The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics took place on 26 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (UTC+1) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy.

The medal presenter was former Olympian and current IOC member Manuela Di Centa, sister of the gold medalist.

Life-sized Piedmontese tarot cards marching in drill formation signifying all the Luck, Fortune and Life of the Athletes performed to honor every individuals personal story in coming to Torino.

The original music was composed, arranged and orchestrated by Italian producer Michele Centonze in collaboration with Stefano Nanni, Giuseppe Gambino and Serenella Occhipinti (a.k.a.

[3][4] A young Polish nude streaker named Justine also tried to enter the arena during the ceremony, holding a handmade banner coloured in the Italian tricolour reading Mi consenta ("allow me"), potentially a reference to Silvio Berlusconi.

The Montreal-based members of the cast are multi-talented acrobatic performers drawn from Quebec's acclaimed École nationale de cirque (National Circus School), and Les sept doigts de la main, energetically supported by the renowned Cirque du Soleil.

Andrea Bocelli performed his song "Because We Believe (Ama Credi E Vai)" before the flame was extinguished; on stage with Andrea appeared 500 Italian brides in white carrying lighted lilies and formed "the Dove of Peace" a formation choreographed by Doug Jack and symbolically "flew" across the stage as the flame took its final moments.

The skier Isolde Kostner acted as the last bride to stay on the stage and when she looked at the cauldron, the Olympic fire had their last moments alive.

After the end of the fire last breathed, the Italian singer Elisa comes out from the middle of the show cast (she had already sung at the closing ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics) and performed their hit song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", and Puerto Rican Ricky Martin performed "I Don't Care" and "The Cup of Life".

Aside from celebrities participating in the ceremonies and members of the International Olympic Committee, the following notable people were in attendance: In the United States, NBC broadcast the ceremony on tape delay, starting at 7:00 pm EST and PST/6:00 pm CST and MST, and it was one of the broadcasters that did not edit out the intruders interrupting the speeches.