ISU Skating Awards To Debut At 2020 Worlds

[shah]

Some award suggestions:

• most entertaining K&C antics
• most horrific stare by a coach
• most horrific stare by a teammate
• best disguise of mistake
• best acting of good job after a flawed performance
• best indifference to music
• most outrageous call by a technical specialist
• most outrageous GOE given by a judge
• most outrageous PCS given by a judge
• most telegraphed set up to a jump
• least aesthetically pleasing spin position
• best non-element field move

Brilliant!

Well, I also suggest that the ISU adopt all Team Trainwreck awards (MESS, MEEPOTS, etc.) - that would infinitely increase the entertainment value of the gala .

Jokes aside - the horrorshow potential of this event is simply mindblowing!

 

[Gusmom]

It sounds like there will be a show but by Art on Ice....will WC medalists actually skate? This seems like a desperate attempt to get more people to pay attention to the gala. But the current audience - the diehard fans who pay $$$$ for tickets - want to see the medalists perform, not a different show. Art on Ice looked like a great show when D/W were in it, but if I'm going to a Worlds gala, I want to see the skaters who competed.

And many of us haven’t paid the ridiculous price for the gala. The same cost as a full day session- for what is usually 2-3 hours of skating. And now they want to take away the champions actually skating and make us sit through an awards show? This is awful.

 

[Sylvia]

From the press release linked in post #1:

Additionally, an innovative mix of Figure Skating, Dance and Cirque Nouveau will be showcased, featuring captivating music acts and several live performances – involving all 2020 ISU World Figure Skating Champions and medalists.

 

[euterpe]

I'm sure there will be performances from the 2018 Team Gold medalists.

 

[Tinami Amori]

Ari Z. already discussed this idea before in April 2019 with R-sport, and the Oscar-line nominations. This is what they came up with, for the past season.

Красная дорожка – Вайцеховская об итогах ледового сезона

Турнир World Team Trophy, завершившийся в Фукуоке, подвел черту под сезоном в фигурном катании. Елена Вайцеховская вспоминает наиболее яркие моменты сезона и... РИА Новости Спорт, 13.04.2019

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Best Female actress: Alina Zagitova
Best Male actor: Nathan Chen
Best Director (trainer): Alexei Mishin
Best Supporting actress: Liza Tuktamysheva
Best Supporting actor: Javier Fernandez
Best Original Script (choreo for FS): Sui/Han
Best Short Film (choreo for RD): Syn/Kats
Best/most original performance: Nathan Chen
Best Assistant Director: tied Dudakov and Gleikh
Best Junior Actress Awards: Rika Kihira and Sofia Smodurova
Best Costume/designer: Alina Zagitova's "Carmen".
Best overall Team by country: USA

 

[reut]

Ari Z. already discussed this idea before in April 2019 with R-sport, and the Oscar-line nominations. This is what they came up with, for the past season.

Красная дорожка – Вайцеховская об итогах ледового сезона

Турнир World Team Trophy, завершившийся в Фукуоке, подвел черту под сезоном в фигурном катании. Елена Вайцеховская вспоминает наиболее яркие моменты сезона и... РИА Новости Спорт, 13.04.2019

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Best Female actress: Alina Zagitova
Best Male actor: Nathan Chen
Best Director (trainer): Alexei Mishin
Best Supporting actress: Liza Tuktamysheva
Best Supporting actor: Javier Fernandez
Best Original Script (choreo for FS): Sui/Han
Best Short Film (choreo for RD): Syn/Kats
Best/most original performance: Nathan Chen
Best Assistant Director: tied Dudakov and Gleikh
Best Junior Actress Awards: Rika Kihira and Sofia Smodurova
Best Costume/designer: Alina Zagitova's "Carmen".
Best overall Team by country: USA

This is what Elena Vaytsekhovskaya came up with, neither names nor specific awards were Ari's proposition. And Vaytsekhovskaya didn't mean that those will be specific nominations either, she just used this for more interesting arrangement of her article, that's all.

