Then Snoop himself emerges in the guise of his recent dancehall reggae persona Snoop Lion for a laid-back rendition of Here Comes The King that suggests he's somewhat subdued by something.
"I think he would be in a difficult position now, with all the stuff coming out over the CIA and extraordinary rendition," Diane Abbott says.
Other notable years have included Pavarotti's rendition of Nessun Dorma for the 1990 finals in Italy and Fauré's Pavane for the 1998 tournament in France.
That film featured one of Temple's best known performances, a rendition of Richard A Whiting and Sidney Clare's On the Good Ship Lollipop.
The CIA, and the Senate intelligence committee, would rather avoid the word "torture," preferring euphemisms like "enhanced interrogation techniques" and "rendition, detention and interrogation program".
After claims of torture, rendition, confession, aborted military commission and civilian trial, can anyone expect that justice will be served?
A little before midnight, the well-wined Ukip leader stood on a chair in a small Italian eatery in the Kent town to bellow out a rendition of New York, New York to the delight of his dining companions.
Pearson is undoubtedly the outstanding, and now most lauded, orator of his generation of public intellectuals (witness his Whitlam eulogy and the rather bizarre rendition of it on Monday's Q&A).
Related: I'm a fundraiser turned chief executive - boards must take risks on people like me Telethon night highlights included a Game of Thrones mock musical by Coldplay that has attracted over 7m hits on YouTube, The Voice winner Sawyer Fredericks' rendition of John Lennon's Imagine and an acoustic duet by Ed Sheeran and Kermit the Frog of the Muppet Movie song, Rainbow Connection.
Although it is not that hard to imagine Rihanna sharing a recording studio with Bruno Mars, neither artist seems a natural fit with Sting, but fans are already predicting the former Police frontman will appear on a rendition of Locked Out of Heaven – Mars's avowed attempt to write a Police song.
Even on the rare occasions when the real world does intrude it means almost nothing: witness the jump-cut footage of the Arab spring U2 incorporated into a rendition of their hit, Sunday Bloody Sunday – as usual, dissent and revolt remodelled as blank spectacle.
