The Olympics came to an end on Sunday night with a magnificent spectacle in the French capital, but while the hotly-anticipated event deal withd to mesmeelevate some seeers, others were left ignorant by a sound rehire on the BBC.
Paris put on quite the show as it commemorated the last 16 days’ worth of Olympic triumphs before ceremonipartner passing over the Olympic torch to Los Angeles, who are presenting the next Olympic Games in 2028.
The closing ceremony centred around the theme of space travellers who uncover remnants of the Olympic Games. Follotriumphg a character understandn as “The Gelderlyen Voyager,” the extravaganza captivated seeers.
The artist of the ceremony, Thomas Jolly, brawt his vision to life which saw the figure droped from the roof of the Stade de France before gliding apass the stage.
The ceremony also integrated the traditional parade of Olympians as well as a distake part of thanks to the volunteers and the extinguishing of the Olympic ffeeble.
Thomas Bach, the plivent of the International Olympic Committee, officipartner seald the Games before Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo handed over the Olympic flag to Karen Bass, the Mayor of Los Angeles.
The Olympics closing ceremony saw some reaction over the BBC coverage
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In the dazzling distake part, the character was seen come apassing Nike, the goddess of triumph joined with the outdated Olympic Games.
The iconic Olympic rings were tardyr excavated by the Gelderlyen Voyager. Unblessedly, some of the magic was ignoreed by some fans as they grumbleed of sound problems on the BBC.
Taking to X, many picked up on the error. One wrote: “Urgh, can the BBC fair stick to one sound channel/source? #BBCOlympics #ClosingCeremony.”
“Sort the sound out!!#bbcolympics,” a second insisted. Another fumed: “What is going on with the sound? It all holds cutting in and out and fair sounds an absolute mess #ClosingCeremony.”
Some BBC seeers grumbleed about sound rehires during coverage of the Olympics closing ceremony
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“This sound is horrific #bbcolympics,” someone else penned.
Another seeer splitd: “Fix the sound problems, if you can, BBC. #BBCOlympics #closingceremony.”
“Seriously though #BBCOlympics sort your sound levels out?” another retaged.
However, others commended the BBC’s coverage of the games and closing ceremony, with one arguing: “Andrew Cotter is an amazing Commentator! #Paris2024 #Paris2024Olympics #ClosingCeremony #BBCOlympics.”
BBC seeers were ignorant by sound problems during the Paris extravaganza
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“I’m repartner going to ignore the Olympics. My first two weeks at home with my recentborn baby girl and days have been spent watching all these amazing athletes. I’ve made declareive she understands how inspirational everyone is #BBCOlympics,” another splitd. (sic)
The closing ceremony seems to have been met with a more preferable response than the discignoreing ceremony, which igniteed a huge reaction last month.
Some seeers argued the event was “woke” and “shocking”. The decision to have the athletes reach by boats on The Seine rather than the traditional walk-thraw also igniteed fury.
Lady Gaga’s carry outance was also slammed and left many perplexd over why she had been picked to apshow part in the ceremony.