 

[seabm7]

I'm trying to vote, but getting all kinds of errors from the ISU server. I managed to register and login. But could vote only for costumes so far.

 

[Enchanted]

I couldn’t register because I never got any confirmation message. They’ve really made this difficult.

 

[reut]

I could vote, had no problems (registered as "media", got confirmation message after 2-3 minutes).
Was really glad to see Tamarochka (c) in the list of Best Coaches. In general options looked quite reasonable and justified.

 

[Gris]

The website didn't let me register, but I've read that Shulepov's FS costume is among the nomination for Best Costume.

ISU, is this a joke?

 

[TAHbKA]

No, it's as I predicted the highest programming abilities by the ISU. Probably more than 1 person tried to log in or vote at the same time and they never heard about load balance. Shit happens. Like permanently when it's the ISU website.

 

[clairecloutier]

The website didn't let me register, but I've read that Shulepov's FS costume is among the nomination for Best Costume.

ISU, is this a joke?

I don't know WTH they could have been thinking with that choice. Lots of complaints on Twitter.

Another PR win for the ISU!

 

[Jeschke]

Seriously, it feels like every Top24 skater is listed somewhere.
If you did not make it to the list, you know, no one cares

Who decided on those nominees?
#toolazytoscrollbackandsearchfortheanswer

 

[Alilou]

So where do we go to vote? Did you all get a notification or something?

 

[reut]

Shulepov's costume is indeed ugly. But pity Satoko has changed hers, I would have gladly voted on her first one.

 

[miffy]

I’m very disappointed they have P/C’s FD costumes up for nomination but not their RD ones!

 

[miffy]

Also some of the nominations are ridiculous. Some of the so called entertaining programmes...

 

[Jeschke]

So where do we go to vote? Did you all get a notification or something?

You can just click on the category and give your vote

 

[mollymgr]

So where do we go to vote? Did you all get a notification or something?

Home

www.isu-skating-awards.com

http://www.isu-skating-awards.com/vote-for-your-favorites

I used Chrome and it seemed to work. The site is a bit slow. I'm only seeing 4 categories.

Alphabetically, I just realized that there are so many skaters whose names start with A.

 

[Alilou]

Home

www.isu-skating-awards.com

http://www.isu-skating-awards.com/vote-for-your-favorites

I used Chrome and it seemed to work. The site is a bit slow. I'm only seeing 4 categories.

Alphabetically, I just realized that there are so many skaters whose names start with A.

Thank you @mollymgr

 

[Matryeshka]

Remember ye ole Lifetime Press Conferences (and the post mortem threads) from the 90s? This has that kind of potential. I am whole-heartedly in favor of this over dreary pop song exhibitions with two 3 toes and a double salchow (fall on the axel) that most skaters do.
This will restore the snark to its former glory during the off-season.

 

[meggonzo]

I initially got an error after I registered, but then I clicked on the link from the confirmation email and was able to login and vote. There's only 4 categories - Best Newcomer, Most Valuable Skater, Best Costume, and Most Entertaining Program. Some of the Costume and Program nominees are head-scratchers. Looks like you can only vote for one, not sure if you can vote daily??

Also, some of the omissions in Most Valuable are interesting. No Trusova or Shcherbakova, but Medvedeva and Zagitova are choices (as is Kostornaia). Mariah Bell, but no Bradie. No Hubbell/Donohue, but all the other top dance teams.

 

[mollymgr]

Looks like you can only vote for one, not sure if you can vote daily??

I didn't see a place to "submit" the vote. It has a check mark on the category and lists the skater/team on the top of the list once you make a selection. I was also able to change a selection. I'm assuming this means that you can change your mind until the last day and whatever is selected by the cutoff will be counted as your vote. It states on the main page-You can cast one vote per category between December 1, 2019 and February 10, 2020.

 

[MsZem]

So, who's going to share the list of nominees for those of us who don't plan to sign up to vote?

