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September 12th, 2009 at 3:38 am

Oprah Black Eyed Peas Flash-Mob Video, Photos

Here are the Oprah Black Eyed Peas flash-mob video and photos, revealing a crowd of some 20,000 participating in a dance to the hip-hop group’s hit single I Gotta Feeling on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, as part of the party kicking off the 24th season of The Oprah Winfrey Show broadcast on September 10, 2009. The song is from the Black Eyed Peas fifth studio album, ‘The E.N.D.’ (The Energy Never Dies),

The event was produced by Michael Gracey, who also produced the T-Mobile flash mob dance at a Liverpool train station. However, this event, with the use of some 800 dancers along with the crowd of 20,000 is reportedly the largest such event to date. Planning of the event involved the use of local casting agencies to find dancers who where then taught the choreography. [Source: Oprah's Flash-Mob Style Dance]

Additionally, the crowd estimated at 20,000 joined in, creating a spectacular site indeed, as the Black Eyed Peas — Will.i.am, Fergie, Apl.de.ap and Taboo — sang altered lyrics of the song, which is presently No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, in celebration of the new season of Oprah’s show.

As the video below reveals, the event was a complete surprise to Oprah watches with amazement. She is heard saying, “That is so cool. That is the coolest thing ever. Chicago, I love you.”