Rio 2016 Olympic Bid
FiveCurrents was the Executive Producer for Rio 2016’s successful Olympic bid, responsible for producing the IOC Evaluation Commission’s visit to Rio, and all presentations, videos and creative support for the campaign. Chairman of NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Dick Ebersol said of the final presentation in Copenhagen in October, “Rio's presentation was the best I have seen in 20 years.”
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission’s visit to Rio de Janeiro, one of the four finalist candidate cities vying to host the 2016 Olympic Games, was heralded as a tremendous success by local and international news organizations. FiveCurrents produced the four-day visit that included more than 20 presentations and a tour of the existing and proposed venue sites.
FiveCurrents also produced a dinner for the IOC members on Rio’s iconic Pão de Açúcar that included a fully costumed samba school, a chorinho band, bossa nova artist Paula Morelenbaum, thousands of candles on the beach spelling out “Rio 2016” and hundreds of performers dressed in white, holding candles singing the anthem of Rio de Janeiro: Cidade Maravilhosa.
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