 

[mollymgr]

Here you go.

Best Newcomer

Alena KOSTORNAIA
Ladies
Russian Federation

Alexandra TRUSOVA
Ladies
Russian Federation

Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
Pairs
Russian Federation

Anna SHCHERBAKOVA
Ladies
Russian Federation

Makar IGNATOV
Men
Russian Federation

Young YOU
Ladies
Republic of Korea


Most Valuable Skater

Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII
Pairs
Russian Federation

Alena KOSTORNAIA
Ladies
Russian Federation

Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
Ice Dance
Russian Federation

Alina ZAGITOVA
Ladies
Russian Federation

Boyang JIN
Men
People's Republic of China

Chen PENG / Yang JIN
Pairs
People's Republic of China

Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
Ladies
Russian Federation

Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
Pairs
Russian Federation

Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
Ice Dance
France

Keegan MESSING
Men
Canada

Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO
Pairs
Canada

Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
Ice Dance
United States of America

Mariah BELL
Ladies
United States of America

Nathan CHEN
Men
United States of America

Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
Ice Dance
Canada

Rika KIHIRA
Ladies
Japan

Shoma UNO
Men
Japan

Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
Ice Dance
Russian Federation

Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
Pairs
People's Republic of China

Yuzuru HANYU
Men
Japan


Best Costume

Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII
Pairs Free Skating
Russian Federation


Alena KOSTORNAIA
Ladies Short Program
Russian Federation

Alexander SAMARIN
Men Free Skating
Russian Federation

Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
Ice Dance Free Dance
Russian Federation

Alexandra TRUSOVA
Ladies Short Program
Russian Federation

Alexia PAGANINI
Ladies Free Skating
Switzerland

Alina ZAGITOVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation

Anna SHCHERBAKOVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation

Anton SHULEPOV
Men Free Skating
Russian Federation

Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
Pairs Free Skating
United States of America

Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Russian Federation

Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABRI
Ice Dance Free Dance
Italy

Cheng PENG / Yan JIN
Pairs Short Program
People's Republic of China

Daniel SAMOHIN
Men Short Program
Israel

Dennis VASILJEVS
Men Free Skating
Latvia

Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
Ladies Short Program
Russian Federation

Eunsoo LIM
Ladies Short Program
Republic of Korea

Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation

Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
Pairs Short Program
Russian Federation

Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
Ice Dance Free Dance
France

Jason BROWN
Men Free Skating
United States of America

Jessica CALALANG / Brian JOHNSON
Pairs Short Program
United States of America

Kailani CRANE
Ladies Free Skating
Australia

Kaori SAKAMOTO
Ladies Free Skating
Japan

Kazuki TOMONO
Men Free Skating
Japan

Keiji TANAKA
Men Free Skating
Japan

Kevin AYMOZ
Men Short Program
France

Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO
Pairs Short Program
Canada

Ksenia STOLBOVA / Andrei NOVOSELOV
Pairs Short Program
Russian Federation

Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Canada

Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON
Ice Dance Free Dance
Great Britain

Liubov ILYUSHECHKINA / Charlie BILODEAU
Pairs Free Skating
Canada

Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
Ice Dance Free Dance
United States of America

Mariah BELL
Ladies Short Program
United States of America

Matteo RIZZO
Men Free Skating
Italy

Nam NGUYEN
Men Short Program
Canada

Nathan CHEN
Men Free Skating
United States of America

Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE
Pairs Free Skating
Italy

Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Canada

Rika KIHIRA
Ladies Free Skating
Japan

Roman SADOVSKY
Men Free Skating
Canada

Roman SAVOSIN
Men Free Skating
Russian Federation

Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN
Ice Dance Free Dance
Spain

Satoko MIYAHARA
Ladies Free Skating
Japan

Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
People's Republic of China

Shoma UNO
Men Short Program
Japan

Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Russian Federation

Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA
Ladies Short Program
Russian Federation

