ISU SKATING AWARDS - LIVE

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

anyone going to be watching the ISU skating awards live tomorrow? Or Super Bowl in the USA? Lol

I think I forgot who I voted for in some of these categories, but as long as Amber gets a win here for program “Heads Will Roll”

ISU Skating Awards 2024

⨠#ISUSkatingAwards2024 ⨠Recorded LIVE from Zurich on February 11, 2024. ð Prepare to be mesmerized by glittering dances, musical superstars and 8 prestig...

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13:00 CET Zone

Will be quite early for those in North America

 

[Colonel Green]

I hope my write-in campaign for Eteri for best coach succeeds!

 

[Frau Muller]

So it’s at 7am EST? (6:45am as per YouTube.)

The great show that keeps Ilia away from the 4Cs?

 

[vireo]

I hope my write-in campaign for Eteri for best coach succeeds!

I wanted to cast a write-in vote for Dr. Shvetsky, but unfortunately there is no "Lifetime Achievement" category this year.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

They go live in about nine more hours? Is anybody going to watch? Did everybody vote?

Do you think Madison will win for best designed costumes again?

And if Kevin were to win for bolero, do you think he is anywhere around to accept? Although my vote went to Miss Amber.

I’m trying to remember who I picked for choreographer probably Shae Lynn again, and who did you guys pick for coach?

 

[Frau Muller]

They go live in about nine more hours? Is anybody going to watch? Did everybody vote?

Do you think Madison will win for best designed costumes again?

And if Kevin were to win for bolero, do you think he is anywhere around to accept? Although my vote went to Miss Amber.

I’m trying to remember who I picked for choreographer probably Shae Lynn again, and who did you guys pick for coach?

Finally found the nominees here:

ISU Figure skating Awards

Best Newcomer: Anastaia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopouls Moore 🇦🇺 Chaeyeon Kim 🇰🇷 Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek 🇨🇿 Nina Pinazarrone 🇧🇪 Kimmy Repond 🇨🇭 Rion Sumiyoshi 🇯🇵 Hana Yoshida 🇯🇵 Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik 🇺🇸

www.goldenskate.com

My selections:
Newcomer - Pinzarrone…in the show
Most Valuable - Malinin…in the show
Costume - Repond FS (classic blue w long back, long sleeves) OR Britschgi FS (Afro beat jacket)…in the show???
Entertaining Prog - Glenn SP!…not in the show, that I know, so she may not win
Chor - Benoit Richaud…because he’s just been interviewed by ISU
Coach - Lambiel…because he’s just been interviewed by ISU

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Finally found the nominees here:

ISU Figure skating Awards

Best Newcomer: Anastaia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopouls Moore 🇦🇺 Chaeyeon Kim 🇰🇷 Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek 🇨🇿 Nina Pinazarrone 🇧🇪 Kimmy Repond 🇨🇭 Rion Sumiyoshi 🇯🇵 Hana Yoshida 🇯🇵 Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik 🇺🇸

www.goldenskate.com

My selections:
Newcomer - Pinzarrone…in the show
Most Valuable - Malinin…in the show
Costume - Repond FS (classic blue w Lon back, long sleeves) OR Britschgi FS (Afro beat jacket)…in the show???
Entertaining Prog - Glenn SP!…not in the show, that I know, so she may not win
Chor - Benoit Richaud…because he’s just been interviewed by ISU
Coach - Lambiel…because he’s just been interviewed by ISU

Yup. I had a hard time voting this year, copying the nominees from the link here. Voting closed several weeks ago.

Best Newcomer:

Anastaia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopouls Moore
Chaeyeon Kim
Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek
Nina Pinazarrone
Kimmy Repond
Rion Sumiyoshi
Hana Yoshida
Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik


Most Valuable Skater:

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Loena Hendrick
Ilia Malinin
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Kaori Sakamoto
Adam Siao Him Fa
Shoma Uno

Best Costume:

Xiangyi An
Short Program
Designed by: Sophie Thomas (Astraee Atelier) and Ms. Zhang (Xiangyi's mom)

Lukas Britschgi
Free Skating
Designed by: Severine Van Deysne

Mone Chiba
Free Skating
Designed by: Satomi Ito

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Free Dance
Designed by: Madison Chock

Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson
Free Dance
Designed by: Sophie Whittam (Fight Label)

Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini
Short Program
Designed by: Matteo Tolve

Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri
Rhythm Dance
Desgined by: Maria Luigia Zocchi, Denise Pelligro

Loena Hendrickx
Free Skating
Designed by: Loena & Jorik Hnedrickx, Adam Solya

Loena Hendrickx
Short Program
Designed by: Loena & Jorik Hendrcikx & Adam Solya

Mana Kawabe
Short Program
Designed by: Mathieu Carron

Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha
Free Dance
Designed by: Mathieu Carron

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac
Free Dance
Designed by: Philippe Masse

Haein Lee
Short Program
Designed by: Yu Mi Kim (Edgeplus)

Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud
Short Program
Designed by: Libby Smith

Kimmy Repond
Free Skating
Designed by: Rest Dance

Mikhail Shaidorov
Free Skating
Designed by: Svetlana Gatchinskaia (Atelier Arrovana)

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps
Short Program
Designed by: Maggie Dube (Xpression)

Rion Sumiyoshi
Free Skating
Designed by: Satomi Ito

Shoma Uno
Free Skating
Designed by: Hiromi Watanabe

Hana Yoshida
Short Program
Designed by: TBA


Most Entertaining Program:

Kevin Aymox
Men Free Skating

Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise
Pairs Free Skating

Lukas Britschgi
Men Free Skating

Jason Brown
Men Free Skating

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Ice Dance Free Dance

Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson
Ice Dance Free Dance

Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini
Pairs Free Skating

Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Amber Glenn
Women Short Program

Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Loena Hendrickx
Women Short Program

Yuma Kagiyama
Men Short Program

Majorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac
Ice Dance Free Dance

Ilia Malinin
Men Short Program

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Pairs Free Skating

Kaori Sakamoto
Women Free Skating

Adam Siao Him Fa
Men Free Skating

Shoma Uno
Men Free Skating


Best Choreographer:

Shae-Lynn Bourne
Samuel Chouinard
Marie-France Dubreuil
Romain Haguenauer
Stephane Lambiel
Julie Marcotte
Benoit Richaud
Adam Solya

Best Coach:

Barbara Fusar Poli
Romain Haguenauer
Mie Hamada
Michael Huth
Stephane Lambiel
Patrice Lauzon
Sonoko Nakano


One award already given

Best FSU’er

ANL

 

[overedge]

The only ISU award I want to see right now is Canada getting the bronze Olympic team medal.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

The only ISU award I want to see right now is Canada getting the bronze Olympic team medal.

#Truth but in the meantime, we have these awards to gloss over, and by the way, look at Canada hogging up all the oxygen in the choreographer category lol

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I would like to add Kaitlyn Weaver into the choreographer category

 

[Karen-W]

These awards are a joke. The choreographer best women's SP of the season wasn't even nominated and that's a darn shame since Sandra Bezic is one of the best in the business.

 

[ice coverage]

... unfortunately there is no "Lifetime Achievement" category this year.

2024 does have the category of Lifetime Achievement Award, and the recipient will be announced during the live ceremony.
(I realize that you were joking about the person named in your post. Just sayin' that the category continues to exist.)

For anyone who cares: On Jan 17, the ISU announced the short list of "nominees" -- the result of whittling down after the voting for the "candidates" (not "nominees") on the long list.
Three nominees were announced per category (except for Lifetime Achievement Award and Special Achievement Award).

I am another who voted for Amber's program, and I am sorry that she did not make the cut for nominees for Most Entertaining Program.

ISU Skating Awards 2024: The ISU reveals the Nominees - International Skating Union

After a rigorous initial online selection phase held from December 11th 2023 to January 7th 2024, where the public and media actively participated in voting for their preferred candidates (view the complete list here), the 2024 ISU Skating Awards Selection Commission meticulously reviewed the...

isu.org

ETA:​

Of course it is fine for any individual fans to disagree with (or to not care about) the ISU vision and procedures for the awards.
But it's not as if ISU never explained its vision and procedures. Storing more links here, so they are handy for my own future reference:

https://isu.org/docman-documents-li...u-skating-awards-2024-list-of-candidates/file

ISU Skating Awards How

The ISU Skating Awards is an annual awards ceremony organized by the International Skating Union (ISU) to recognize outstanding achievements in Figure Skating.

isu.org

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

These awards are a joke. The choreographer best women's SP of the season wasn't even nominated and that's a darn shame since Sandra Bezic is one of the best in the business.

Actually, you’re not wrong on that

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I am another who voted for Amber's program, and I am sorry that she did not make the cut for nominees for Most Entertaining Program.

SAY WHAT? You are right @Karen-W then these are a joke, do I still set my alarm for two in the morning lol

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

The long list was narrowed down to three nominees per category, which I was not aware of. And then here is who votes on the winner…

The winners in each category will be decided through a vote by the 2024 ISU Skating Awards star-studded Jury, made up of six former Figure Skating Champions:

• Miki Ando (JPN)
• Brian Boitano USA)
• Surya Bonaly (FRA)
• Lu Chen (CHN)
• Laura Lepisto (FIN)
• Andrew Poje (CAN)

The winners announcement and Awards-giving ceremony will take place on February 11th2024 in Zurich (SUI) during a special show held in collaboration with Art on Ice. The ISU Skating Awards will be staged live in front of an audience and simultaneously broadcasted on the Skating ISU YouTube channel.

