LAS VEGAS:

Celine Dion called it a wrap at Caesars Palace, acknowledging that pregnancy and poor early reviews almost sank her titanic five-year engagement.

As adoring fans cheered, through December 15 performance, Dion interspersed her usual numbers with emotion-filled monologues.While the show was still in development in 2000, Dion, 39, became pregnant and told husband-manager Rene Angelil she did not want to continue.

“I had a life for the first time,” the singer said in a video before her 717th show. “I knew then that I wanted to have more success as a mother than a singer.” She pushed on, fighting through initial bad reviews to make it five years of filling a 4,100-seat arena.

After her last number, Dion invited husband Angelil and her son, Rene-Charles, on stage . Rene-Charles repeatedly reached down to grab rose petals that rained down on the final bow, giving them to her.