Celine Dion Further success came when Dion represented Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi" and won the contest by a close margin in Dublin, Ireland. At age eighteen, after seeing a Michael Jackson performance, Dion told Angélil that she wanted to be a star like Jackson. Though confident in her talent, Angélil realized that her image needed to be changed for her to be marketed worldwide. Dion receded from the spotlight for a number of months, during which she underwent dental surgery to improve her appearance, and was sent to the École Berlitz
UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision: You Decide is the current name of a BBC television programme broadcast annually to select the United Kingdom's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. The show had previously gone under several other names, including "Festival of British Popular Songs" (1957), "Eurovision Song Contest British Final" (1959–1960), "The Great British Song Contest" (1996–1999), "Eurovision: Making Your Mind Up" (2004–2007), "Eurovision: Your Decision" (2008), and "Eurovision: Your Country Needs You" (2009–2010) but was known, for most of its history, as A Song for Europe (1961–1995, 2000–2003). The selection process, originally broadcast on BBC