International. With an imposing tribute to English music, in which lighting and video played a fundamental role, the City of London said goodbye to 16 days of the best of world sport in a new version of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The show featured some of the best singers of the last 50 years in that country. In addition, attendees and those who followed the event on television could see presentations by Freddy Mercury and John Lennon as if they were live thanks to projections on LED screens that for a moment made it seem that they were in the Stratford stadium.
The artistic director of the farewell show of the competitions in London was the choreographer Kim Gavin, included a spectacular play of lights, which from above allowed to observe a representation of the flag of the United Kingdom. In addition, each of the singers who was on stage had a special play of lights.
At the final hour of the show, the blue, red and white lights that represent the colors of the flag of the United Kingdom were extinguished and gave way to green and yellow, at which time the mayor of London delivered the flag of the Olympic Games to his counterpart in Rio de Janeiro, city where the competitions will be held in 2016,
Brazil also had a short show in which some of its most famous singers, athletes and models were presented, with dancers who had costumes with brightly colored lights that immediately demonstrated the change of country on stage.
