The Olympics Opening Ceremony was Chaos (i loved it)

[@nobodyimportant281]

Olympics 2024 are very May 10th coded.

[@JSGRanks]

Never speak of that traumatic day.

[@if3763]

LnmonlaS

[@TheLadySilverMoon]

What May 10th?

[@Eva-mp7xg]

​@@TheLadySilverMoon 10.05.2024: the most chaotic day of all Eurovision seasons ever.

[@boltgaming248]

may 10th is like 9/11 of contests

[@logi-a]

Iceland and Israel being on the same boat is quite ironic. the fact that one of the most vocal countries about anti Israel shared a vessel with the country they denounce is so unfortunate but oh well

[@tedmink7568]

I agree with you wholeheartedly. This ceremony brought back my interest in French history, philosophy, cinema and culture. It was chaotic, provocative and at the same time deeply philosophical and symbolic and true testament to the contributions France has made to the world. My top picks were Gojira's epic performance, Celine Dion and the Floating Cauldron, probably the best cauldron away given its symbolism. Also, the non-stadium concept made it the most interesting ceremony, there was always the tension of which building they'll go to next on where the hooded character would be now. Truly a best of both worlds!

[@icyflame716]

The acts were great but the way they filmed it made it feel slow and static to eratic and chaotic. Celine absolutely saved everything for me. It was very touching. Would love more content like this.

[@astrolopitekos]

I have a close relative that worked in the production and it was very bad for everyone. The main producers hired a company to do real-time highlights “with AI” (whatever that means tbf lol) to be able to cut staff and it showed. Part of the production team was spread across France working remotely. Same thing during the actual games where there were numerous glitches with automatic close ups that didn’t make sense etc. At the end of the day they cut a lot on staff :-/ The difference between ESC and the Opening/Closing ceremonies is indeed gigantic

[@moonrozess]

gojira performing during the opening was a big win for metalheads

[@lea-la-reveuse]

i'd like to mention Aya Nakamura's performance, it was such a great one in so many ways. first of all, you have to know that despite her being one of the biggest french artists nowadays, she still got insulted by a certain part of people (propably racists let's be real) when she was announced because "sHe DoEsN't SpeAk FrEnCh". yes, she uses slang in her songs, but it obviously doesn't make her less french like??? so the fact that she still performed and did a great job warmed my heart personally. also, little touch of humor: she started her permormance by coming out of the Institute of French Academy (that's the literal translation, i'm not sure that's how you'd actually call it in english lol) aka the building that symbolizes the French language. and while she sings, at some point she also says "i'd better go choose my vocabulary to please you in Molière's language". that's like giving a middle finger to anyone that criticized her about not speaking french enough i love the sass of it.

[@tkh22]

I was just disappointed that she lip synced. All the other performers were live

[@herveraim]

And I really liked the way she (and her crew) paid respect to the Garde Républicaine with the military salute at the end of the song. The Garde Républicaine fully played the game as well as they danced and sang with her. Mutual respect at its best! A big shout out to them!

[@romanlelek2808]

@@herveraim Actually French people don't see it that way. Garde Républicaine is highly respected and don't do this kind of show. Respect or not, it was similar to seeing dancing cardinals or something like that. One salute doesn't change that.

[@herveraim]

​@@romanlelek2808 "One salute doesn't change that" Well, au contraire! When you bridge two different worlds as far apart as pop music and the military forces, literally on a bridge by the way, everyone has to meet each other halfway (and that's what they literally did in the middle of "Pont des Arts"). The salute from Aya and her dancers and the dancing and singing from the Garde Républicaine are just that: a meeting point and a gathering place where everyone acknowledges the other. This was a powerful and brilliant blend of modernity and immutability with a high symbolic value. And as respected as the Garde Républicaine might be, I don't see how this show would have been disrespectful and/or detrimental to them in any respect (except if you belong to the far right). "Garde Républicaine is highly respected and don't do this kind of show". Well, they do now!

[@vaudou74]

aya nakamura vs axelle saint-cirel.....u have the 2 opposite side of a singer massive autotune reliant vs opera singer.........and if u give the choice to the french, they will pick the second in 98% of the case.

