Eurovision Song Contest 1974 for Sweden), Bucks Fizz (winner in 1981 for the United Kingdom), and Celine Dion (winner in 1988 for Switzerland), all of whom launched successful careers. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956, making it the longest-running annual international television contest and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. It is also one of the most watched non-sporting events, with audience figures of between 100 million and 600 million internationally. It has been broadcast in several countries that do not compete, such as the United
Hymn (Celine Dion song) Hymn (Celine Dion song) "L'hymne" () is a French-language song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Fred Pellerin, released on 19 August 2015 as the lead single from the Quebec animated film, "La guerre des tuques 3D" (2015). The English-language solo version by Dion, "Hymn", was released as the lead single from the English-language version of the film, "Snowtime!", on 5 February 2016. In August 2015, it was revealed that Dion and Pellerin had recorded "L'hymne" for the soundtrack to the animated film "Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D)", a re-imagination of the 1984 film "The Dog Who Stopped