Is YOG Singapore Opening Ceremony World Class?
After watching the YOG opening ceremony 2010, I feel it is not comparable to Beijing Olympic Games 2008. Of course, Beijing spared no expenses and ran up a multi-billion dollar bill to showcase their talents and culture.
To be frank, the choreography for YOG Singapore opening ceremony is ok for local audience but hardly impressive when placed on the world stage.
No doubt it was a glitzy event but the performances were amateurish. There was a bit of confusion when the flag bearers did not know which direction to turn. Some volunteers also did not smile enough to spread the infectious spirit of YOG.
To whip up the kids' enthusiasm, perhaps the organizers should have tried their best to bring Sean Kingston here. It is good to have a famous celebrity to anchor the show or bring it to a climax, like what Shakira did for South Africa World Cup with her "Waka-Waka" song.
Sean Kingston's absence also took on an added significance as America was not represented. The YOG theme song "Everyone" was meant to be a collaboration involving singers from 5 continents.
The YOG opening ceremony ended up with 4 singers: Jody Williams from Africa, Steve Appleton from Europe, Jessica Mauboy from Oceania and Tabitha Nauser from Asia.
Despite the less than impressive opening ceremony, let's hope the 12 day Youth Olympics is a success and we can witness a climax during the closing ceremony to bring the entire episode to a happy ending.
2 comments:
The benchmark standard has been raise ever since Bejing Olympic Games 2008 open ceremony.
I did watch it telecast live to Malaysia and I really think Spore always do things an extra mile. Many congrats to the organizers and Spore as a whole. It was quite disturbing how the teens were behaving towards the end of the concert but then that's just how teenagers are.
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