[@erinnadia0409]

Minons being at the opening ceremony was not something I thought I would see! I ended up googling "are minions French?" 🤣

[@accordionp]

NOOO BECAUSE SAME !!!! HAHA

[@TheLadySilverMoon]

I did that too! I was thinking "is Illumination a french studio?" But it is american.

[@ksitali149]

@@TheLadySilverMoonIllumination is American but the Minions were created in the Paris office by the team from the French VFX studio formerly known as Mac Guff. The company was then split and partially acquired by the US studio Illumination. So, yes, the Minions are French and are still developed and voiced by the Paris-based subsidiary of Illumination. That's why they were part of the ceremony. 🎉

[@erinnadia0409]

France is such a weird place and I love that for them! The opening ceremony was aggressively French and I wouldn't have had it any other way! It was so camp!

[@Kgm177]

I think you should continue with this kind of content because your actually really good at giving a strong opinion and making others see your side of things it really opened my eyes to a different sides of things. so you should continue🙂

[@l4ur4dee]

Eurovision and the Olympics are my two personalities so I'm loving this!

[@andreiiliepopescu6393]

Thank you, Gabe. Glad you enjoyed the ceremony as well and please make more non-ESC content while we await the next edition of ESC. 😊

[@blurryves]

I know not everyone loved it, but as you said it, it's the most camp and kitschy opening ceremony that I have ever witnessed and I loved it for that!

[@makiciel6055]

Sadly, all the production/camera setting were not done by the French realization team. It was managed by the IOC and the French had no power about it. There's a lot of interview of nicolas jolly who say it was good but "a lot of things was missed by the cameras". Also, about the "made for tv/public", 95% of the people who attended the ceremony were pissed because they didn't saw anything for 3 hours. Absolutely nothing was made for them. (Which is scandalous given the prices) But that's good if the main things "bad" about the ceremony is that, and the weather. I wondered how others country received it 🥰

[@herveraim]

Indeed, it's the IOC team that chose Simon Staffurth (a Briton) as director of the show. Act of sabotage from the Brits who still believe their 2012 opening ceremony was the best ever and wanted to make sure it stayed so? 🤣🤣🤣 It didn't work actually!

[@aekelly]

The moment I realized this wasn't ESC related, I knew it would still be informative and entertaining because it's you, Gabe. And I wasn't disappointed. I'd say yes to more non- Eurovision content simply to see videos from you during that happily-shrinking period when there's no ESC news. ☺️

[@AriesGeminiPlays]

We needed La Zarra!!!!!!! Where is she when we need her?!🤣🤣

[@ZakhadWOW]

she is Quebecoise, and not at all on Celine's level.. But more importantly, do you think they will EVER let her near a live camera again after flipping off the world? NO THANKS. I will gladly listen to hear perform, just dont want her near cameras LOL

[@slimcourage901]

I liked the video, but it feels a bit, idk, incomplete? No mention of the messy can-can, the menage-a-trois sequence, or the Assassin's Creed-esque torchbearer? You put the last one in the thumbnail! I get that you don't want to be comprehensive and overly drawn-out but there's a lot to talk about here to both praise and critique.

[@chezannelavieendouceur]

From a source i got it that the can can was messy because of the rain. Their stage was too slippery togive the 100 percent of the planned performance.

[@marcogeurts9881]

@ESCGabe the controversy around the "Last supper" is bit strange while the controversy around Israël here is again present

[@Bobogdan258]

The IDF also made a literal Last supper photo in 1999 unlike this Dionysian feast, which is kind of fucked seeing what's happening to the Christians in Palestine.

[@Toutaras]

I loved the olympic opening... love from Greece 🇬🇷

[@ioana_raducea-marin]

I didn't watch the opening ceremony so thank you for the highlights!

[@Eum67]

What a good video and I sign under every single word. Couldn’t agree more and I loved that French creative and artistic caos 😂 the things that the cameramen didn’t bother to clean the lenses caught me 😂😂😂😂 we could nearly see the athletes…so turning a child gay when they would be watching fit athletes made me spit my coffee bursting into laughter….live this gentleman 😂😂😂 hello from Armenia 🇦🇲

[@herveraim]

I personnaly loved the show and watched it thrice already! As a Jacques Tati fan, I could not miss the opportunity to point out the reference to "Playtime" at the very beginning of the ceremony where Zinedine Zidane approaches the roundabout with all the cars stuck in the traffic jam, not to mention the iconic flower lady on the sidewalk. What a nice (but a bit overlooked) homage to one of the best French film maker, but also one of my favourite movie!

