Highlights of the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics

The XXIII Olympic Winter Games began with the Opening Ceremony from PyeongChang Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang, South Korea on February 9, 2018. NBC’s primetime Olympics host Mike Tirico and award-winning journalist Katie Couric anchored the Opening Ceremony on NBC, alongside NBC Sports’ Asia analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo.

Here are some of the notable Opening Ceremony highlights:

Here they are, @TeamUSA! #WinterOlympics #BestOfUS #OpeningCeremony https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/AVcZ4zBlx6

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

Tonight, Jamaica just wants to DANCE. 🇯🇲 #WinterOlympics #OpeningCeremony https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/RplE4qogps

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

You might know him as "shirtless Tonga guy," but his real name is Pita Taufatofua. #OpeningCeremony #WinterOlympics https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/KseqED5YdD

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

Host country South Korea and North Korea enter as one in the #WinterOlympics #OpeningCeremony. https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/PJs8246IMs

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

The president of South Korea officially opens the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. #OpeningCeremony https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/VRaMOAvM5w

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

A swarm of drones brings us one of the most incredible sights of the #OpeningCeremony. #WinterOlympics https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/I5jOikUU0Y

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

Wait for it. pic.twitter.com/U2uJ8Ztwln

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

Quite the dramatic entrance for 2010 Olympic champion @Yunaaaa. #WinterOlympics #OpeningCeremony https://t.co/Ay5QOzAHZD pic.twitter.com/qwfoyj3I82

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018

The torch is lit at the #WinterOlympics! https://t.co/5MpUBSmp9Y pic.twitter.com/sUJZFHTKq6

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 10, 2018