2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | |
Date | February 28, 2010 |
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Time | 5:30 pm PST (UTC−8) |
Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 49°16′36″N 123°6′43″W / 49.27667°N 123.11194°W |
Filmed by | Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) |
Part of a series on |
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The closing ceremony of the
Program
The production's director
Pre-ceremony activities
A joke was made about the
A mass of white-clad high school students with snowboards came out and surrounded the cauldron while the band
Chief Leonard Andrew of the
National anthem
A
Entrance of the flag bearers and the parade of the athletes
The flag bearers for the participating nations then entered the stadium at the same time, making a ring around the Olympic Cauldron. Following tradition, the athletes entered the stadium in no particular order to parade around the Olympic Cauldron at the centre of the stadium, before filing out to take their reserved front row seats.
Flag bearers
Musical portion
Three musicians, Eva Avila, Nikki Yanofsky, and Derek Miller, each on an elevated, lighted column that rose out of the stadium floor, sang the song "Let's Have a Party" in French and English.
Medal ceremony
As with tradition, the medals to one of the marquee events of the Winter Games – men's 50 km classical cross-country – were presented during the closing ceremony. The race was held earlier that day in Whistler Olympic Park. The medals were given by Gerhard Heiberg, IOC member for Norway and member of the Executive Commission of the IOC. The flowers were given by the Ski Federation.
Recognitions
Two new members of the IOC, Angela Ruggiero (USA) and Adam Pengilly (UK), were announced.[6] The volunteers who made the games possible were also recognized.
Greek national anthem
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police honour guard raised the Greek national flag while the Greek national anthem was then sung by Greek-Canadian opera singer Ariana Chris.
Olympic Hymn
Canadian operatic tenor Ben Heppner, born in British Columbia who performed the national anthem at the 2006 closing ceremony in Torino, then sang the Olympic Hymn, mixing English and French, while the RCMP honour guards lowered the Olympic flag. This flag was raised again in London on July 27, 2012 during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Handover of the Olympic flag
The
Greetings from Sochi
A demonstration was then staged by the Russians to showcase the
Games declared closed
The games were formally closed by International Olympic Committee President
Neil Young sang "Long May You Run" while the Olympic flame was extinguished in both the indoor[3] and outdoor cauldrons. After both flames were extinguished, all four legs of the indoor cauldron descended to the ground.
Cultural section
William Shatner, Michael J. Fox and Catherine O'Hara came onto the stadium floor and delivered comedic monologues playing on stereotypes of Canadians. O'Hara's section involved the tendency of Canadians to be overly polite and apologetic. Shatner's section involved beer. Fox's section involved urban areas and terrain.
The theme of satirizing Canadian clichés
Concert section
- Nickelback opened the concert section with "Burn It to the Ground".[14]
- Avril Lavigne, who performed "Who Knows" during the closing ceremony of the Torino Olympics, performed "My Happy Ending" and "Girlfriend" afterwards.
- Alanis Morissette performed "Wunderkind".
- Simple Plan performed "Your Love Is a Lie"
- Hedley performed "Cha-Ching"
- Emmène-moi" (Take me along)
- k-os performed "Eye Know Something" with various Vancouver-area hip-hop dancers, including members of Now or Never Crew, Xtreme Soul Style, Freshh, and Style-O-Phonics.
- Invented instrument ensemble Scrap Arts Music performed an abridged version of "Phonk" in the closing minutes of the concert section.
Notable attendees
Aside from celebrities participating in the ceremony, mayors Robertson and Pakhomov, and members of the International Olympic Committee, the following notable people were in attendance:
- Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada
- Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
- Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
- Chief Leonard Andrew of the Lil'wat Nation
- Chief Ernie Campbell of the Musqueam Indian Band,
- Chief Bill Williams of the Squamish Nation
- Chief Justin George of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation
- Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security[15]
- Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services[16]
The Canadian TV network CTV claimed that traditionally a senior government representative of the country hosting the next Winter Olympics is also present during the Closing Ceremony, but neither Russian President Dmitry Medvedev nor Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended. CTV speculated that this was due to domestic discontent over their nation's performance in Vancouver.[17] In comparison, Canada's Governor General Michaëlle Jean had attended the Torino Olympics closing ceremony.
Anthems
- National Anthem of Canada – Inward Eye
- National Anthem of Greece – Ariana Chris
- Olympic Hymn – Ben Heppner
- Russian National Anthem– Moscow State Chamber Choir conducted by Vladimir Minin
Victory ceremonies
Television broadcast
In Australia coverage was carried on the Nine Network and Foxtel.
In Canada,
In China, CCTV-1 and CCTV-5 broadcast the ceremony.
In Brazil, only
In Germany, ZDF carried the closing ceremony. Because of the time difference, it was 3:30 clock in the morning.
In Hong Kong,
In Mexico,
In Norway,
In Russia,
In the UK, the
In the United States,
Soundtrack
Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Closing Ceremony Commemorative Album | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
Released | March 1, 2010 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 67:57 | |||
Label | EMI Music Canada | |||
Producer | David Atkins | |||
2010 Winter Olympics chronology | ||||
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Sounds of Vancouver 2010: Closing Ceremony Commemorative Album (French: Musique de Vancouver 2010 : L'album commémoratif de la cérémonie de clôture des Jeux), the soundtrack for the closing ceremony, was released on the iTunes Store on March 1, 2010.[21] It charted at #17 on the Canadian Albums Chart. "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin", performed by Garou is the only track from the opening ceremony included.
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | " Emmène-moi" | Marie-Mai | 3:25 |
15. | "Cha-Ching" | Hedley | 3:29 |
16. | "Your Love Is a Lie" | Simple Plan | 3:40 |
17. | "Wunderkind" | Alanis Morissette | 5:16 |
18. | "Eye Know Something" | k-os | 3:40 |
19. | "Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin" | Garou | 5:23 |
Charts (2010) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums Chart | 17 |
Note
- ^ Anthem played as part of the Men's 50km mass start classical victory ceremony.
See also
- 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
- 2006 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
- 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
- 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
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