Back in 1988, Celine Dion was just a little-known French-Canadian singer who didn’t speak much English.

“I didn’t get it,” the icon recalled on “The Jonathan Ross Show.”

“So I’m like, what about people in Switzerland?

Celine Dion in 2019

What are they gonna think?

‘Where’s she coming from?

We don’t even know her!'”

Celine Dion after her 1988 Eurovision win

However, this was all about to change.

What is the Eurovision Song Contest?

That’s because the latter hosts singers who represent a consortium of countries within the European Union.

Celine Dion singing at Eurovision

was a Eurovision winner in 1974.