Celine Dion leaves the audience breathless as she recalls the night everything changed — the Grammy rehearsal where Andrea Bocelli couldn’t make it and stagehands told her they’d found a 17-year-old “kid” to fill in, a moment that left her terrified because, as she said, “you need a very special 17-year-old to sing Andrea’s parts.” She remembered him stepping onstage looking “12 years old… the cutest thing… shaking and so nervous,” and how she grew nervous for him — before smiling and revealing, “the kid is here tonight,” moments before Josh Groban walked out to join her for a stunning, full-circle duet of “The Prayer” that brought the entire room to its feet.
When it comes to powerful voices, you’ll struggle to find a better pairing than Celine Dion and Josh Groban when they performed The Prayer. You might think that this duet came about thanks to...
