1.   Other options offered included performing at the Sydney Opera House, in the Olympic torch relay ceremonies and at the opening of the soccer games.

2.   This will allow the torch runner to go from the stadium to the cauldron during the torch lighting ceremony.

3.   This will allow the torch runner to go from the stadium to the caldron during the torch lighting ceremony.

4.   Bocelli was a surprise guest in the torch ceremony Thursday night.

5.   The statues will remain naked, said Frank Marshall, a Hollywood producer overseeing the torch ceremony.