Starr ANDREWS
Ladies Short Program
United States of America

Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM
Pairs Short Program
Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Russian Federation

Yuzuru HANYU
Men Free Skating
Japan

 

[mollymgr]

Most Entertaining Program

Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII
Pairs Free Skating
Russian Federation

Alena KOSTORNAIA
Ladies Short Program
Russian Federation


Alexander SAMARIN
Men Free Skating
Russian Federation

Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN
Ice Dance Free Dance
Russian Federation


Alexandra TRUSOVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation

Alina ZAGITOVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation


Anastaisa MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV
Pairs Free Skating
Russian Federation

Anna SHCHERBAKOVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation


Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC
Pairs Free Skating
United States of America

Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Russian Federation

Boyang JIN
Men Free Skating
People's Republic of China

Bradie TENNELL
Ladies Free Skating
United States of America

Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI
Ice Dance Free Dance
Italy

Cheng PENG / Yang JIN
Pairs Short Program
People's Republic of China

Deniss VASILJEVS
Men Free Skating
Latvia

Dmitri ALIEV
Men Free Skating
Russian Federation

Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation

Evgenia MEDVEDEVA
Ladies Free Skating
Russian Federation

Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
Pairs Free Skating
Russian Federation

Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
France

Gabrielle DALEMAN
Ladies Free Skating
Canada

Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER
Pairs Free Skating
United States of America


Jason BROWN
Men Free Skating
United States of America

Julian ZHI JIE YEE
Men Free Skating
Malaysia

Kaori SAKAMOTO
Ladies Free Skating
Japan

Kazuki TOMONO
Men Short Program
Japan

Keegan MESSING
Men Free Skating
Canada

Keiji TANAKA
Men Free Skating
Japan

Kevin AYMOZ
Men Short Program
France

Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO
Pairs Free Skating
Canada

Ksenia STOLBOVA / Andrei NOVOSELOV
Pairs Short Program
Russian Federation

Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON
Ice Dance Free Dance
Great Britain

Liubov ILYUSHECHKINA / Charlie BILODEAU
Pairs Free Skating
Canada

Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
Ice Dance Free Dance
United States of America


Madison Hubbell / Zachary DONOHUE
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
United States of America

Mariah BELL
Ladies Short Program
United States of America

Marin HONDA
Ladies Short Program
Japan

Matteo RIZZO
Men Free Skating
Italy

Nam NGUYEN
Men Free Skating
Canada

Nathan CHEN
Men Free Skating
United States of America

Nicole SCHOTT
Ladies Free Skating
Germany

Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Spain

Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER
Ice Dance Free Dance
Canada

Rika KIHIRA
Ladies Free Skating
Japan

Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN
Ice Dance Free Dance
Spain

Satoko MIYAHARA
Ladies Short Program
Japan

Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
People's Republic of China

Shoma UNO
Men Short Program
Japan

Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV
Ice Dance Rhytm Dance
Russian Federation

Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
Pairs Short Program
People's Republic of China

Young YOU
Ladies Free Skating
Republic of Korea

Yuzuru HANYU
Men Free Skating
Japan

 

[Coco]

I don't like the mixing of disciplines.

They should have a winner per discipline for each category, then have an overall winner from amongst each of the four discipline winners.

 

[starrynight]

I’m very disappointed they have P/C’s FD costumes up for nomination but not their RD ones!

Yeah, this is random. The RD costumes are original and entertaining but the FD costumes are just standard plain black outfits?

But at least if the system is crashing, it's a blessing because it means the system can't be rick rolled so that popular skaters with big fan bases win every category on the public vote.

 

[SmallFairy]

A zillion nominees so the whole thing is watered out. Imagine at the awards ceremony: “And the nominees are....” .......... 15 minutes later, host is still rambling on. Everyone:zzzzzz

AND Shulepov’s offensive outfit nominated? What are the ISU thinking? I’m outta this thing!

 

[miffy]

Some of the nominees (Russian ladies) won’t be at Worlds what if they win?