2024 Olympics: Tom Cruise, Billie Eilish & Extra Stars Who Rocked the Closing Ceremony in Paris & LA!
This Closing Ceremony character deserves a gold medal—actually.
Throughout the 2024 Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony Aug. 11, followers on social media instantly took notice of the Golden Voyager determine that stole the present.
The masked extraterrestrial character, which was designed by the ceremony’s creative director Thomas Jolly, descended from the highest of the sector donned solely gold armor with a spiked headpiece (One person on X, previously Twitter, described its look as a “house wasp.”)
Thomas designed the creative character to symbolize the Voyager Golden Document, or the report of humanity despatched to house by France in 1977, per the Related Press, and it saved audiences very entertained throughout a piece of the ceremony that paid homage to the historical past of France and the Olympics itself.
Along with floating down from the rafters, the Golden Voyager accomplished a prolonged interpretive dance across the Closing Ceremony stage. Many viewers shared blended reactions on the inventive factor to social media.
“‘Sleep paralysis demons’ is an fascinating theme for the closing ceremony,” one X person wrote. “Let’s see the place it goes.”
In the meantime others in contrast the look to an episode of The Masked Singer, and even shared their theories as to who may very well be beneath the frilly costume.
“Plot twist,” one other person added. “The Golden Voyager on the Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony is definitely the Australian breakdancer.”
However not everybody was into the character’s aptitude. As one other particular person on X famous, “Fairly positive this golden voyager goes to determine in my nightmares for the subsequent 4 years.”
And whereas the Golden Voyager earned its justifiable share of consideration through the Olympics send-off, it was removed from the one noteworthy look. In spite of everything, the indie rock band Phoenix made a shock look, together with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, to carry out a few of its largest hits for the group of 2024 Olympic athletes, together with “Lisztomania” and “1901.”
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By way of athlete appearances, Crew USA rower Nick Mead and 14-time Olympic medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky acted as flag bearers for the ceremony, and Katie even teased her plans for the subsequent summer season video games in Los Angeles.
“I’d like to swim in 2028,” the 27-year-old advised NBC’s Mike Tirico and Jimmy Fallon through the Closing Ceremony. “I feel swimming in entrance of a house crowd could be unimaginable.”
Hold studying for extra moments from the 2024 Closing Ceremony.
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Zaho de Sagazan
The singer-songwriter kicked off the closing ceremony with a efficiency of “Sous le Ciel de Paris.”
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Leon Marchand
Crew France’s star swimmer carried the torch from Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries to the Stade de France for the Closing Ceremony.
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Nick Mead & Katie Ledecky
The gold medal-winning rower and the swimmer, who added 4 medals together with two gold to her ever-growing checklist of Olympic accolades, served as Crew USA’s flag bearers.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall & Trinity Rodman
The gold medalists—Davis-Woodhall for lengthy soar and Rodman for soccer—stroll into the Stade de France alongside Crew USA.
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Tigst Assefa, Sifan Hassan & Hellen Obiri
The medal ceremony for the ultimate observe and area occasion of the 2024 Olympics, the ladies’s marathon, came about on the Closing Ceremony, with Crew Netherlands’ Hassan successful gold, whereas Assefa of Crew Ethiopia took dwelling silver and Crew Kenya runner Hellen Obiri received bronze.
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Golden Voyager
A Golden Voyager descents into the Stade de France through the Closing Ceremony.
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Alain Roche
The Suiss Pianist performed “Hymn to Apollo” whereas suspended into the air on the Stade de France.
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Stade de France
The pyrotechnics show contained in the Stade de France after the meeting of the Olympic rings.
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Phoenix
The French indie rock band serenaded the Olympians with hits like “1901” and “Lisztomania”
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Simone Biles & Karen Bass
The gymnastics star had a particular position through the Closing Ceremony, becoming a member of the Los Angeles mayor to welcome the Video games to Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics.
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Tom Cruise
The Mission: Not possible star introduced his stunt A-Recreation to the Closing Ceremony as he dropped into the Stade de France from the open roof.
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Tom Cruise
However a freefall into the stadium wasn’t his solely stunt as Simone and Karen handed him the Olympic flag to ship to Los Angeles.
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Crimson Scorching Chili Peppers
Because the Olympic flag touched down in the usA., the rock group kicked off a trio of performances in Venice Seaside.
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Finneas & Billie Eilish
The siblings and longtime collaborators carried out her hit “Birds of a Feather” as a part of the Venice Seaside live performance welcoming the Olympics to Los Angeles in 2028.
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Snoop Dogg
The 2024 Olympics Particular Correspondent took on a second position throughout—rounding out the LA28 handoff.
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Yseult
The French singer-songwriter carried out the Frank Sinatra hit “My Means” to formally finish the Closing Ceremony.
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Stade de France
The 2024 Olympics formally concluded with a blinding mild present that lit up the Parisian sky.
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