Commonwealth Games comes to a glittering end

Pop star Kylie Minogue was the star performer in a glittering closing ceremony as curtains came down on the 20th Commonwealth Games where India finished a creditable fifth with 64 medals even as a couple of officials embarrassed the contingent by their antics.
Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014. (Source: AP)

Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source: AP)

Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source: AP)

Australian singer Jessica Mauboy performs onstage during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday. (Source: AP)

Athletes waves and hold flags as they watch the the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014.(Source: AP)

Games makers and athletes join hands as they sing the traditional Scottish song Auld Lang Syne at the end of the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow. (Source: AP)

Fireworks explode at the end of the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source: AP)

Australian singer Jessica Mauboy is seen performing onstage during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014. (Source: AP)

Indian contingent with Tricolor flag during the closing ceremony for 2014 commonwealth games at Hampden Park in Glasgow. (Source: AP)

Vehicles of the emergency services and Glasgow city council take part in a drive past during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source: AP)

The flag of the Commonwealth Games readied to be handed over to officials the during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow. (Source: AP)

Pyrotechnics explode as Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue performs on stage during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source: AP)

Games-makers and cast members dance during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014. (Source: AP)

Massed pipes wait to take part in the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow. (Source: AP)

Tom Tate the Mayor of the Gold Coast in Australia soaks after accepting the Commonwealth Games flag during the Closing Ceremony for the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at Hampden Park stadium, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The 2018 Games will be held in the Gold Coast Australia. (Source: AP)