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The 8-minute performance of the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony

Speaking of the 8-minute performance, we have to talk about the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, because it is an integral part of the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony and is held during the closing ceremony. When the flag of the host country of the next Olympic Games is hoisted and the national anthem of the next host country is played, the Olympic flag handover ceremony will be held. After the ceremony, the image display performance of the next Olympic Games will begin. However, this kind of activity is not available in all previous Olympic Games. Looking at the history of the Olympic Games opening ceremony, in the early Olympic Games closing ceremonies, there was no flag handover ceremony. The flag handover process was moved to the opening ceremony. In the early Olympic Games opening ceremonies, the Olympic flag was not held until the Olympic flag was raised. The flag handover ceremony was handed over from the previous host country to the current host country. This ceremony continued until Montreal in 1976. At the opening ceremony of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, due to the boycott of Western powers (including the previous Canada), Therefore, this link was canceled. After this Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee decided to change the Olympic flag handover ceremony from the next Los Angeles Olympics (Calgary, the 1988 Winter Olympics, was the last flag handover ceremony at the opening ceremony). The closing ceremony is held, and at the same time, the next venue's image display performance is held. The time was initially about 6 minutes, and later remained at about 8 minutes, which is called the 8-minute performance. In recent years, the performance time has increased (at the closing ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics Sochi took more than 9 and a half minutes).

Chinese name

Olympic Closing Ceremony 8-minute performance

Performance

8 minutes

Promotional video

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1-2 minutes

In the London Olympics

About 8 minutes

Reason for the name

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The 8-minute performance was born in this way, and her English name is official

The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Turin 8-minute performance

The name is XXX (HANDOVER), XXX is the following The venue for the next session is called (presentation or introduction) in some countries. The content mainly displays the cultural and artistic essence and sports strengths that best reflect the characteristics of the host country through performances, allowing people around the world to know and understand the next venue in the shortest possible time. According to the latest information, the earliest 8-minute performance in the Summer Olympics was at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and the earliest winter performance was at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

Detailed process

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1. The Olympic five-ring flag will be handed over to the person in charge of the next host city

2. There is usually a 1-2 minute promotional short film for the next venue (there was no short film for Rio in the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics)

3. An 8-minute performance is held, showing the sports advantages and cultural essence of the host country

4. Finally display the logo or mascot of the next Olympic Games

Previous Review

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2016 Rio Olympics Tokyo 8 Minutes

The Japanese national anthem was played live, and live actors presented a huge Japanese flag at the Maracan? Stadium, with the words "Thank you" written in various languages. Subsequently, a promotional video for the Tokyo Olympics was played on the spot, showing Tokyo's determination and love for hosting the Olympics in a very modern way. In the promotional video, the fusion of Olympic scenes and Japanese culture is impressive. World-renowned real and virtual characters such as Kitajima Kosuke, football player, and Doraemon appear one by one. In the last scene of the promotional video, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plays the role of Super Mario, Japan's famous game character from Nintendo, appeared in the center of the Maracana Stadium using the "pipe" set up in the center of the venue, kicking off the 8-minute performance of the Tokyo Olympic Committee.

Subsequently, the Tokyo Olympic Committee performed a dance incorporating high-tech lighting elements at the scene. The night view of Tokyo was presented through the lights, which was breathtakingly beautiful. The dance with national theme elements continued to be performed. At the end of the dance, many dancers on the scene formed a gorgeous logo of "See you in Tokyo" against the gorgeous lights. At that moment, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also raised the symbolic red ball. He handed it to Kitajima Kosuke who was standing beside him.

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8 Minutes in Rio 2012 London Olympics

Brazil does not have a promotional video. It starts with the quintessence of the national samba dance, featuring Renato, a sanitation worker wearing orange overalls. ·Sorrisu walked to the center of the stage and danced samba with a broom. In fact, this was once the real life of this sanitation worker. In 1997, his dancing talent was discovered and he is now a well-known dancer. Every carnival, his dance is part of the repertoire.

Under the guidance of Sorrisu, the security personnel who tried to stop him also danced together. Hundreds of dancers gathered around him from all directions, and the stadium turned into a Samba Carnival stage.

Legendary singer Marisa Monte made a dreamy appearance as the goddess of the ocean, while rapper BNegao sent a warm invitation to people with the song "Atomic Maracado".

Subsequently, street drummers wearing traditional Brazilian national costumes and Capoeira artists performing Brazilian martial arts brought the urban scenery of Rio to the people. The statue of Christ on the top of Corcovado Mountain overlooks the carnival crowd.

At the same time, there is also a huge logo of the 2016 Rio Olympics. People in orange, blue and green colors are dancing with their arms connected. Finally, the actors gathered in the center of the stage, football king Pele came in to cheer, and the 8-minute performance ended.

