LADY GAG-AARGH
Watch horror moment Lady Gaga dancer FALLS OFF stage during Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony routine
It was not the only hiccup to affect the opening ceremony
A LADY GAGA back up dancer suffered a shock fall during the Olympic opening ceremony.
The pop star was a special guest in Paris as France kicked off the 33rd Olympiad.
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Lady Gaga performed on the banks of the River Seine as athletes from all 206 competing countries travelled down on 85 boats.
She performed French song Mon Truc et Plumes surrounded by dancers holding black and pink feathers.
It was a fun, high-energy performance, with a dozen dancers in all-black outfits and a full jazz band backing Gaga's live performance.
Lady Gaga stole the show which ran smoothly - until everything went wrong for one dancer.
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When performing a tricky dance move he lost his footing and went flying to the ground, while his colleagues danced around with pink pom poms.
The performance continued without hesitation and Lady Gaga won many plaudits for her display.
There was another disaster in Paris as heavy rain caused one of the big screens broadcasting the opening ceremony to cut out.
Thousands of fans lined the River Seine as Paris 2024 officially kicked off with a stunning outdoor show.
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THE PARIS 2024 Olympics started with a stunning Opening Ceremony - and now the Games really do begin.
SunSport brings you all the action taking place in the French capital on a thrilling first full day.
Josh Tarling and Anna Henderson are both in road cycling time trial action along the streets of Paris (from 1.30pm), leading today's Brit medal hopes.
Michael Bargeron and Seonaid McIntosh team up in the 10m mixed shooting trying to win the first gold of the 2024 Games (10am).
In diving, 3m synchro pair Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen could medal (10am).
And Team GB expect a medal from their swimmers in both of the 4x100m freestyle relays (8.30pm).
While three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty begins his quest for 100m breaststroke glory (heat 10.30am, semi-final 8.15pm).
And Max Whitlock is eyeing a pommel horse medal for a fourth Games in a row as gymnastics qualifying gets underway (10am).
Click here for all the events taking place at Paris 2024 today.
Follow all the action as it unfolds with our Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE blog.
Team GB flag bearer Tom Daley was drenched by the downpour as he travelled on the top deck of one of the boats.
Daley and and Helen Glover even recreated Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s iconic romantic scene from Titanic, with Daley playing Winslet's character Rose.
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PARIS 2024's epic four-hour long Opening Ceremony provided some spectacular, X-rated... and downright bizarre moments.
Here are some of SunSport's highlights.
Lady Gaga wowed the crowd by the River Seine as sang a cabaret set... in FRENCH.
But it didn't go to plan for one poor dancer who FELL OFF the stage.
Fans watching on TV were left in stitches by some of the dad dancing on show.
And one dancer gave a BILLION fans viewing worldwide far more than they bargained for with an Inbetweeners-style X-rated wardrobe mishap.
In the UK, BBC viewers were all switching over to Eurosport when they found out who was hosting.
Fans were stunned to see a forgotten Premier League winner as his nation's flag-bearer on the Seine procession.
While some viewers were worried Serena Williams was going to THROW UP during a very choppy boat ride with the Olympic torch.
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