Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are being praised for ‘saving’ the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which took place on Sunday night.
The handover ceremony of the Olympic Games from the French capital to Los Angeles, where the 2028 Games will be held, closed with an epic performance of their iconic hit The Next Episode by the duo on Venice Beach.
Fans praised the musical element after the event in France suffered from sound problems and was dismissed as ‘artistic rubbish’.
Snoop, 52, has been delighting Olympic fans as a commentator and cultural ambassador for the past week, with fans left in awe of his closing performance after flying back to his native California.
Viewers wrote on Twitter: ‘Snoop Dogg performing at the closing ceremony is such a perfect ending. He has been such a genuine cheerleader for all the Olympic events over the past two weeks and now he gets to welcome the games to his hometown.’,
Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre are being credited with ‘saving’ the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics that took place on Sunday night
The Olympic handover ceremony from the French capital to Los Angeles, where the 2028 Games will take place, ended the ceremony with Snoop Dogg, Billie Eilish and Dr. Dre performing in Venice Beach (seen together)
“I think we can all agree that the real winner of the Olympics is Snoop Dogg.”
‘Thank God! @drdre & @SnoopDogg save the show! Let’s go to LA!’,
‘The closing ceremony in Paris may have only really been redeemed when the US took over…’,
‘Sat for three hours at the closing ceremony and watched a bunch of artistic crap. America comes in and hits a home run within 20 minutes.’
“That performance was insane, I can’t even lie,”
‘I will DEFINITELY go to the 2028 Olympics in LA’,
‘LA28 seems to be going to be special after that transfer in the closing’.
This came after BBC viewers questioned whether performers were lip-synching during Sunday’s Olympic closing ceremony, as the competition again suffered from “horrendous” sound problems.
Fans became annoyed by the game’s notorious audio glitches and took to X, formerly known as Twitter, en masse to vent their frustrations.
Viewers wrote on Twitter: ‘Snoop Dogg’s closing ceremony performance is a perfect ending!’
Snoop, 52, has been delighting Olympic fans as a commentator and cultural ambassador over the past week, with fans raving about his closing performance after flying back to his native California.
A fan said on X: ‘Watched this closing ceremony for three hours and a bunch of artistic crap – America comes in and knocks it out of the park in 20 minutes’
He wore a white Olympic-themed tracksuit for the performance on Venice Beach in his hometown of LA
One of them wrote: ‘Why is the sound quality so bad? It was the same at the opening ceremony. I can barely hear anything.’
“The sound engineering is pretty bad.”
‘The pacing, the camerawork, the sound are all so bizarre!’
‘Too bad the sound of the bands is a bit muffled, they tried to push it but it was distorted, so they kept it soft and muffled. I still enjoy it. Phoenix rocks.’
‘what kind of sound problems are these, dare they do this to Billie Eilish.’
Elsewhere during the closing ceremony, Hollywood legend Tom Cruise jumped from the stadium roof in a death-defying stunt during an extravagant handover ceremony.
The 62-year-old was seen in a suit of armour, ready to amaze the thousands of fans in Paris as the madcap closing ceremony drew to a close.
He took his position as the speeches ended and the grand finale began. American R&B star HER sang and played the Stars And Stripes, the American national anthem, on her guitar.
The actor then abseiled down from the roof of the Stade de France to the ceremony stage.
Cruise was presented with the Olympic flag with the five rings by gymnast Simone Biles and the mayor of Los Angeles, which he placed on the back of a waiting motorcycle.
Dressed in his signature black leather Top Gun jacket, the action hero rode out of the arena on a standing position.
This comes after BBC viewers questioned whether performers were lip-synching during Sunday’s Olympic closing ceremony, as the competition was once again plagued by ‘horrendous’ sound problems
Elsewhere in the closing ceremony, Hollywood legend Tom Cruise jumped from the stadium roof in a death-defying stunt during an extravagant handover ceremony
The move across the Atlantic saw live performances from pop superstar Billie Eilish (seen), LA rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg
Fireworks explode during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics
The crossover to the other side of the Atlantic featured live performances from pop superstar Billie Eilish and LA rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop, among others.
Then, California’s Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billie Eilish and Snoop gave a taste of what’s in store for them at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles when they performed to a capacity crowd on Venice Beach.
After being passed between several American Olympians, the Olympic flag arrived at the famous beach where the Red Hot Chili Peppers performed their hit Can’t Stop.
The rock band then gave the stage to Eilish who performed a killer version of her new song Birds Of A Feather, dressed in an oversized T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap.