Gamesbids’ Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony LIVE CHAT

[LOUIS]

34 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Of course, if you had your audio on MUTE, then there would've been no boo-boo!! 

But now, the latest is -- and apparently this is a NEW thing (I don't recall it happening in Rio, PyeongChang, Tokyo and Beijing), they play the national anthems in the big 2-team face-offs?  Apparently, the Sudanese anthem was played in place of the newer, less known SOUTH SUDAN anthem, before their team played in Men's basketball!  THank God, Macedonia changed its name from FYRoM to just Macedonia now!  

Actually it 's "North Macedonia" now! 😅

[baron-pierreIV]

Just now, LOUIS said:

Actually it 's "North Macedonia" now! 😅

Thanks for correcting me.  I can't keep up with all these name changes! 
So, with West Germany gone -- there's no West ____something country now.  Only TImor l'Est, the Koreas, North Macedonia, South Sudan South Africa, ___ what else?? 

[sebastien1214]

I had said that one of the "personal" prides for me of this ceremony was that Thomas Jolly is from my city. I learn that one of the most striking sequences of the ceremony (Les Misérables) was also produced by someone else from my city, which only adds prise to the pride:

https://www.paris-normandie.fr/id546032/article/2024-07-26/un-rouennais-relance-la-comedie-musicale-les-miserables-et-soffre-louverture-des

 

[theone]

On 7/27/2024 at 6:21 AM, FYI said:

How much did Lady Gaga get, & the performers, who I'd say were the real stars of the show.

Yup. I only loved this part, and Celine Dion's. Really love Lady Gaga here.

I wished there was a short cut for the horse rider on water. It was just too long to wait for the flag to arrive, even for the people watching at home. I wonder how those who were actually there thought. 

[cfm Jeremie]

On 7/26/2024 at 10:56 PM, Brekkie Boy said:

So no coaches or adjudicator oath?

It is all combined now.

[Ilovebicycle]

Do you think the dancers aboard the barge (with LED dancefloor) in Olympic 2024 Opening performed well?
 

[baron-pierreIV]

NO.  Next . . .

[Ilovebicycle]

Nathalie Meneses Gonzalez is a Colombian French dancers, who has very special arms dance movement.

She was hired to perform at Olympic 2024 opening , at the female boxer dancers.

She has the most screen time among the dancers on the barge.

 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaX_sDsja4C/?igsh=cXJuZms4MW1lamVo

[baron-pierreIV]

Who da f8ck cares? Go find a dancers' website.  U might find more interest there.