What will happen at the 2024 Olympic closing ceremony at 2am on August 12?
Báo Tuổi Trẻ•19/11/2024
The 2024 Olympic closing ceremony will take place at 2am on August 12, with many changes in the script to bring the most spectacular performance.
The script for the 2024 Olympic closing ceremony has been revised "dozens of times" - Photo: AFP
The 2024 Olympics opened on the evening of July 27 and closed at 9:00 p.m. on August 11 (2:00 a.m. on August 12, Vietnam time). The tournament brought together nearly 11,000 athletes from 206 countries and territories. Athletes competed in 32 sports with 329 sets of medals awarded. After facing much criticism for the controversial performance of the opening ceremony, host France promised to bring the most perfect and spectacular closing ceremony. According to The Guardian, the organizing committee had to revise the closing ceremony script dozens of times after the backlash from the opening ceremony. Unlike the opening ceremony on the Seine River, this time the closing ceremony was held at the Stade de France stadium (Paris) with a capacity of about 80,000 people. According to the organizers, the 2024 Olympic closing ceremony will last about 2 hours and 30 minutes (instead of nearly 4 hours like the opening ceremony) with a “record” theme. The Stade de France stadium will be transformed into a giant concert hall. There will be more than 100 performers, acrobats, dancers and circus artists.
Young artist Thomas Jolly continues to be the general director of the closing ceremony - Photo: AFP
Thomas Jolly will remain as artistic director of the 2024 Olympic closing ceremony. "This is a visual, carefully choreographed performance," the 42-year-old director told the AP. "The ceremony is built in the direction of opera to create a great mural, saying goodbye to the athletes around the world ." A stunning backdrop of costumes and lighting effects will take the audience on a journey through time, between the past and the future , Thomas Jolly promised the audience. This talented director said his idea was to show all the fragility, the importance of the moment of sharing and working together in the Olympics.
This will be a lively performance of dance and acrobatic techniques to the tunes of the excellent French composer Jean-Michel Jarre (75 years old). Jean-Michel Jarre is known for his electronic compositions and is considered the forerunner of French Touch, a French electronic music genre that was born in the late 1990s and peaked in the 2000s when it merged with the European disco wave.
Actor Tom Cruise (right) regularly visits the 2024 Olympic competition venues - Photo: REUTERS
The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics will be performed by top stars such as French bands Phoenix and Air. Formed in the late 1990s, these two bands have achieved great success in the US and UK. The famous American singer Beyonce is also expected to attend the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. In addition, actor Tom Cruise is also rumored to participate in the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. He will participate in a daring rope swing from the top of the Stade de France stadium, opening the Los Angeles sign to announce that the 2028 Olympics will take place in the American city of Angels. Over the past few days, movie superstar Tom Cruise has also appeared at many 2024 Olympic stadiums to cheer on American athletes participating in the games.
Leon Marchand - Athlete won 4 gold medals in swimming for host France at the 2024 Olympics - Photo: REUTERS
The 2024 Olympics closing ceremony concluded more than half a month of the world's most exciting and high-level sports competition, which only happens once every four years.
France increases security for closing ceremony
Speaking to the press, French Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin said that the Paris Olympics are entering their final stages and security work is still being highly focused. Although no terrorist threats have been detected targeting the event, the Interior Ministry remains vigilant against various threats such as cyber attacks, sabotage, crime, and terrorism. "For the Olympic closing ceremony, we will deploy 30,000 police and gendarmes in Paris and the surrounding areas, of which 2,000 security personnel will be assigned specifically to ensure security at the Stade de France and assist spectators returning home by public transport," Minister Gérard Darmanin pledged.
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