Kelly Clarkson says the Paris Olympics opening ceremony shall be one to recollect!
On July 26, she appeared on TODAY alongside NFL legend Peyton Manning and NBC Olympics primetime host Mike Tirico to speak in regards to the upcoming occasion. The trio are set to host the Paris Olympics opening ceremony for NBC when it will get underway later in the present day at 10:30 a.m. PT/ 1:30 p.m. ET.
Throughout the trio’s chat with Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie, Tirico mentioned he and his co-hosts have already seen a snippet of what is to return for the opening ceremony.
“So, you guys have seen it! You recognize what the remainder of us can not know,” Savannah mentioned.
“Sort of,” he replied.
“We have seen stand-ins” Clarkson interjected.
“The distinction with this one is they cannot do the gown rehearsal as a result of it is all by the town,” he mentioned. “They need to preserve it considerably quiet, so there’s a number of unknowns for them and for all of us.”
Traditionally, the Olympic video games have featured athletes from everywhere in the world marching right into a stadium to commemorate the start of the occasion. However this 12 months, athletes will arrive by boats alongside the “principal artery” of Paris, the Seine River.
“We have seen empty boats coming down the Seine. Clearly tonight we’ll see 10,000 athletes on the boats,” Manning mentioned. “The emotion — there will be some tears, there will be some dancing. I am wanting ahead to watching these athletes in the present day.”
As a result of they won’t having a full gown rehearsal, Clarkson mentioned the athletes will most likely really feel some “strain as a result of nobody has rehearsed it in actual time.”
Nonetheless, as soon as the opening ceremony formally will get underway, she mentioned she’s sure that the occasion will contact folks’s hearts.
“It is lovely. I am afraid to speak as a result of I am afraid I will say one thing I should not,” she mentioned, laughing. “Everyone seems to be afraid of me speaking, but it surely’s so it is so magical. I am unable to think about folks will not be crying. It is a stupendous factor.”
NBC’s protection of the Olympics will begin with a preview present that begins at 9 a.m. PT/ 12 p.m. ET. If followers want to stream the opening ceremony then they’ll accomplish that by tuning into NBC, Peacock and the NBC and NBC Olympic apps.
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