2008 Beijing Olympic Games London 8 minutes

After a promotional video, a big red car drove into the Bird's Nest. At a station, several Londoners were waiting for the bus. After a while, the bus pulled into the station, and people were waiting for the actors to get off the bus and perform at the station. Soon the surroundings of the carriage spread out to form a stage, and famous singers and performers appeared inside. The singer sang passionately, and the performer holding an electric guitar accompanied the sound. At this time, the famous star Beckham boarded the bus and kicked a football into the field, signaling goodbye to London! At this time, the bus slowly left the venue, and the actors on board waved goodbye.

Looking at 8 Minutes in London as a whole, it does not reflect the essence of British culture, but it shows the rhythm of life of Londoners. After watching it, think carefully about the 8-minute performances in Salt Lake City and Atlanta in the United States, which only reflect the essence of British culture. a small part of the national culture. Maybe this is the "artistic view" of the old capitalist countries (unlike China, there are many elements of "martial arts, Peking opera, folk dances, musical instruments, folk songs" on display, and the main focus is "display", while Britain and the United States mainly embody a Just one kind of spirit is enough, there is no need to rush to show it all, such as the pioneering spirit of Salt Lake City).

2004 Athens Olympics Beijing 8 minutes

After a promotional video, 12 girls appeared on the stage, playing jasmine with pipa, erhu and tambourine, creating a festive and peaceful atmosphere. The girl appeared on the stage and began to perform a long belt dance.

After a while, the second act came on, with nine martial arts actors in national costumes, headed by martial arts actor Zhang Jie. Starting from Tai Chi, the performance became faster and faster, and the audience present was deeply attracted.

After the martial arts, more than 10 actors entered the arena holding high the pillars of the archway, and 10 young actors from the Capital Opera School entered the arena to perform the Chinese quintessence of Peking Opera. The proficient skills and scenes are mesmerizing, and I feel that the essence of the Chinese nation is displayed on the international Olympic stage!

After the Peking Opera, the little girl appeared on the stage, singing Jasmine with a hand-held lantern. After singing the song, she shouted WELCOME TO BEIJING!, which attracted bursts of applause from the audience, and the singing climaxed.

Giant red banners holding the slogan "Beijing welcomes you" surrounded the entire stadium, and the 8-minute performance ended successfully.

Athens 8 Minutes at the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Greece's 8-minute performance was a ceremony as a whole, in line with the theme of "Going Home for the Olympics".

Less visible: A girl holds an olive branch high, surrounded by a group of girls, slowly walking onto the stage. The girls are in groups of three, holding hands to form patterns and doing various actions. During this period, Greek classical architecture appears on the big screen They kept making the pattern for more than 10 minutes, and then the Olympic flag entered the scene. Everyone threw the garlands and olive branches in their hands into the flag. The ceremony ended

1996 Atlanta Olympic Games Sydney 8 minutes

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At the beginning, on a round platform, 12 indigenous actors performed dances, and more than 10 boys appeared on bicycles carrying kangaroo props. They boarded the round platform for display, and 12 A young indigenous girl emerged from under the round platform and performed various sports movements. Accompanied by bright and cheerful music, three huge Australian native flowers appeared on the scene, and a group of actors dressed in seabird props were cruising nearby. All actors participating in the 8-minute performance entered the venue, the dome of the Sydney Opera House was raised, and fireworks outside the stadium pushed the performance to a climax.

Atlanta 8 Minutes at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

The director of the Atlanta 8 Minutes performance first showed a promotional video. The content of the promotional video mainly includes Atlanta's successful bid for the Olympics, Atlanta's scenery, the United States The strong point is the sports picture, and finally the emblem pattern.

Afterwards, a group of athletes entered the stage to perform rhythmic gymnastics. After the performance, some actors and actresses in gorgeous costumes appeared on the stage to perform traditional American tap dance and popular hip-hop dance. Later, actors in mascot suits performed on the sports field. Finally, the huge emblem and flag entered the venue and exited together with the athletes and actors.

Barcelona 8 Minutes at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics

This 8-minute performance mainly featured Spanish-style dance, accompanied by Spanish national-style music. The dances mainly include long skirt dance, fan dance, etc. Spanish girls wear red, yellow and blue costumes, and the background of the venue is four Spanish-style architectural stone pillars. After the dance, Korean dancers and Spanish actors performed together, and some placard holders held up signs with the Barcelona Olympic Games emblem.

Generally speaking, this performance continues the dance-oriented style. It should be said that the previous director’s limitations and emphasis on the 8-minute understanding did not open up the ideas of the performance.

