lots of talk about the closing ceremony

Lately I've seen several blogs with commentary about Beijing's closing ceremony.  However, America's mainstream television media have discussed the end of the Olympics very little because they've been too obsessed with the Democrats' get-together in Denver, Colorado.  But the event was a great spectacle, even though some people are calling it "boring". 

I recently read a Chinese media blog that criticized the London 2012 team for placing Leona Lewis with Jimmy Page, alleging that Jimmy Page is simply not famous enough.  What?!  Jimmy Page founded Led Zepplin.  Not famous? And who was that Chinese guy that sang with Sarah Brightman?  And how many people in the world knew that the woman singing with Plácido Domingo was the spouse of China's vice premier?