Olympic fever hits Singapore in July 2005 as it hosts the most exciting event in its sports history - the 117th IOC Session where the 2012 Olympic Games host city will be elected.

116 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will vote to determine the 2012 Games host among finalists Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid.

While Paris is touted as the favourite, Moscow is seen as the rank outsider.

The announcement ceremony for the successful host city will commence at 7.30pm on July 6 2005. The Session will also review the Summer Olympics programme, each of the 28 sports in the Summer Olympics will be put to a vote at the Session. Will golf, rugby, squash, karate or roller sports be able to squeeze their way into the Olympics?

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So all the host nations ion contention leverage on star-power (using heads of states,royalty, celebrities and famous Olympians) to get a few more votes and hopefully get the all important vote to host the 2012 Olympics.

So it is a good time to out and about Orchard and Marina Centre to spot all these luminaries. Names mentioned include:

London
David Beckham,
football legend Bobby Charlton,
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Princess Anne,
Nelson Mandela, Sven-Goran Eriksson, Cathy Freeman, Elton John and Mick Jagger, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Elizabeth Hurley, Colin Montgomerie, Jose Mourhino

Madrid
Queen Sofía and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will head the Spanish delegation. Raul González, Miguel Indurain, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Juan Antonio Samaranch

New York
Muhammad Ali, Billy Crystal, Conan O'Brien, Jerry Seinfeld, Lance Armstrong, Bob Beamon, Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton,Jackie Joyner-Kersee,Ian Thorpe, Romania's 1976 Olympic gymnast star Nadia Comaneci, US swimming great Janet Evans and long jumper Bob Beamon.

Paris
French President Jacques Chirac, French movie director Luc Besson (left) and NBA star Tony Parker ,Thierry Henry, Zinedine Zidane, Celine Dion

And umm...Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, Maria Sharapova, Boris Yeltsin, Alexander Popov, Marat Safin