World Cup opening ceremony live today: Superstars boycott appearance
Created: 11/20/2022, 2:39 p.m
By: Alexander Kaindl
The 2022 World Cup begins.
We accompany the opening ceremony before the opening game between Qatar and Ecuador here in the live ticker.
al-Khour - It's finally starting!
The 2022 World Cup starts in Qatar on Sunday, November 20th.
Never before has there been so much discussion about a sporting event.
Now the four-week event of superlatives begins, which is so much more than just football.
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The opening ceremony before the first game between Qatar and Ecuador (here in the live ticker) had also recently become a political issue.
Who performs?
Dua Lipa?
Do not feel like.
Rod Stewart?
Cancelled!
The superstars don't feel like going to this World Cup and don't want to be associated with it.
The fact that European top stars are avoiding the opening ceremony of the first World Cup on Arabian soil does not dampen the anticipation of the World Cup hosts.
The makers promise great cinema for the approximately 30-minute ceremony immediately before Qatar's game against Ecuador (all TV information about the opening game) on Sunday.
World Cup makers promise: "Opening ceremony will be revolutionary"
"This opening ceremony will be revolutionary," assures director Marco Balich, who has already staged and organized the celebrations of 14 Olympic Games.
So far, according to the Italian in an interview with
Gazzetta dello Sport
, these opening shows have "only been endured": "This time there is a will to give the opening ceremony a central role."
About 800 dancers and extras work on the seven-part celebration, the team comes from 15 different nations.
A well-known megastar in this country, such as Robbie Williams in Russia in 2018, Jennifer Lopez in Brazil in 2014 or Shakira in South Africa in 2010, has not yet been confirmed.
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The British pop singer Dua Lipa, who only wants to visit Qatar "when the country has fulfilled all human rights commitments", waved him off, as did Rod Stewart, who said he declined a highly paid offer.
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Instead, popular South Korean band BTS and US rapper Lil Baby are set to perform.
"Hayya Hayya", the official World Cup 2022 song, will be performed by Qatari singer Aisha, American-Nigerian singer Davido and US artist Trinidad Cardona.
The interpreter of another World Cup song, on the other hand, caused a scandal shortly before the tournament started.
The opening ceremony of the 2022 World Cup will take place at Al-Bayt Stadium in al-Khour.
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"The approach will be future-oriented, based on the Super Bowl halftime shows," says Balich.
The central theme is inclusion: "The values represented at the celebration will count more than the stars, which in any case will not be missing."
A total of 1600 fans from all 32 participating countries are said to be actively involved.
According to
Sportschau
information, they should then be seen cheering and singing a specific song when their team (schedule for the 2022 World Cup) is the topic of the celebration.
The supporters are part of the "Fan Leader Network" program, which gives fans the opportunity to travel to Qatar at the host's expense and stay in the country until the end of the tournament.
Daily pocket money of around 70 euros included.
However, there have recently been discussions about this pocket money.
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