Billie Eilish and Tom Cruise characteristic in Paris 2024 Video games’ Closing Ceremony. (Emma McIntyre/Fabrizio Bensch-Pool/Getty)
The Paris 2024 Olympics has been a headline-grabbing extravaganza from begin to end, and that didn’t cease when it got here to the closing ceremony.
After a record-breaking video games for Group LGBTQ+, the likes of H.E.R., Tom Cruise and Billie Eilish made certain the Paris Olympics will stay unforgettable.
The truth is, we’ve been left asking – aside from the unique ones in Historic Greece in fact – is Paris 2024 the gayest Video games in Olympic historical past?
The closing ceremony came about on Sunday evening (11 August) and marked the handover of Olympic internet hosting duties from Paris to Los Angeles for the 2028 Video games.
The star-studded occasion included a cameo look by none apart from motion star Tom Cruise, which noticed him abseil down from the roof of the Stade de France to the Mission Inconceivable theme.
Californian stars included sapphic hitmaker Billie Eilish performing her tune “Birds of a Feather” along with her singer-producer brother, Finneas.
Rapper Snoop Dogg, sporting full US Olympic regalia, carried out his iconic monitor “Drop It Like It’s Scorching” earlier than bringing out Dr. Dre for his or her anthem “The Subsequent Episode.”
“Californication” rockers Pink Scorching Chilli Peppers additionally added to the evening’s soundtrack with their monitor “Can’t Cease.”
Additionally, Grammy, Academy and Emmy Award-winning artist H.E.R. carried out the US nationwide anthem reside from Paris.
As one viewer posted: “This #Olympics #ClosingCeremony has all the things: Flying pianos, A French Golden Warrior, Athlete Karaoke, Phoenix, H.E.R., Tom Cruise paragliding to LA, Pink Scorching Chili Peppers on a seaside, Billie Eilish and Finneas on a lifeguard tower, Snoop Dogg dropping it prefer it’s sizzling.”
In addition to these acts, French indie rock band Phoenix carried out, a lot to the delight of their followers.
One viewer wrote on X/Twitter: “Olympics had phoenix at their closing ceremony indie sleaze is again in full power omg”
One other used the closing ceremony to pay their respects to the Paris Video games’ mascot: “Let’s take a second to understand Phryge. No quantity of mockery might make me hate this little man. He did a rattling good job.”
Flag-bearers Alex Yee and Bryony Web page, who received gold medals within the males’s triathlon and ladies’s trampolining disciplines respectively, waved farewell to the Video games for Group GB.
This follows the memorable opening ceremony in July that featured a number of iconic performances.
Bisexual celebrity Woman Gaga carried out the French cabaret tune “Mon Truc en Plumes” (My Feather Factor).
Then, LGBTQ+ fan favorite Celine Dion stood atop the Eiffel Tower to sing “L’hymne à l’amour” (Hymn to Love), made well-known by Edith Piaf.
The opening ceremony additionally featured a recreation of a bacchanalian feast, that includes Drag Race France host Nicky Doll, and a number of other different drag stars, together with Paloma, and lesbian French DJ Barbara Butch.
You possibly can learn all of our Paris Olympics 2024 protection right here.