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I know it's controversial but I wanted to open this thread..
And vice versa, those that don't get much love but you really admire them. Please name some, don't be afraid.
ALERT! That discussion is not supposed to about having digs at any skaters.
If it turns out to go into this direction, please close it mods 
Some ''overrated'' for me programs / skates ... please don't eat me for it Sam Skwantch and others
Those that I remember everyone gushing over them but I could not marvel at them.
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's List at Olympics. I much prefer her later programs / skating, she was sorta too frenetic in that time. I was not moved to tears by that unlike many other people (go kill me
) but good job from Yulia as that was her moment. She won Gold medal in Team Event, European Championships and popularised skating with it so. I much prefer older Yulia to be honest.
Jason Brown - Riverdance Nationals - Maybe because I watched only few years after it happened and I was deprived of context. Even process of watching my favourite skaters is not that electrifying when I watch replay - usually after knowing the outcome. The whole rim & setting was surely lacking for me. I like more Rika Hongo Riverdance
Jason is not among my faves though but I appreciate his skating otherwise, he skated clean there but I am free to not quite get all that buzz about it.
Virtue / Moir - Mahler Free Skate in Torino 2010. They were the best - fair & square and I did not feel anger after them beating my faves (Davis / White) but for me music was too languid and I did not like choreography / expression all that much, those affectionate gestures like Scott kissing Tessa hand were not my cup of tea. Maybe also one of the reasons behind me being underwhelmed was similar to one with Brown Riverdance - I did not watch it in real time - in the midst of competitive tension. I did not have emotional attachment to that program or to that team either in that time. Vancouver to Poland - time difference was killing too
Yuna Kim - Les Miserables program (I dislike the music).
Torvill / Dean Bolero
underrated
Michelle Kwan - Taj Mahal program at Worlds - perhaps or The Red Violin that are more rarely selected by fans as their favourite from FS fans.
And vice versa, those that don't get much love but you really admire them. Please name some, don't be afraid.
ALERT! That discussion is not supposed to about having digs at any skaters.
If it turns out to go into this direction, please close it mods Some ''overrated'' for me programs / skates ... please don't eat me for it Sam Skwantch and others
Those that I remember everyone gushing over them but I could not marvel at them. Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's List at Olympics. I much prefer her later programs / skating, she was sorta too frenetic in that time. I was not moved to tears by that unlike many other people (go kill me
) but good job from Yulia as that was her moment. She won Gold medal in Team Event, European Championships and popularised skating with it so. I much prefer older Yulia to be honest. Jason Brown - Riverdance Nationals - Maybe because I watched only few years after it happened and I was deprived of context. Even process of watching my favourite skaters is not that electrifying when I watch replay - usually after knowing the outcome. The whole rim & setting was surely lacking for me. I like more Rika Hongo Riverdance
Jason is not among my faves though but I appreciate his skating otherwise, he skated clean there but I am free to not quite get all that buzz about it.Virtue / Moir - Mahler Free Skate in Torino 2010. They were the best - fair & square and I did not feel anger after them beating my faves (Davis / White) but for me music was too languid and I did not like choreography / expression all that much, those affectionate gestures like Scott kissing Tessa hand were not my cup of tea. Maybe also one of the reasons behind me being underwhelmed was similar to one with Brown Riverdance - I did not watch it in real time - in the midst of competitive tension. I did not have emotional attachment to that program or to that team either in that time. Vancouver to Poland - time difference was killing too
Yuna Kim - Les Miserables program (I dislike the music).
Torvill / Dean Bolero
underrated
Michelle Kwan - Taj Mahal program at Worlds - perhaps or The Red Violin that are more rarely selected by fans as their favourite from FS fans.
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). But that music—especially the music cuts—hurts my ears, and the drab costume hurts my eyes...
I agree about Les Mis which wouldn't be called mastepiece if it wasn't Yuna performing it. I can't really think about any overrated programs because I think it's all about how good skaters perform them and because Yuna was such an amazing skater, her performances were just really memorable. The most underrated ones are Yuna's Homage to Korea and Mao's Fantaisie-Impromptu and Madama Butterfly.