[@Olivier-GM]

Thomas Jolly wanted to break the codes (like Nemo 😉) and to stop the ritual "official stuff / délégations/ show). 90% of the French loved it. I regret the realisation was not very good though (we missed lots of things) and the comments on France TV were boring (that's why I akways watch the ESC live on KZbin). I read in the press the closing ceremony will be "dystopic" (!?).

[@herveraim]

C'est toi, Oliv' du 45 ?

[@Olivier-GM]

@@herveraim 😉❤️

[@romanlelek2808]

French loved it? There are plenty of commentary and videos saying that this isn't correct portrayal of France at all.

[@DECOCCE]

@@romanlelek2808 90% of french there are still 10% of catholic extremist and far right racists

[@DECOCCE]

realisation is done by the IOC and with the rain there were some changes and cancellations. they were a bit lost. But even for Gojira, the band and organisation were not happy with the cameras. they had issues with cameras for all ceremonies.

[@sirprintalot]

at least we don't have to imagine what a French Eurovision would look like anymore

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

The really interesting thing about the ceremony is that it was a HUGE success in France itself. A poll the next day by Le Monde found that 86% of French viewers thought the ceremony was a success, and considering you can’t get 86% of French people to agree on anything these days, that’s mightily impressive. It really comes down to the fact that French people have such a unique culture that gives them different expectations from the rest of the world when it comes to TV and the media. TV serves a very different purpose in France to the UK, it’s not a celebrated industry - in fact, Thomas Jolly, the artistic director, is a theatre company leader whose last project was a play called H6R3, which is based on Henry VI and Richard III, and lasts 24 HOURS (and you thought Sanremo was a slog). A theatre director will have different priorities to a director used to working for TV (or cinema, for that matter, like Danny Boyle in 2012). Theatre, books and cinema always take priority over TV in the French cultural canon, to the point where half of France’s TV is just people promoting their books etc. I remember when I lived in France coming from the UK, where TV is a hugely respected national industry, the whole low-fi, “dinner theatre” aspect of French TV used to baffle me and make me laugh in equal measure. When I run ratings at work for, say, The Voice France, the show will be listed as 3 hours long, but then you see there’s an hour’s break in the middle, because they’ve decided to, I dunno, cut to a panel discussion about planning laws in Versailles in front of a live studio audience. In primetime. And you just play along with it. Hilariously, during the Olympics, France Télévisions’ nightly review show was a dinner theatre-style studio panel show called “Quels Jeux !”, and Léon Marchand caused controversy when he refused to be on it bc he didn’t like the vibe. Also, shoutout to stellar broadcasters Andrew Cotter and Hazel Irvine from the BBC, who did a brilliant job making sense of the 4-hour show for us, even though THEY KNEW AS LITTLE AS WE DID because there was NO DRESS REHEARSAL, in the PISSING RAIN, with NO UMBRELLAS (bc they’d be blocking the view of the horse). So many broadcasters didn’t recognise Teddy Riner and Marie-Josée Pérec, who were lighting the cauldron, but Cotter did it with numb fingers and toes. And yes, it took us all a good few minutes to recognise a 60-something Nadia Comaneci, so we’ll give him that. Graham Norton could never! 😂

[@TimEllisDynamicUno]

Thanks for doing this! I enjoyed it and didn't get a chance to watch the ceremony myself so this helped me catch up.

[@magdalena8396]

Love that you took the risk of uploading non-eurovision related content; I personally would really like to see more!

[@nocturne7371]

At least the Swedes seemed to have a raincoat as part of their outfit, in bright yellow colours.

[@ar50000]

Hope they weren't next to The Dutch.

[@joshuacoleman8000]

​@@ar50000Why?

[@Haken.Cockroachposting]

gabe multiverse expanding one non-eurovision video and the ihlo shirt is already on

[@escgabe]

props for recognising the ihlo shirt i knew i could count on you

[@gnome5051]

this opening ceremony really gave may 10th and i was living for it honestly

[@FeeESC]

gabe we love u, but u forgot to talk about Aya Nakamura😭

[@accordionp]

i was gonna say that

[@andreeadobre3190]

Exactly!! What a combo with the marching band!!

