The opening ceremony of Qatar World Cupa party this Sunday (20) which will serve as a calling card for the public interested in the competition in the country, was full of unknowns very close to its occurrence.

nor the fifaneither the World Cup owner nor the local organizing committee had released the schedule for the event on Friday night.

The place of the ceremony is known (the Al Bayt stadium, in the city of Al Khor, with a capacity of 60,000 people) and the time is known (6 p.m. in Qatar, 00 a.m. in Brazil), but it there is no definition of the artists who participate in it. .

Some sites have published that the presence of the American rapper Lil Baby, the Canadian actress and singer Nora Fatehi and the South Korean Jungkook, member of the K-pop group BTS, are confirmed.

The latter two would perform to the sound of “Light The Sky”, one of the theme songs for this year’s World Cup.

The rest is speculation, with a host of possible guests.

It is spoken in Nigerian Patoranking, English Robbie Williams (who participated in the show at the Copa da Russia-2018), American Jason Derulo, Lebanese Myriam Fares, Colombians J Balvin, Maluma and ShakiraTrinidad-Tobago Nicki Minaj and the American group Black Eyed Peas.

The presence of the trio Maluma, Minaj and Fares can be considered probable, since they perform the official song of the World Cup, “Tukoh Taka”, released only this Friday (18).

Of course, the absences of the pop stars dua Lipa and Rod Stewartboth English.

They cited Qatar’s disregard for human rights issues as a reason for disregarding attendance at any events organized by the country.

On TV at noon

With or without an announced schedule, Brazilians will be able to follow the opening ceremony live on television.

Globo (open TV), SporTV (pay channel) and Globoplay (streaming service) will broadcast the event from noon.

The World Cup opener, Qatar x Ecuador, starts at 1 p.m.