Though the first five days of coverage, 138 million viewers tuned in, up 4 million from the last Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.

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TORINO, Italy (CNN) -- Torino bid farewell to the Winter Olympics in much the same way as it greeted them: with a spectacular celebration featuring at times bizarre images mixed with an overriding sense of fun.

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