[@freshlypainted]

who was awful

[@cazdotthom]

Enjoyable video, Gabe! Nice summary of the ceremony (I didn’t watch it), sounds like a maelstrom of chaos, which is the appeal for these kinds of things. Also, definitely do some more non-ESC videos, your take on things is always informative and entertaining, so I would watch. ✌🏻

[@CamacanMMC]

I'm mental preparing for the comments to turn into a cesspool 😂

[@erinnadia0409]

After doing a little research into French history and Greek mythology the Christian's need to release an apology to Paris for their ignorance and starting drama that didn't exist 😂😅

[@SUPERCOOLZZ]

Learn to use an apostrophe correctly

[@ar50000]

​@@SUPERCOOLZZMais oui!

[@sweetie4655]

i thougt he would have talked about aya

[@FeeESC]

this😭

[@katinkaridde-coffey6493]

I loved the ceremony even if it was a bit wet, longwinded and chaotic. So very french! Like you I felt sorry for the delegations ending up in tiny boats and that poor drenched pianist!Celine Dione was a true wonderful moment. How ever. It was play back. Her performance, great as it truly was, was prerecorded.

[@TheLadySilverMoon]

I loved that phantom-like figure that parkoured around Paris with the olympic torch. I half expected him to be revealed to be some athlete who would light the flame at the end. Also Gabe, we do have a esc connection with Celine Dion performing at the very end, and it was absolutely beautiful.

[@Kiwimite]

You just gave me a thought - imagine parkour as an Olympic sport, that would be so fun to watch!

[@annhenriques3520]

I was okay with the inclusion of Lady Gaga for two reasons: 1. She clearly loves and respects French culture, and performed well. Also, while she is very popular in the U.S., for much of her career she has also dealt with a lot of haters, primarily for being gay friendly and unapologetic for her fashion and performances. 2. She is an international icon, as is Celine Dion. Since the vast majority of the performances were from French artists, I enjoyed them all. Surprised you did mention Slimane and Lara Fabian, which was my favorite performance.

[@_baert]

Absolutely do more non-eurovision stuff. A topic such as this seemed so perfect for your reviews I didn't even question it like at all until you brought it up that it was outside of the usual content.

[@tomsakmens5571]

Thanks for weighing in on this. I'll just add one thing - if people are complaining about Lady Gaga not being French, then this applies to Celine Dion too.

[@seePyou]

Celine Dion singing up there as a singer in her peak broke me! Sobbing and smiling at the same time!

[@Chris-wm6wv]

As a bulgarian person Montenegro🇲🇪 is back and we're waiting for my country's decision in September.

[@cyninbend]

TY so much! You explained stuff that totally lost me. I'm 71--losing modern culture at an ever-increasing pace. I lost in Teresa watching boats on the Seine--I love when athletes enter the venue both at Opening and at Closing Ceremonies--they are rigidly full of expectations and national identity at the start and by the end, they have friends from many other countries, have developed bonds, learned so much about each other, and have developed an entirely new identity with their fellow athletes as Olympians! This metamorphoses is what addicts me to the Games. I love swimming, diving, beach volleyball, gymnastics, and lots of others--miss some entirely every time but find I love others too--fencing?! But the Opening and Closing once the athletes are introduced is what gets me every 2 years now. Your analysis was fascinating--I has no idea what most of it was about. Network TV sucks when they hire these newly rich TV personalities who have nothing to offer but where they went now they are rich world travelers. Wish they find some actually knowledgeable people--like you? People who understand France, maybe? I agree about the dancing--could not see a thing from a distance and close-up was just awful. Meaningless. The boats went on forever, so a wonderful event became background, muted, me on my computer... I get motion sickness, so my time watching boats has to be limited anyway as queasiness sets in. I never noticed the Feast, but Lady Gaga turned me off by then. Probably last part I paid full attention to. You made a great point--the countries were all pulled apart to be on boats, and they lost me--when they march into the venue, it's fast, exciting! We can see their Olympic teams. But this might have been cool for 10 boats, as it went on and on and on and on and on...I looked for something else to do/watch/think/about. What clearly was so exciting to them was boring to me! 1st time ever. I never saw their Olympic flame either. I followed it as it came to L.A. in 1984--watched OJ and his wife, SIL, RUN up the street I lived on (2 blocks from there--we CRAWLED up that damn incline from the beach!--they RAN it. He had thighs the size of oak trees. So anyway, I always loved different countries takes on bringing the flame to their games. But I missed it in France--nothing at the start of the ceremonies, and I'd lost interest, fell asleep or something by the time they zeroed in on it in Paris. Sad. As for the games, I loved beach volleyball at the Eiffel Tower! Felt sorry for the athletes in the 90s...you play beach volleyball so it's a bit cooler than asphalt inland volleyball. They could have played at the beach...maybe the last games leading to medals? Diving shots missed some of the cameras I'd accustomed to. We were nearly under divers, ok, but I liked the old shots from the stands. Good swimming coverage. Did not like what they did with river sports--rowing and the rest--I missed most of it now that they jumble everything. 5 minutes ofd this, 2 minutes of that, 17 minutes of something else. Why not air discrete competitions?

