2026 Four Continents Championships Gala

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Kazuki TOMONO (JPN) finishing off the first half wearing a purple shirt and black trousers.

Skating to "Don't Fall In Love" by Wake Child. Haven't heard this song before, but I love it!!!

Sorry, I forgot, I'm not supposed to fall in love.

I loved the skating too!

A great way to take us into the interval!

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I am fascinated how that purple top Kazuki is wearing looks blue on TV.

And it's not just the Gala lighting. I've been getting my purples and blues mixed up all week!

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MY KIDS IN THE HIGHLIGHTS!!!

Oh, my goodness! I just realised that they are going to be skating in the next half of the Gala! That hadn't twigged with me!

Am I thick?! Of course they are going to be in the Gala! They won for goodness sake!

I wonder what they have got up their sleeves for an exhibition programme.

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Confession: I watched the "Barbie" film a few weeks ago to see what all the fuss was about.

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If it counts for anything I haven't seen it at all. Much as I like Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

You're better off keeping it that way!

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Just to expand.

I have loved Margot Robbie since her days on "Neighbours". With Ryan Gosling, I think the only other thing I have seen that he is in is "La La Land". And I loved it.

Why on Earth they agreed to appear in that load of claptrap, never mind play the main characters in it, I will never understand!

It has ruined their credibility!

And surely at this stage of ther careers, their credibility is more important than the money.

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We're back!

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JIN Shuxian (CHN) skating to "Golden" from "KPop Demon Hunters". First time hearing this song.

She is wearing a white (or maybe silver) tied up blouse, blue denim shorts, and white socks.

Well, she was having fun out there!

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Roman SADOVSKY (CAN) skating to "Standing Next To You" by Jung Kook

He is wearing a black shirt with white areas on it, and black trousers.

He took us to the disco there now, but he was clearly painting the ceiling during the break between the Men's FS and the Gala!

That was fun.

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Two K-Pop Demon Hunter Programs. I still haven't seen that movie.

If I didn't feel old before, I really do now!

 

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Roman SADOVSKY (CAN) skating to "Standing Next To You" by Jung Kook

He is wearing a black shirt with white areas on it, and black trousers.

He took us to the disco there now, but he was clearly painting the ceiling during the break between the Men's FS and the Gala!

That was fun.

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Hahahaha. I can't unsee that visual now.

 

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LEE Haein (KOR) was wearing traditional (male) Korean dress. And holding a black fan. But the music was anything but traditional.

Ah, it's more music from "KPop Demon Hunters". Specifically "Your Idol" and "This Is What It Sounds Like". Hadn't heard them before either.

As I suspected, there was a costume change coming. A matching white (or is it blue?) bra top and skirt, with a gold belt.

Well, that was different.

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Really enjoyed seeing Roman Sadovsky unleashing his funky side earlier!

 

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JIN Boyang (CHN) wearing a reddish / orangey shirt, and black trousers.

Skating to "Growing Toward The Sun" by Hua Chenyu.

(Strange seeing the graphic having Boyang's surname second and Chenyu's surname first. It just confirms that the ISU haven't a clue about Chinese name order).

I really loved everything about that programme.

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Short Queen and King. Ooooooooooooona and Gage Brown bringing back the 1970s.

 

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Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN (USA) skating to "Get Up Off Of That Thing" by James Brown, with another song that I didn't know in the middle.

Oona wearing a dress where the top half is burgundy with white stars, and the bottom half is black. Gage wearing a burgundy top with white stars, and black trousers.

That was fun. They were really going for it!

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How the skaters are able to land triples with those distracting spotlights, let alone being able to see the ice, does my head in.

 

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Ami Nakai is such a gifted performer.

 

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Ami NAKAI (JPN) wearing a beautiful red dress and matching red gloves.

Skating to "Don't You Worry About A Thing" by Tori Kelly. Another song I don't know, but I liked it!

Ooooh. Ami lying down on the ice reminded me so much of the time where Liza Tuktamysheva did the same thing when wearing a red dress. And I loved it so much that I made an avatar of it!

I really enjoyed this programme of Ami's too!

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CHA Junhwan (KOR) wearing a white shirt with tassels, and black trousers.

Skating to "Not A Dream" by Song Sohee. (And this time the graphics had the surname second for both skater and singer, when it should be first for Korean names).

That was beautiful.

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Eh? We are getting a black and white backstage video from Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS (USA).

Ah, it is showing Michael walking to the ice, where Caroline is waiting for him.

Except, they didn't actually join up until a good while after the actual music started.

Don't know what the music was during the video. But they were skating to "With One Look" from "Sunset Boulevard"

Caroline is wearing a black dress, while Michael is wearing a white vest and black trousers.

The programme itself was good. But the video was over-doing it.

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Ah, into the winners now.

Yuna AOKI (JPN) wearing a red dress with gold pattern, and skating to "Where Is My Husband?" by Raye.

The song was a total mess. But the skating was absolutely brilliant!

She was really enjoying herself out there.

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