“Our goal is to entertain the audience,” said Olympic bronze medalist Frederick Richard. “I think they’ll be entertained, they’ll laugh and they’ll feel inspired. The goal is that maybe they’ll want to take up gymnastics because it’s really fun. They’ll see what we do and want to be like us one day.”

The cast combined high-energy choreography and gymnastics to hits by Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, but perhaps the most entertaining moment of the night was the men’s team’s ode to “I’m Just Ken” from the “Barbie” movie that took theaters by storm last year.

That’s an apt comparison.

In the United States, the women’s team has been “Barbie” for most of the sport’s history, garnering the most medals and attention while the men’s team has been overshadowed.

Fresh from their first Olympic team medal since 2008, the Kens of American gymnastics practically stole the show.

The greater focus on the quality of the performance rather than the tricks themselves is less common in men’s gymnastics, but every athlete on stage was fully committed. Brody Malone and Paul Juda noted how strange it felt to perform in front of tens of thousands of people without feeling the pressure to strive for perfection.

“I’m super serious when I compete,” Malone said. “I don’t really talk much, I don’t smile much to be honest. But this is just fun and I get to jump around and dance and get the crowd pumped up.”

Juda said he is still nervous, but his goal when he takes the stage is not to do a perfect handstand; rather, he wants to “put on a good show” for the audience who have traveled long distances for a “glimmer of hope.”

When Biles asked them to go on tour with her, some of the gymnasts who had never been on tour before were afraid of falling.

Biles allayed their fears – there is no penalty for falling on her stage.

“Show the kids what it’s like,” she told them. “Even in shows, we can fall down and get back up and tell the kids it’s OK because they’re not always going to be perfect.”