[@ardhisyaifuddin4966]

Not just the cameras are blurry, some delegations even facing the opposite side the boat! What a strong back you got there, athelets😅

[@verdandi5569]

NIGHTWISH MENTIONED

[@hansruediherger2310]

this was brilliant Gabe! thanks!

[@alexmarcilly5126]

All your content is amazing do whatever you want and we ll enjoy it gabe ❤️

[@rakib_hoque]

Céline Dion went from preforming in Eurovision 1988 in Dublin (and won) to preforming in the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris

[@BrynjarReynisson]

This was a great video btw and I would love to see more non eurovision content from you

[@Segalocus]

Nice video! I hope you do more ceremonies videos because they are some truly wonderful shows, but 2024 is by far the most unique, and something like this will probably never be done again. And Celine Dion performing after the cauldron lighting is the most iconic thing of 2024 (fun fact: she also performed after the 1996 Olympic flame was lit in 1996). But I'm sorry to inform those of you experiencing PTSD from May 10, but "Imagine" is basically the second Olympic anthem. The US commentary made it seem like it's now in the Olympic charter that it should be performed.

[@Segalocus]

Also, I'm surprised nobody picked up on the fact that the Phantom of the Opera is the guy in the boat under Paris.

[@FeeESC]

3:30 SURINAME MENTIONEDDDD🗣🗣🗣🗣

[@EpicGamerzism]

Love the quick reference to Nightwish, they almost represented Finland in Eurovision 2000 but finished second in the national selection!

[@filmgeek520]

London 2012 ceremonies retroactive review? Can think of at least one participation that did not age well…

[@shanicestella2226]

I like the boat parade idea of the Paris Olympics But I honestly baffled with the Opening Ceremony Concept that want me to question it as “ Is it Olympics ceremony or simply a song and dance contest ?”

[@-eliaplayz-5766]

Celine Dion stole the show for me. We don't deserve her. was in tears obviously

[@PetAnnette]

Fun! What other non-esc content ideas you have? Olympic opening ceremony definetily has similarities with eurovision, I actually thought this would be something we would see if eurovision got endless budget 😃 To me, the highlights were the epic dance float (Sandstorm! Suomi mainittu) that brought the party and Celine Dion's sooo beautiful performance. My thoughts exactly on the fashion runaway controversy! But eventhough we had blurry tv shot, I think the audience there and also the teams on those tiny boats had worse view. Hope they were sailors or canoers and didn't get sea sick 😃 Anyway, good job, looking forward your next video!

[@tanjanikola9489]

And in Finland the commentators failed to realise Sandstorm was being played! 🙈😅

[@yoshudriver6831]

Thank you for the recap, cuz I was too lazy to watch the show myself. 😂

[@miccko9488]

You said it. It should not be taken seriously. The opening and closing ceremonies. In my opinion, both were kitsch, too long and boring. Then, many of social media have proclaimed it as antichristian, pagan, satanic, filled with bad omens and announcement of apocalypse (lady on pale horse as one of the for horsemen) etc. I think that was exaggeration. It has taken attention off the sport which was and should have been the major event and topic. I like your video and keep up.

