Your own personal season 2022-23 awards and nominations

[Anna K.]

So, if you were a body that issues nominations and awards, what would your choice be? This is indeed very subjective and personal so let's not get too serious about it, please

I am thinking about many but I already have one for the titular post.
The team of ISU YouTube Live streams receives my special award for respectful commentaries all through the season

 

[ladyjane]

Well, I've got a few in addition (although I agree on the respectful commentaries)

Shoma Uno for having the best demonstrations of what exhaustion means (sits on the ice, lying down). Awesome!
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri share with Kevin Amoz for the best K&C enthusiasm
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara's expressiveness - both in joy and sadness, and also both of them!
Keegan Messing for sheer emotion.
The Japanese audience for being knowledgeable as well as supportive for all skaters.

 

[balabam]

I am going for Belinda Noonan and Mark Hanrety for the best two co-annoncers of figure skating broadcast.

I dont call them commentating couple because they are not couple at all.
But for the first time this was pretty good.

Belinda is so on the point with every camera catch of the event. Ok, I don't undestand her like 1/3 times because her Australian pronnounciation, but from all I understand it's hard to disagree with her. In depth knowledge of figure skating. You can see she knows all the details of top ISU events she never commentated that you understand she was passionate watcher. She knows her balance between proper admiratation and proper criticism.

Mark is so knowledgable of figure skating behind the scene and so prepared. She is also figure skating nerd with very on-the-point comments without need to excaberate any skater or thing that happened. But yeah, because of Scottish accent, I also don't undestand him all the time. But he is improving every competition .

 

[el henry]

The Frank Sinatra
"I Did It My Way"
award:

Jason Brown.

 

[DancingCactus]

- Jason Brown for coming back and being Jason Brown.
- Keegan having the best season of his life.
- Piper and Paul coming back after not looking great last season and absolutely slaying.
- Shoma and Kaori delivering under pressure.
- Yuzu for showing the non-skating world how great figure skating can be.
- The judges for mostly being reasonable and not handing PCS and GOE out like candy.
- Laurence F-B's skirt.
- Don't Cry for me Argentina for most persistent ear worm.

 

[Andrina]

Loena Hendrickx for getting a medal at all major events and showing that European figure skating is thriving.

Kaori Sakamoto and Chock Bates for a huge come-back after a rough season start.

Switzerland for getting two medals at once at Europeans.

Hawayek & Baker for being open about the issues they are coping with and showing example to other athletes.

 

[Jeanie19]

Loena Hendrickx for getting a medal at all major events and showing that European figure skating is thriving.

Kaori Sakamoto and Chock Bates for a huge come-back after a rough season start.

Switzerland for getting two medals at once at Europeans.

Hawayek & Baker for being open about the issues they are coping with and showing example to other athletes.

Welcome to Golden Skate. Post often.

 

[jgg220]

Belinda for calling out Morisi's quad "toe"
Belinda for calling out Shoma's "quad" flip
The Czech ice dancers for securing two (needed) spots and embracing ridiculous political voiceovers (not an insult)
Seeing Eteri with all of her justifiably brutally scored skaters at Worlds - and hopefully never seeing her again since I won't watch Russian events
Cypriot ice dancers for the last minute of their FD
Samuel Mindra at US Nationals

 

[4everchan]

Best colour of the year : Green - many nice outfits in green which is a colour that should be used more often in figure skating
Best skaters staying at home due to lack of spots : Lajoie-Lagha
Resilience award of the year : Piper and Paul, after a disastrous season, they came back and won everything... Piper had surgery, they came back and skated so well.
Best step sequence of the year : Adam SHF
Skate of their life awards : Kévin Aymoz LP at worlds
Best discovery for me : Lukas Britschgi ex aequo Sam Mindra
Best performance for a new team : Lia and Trennt
Best KnC reaction : Ryku at worlds
Best technical specialist : Shin Amano at Junior worlds
Most promising junior skater : Mao Shimada
Best national costuming : South Korea
Best crowd : Saitama
Coach of the year award : Marie-France Dubreuil AND Patrice Lauzon (Take that ISU, naming Patch is cool. but naming both of them was the right thing to do)
Best quad axel of the year : Ilia Malinin
Most daring skater : Inga Gurgenidze
Litetime achievement award : Keegan Messing
Most gorgeous people on and off the ice : Laurence and Nikolaj
Best program : Evita (Gilles Poirier) ex aequo Aria (Uno) In juniors : Red Violin (BB)
Best choreo element of the year : FBS 's character step
Best new rule of the year : the +Axel sequence FOR PAIRS especially
Nation with most improved results : Italy in pairs and dance, South Korea in singles.
Best choreographer : Carol Lane (gotta give it to her for the 4 wonderful programs she made for her teams)

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Best newcomers in junior ice dance: Ashlie Slatter & Atl Ongay-Perez

 

[yume]

Most emotional moment: Mai Mihara medalling at nats. That was a big win after so many health struggles and 4th/5th places that prevented her to go to WC (and olys). It was more special because 4 years ago, she couldn't compete at worlds in Saitama because of a 4th place (despite having perfect judges's scores). To see her bag her ticket was emotional.

