From the Fierce Five to the new most decorated Olympian of all time, London 2012 was filled with excitement, drama and surprises. New stars were born, records were broken and champions were honored.
What moments during the course of the 30th Olympiad were the most-watched?
TiVo took a look at its audience research data from the course of the London Olympics and found the top 25 moments that had viewers watching over and over again.
This is based on live + Same Day Viewership of the Olympic games on NBC-
Top 25 Moments (including Opening Ceremony)
1. Queen Elizabeth and James Bond (Daniel Craig) parachute into the Olympic Arena during the Opening Ceremonies.
2. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) falls asleep while performing Chariots of Fire with the London Symphony Orchestra and dreams of winning a race on the beach.
3. The Olympics pay tribute to the medical profession with a performance of Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield while actual doctors and nurses perform.
4. The Olympic rings converge over the stadium during Opening Ceremony and fireworks rain down upon the actors below.
5. Mary Poppins battles a 100-foot-tall Lord Voldemort to help protect the children's dreams.
6. Women's gymnastics all-around final official standings are displayed. Gabrielle Douglas (USA) comes in first with a beaming smile and a score of 62.232. Victoria Komova (RUS) is brought to tears as she takes silver. Third and fourth in the standings are Aliya Mustafina (RUS) and Alexandra Raisman (USA).
7. American McKayla Maroney makes a perfect landing in the vault netting a score of 16.233 in the finals of the women's gymnastics team event.
8. Gabrielle Douglas (USA) performs in the gymnastics artistic floor exercise event at the women's individual all-around gymnastics finals. At this moment, she gets ready for her second last run on the floor event. Shortly after, her beaming smile lights up the screen as she sticks her landing.
9. In the women's gymnastics team event, Team USA's Gabrielle Douglas, on the uneven bars, nails a difficult transition from lower bar to upper bar and follows with a great landing
10. Aly Raisman is Team USA's last hope for a high score on the balance beam in the women's individual all-around gymnastics final. Just a little while later, her hands almost grab the beam as she loses her balance along with her claim to a medal.
11. USA's Michael Phelps botches his finish after leading most of the race in the men's 200m breaststroke and narrowly loses by 0.05 seconds to Chad Le Clos of South Africa.
12. In women's team gymnastics, Anastasia Grishina of Russia loses balance in a floor exercise landing in the middle of her routine.
13. Domestic rivalry plays out between reigning Olympic and World Champions in men's swimming events: Michael Phelps (USA) and Ryan Lochte (USA). Phelps (USA) wins gold in the men's 200m individual medley with 1:54.27 seconds. Lochte (USA) wins silver. At this second Lochte is closing in on Phelps.
14. The USA Women's Gymnastics Team USA stares intently up at the scoreboard to see whether they are the winners (answer: yes!).
15. After Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast and reigning World Champion, scores 16.100 on the uneven bars, American viewers hold their breath while Gabrielle Douglas challenges Team USA's rival. At this second, Douglas jumps from the lower bar to the upper bar, performing a handstand on each. She justifies her nickname "The Flying Squirrel." Douglas scores 15.733 after deductions for a hop on her dismount, beaten only by her two Russian opponents, Komova and Mustafina.
16. Alexandra Raisman finishes the Uneven Bars event. Her parents' reaction during the performance is the top moment of that evening's primetime broadcast.
17. Gabby Douglas, known as the Flying Squirrel, performs on the Uneven Bars. The dismount is nearly flawless.
18. McKayla Maroney qualifies as a finalist on the Vault, her specialty event.
19. Aly Raisman (USA) awaits her score after one of her best performances in women's floor exercise finals. She scores a 15.600, leading to a gold medal.
20. Alexandra Raisman and Gabby Douglas perform the Vault.
21. Aly Raisman (USA) performs in the women's gymnastics balance beam finals. She scores 15.066 after her coach Mihai Brestyan files an inquiry that leads to a score change, placing her above Catalina Ponor thus netting her a bronze medal.
22. France edges out USA in 4×100-Meter Freestyle Relay. USA had the lead going into the final leg. Yannick Agnel of France sprints ahead of Ryan Lochte in the final ten meters to take the gold..=
23. USA's Nathan Adrian finishes just ahead of Australian James Magnussen in men's 100m freestyle, gaining gold by just 1/100th of a second.
24. USA's Missy Franklin's women's 100m backstroke gold medal finish.
25. McKayla Maroney (USA) starts her second run in the women's vault final. She fails to stick the landing, dropping her score to only 14.300.