[@jason256-8]

From what I know now, the Feastivites section of the opening ceremony isn’t actually a parody of the Last Supper as most people make out to be, it’s actually based on a pagan feast of the Greek Gods, because no chance in hell would Dionysus show up in the Last Supper.

[@alexe9030]

Fun fact they played voila during the breaks of the woman’s gymnastics either qualifiers or team all around and I got excited because I recognized it immediately and no one else I was there knew what I was talking about (I’m American) so I thought it was a cool “France in Eurovision” shout out. You have to really pay attention to the background music to hear and I only caught it by chance but I thought it was cool and I also wish they had Slimane sing Mon Amour during the opening ceremony it would’ve been an excellent addition. Imagine him on that bridge doing his insane belt a capella I’d take that over lady Gaga any day lol

[@michaeldeangray]

That was great, Gabe

[@th7889]

Having that ceremony is a travesty and was uncomfortable to watch. Sad day for the athletes who the focus should be on. They are under payed under appreciated and undervalued. Now people that have issues with weight their sexual preference and ideology are the focus. Make the Olympic athletes and competition the focus nothing else.

[@JMundy168]

I watched most of the thing on Eurosport, and their commentator Nick Mullins(one of Britain's very best commentators), when a live image of Tahiti came on, said. "Hello Tahiti, your votes please!😅😅 Think he'd be brilliant to be the new GF commentator when Norton steps down

[@tkh22]

6:02 You could not waterboard this sentence out of me 💀💀💀

[@georgehand]

For me the boat parade on paper was a good idea but in practicality did not work as not every country had enough athletes to fill a boat

[@JayGrrl]

yay! I love this! :D More country competitions content!

[@gabbieblue]

didnt expect this, but the content is good so im staying

[@romanlelek2808]

What you missed in your video: 1. Croissant lady 2. Performers threaten to strike before opening ceremony and their (visibly) bad performances during (some of commentators even on HBO compared it to school play). 3. Patrouille de France Air show missed by director (among other things like acrobatics by Paris firefighters) 4. Snoop Dogg 5. Absolutely useless commentary by HBO during their broadcast (should be said it wasnt probably their fault... from what I know, our national TV got list of performers from organizers until DURING broadcast... and it was listed alphabetically). 6. Imagine has been sung during opening and closing ceremonies a few times in last 18 years... it's now a little bit like tradition. 7. Aya Nakamura not even trying to properly lip sync or even dance (military men in her background were more interesting and funnier than her). 8. Prerecorded scene of three people in library... ending in threesome. 9. Changing South Korea for North Korea by announcers. 10. Half the ceremony taking place on one bridge and pont... not entirely entertaining for visitors (also the boat ride was 6 km long, so everything what spectators saw was just... boats. Full of people. In the rain.

[@eurovisionkat]

the olympics are very esc kat video title coded

[@einstwareinlicht]

I got ultra disappointed, when the Pope complained about "the last supper".

[@ZakhadWOW]

the part that really pisses me, a Born Again but mellowed Chirstian of 43 years: the idiocy of acting as though DaVinci's painting has a single thing to do with what actually happened in that small upper room in Jerusalem - it was a passover seder, not a feast, and they damn sure werent lined up along a long table . ARGH

[@average_oompa_enjoyer]

i LOVED the “freed from desire” in the opening ceremony

[@DramaQueenMalena]

I liked the video. It made me look up what Eurovision really is, and the history is interesting and important. Apparently, Eurovision offered free streaming of the Olympics 2012 in London, and one of the first broadcasts was the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Maybe it would be interesting to analyze some of the other things Eurovision does/did. I remember Jeux sans frontière. There are other efforts by the Council of Europe to unite Europe culturally: Interrail, the common framework for language learning....

[@marcogeurts9881]

@@DramaQueenMalena interrail is travelling by public transport trough europe

[@DramaQueenMalena]

@marcogeurts9881 Yes, I know. But it was founded for the same reason. The idea behind was, that people from Europe get to know each other. By listening to each other's music, by visiting other countries, by learning each other's languages. To prevent wars after the Second World War.

