2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony the Opening Ceremonies, for example in the last Olympics before that, in Salt Lake City, where banners of the previous 18 Winter Olympics entered Rice-Eccles Stadium at the beginning of the ceremony. This would also be seen in Vancouver during the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics and on the Televised version of the Olympic Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The first speech came from Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, the chief organizer of the Athens 2004 Olympics and the first female chief organizer of an Olympic games. She told the athletes: "Welcome home!" and "Greece is standing before
2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony served as the Executive Producer for the ceremonies of the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea and the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was announced on 28 March 2018 that Australian pop singer Delta Goodrem would perform at the opening ceremony. Cairns based Torres Strait Islander visual artist Brian Robinson designed the Parade Track in the Carrara stadium. The opening ceremony started with a countdown from 65000 years quickly to 10-1 seconds. When the countdown is finished, a very large firework exploded in the middle of the ground of the Carrara Stadium. Australian Actor