1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Seoul 8 minutes

The performance of this closing ceremony was relatively simple, mainly live performances of Korean national characteristics fan dance, long drum dance and other dances, with the appearance of mascots At the scene (until the 1996 Olympic Games, the mascot appeared at the closing ceremony of the previous Olympic Games. Starting from 2000, the next mascot selection was produced in the second year of the previous Olympic Games, so it was no longer visible), it can be seen , the performances at that time mainly reflected national and national characteristics, and plot coherence and multicultural display did not attract attention for the time being.

Moscow 8 Minutes at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics (the originator of the 8-minute performance)

After the flag was raised, lowered, and the flame was extinguished at the closing ceremony of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the organizers of the closing ceremony Announced: "Now, live from Moscow, here are some scenes from the city of the next Olympic Games."

After that, cheers sounded, and a Moscow promotional video appeared on the big screen of the closing ceremony stadium. First of all It is a panoramic view of Moscow, followed by Lenin Stadium, Kalinin Street, Bolshoi Theater, Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Red Square, and St. Paul's Cathedral.

The singing group began to sing the song Kalinka live. A young Moscow girl held the traditional Russian welcome item "bread and salt" and said welcome to Moscow in three languages: Russian, French and English. Then a group of dancers joined in and danced traditional Russian dances to the accompaniment of songs, forming a five-ring pattern, and finally a large candle and sacred flame pattern. With the end of the 8-minute performance, the entire closing ceremony came to an end.

Precious pictures of the 8-minute performance in Moscow at the 1976 Closing Ceremony

9-minute performance in Sochi at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

A promotional video for Sochi: ice and snow sports, promotion Sledding, Soviet cosmonauts release Companion 1 (curling), horse-drawn bobsleigh, ice ballet, Sochi welcomes you

Two children hold up the crystal, and the fairy clicks on the crystal with a magic wand to start the performance Prologue

Actor performs stepping on a crystal ball

The screen shows the Kremlin opera performance and ballet performance

The famous soprano sings

The fairy uses magic The stick clicked the crystal again, the Sochi Winter Olympics emblem was raised in the stadium, and a young man and two children waved to welcome everyone to Sochi.

2006 Turin Winter Olympics Vancouver 8 minutes

A Canadian landscape promotional video

Four Canadian indigenous people greet the audience

The electric sleigh entered, and the sled driver drilled a big hole in the ice and snow field, causing the ice and snow to crack

Athletes came in and used building blocks and ice blocks to build "buildings"

The famous female singer sang passionately< /p>

After singing the song, the athletes finally built the ice cubes into the Vancouver Winter Olympics emblem

The big screen was written in 9 languages ??including Chinese, English, Russian, Japanese, Arabic and French. :

Welcome to the Vancouver Winter Olympics event!

8 minutes in Turin at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics

The words 2006 are displayed in the center of the stadium

12 actors perform flag dance

Famous fashion show in Milan, Italy

The Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's figure and other classic paintings are displayed in the center of the stadium

The famous Italian pop female singer performs

Three athletes holding Italian tricolor flags ran around the sports field, which displayed the Turin Winter Olympics emblem.

1998 Nagano Winter Olympics Salt Lake City 8 minutes

1998 Nagano Winter Olympics Salt Lake City 8 minutes

Actor waving the 3-color flag of the Salt Lake City emblem

The Western Cowboys on horseback appear

Actors and Western cowboys perform

The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics emblem is raised in the stadium

Last play A promotional video for Salt Lake City: Welcome to Salt Lake City

1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics Nagano 6 Minutes

As Samaranch’s speech ended, 1994 appeared on the big screen ..5..6..7...The numbers kept rising, and finally stopped at 1998, nagano.

A kabuki in traditional Japanese costumes sang traditional songs in the center of the stage, and slowly walked down the high platform where the main torch was lit. During this period, actors dressed as Japanese mascots were on both sides of the kabuki, and the music rhythm gradually Speeding up, more than 10 actors entered the venue holding six inflatable petals high, spinning and running around the venue to form the Nagano Winter Olympics emblem pattern, and finally released the petals, and the hydrogen-filled petals floated over the stadium.

At this time, the stadium was ablaze, and the fireworks display pushed the closing ceremony to a climax.

Six minutes of the closing ceremony of the 1992 French Winter Olympics in Lillehammer

A girl appears riding a polar bear prop, followed by a group of vigilantes

France Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Lillehammer 6 minutes

The Viking warriors came to the "shore". A large ship docked in the harbor. The Viking warriors met and raised a giant seal with the year 1994 The white sail of the Winter Olympics torchbearer symbol.

A group of cute children appeared, wearing clothes with the emblem printed on them, surrounding the polar bear girl and running around the stadium. The girl waved and said: Goodbye Lillehammer! , fireworks with the words Lillehammer and 1994 appeared over the stadium!