[@PersonS6]

I enjoyed parts of the beginning and the end of it but I thought all the stuff going on on the catwalk was dragged out for waaaaay too long. It seemed like they were out of ideas so they just had some people dance and it wasn't that interesting tbh

[@marieadriansen2925]

The television production of the ceremony is not French, it is done by an international company that depends on the IOC. There were mistakes in the direction because of the rain or whatever, some scenes were not well filmed. Because of the rain, scenes with performers (skateboard, longboard, bmx etc.) could not be done because they were too dangerous

[@JMundy168]

I'm sure that for Milano-Cortina 2026, they'll get Angelina Mango to sing Imagine in that opening ceremony. No finer way to exonerate* yourself, and on the biggest stage she'd ever have. Fudge it, she(if she ever decides doing English music is inevitable) should record a new version of it as an English debut single.😃😉 *Of course I mean her performance at the ESC press centre.

[@ullarajala4784]

I don't mind an occasional video on other topics but hope you will be first and foremost a Eurovision commentator. Do you have certain themes in mind?

[@Satellite88]

12:16 SERENA IS THE ONLY HUMAN 😭

[@erikbehaeghel]

Gabe you are hilarious love it

[@melvinrapphauge7369]

I would love seeing more non-Eurovision videos by you

[@Mloofylicious]

I loved Celine Dion's grand comeback. Everything else was a bit meh, partly due to the party -pooping rain

[@Windsekt1177GD]

Gabe=entertaiment

[@dczhen4358]

Beijing 2008 is the benchmark for opening ceremonies, cramming athletes on yachts ? Wasn't that bad but could have been better at least the closing was interesting

[@BrynjarReynisson]

Yeah I didnt really get why Lady Gaga was there especially because next Olympics will be in Los Angeles. Just have her perform there. Why is she in the Paris Olympics? It was a bit strange but she did well

[@mahf_mahf]

May I remind everyone that the filming / editing was 100% British, under the supervision and direction of the OBS, Olympic Broadcasting Service. The French were in charge of the artistic creation only. The French artistic director also complained that the editors missed key parts of the shows, making weird cuts to nonsense images

[@JMundy168]

They're based in Madrid and have also got an office in Lausanne

[@mahf_mahf]

@@JMundy168 Yet, the crew is mostly British. The top decision makers are.

[@Tifftalk2]

You have got to be kidding.

[@komiteunofficialaccount9224]

I know I'm late, but I think you should check out the Paralympics opening! IMO it's better.

[@12irissu14]

please branch about.. I am also a critical Eurovision Fan., but I like this Video as well. Please more non Eurovision releated Content

[@aselyak2873]

More more more more more similar content please

[@dulcebento8058]

We like you. It was cool

[@GoodDayNWI]

Very nice! Congrats to all. Love my USA though.🎉

[@Alignment22]

Nothings is ever gonna beat the 2012 London opening ceremony. It was just superb!

[@Olliegp]

May 10th was bad ye but Angelina is still Angelina and she did her best and that's why I'm staying in with her music because she's funny and that she's just good at singing should've won it really

[@maiasita]

This was so great Gabe! I love hearing your opinions about pretty much anything. Also, I’ve been meaning to thank you for introducing us to En Forma by LOCO BOOMBOX! I added it to my regular Eurovision playlist and every time it comes up it cracks me up, I can’t help it… so much joy 🫶🏽

[@Nomadicshieldmaid75]

Why cant we find the opening anywhere, just " what I think" LOUD babbel. Sorry for being rude, but what is really the fuzz . Must we be told what it is ?

[@sirvirtuous]

I'm very grateful that my past generations liberated my country Vietnam from these democratic states.

[@maxthibodeau3627]

expected from france.

[@PersonS6]

Unfortunately neither Lady Gaga not Celine Dion were singing live. Still loved it, don't het me wrong.

[@JIinuX]

0:48 Poland had all 3 of those tho in one number

[@jamesjohnson8279]

As a British person I can’t help but compare all opening ceremonies with London’s opening ceremony. And I’m not sure any opening ceremony will be able to beat Mr Bean playing Chariots of Fire, the entire Industrial Revolution section, and them pretending the Queen jumped out of a helicopter 😅

[@lululolo200]

I‘m sad I missed it

[@julievartokian7644]

Now... Imagine if France host the Eurovision ;) ...

[@Nadia1989]

You need to win first, and I don't think that's gonna happen soon.

[@julievartokian7644]

@@Nadia1989 Nice... Thanks for the love...