Rio Olympics 2016 Opening ceremony date, start time, TV channel to watch: Brazil to produce spectacular Opening ceremony with 6,000 performers

Rio Olympics 2016 is set to have one of the most unique Olympics opening ceremonies on record, as organizers offer a take on what it means to be Brazilian - including its famous colorful dancers. Star quality will also be included, with supermodel Gisele Bundchen set to be included in the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony will take place on Aug. 5 and will feature 36-year-old Bundchen, a Victoria's Secret supermodel who retired only last year, bracing the Maracanã Stadium as that classic "Girl from Ipanema."

Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio, also Victoria's Secret supermodels, will be appearing alongside Ryan Seacrest for NBC's Olympic coverage.

It has been described that 6,000 performers will be seen onstage.

Rio has also picked Pelé, retired Brazilian professional footballer and widely recognized as the greatest player of all time, to light the symbolic Olympic flame.

The extravaganza will also feature some of the country's best singers, including Gilberto Gil, Jorge Benjor, Caetano Veloso, Luiz Melodia and Paulinho da Viola.

Organizers estimate a billion viewers will watch the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics which will be covered and live streamed by NBC. The network would also air a one-hour delayed telecast at around 7 p.m. EST. Special broadcasts will also be provided by cable and sports channels such as Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, Golf Channel, NBC Sports Network, NBC UNIVERSO and USA Network.

With the Olympics only a few days away from its scheduled opening, athletes should be arriving soon in the designated athletes' village in Rio de Janeiro. However, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced Sunday that they had encountered problems, which made the location uninhabitable for their athletes.

"Problems include blocked toilets, leaking pipes, exposed wiring, darkened stairwells where no lighting has been installed and dirty floors in need of a massive clean," said AOC chef de mission Kitty Chiller.

"From what we've seen," said a spokesman, "you wouldn't put people in there yet."