Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo stun at Olympics Opening Ceremony
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Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo embodied their characters at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics Games 2024 in Paris on Friday.
Ariana, 31, and Cynthia, 37, reflected Glinda and Elphaba by wearing pink and green respectively as they braved the rain.
Two-time Grammy Award winner Ariana looked beautiful in a sleeveless pink dress with a low waistline.
She paired the structured dress with white evening gloves and a pink and white pair of high heels.
Cynthia looked amazing in her deep green strapless gown but the stars of her outfit were her gorgeous green nails.
Wicked actresses Ariana Grande, 31, and Cynthia Erivo, 37, embodied their Wicked characters at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics Games 2024 in Paris on Friday
Ariana and Cynthia reflected Glinda and Elphaba by wearing pink and green respectively as they braved the rain
Two-time Grammy Award winner Arian looked beautiful in a sleeveless pink dress with a low waistline
In November, the film version of the hit musical of the same name, still in the West End and Broadway, will hit cinemas.
As well as Ariana and Cynthia, Wicked will star Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, and Peter Dinklage.
Ethan Slater, Ariana’s current boyfriend, will also aptly star as a munchkin in love with Glinda.
Also at the ceremony was American model Chrissy Teigen who ensured all eyes would be on her.
The model, 38, showed off her incredible figure in a khaki Balmain co-ord as she strutted down the red carpet at the Trocadero on Friday alongside husband John Legend and their eldest children Luna, eight, and Miles, six.
Chrissy flashed her toned stomach in a longline cardigan that she wore with half the buttons undone.
She teamed the garment with tiny hotpants that showcased her enviably toned legs, donning barely-there black heels to boost her frame further.
The mother-of-four completed the look with gold jewellery and a patent black clutch bag.
She paired the structured dress with white evening gloves and a pink and white pair of high heels
Chrissy Teigen put on a leggy display as she joined husband John Legend and children Luna, 8, and Miles, 6, at the Olympics Opening Ceremony at the Trocadero in Paris on Friday
The American model, 38, ensured all eyes would be on her in green hot pants and a matching jacket
John, 45, looked dapper by her side in a black velvet suit teamed with white trainers.
During the Opening Ceremony the iconic French singer Celine Dion will perform and is reported to be duetting with Lady Gaga for a performance of La Vie En Rose.
Gaga was pictured putting together the final touches to her show ahead of the live performance.
Ahead of the ceremony, Snoop Dogg was tasked with carrying the Olympic torch through Paris.
During the parade there will be over 3,000 performers in the ceremony with the delegations and passengers on the boasts.
The pre-ceremony press conference was cancelled due to directors being pulled away for last-minute preparations, with concern rife over the volume of rain in the city.
The parade will finish in front of the Trocadero where the remaining performances and elements of the Olympic protocol will take place.
Although the floating parade was originally planned as a people’s party along the banks, the French police have intervened and for security reasons most spectators will be assigned to an area or allocated seats in fenced-off areas for the ceremony.
Lady Gaga was pictured putting together the final touches to her show ahead of the live performance at the Opening Ceremony – where she will duet with Celine Dion
Kelly Clarkson looked incredible in a navy dress featuring a split on the thigh
Anna Wintour attended the red carpet event with Australian film director Baz Luhrmann
Chrissy, 38, showed off her incredible figure in a khaki co-ord while posing up a storm with her adorable family
Chrissy flashed her toned stomach in a longline cardigan that she wore with half the buttons undone
She teamed the garment with tiny hotpants that showcased her enviably toned legs, donning barely-there black heels to boost her frame further
Anna and Baz shielded themselves from the rain with blue umbrellas
The songstress looked sensational as he performed on a sweeping staircase ahead of her rumoured duet with Celine, 56
According to reports the duo will sing Édith Piaf’s La Vie en Rose at the ceremony, marking Celine’s first show since being diagnosed with incurable stiff-person syndrome two years ago
Gaga looked sensational in a skimpy black strapless bodysuit that boasted a dramatic white feathered bustle
She sported glamorous stage make-up with her blonde locks slicked back into a chic chignon, and later donned a pair of stylish black opera gloves
Each country will debut their athletes with one of their most prolific names holding their national or regional flags at the beginning of the ceremony.
Greece traditionally debut first as a nod to where the Olympics first originated, with the host country being last to feature.
The Olympic anthem will then ring out after the head of state of the host country announces the commencement of the Games.
The iconic Olympic flame will then be brought forward for the lighting of the main torch which is the culmination of the opening ceremony as well as the release of doves, symbolising peace amongst all countries.
More rain is scheduled for later on today in Paris, but organisers will hope that it holds off until after the ceremony has concluded.
Fears are, meanwhile, mounting that Moscow may be behind a ‘massive arson attack’ which has brought chaos to France’s rail network after an alleged Russian spy was arrested earlier this week.
Kirill Gryaznov, 40, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with working ‘with a foreign power to try and incite hostilities in France’ after being identified as working for the FSB, Vladimir Putin’s domestic intelligence agency.
Gryaznov – who denies any wrongdoing – is said to have boasted about turning the start of the Paris Olympics into ‘an opening ceremony like no other’.
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and his wife Brigitte (R) posed for a photo with King Frederik X of Denmark and Queen Mary of Denmark
Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene were also among the royal attendees
Olympians Rebecca Adlington and Chris Hoy were among the athletes at the ceremony
Ahead of the ceremony, Snoop Dogg was tasked with carrying the Olympic torch through Paris
Rapper and designer Pharell Williams posed next to a trunk containing the Olympic torch as part of the 2024 Summer Olympics Torch Relay
On Thursday night, with just hours to go before the procession on the River Seine, fires were started at key installations, bringing trains to a halt and affecting around 800,000 passengers.
The Eurostar is advising passengers not to travel today after its rail services between London and Paris were disrupted by the acts of vandalism, the
has reported, with several trains cancelled and others diverted.
An airport located at the Swiss-French border has also been evacuated and closed due to a bomb alert, the French police said.
