By Louise Boyle PUBLISHED: 01:24 EST, 5 February 2013 | UPDATED: 06:16 EST, 5 February 2013 This is the dramatic moment that the lights went out in the middle of the Super Bowl on Sunday night, leaving officials looking out over 71,000 football fans with baffled expressions. A TV network had been holding an interview behind-the scenes at the Superdome control room in New Orleans when a power cut rippled around the stadium. An eerie calm descended in the tower as the 35-minute power cut set in. Officials maintained a grip on their emotions despite the fact there appeared to be little clue as to what was going on.
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TV cameras caught the moment when the power went out at New Orleans stadium at beginning of third quarter
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The pair were discussing how the superstar's performance had over-run by three minutes and were wrapping up the interview when floodlights around the top of the @placeholder cut out, plunging thousands of fans and players on the field into darkness.