The celebrities Kurt Browning – Figure Skating legend – and Elma Smit – Sports Reporter and TV Presenter – will form a unique duo to host this year’s show, promising to provide viewers with exclusive insights interviews and backstage content of the 2024 ISU Skating Awards Nominees.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Finally found the nominees here:

ISU Figure skating Awards

Best Newcomer: Anastaia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopouls Moore 🇦🇺 Chaeyeon Kim 🇰🇷 Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek 🇨🇿 Nina Pinazarrone 🇧🇪 Kimmy Repond 🇨🇭 Rion Sumiyoshi 🇯🇵 Hana Yoshida 🇯🇵 Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik 🇺🇸

www.goldenskate.com

My selections:
Newcomer - Pinzarrone…in the show
Most Valuable - Malinin…in the show
Costume - Repond FS (classic blue w long back, long sleeves) OR Britschgi FS (Afro beat jacket)…in the show???
Entertaining Prog - Glenn SP!…not in the show, that I know, so she may not win
Chor - Benoit Richaud…because he’s just been interviewed by ISU
Coach - Lambiel…because he’s just been interviewed by ISU

Looks like all of your selections made it down to the actual nominees. All except for Amber. And Lukas although you did get it with Kimmy.

 

[overedge]

#Truth but in the meantime, we have these awards to gloss over, and by the way, look at Canada hogging up all the oxygen in the choreographer category lol

No "in the meantime" here. The ISU created a mess of its own doing, and I for one am not falling for their "don't look there! look over here!" distractions.

 

[Frau Muller]

So it’s at 7am EST? (6:45am as per YouTube.)

The great show that keeps Ilia away from the 4Cs?

They’re counting down… I’ll watch but won’t comment til later.

 

[On My Own]

This "award" needs to be canceled if they're going to keep giving it to people like Eteri and Mie Hamada.

 

[On My Own]

And maybe I'm only saying this because I'm far past the target demographic now, but I don't wish to see Ilia Malinin skating in a tank top.

 

[Frau Muller]

The awards were a mess - hard to understand, with fewer nominees than published. The show portions were excellent, exciting group of solo & corps skaters. Happy for Orser’s lifetime achievement award. Enjoyed every minute of emcee Kurt Browning’s participation.

 

[tony]

I see the general skating fandom is, of course, up in arms about the selections of six people from the skating world-- at least one of whom isn't really involved in the sport anymore AFAIK.

It's a stupid premise and always has been, all the way down to throwing out all fan votes once the nominees are narrowed down (even if Hanyu would likely win every category, even best coach and choreographer, if they weren't). But I'm sure some of the younger skaters enjoy the recognition and are 'just happy to be nominated' anyways

 

[On My Own]

Happy for Orser’s lifetime achievement award. Enjoyed every minute of emcee Kurt Browning’s participation.

Yeah, but to be honest, complete waste of time, even on a weekend.

 

[coppertop1]

This "award" needs to be canceled if they're going to keep giving it to people like Eteri and Mie Hamada.

The ISU's social media team also thinks Hamada is Kaori's coach .

 

[marbri]

I would be interested to know how many individuals actually vote in this contest?

I have never considered doing it. It just has such a Gretchen Weiner trying to make fetch happen vibe to it

 

[tony]

I would be interested to know how many individuals actually vote in this contest?

I have never considered doing it. It just has such a Gretchen Weiner trying to make fetch happen vibe to it

6.

 

[Evgeniafan]

I see the general skating fandom is, of course, up in arms about the selections of six people from the skating world-- at least one of whom isn't really involved in the sport anymore AFAIK.

It's a stupid premise and always has been, all the way down to throwing out all fan votes once the nominees are narrowed down (even if Hanyu would likely win every category, even best coach and choreographer, if they weren't). But I'm sure some of the younger skaters enjoy the recognition and are 'just happy to be nominated' anyways

We should know how many fan votes each skater got. I just think once its narrowed down to 3, the fan votes still should count for something.

 

[skatingguy]

Winners (in bold)

Most Valuable Skater:
Ilia Malinin
Kaori Sakatmoto
Shoma Uno

Best Newcomer:
Nina Pinzarrone
Kimmy Repond
Hana Yoshida

Most Entertaining Program:
Kevin Aymoz
Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson
Adam Siao Him Fa

Best Costume:
Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Free Dance - Designed by Madison Chock
Loena Hendrickx
Free Skating - Designed by Loena & Jorik Hendricks, Adam Solya
Haein Lee
Short Program - Designed by Yu Mi Kim (Edgeplus)

Best Choreographer:
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Stephane Lambiel
Beniot Richaud

Best Coach:
Mie Hamada
Stephane Lambiel
Sonoko Nakano

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Brian Orser

Special Achievement Award:
Deanna Stellato-Dudek

 

[skatingguy]

Mie Hamada as Best Coach, and Beniot Richaud for Best Choreographer tells us a lot about what the ISU values in terms of both coaching, and choreography.

 

[marbri]

What does " Most Valuable Skater " even mean in an individual sport??
It makes total sense in a team sport but this is nonsensical