Moment Lady Gaga's backing dancer falls off stage at Paris Olympics (2024)

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One ofLady Gaga's backing dancer's fell off stage during her performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

The Bad Romance hitmaker, 38, performed a rendition of Mon Truc En Plumes' on a set of stairs along the Seine River surrounded by a group of performers holding plumes of pink feathers.

But she was forced to battle a series of issues including sound problems and wet weather, which caused a dancer to slip over.

In footage from BBCSport, he is seen kicking on leg in the air before falling backwards.

The dancer then disappears out of view behind a speaker as he land flat on his back before recovering and continuing with the routine.

Despite the hiccups,Lady Gagasaid she felt 'so completely grateful' to have performed at the opening of the Olympicsas shetook to social media afterwards to pay tribute to the country.

She wrote on X: 'I feel so completely grateful to have been asked to open the Paris @Olympics 2024 this year.

'I am also humbled to be asked by the Olympics organising committee to sing such a special French song-a song to honour the French people and their tremendous history of art, music, and theatre.

The crowd featured a host of world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer, the recently-elected British Prime Minister.

The House of Gucci star also used her social media post to reveal how she had studied French choreography for the performance and how much of it was inspired by the country's theatre scene.

She added: 'We rented pom poms from Le Lido archive—a real French cabaret theater. We collaborated with Dior to create custom costumes, using naturally molted feathers.

'I studied French choreography that put a modern twist on a French classic. I rehearsed tirelessly to study a joyful French dance, brushing up on some old skills'

'I bet you didn’t know I used to dance at a 60’s French party on the lower east side when I was first starting out! I hope you love this performance as much as I do.'

She concluded her post by congratulating the athletes about to take part in the games as she declared them 'open'.

The Telephone songstress had beenheavily rumoured to have booked a slot at the opening of the world sporting event but fans seemed unimpressed with her efforts.

Flocking to X, formerly known as Twitter, fans said her piece 'must have been her worst ever' and claimed she sang in 'French adjacent' as they slammed the broadcast's audio.

One penned: 'Great performance from Lady Gaga. Shame the French forgot to do a sound check beforehand.'

'Lady Gaga performing to no large audience in a stadium but on a platform next to the river. The sound is awful, sound just getting lost in the vast open space rather than being reverberated around a stadium.'

'Very famous FRENCH artist... uh... #LadyGaga. With a... Uhm... I don't know what that performance was, but must have been her worst ever. #OlympicGames #Paris2024'

'Lady Gaga ain't even f*****g French. This is like if Bad Bunny sung while the Olympics were being held in Colombia'

Despite some fans feeling disappointed, others loved her appearance as they said she 'slayed' her 'amazing' performance.

One X user wrote: ' @ladygaga is sensational in the Olympic opening ceremony. Wow!!!!!'

'BEAUTIFUL'

'It's amazing how it's a well-known fact that Lady Gaga is very talented, but she still manages to take it to new heights and show the world that she's capable of even more. Her entire performance was breathtaking.'

'It was outstanding! Thank You so much@ladygaga. You honored us for sure! Loved the passion and all the hard work to make it so amazing!'

'Love you my queen!'

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