To tell you the truth what probably shocks old judges about V&M's Carmen program is how gymnastic all 3 of the non choreographic lifts are, and it may bother them that Tessa does some kind of flip to sit on Scott's shoulders, which (sitting on shoulders) is supposed to be against the rules. The appearance of pairs or of gymnastics was very frowned upon by dance judges back in the day. (1980s/1990s) Even T&D got critiqued about it in 1994 between Euros & Olympics.
U&Z did a lot more explicit sex on ice than V&M do in Carmen. So for that matter, did Bestemianova & Bukin in their Carmen.