the sauna anthem (“Damn, lift the heat! “)

The song, performed on the Vörå dialect, is a radical departure from the proven formula of Sweden Sharkula Formula Slick Pop ATHS.

It was the winner of the surprise in The Melodifestivalen, a hot-strimmed show that chooses a record in the Eurovision and continues to head Swedish pop charts for 11 weeks.

Speaking to the BBC, the band – which is actually from the Swedish part of Finland – said that it is strange to participate in the competition, allegedly a favorite.

“We feel the pressure a little,” they confessed, “but we will go there, cheerfully, bring the couple, bring the Sauna culture, and we will see how far it goes.”