 

[skatedreamer]

- Jason Brown for coming back and being Jason Brown.
- Keegan having the best season of his life.
- Piper and Paul coming back after not looking great last season and absolutely slaying.
- Shoma and Kaori delivering under pressure.
- Yuzu for showing the non-skating world how great figure skating can be.
- The judges for mostly being reasonable and not handing PCS and GOE out like candy.
- Laurence F-B's skirt.
- Don't Cry for me Argentina for most persistent ear worm.

Laurence’s skirt was absolutely stunning—can we give it a thread of its own?

But seriously, IMO that costume will be remembered as one of the all-time greats. Unforgettable!

 

[icewhite]

Best moustache: Le Gac
Best costume: Rizzo (FS) (yeah, I know, it is awful!! but I have learned to love it!)
Best event I didn't watch live: Men's FS worlds
Member with best skater in a profile pic: me
Favourite newcomers: Fiona Bombardier and Lia Pereira
Best win reaction: Semenenko (NC)
Most wholesome skate: Kaori's worlds' gala
Bravest costume choice: Loena
Acceptable Maria Program: Starostin
Acceptable Roxanne Program: Watanabe
Best 4A: Malinin

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Pffft, best 4A: my cat, closely followed by Ilia M.

 

[cake]

Best jump right on the music: Cha 4S (FS)
Best damage control after popped jump: Kaori 1F-3T
Completely-knocking-me-out-with-admiration-and-emotions : Mens FS at worlds
Best coach reaction: Wilson and Orser being in awe of Jason Browne after his skates

 

[elektra blue]

I am going for Belinda Noonan and Mark Hanrety for the best two co-annoncers of figure skating broadcast.

I dont call them commentating couple because they are not couple at all.
But for the first time this was pretty good.

Belinda is so on the point with every camera catch of the event. Ok, I don't undestand her like 1/3 times because her Australian pronnounciation, but from all I understand it's hard to disagree with her. In depth knowledge of figure skating. You can see she knows all the details of top ISU events she never commentated that you understand she was passionate watcher. She knows her balance between proper admiratation and proper criticism.

Mark is so knowledgable of figure skating behind the scene and so prepared. She is also figure skating nerd with very on-the-point comments without need to excaberate any skater or thing that happened. But yeah, because of Scottish accent, I also don't undestand him all the time. But he is improving every competition .

you forgot to mention our undeads...they might not like it

 

[TallyT]

- Keegan having the best season of his life.

Yep, and he has to split with Jason the 'Uncle? What Uncle?' of the Year Award.

- Yuzu for showing the non-skating world how great figure skating can be.

And for proving ice shows, even solo ice shows, can be really successful if done right, and the award for the biggest figure skating audience in history (to be fair, the only other possible contender, Henie, couldn't stream )

Also,Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara for best Kiss n Cry.

Minsol Kwon, The Most Adorable Person on any official ISU Rink, no contest.

Junhwan for being the Most Likely (now he's a world medallist and is growing up rather beautiful) to Break Out as a Star to the Public award.

Mai for being Mai. Mai and Piper/Paul for the Fightback When It Counted award.

The Korean girls for the best costumes in comp, and Yuzu for the best all round (even if the new ones were only worn for five minutes tops )

And a special award of my heart goes to Kōhei Uchimura for easily the most outstanding Let's Get On the Ice For the First Time Ever In Front of Umpteen Thousand People And Somehow Keep Our Dignity medal.

 

[4everchan]

Pffft, best 4A: my cat, closely followed by Ilia M.

I thought about your cat but then, your cat quadruple footed the landing

 

[skatedreamer]

I thought about your cat but then, your cat quadruple footed the landing

prove it: you got a replay?

@CrazyKittenLady, I'll help if you wanna appeal to the Tech Committee!

 

[Anna K.]

Can you ask the Tech Committee how much deduction the cat would get for a quadruplefooted quintuple?

I'm sorry, I'll get back on topic, I promise... But I just had to say it