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The morning alarm rang at dot 7 am for all the organizers including NBC Olympics prime-time producer Rob Hyland. Yet he woke up a little before 7 in his hotel room and started the day with a sinking feeling. He said, “I had some breakfast, looked out the window, and noticed the rain falling,” he was still overwhelmed and continued to say, “My first thought was, ‘Wow. This may literally put a damper on an unbelievably ambitious production.’” He again added, “It was a complete collaboration with NBC and her creative team to help bring that to life.”
This gargantuan undertaking has always worked for all sports enthusiasts over these years. They have arranged a highly speculated performance list which included the appearance of Lady Gaga to open the ceremony and Celine Dion with her stunning come-back performance. Hyland continued to explain, “Our first meeting about Paris took place the second Tokyo ended,” in August 2021.
He also added, “When it came to the Opening Ceremony itself, production planning started two years ago with a number of meetings with the creative team who presented this incredibly intricate plan.”“But even back then, we understood that the presentation was secretive,” he added, “Everyone who’s done an opening ceremony as a host nation wants there to be this element of surprise.”
He continued. “So although we’ve been planning this for a number of years, it wasn’t until a week or two up to the event that we started getting more details and breadcrumbs as to what the night was going to be like and who exactly was going to perform.”Hyland is a 20-time sports Emmy winner, he is also the coordinating producer for the popular Sunday Night Football broadcast. “By the midpoint of the week, we did get to see two dress rehearsals without any performers, just stand-ins,” he shares, “Seeing the choreography and creative associated with the various performances, I was encouraged to see what it’d look like with whatever top performers Jolly enlisted.”
The veteran director and choreographer Kenny Ortega said, “You have many creative goals including creating a ceremonial pageantry that would excitedly welcome the world, that would celebrate the magnificence of the game’s history, and to honor the world of athletes coming together in a peaceful competition,” He also added, “exciting and tense” workload: “I remember napping under my desk in our ceremony tent on the cool concrete floor in Atlanta.”
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