Singers performance The closing ceremony started with a performance of Australian singer
Amy Shark. She performed the song "Let Love Rule". She then introduced Australian musician
Archie Roach and together with the youth choir continued the performance. Then thirteen year old poet Solli Raphael recited a poem about the Games. He is known for winning the Australian Poetry Slam competition in 2017 and is the youngest ever to win the competition. Australian singer
Ricki-Lee Coulter performed her song "
All We Need is Love". She also performed in the opening ceremony with her song "Technicolor Love". After her, Australian boy group
The Koi Boys gave a performance.
Anthony Callea performed the song "
You Should Be Dancing" originally by the
Bee Gees. After him, Jamaican sprinter
Usain Bolt appeared as DJ along with Games mascot
Borobi in the middle of the stage.
Speeches Peter Beattie Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) chairman Peter Beattie gave a speech: He also praised the athletes, volunteers, the
CGF and wished good luck to the Birmingham 2022 committee. After him, the
David Dixon Award was presented by the CGF president Louise Martin to New Zealand weightlifter
David Liti who won gold at the
Men's +105 kg weightlifting event at the
2018 Commonwealth Games.
Louise Martin Following the David Dixon award presentation, Louise Martin gave a speech about the conduct of the Games: Martin also announced that the Games mascot
Borobi should remain active after the Games in order to support and raise funds for the
Yugambeh community.
Ananstacia Palaszczuk After Martin,
Premier of Queensland Ananstacia Palaszczuk gave a speech: The commonwealth Games ceremonial flag was passed from
Tom Tate,
Mayor of
Gold Coast to
Sam Coffa, President of
Commonwealth Games Australia, to Louise Martin, President of the
Commonwealth Games Federation, to Ian Metcalfe, Chairman of
Commonwealth Games England and finally to
Anne Underwood, Lord Mayor of
Birmingham. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate presented his speech to the audience and thanked the volunteers for their support and wished good luck to the Birmingham 2022 committee. President of Commonwealth Games Australia Sam Coffa presented his speech and praised Gold Coast city and the athletes of the Games. He then offered his thanks to the people of Gold Coast for their support.
Anne Underwood Lord Mayor of Birmingham Anne Underwood gave her speech and told the crowd:
Birmingham handover After her speech ended, a video about Birmingham's life and culture was shown in the screens of the stadium. The video showed the skyline of Birmingham city, its street markets, active youth, shopping streets, bars, pubs,
Birmingham New Street railway station,
trams and
spaghetti junction. In the video, a man and a girl was shown dancing in one of the pubs of Birmingham and said
a night you never forget, in a city that never sleeps. The video ended with displaying the word #BRUM. Lady Sanity, a rap artist from Birmingham, then performed with her song
Go The Distance. After this, Amerah Saleh performed her poem "Tourist in My City" from what appeared to be the same location, but turned out to be Birmingham as she finished and walked into a six-minute one-take live dance performance to
Electric Light Orchestra's "
Mr. Blue Sky". • Australian recording artists such as
Amy Shark,
Anthony Callea,
Dami Im,
Deborah Conway,
Guy Sebastian,
Kate Ceberano,
Ricki-Lee Coulter,
Samantha Jade and
The Veronicas performed at the ceremony. •
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, declared the Games closed and passed the Commonwealth Games flag to
Birmingham,
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