Champions League

Opening Ceremonies 2017 | 2016 | 2015

The opening ceremony featured an extraordinary performance by the Black Eyed Peas, who enchanted the audience with a medley of their greatest hits. Their six-minute performance, animated by 150 professional and amateur dancers, offered extraordinary mass choreography, creating a collective story of music, sport, and spectacle. Filmmaster also directed the Cup Ceremony, the final ceremony that awarded the winning team on the field, adapting the opening's scenography for this concluding act. The entire event, prepared in seven months of work, reached an expected audience of over 200 million viewers.

The UEFA Champions League final, held this year at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, was preceded by an unforgettable opening ceremony produced by Filmmaster. The evening featured the extraordinary participation of American pop star Alicia Keys and guest star Andrea Bocelli. For the first time, the ceremony became a grand live show, with Alicia Keys performing three of her greatest hits and presenting her latest single, accompanied by a band and a cast of over 20 musicians and dancers.

The stage, an impressive 3D Champions League logo with a diameter of over 13 meters, hosted spectacular performances, all on props and scenery Made in Italy created by Italian artisans. The event was enriched by the presence of 400 performers from all over Italy, who colored the field with mass choreography, paying homage to the city of Milan. The ceremony concluded with an unprecedented firework show for the Champions League final. Franco Baresi and Javier Zanetti, UEFA ambassadors, brought the Cup onto the field along with Andrea Bocelli, closing the historic evening with great emotion.

The opening ceremony of the final captivated the audience even before the kickoff, paying tribute to the host city, Berlin. With more than 400 performers taking to the field, the intricate mass choreographies, crafted by the renowned choreographer Wanda Rokicki, transformed the Olympiastadion into a vibrant stage. The main theme of the ceremony was art, represented through a visual journey from Bauhaus to Street Art, including historical avant-gardes and the most contemporary art forms. Two queens, embodying Bauhaus and contemporary art respectively, dominated the scene with stunning costumes inspired by period sketches and Pop Art. The mass choreographies created complex designs on the field, depicting iconic symbols such as the Brandenburg Gate, an emblem of Berlin.

This year's ceremony introduced two significant innovations. For the first time, the Champions League logo was represented in 3D thanks to a scenic machine composed of eight stars that, coming together in the center of the field, formed the logo itself. This three-dimensional logo also served as an elevated stage for the performers, creating a unique scenic element that will become a symbol of future Champions League editions.