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It’s been 30 years since South Korea last hosted the Olympic Games. That’s given the host nation of the 2018 Winter Olympics plenty of time to dream up more than a few indelible moments for the Opening Ceremony in PyeongChang.
Will anything from this year’s introductory spectacle measure up to the most unforgettable theatrics from the 122-year history of the modern Olympic Games? Here’s a list of 10 showstoppers to keep in mind while watching the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, which
- Former Soviet Union turns humans into Legos (Moscow, 1980)
This moment lands at the bottom of this list not because it wasn’t awesome to see the Soviets stack gymnasts and dancers into the Olympic rings and other flowery structures, but rather because few (if any) back in the United States actually saw this spectacle. America boycotted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow, amid the heat of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
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eland — a tidy 3,300-plus miles from Athens. That distance would’ve been no more than a stone’s throw on the map of the world projected onto the pop singer’s dress as she performed “Oceania,” a song she wrote specifically for the Olympics.
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney performs during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Getty)
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney performs during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Getty)
- Sir Paul McCartney sings “Hey Jude” at a steep discount (London, 2012)
Typically, Sir Paul McCartney’s booking fee runs well into seven figures. For his native country, though, the former Beatles frontman made quite the exception.
McCartney closed out the Danny Boyle-directed Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a rendition of “Hey Jude.” The price? A