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that's not going to happen, sadly and everyone will believe that italian music is limited to Caruso, Il Volo and Bocelli
2026 Olympic Season | Music Suggestions
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that's not going to happen, sadly and everyone will believe that italian music is limited to Caruso, Il Volo and Bocelli
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Oh, like Nessun Dorma! Nobody will be doing that nor has done that one, I don’t think?
Espresso Machiato. It’s camp and perfect for going viral during the Olympics. Come on Kevin!
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i second thisOh, like Nessun Dorma! Nobody will be doing that nor has done that one, I don’t think?
Espresso Machiato. It’s camp and perfect for going viral during the Olympics. Come on Kevin!
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i second this
I mean, it is Estonian and could totally picture one of the Selevkos pulling it off!
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It's going to feel weird to have another Winter Olympics in Italy. 20 years since the new scoring system got implemented at its first Olympics, in Italy.
I guarantee none of the 2026 programs will match the artistic height of Sasha Cohen's 2006 programs or Arakawa's long program or various programs from Lambiel/Savoie/Weir/Takahashi, or even Plushenko's pure showmanship.
I guarantee none of the 2026 programs will match the artistic height of Sasha Cohen's 2006 programs or Arakawa's long program or various programs from Lambiel/Savoie/Weir/Takahashi, or even Plushenko's pure showmanship.
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mio amore mio amore cactus macchiato macchiato macchiato por favoreI mean, it is Estonian and could totally picture one of the Selevkos pulling it off!
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Uh, to each their own, but Plushenko's 2006 long "program" was one of the worst programs to win an Olympic gold. Jump fest for the most part. High energy footwork to start but then by the end of it he was basically just having a cakewalk (and then spazzed out before the final spin). He didn't even finish the program with any sort of ending pose, just was like "There, I'm done... I did it... give me the gold."
Credit where it's due though - he delivered technically and was the only one with two clean/close-to-clean programs (just a 2F was the only error). He delivered technically while nobody else stepped up and the scores show that very overtly. But he is also extremely fortunate that the field was technically very subpar to begin with/played it super safe (no 3A attempts for Lambiel) or made costly mistakes (Joubert / Weir's FS), or both (Takahashi's safe SP and Zayak-y FS). Other than 2014, it was the sloppiest men's field at an Olympics - although in 2014 the requirements for levels and transitions were way more complex than in 2006 at the relative start of IJS.
The judges also were compelled to side with Plushenko too with the highest PCS in both programs - on some level I can't really fault them since Plushenko was the only one who actually showed up. The judges had no choice but to award him the highest artistry marks (only clean SP with a quad, and one of the only ones to even remotely deliver technically in the FS)... even if they had marked his PCS appropriately, he still would (and should) have won.
The one significant kudos (especially in the context of this thread) that worked very well for Plushenko was MUSIC choice. The Godfather was perfect for him because it's all about swagger and confidence - it doesn't require clean lines/soft hands/extension/elegance, and thematically fit his brand of artistry. Finesse isn't his strong suit and he delivered programs that played to his strengths, which is how you win. He also gets credit for picking a piece that is a signature (and not a warhorse) - which is basically exclusive to him.
But there are several skaters who can and likely will deliver way better artistry than Plushenko's 2006 program did. Malinin is way more exciting to watch, the French Adam and Kevin are superb, exciting performer,s Jason Brown if he's there will surely deliver way more exciting and exquisite a program even if it won't technically match Plushenko's 2006 output due to (still) a lack of quads. Nobody can deliver Lambiel's spins or Takahashi's interpretation (other than maybe Jason) but that's not to say they will be artistic duds (although I get that the whole "figure skating artistry is dead" is your brand and all, regardless of how the field skates).
As far as artistic heights - I mean, nobody might match Arakawa's artistry but they probably won't be matching her FOUR donut spins either, lol. But while they were artistically superb, they also played it technically safe... no 3-3s other than Meissner/Gedevanishvili. Arakawa won with just 5 triples even though she showed herself in practice to be very capable of more than that. She was, like Plushenko, also fortunate that her main competitors didn't bring the heat in the FS - Cohen fell twice, Slutskaya doubled and fell (her worst scoring competition of that Olympic season), and of course Mao wasn't allowed to compete yet.
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Would like that someone reuse this spanish gypsy music from Caroline Zhang, this music was so cool !
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