Top 25 Moments (excluding Opening Ceremony)
1. Women's gymnastics all-around final official standings are displayed. Gabrielle Douglas (USA) comes in first with a beaming smile and a score of 62.232. Victoria Komova (RUS) is brought to tears as she takes silver. Third and fourth in the standings are Aliya Mustafina (RUS) and Alexandra Raisman (USA).
2. American McKayla Maroney makes a perfect landing in the vault netting a score of 16.233 in the finals of the women's gymnastics team event.
3. Gabrielle Douglas (USA) performs in the gymnastics artistic floor exercise event at the women's individual all-around gymnastics finals. At this moment, she gets ready for her second last run on the floor event. Shortly after, her beaming smile lights up the screen as she sticks her landing.
4. In the women's gymnastics team event, Team USA's Gabrielle Douglas, on the uneven bars, nails a difficult transition from lower bar to upper bar and follows with a great landing.
5. Aly Raisman is Team USA's last hope for a high score on the balance beam in the women's individual all-around gymnastics final. Just a little while later, her hands almost grab the beam as she loses her balance along with her claim to a medal.
6. USA's Michael Phelps botches his finish after leading most of the race in the men's 200m breaststroke and narrowly loses by 0.05 seconds to Chad Le Clos of South Africa.
7. In women's team gymnastics, Anastasia Grishina of Russia loses balance in a floor exercise landing in the middle of her routine.
8. Domestic rivalry plays out between reigning Olympic and World Champions in men's swimming events: Michael Phelps (USA) and Ryan Lochte (USA). Phelps (USA) wins gold in the men's 200m individual medley with 1:54.27 seconds. Lochte (USA) wins silver. At this second Lochte is closing in on Phelps.
9. The USA Women's Gymnastics Team USA stares intently up at the scoreboard to see whether they are the winners (answer: yes!).
10. After Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast and reigning World Champion, scores 16.100 on the uneven bars, American viewers hold their breath while Gabrielle Douglas challenges Team USA's rival. At this second, Douglas jumps from the lower bar to the upper bar, performing a handstand on each. She justifies her nickname "The Flying Squirrel." Douglas scores 15.733 after deductions for a hop on her dismount, beaten only by her two Russian opponents, Komova and Mustafina.
11. Alexandra Raisman finishes the Uneven Bars event. Her parents' reaction during the performance is the top moment of that evening's primetime broadcast.
12. Gabby Douglas, known as the Flying Squirrel, performs on the Uneven Bars. The dismount is nearly flawless.
13. McKayla Maroney qualifies as a finalist on the Vault, her specialty event.
14. Aly Raisman (USA) awaits her score after one of her best performances in women's floor exercise finals. She scores a 15.600, leading to a gold medal.
15. Alexandra Raisman and Gabby Douglas perform the Vault.
16. Aly Raisman (USA) performs in the women's gymnastics balance beam finals. She scores 15.066 after her coach Mihai Brestyan files an inquiry that leads to a score change, placing her above Catalina Ponor thus netting her a bronze medal.
17. France edges out USA in 4×100-Meter Freestyle Relay. USA had the lead going into the final leg. Yannick Agnel of France sprints ahead of Ryan Lochte in the final ten meters to take the gold.
18. USA's Nathan Adrian finishes just ahead of Australian James Magnussen in men's 100m freestyle, gaining gold by just 1/100th of a second
19. USA's Missy Franklin's women's 100m backstroke gold medal finish
20. McKayla Maroney (USA) starts her second run in the women's vault final. She fails to stick the landing, dropping her score to only 14.300
21. Sandra Izbasa of Romania performs last in the women's floor exercise finals. At this moment, she starts her last run, at the end of which she slips, resulting in a penalty, placing her last in the group with a 13.333 and confirming gold for Alexandra Raisman.
22. In women's balance beam, USA's Gabrielle Douglas slips, dropping her to score a 13.633 and placing her 7th.
23. Lochte wins the 4x100m Individual Medley, while Michael Phelps does not medal, coming in fourth.
24. France's Yannick Agnel's men's 200m freestyle gold medal upset; USA's Ryan Lochte finishes fourth.
25. Sandra Raluca Izbasa of Romania hugs McKayla Maroney (USA) after results show Sandra receiving gold: Sandra scores a 15.196; McKayla scores a 15.083.
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