ISU Figure skating Awards

[skatingguy]

Best Newcomer:

Anastaia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopouls Moore
Chaeyeon Kim
Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek
Nina Pinazarrone
Kimmy Repond
Rion Sumiyoshi
Hana Yoshida
Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik

 

[skatingguy]

Most Valuable Skater:

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Loena Hendrick
Ilia Malinin
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Kaori Sakamoto
Adam Siao Him Fa
Shoma Uno

 

[skatingguy]

Best Costume:

Xiangyi An
Short Program
Designed by: Sophie Thomas (Astraee Atelier) and Ms. Zhang (Xiangyi's mom)

Lukas Britschgi
Free Skating
Designed by: Severine Van Deysne

Mone Chiba
Free Skating
Designed by: Satomi Ito

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Free Dance
Designed by: Madison Chock

Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson
Free Dance
Designed by: Sophie Whittam (Fight Label)

Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini
Short Program
Designed by: Matteo Tolve

Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri
Rhythm Dance
Desgined by: Maria Luigia Zocchi, Denise Pelligro

Loena Hendrickx
Free Skating
Designed by: Loena & Jorik Hnedrickx, Adam Solya

Loena Hendrickx
Short Program
Designed by: Loena & Jorik Hendrcikx & Adam Solya

Mana Kawabe
Short Program
Designed by: Mathieu Carron

Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha
Free Dance
Designed by: Mathieu Carron

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac
Free Dance
Designed by: Philippe Masse

Haein Lee
Short Program
Designed by: Yu Mi Kim (Edgeplus)

Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud
Short Program
Designed by: Libby Smith

Kimmy Repond
Free Skating
Designed by: Rest Dance

Mikhail Shaidorov
Free Skating
Designed by: Svetlana Gatchinskaia (Atelier Arrovana)

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps
Short Program
Designed by: Maggie Dube (Xpression)

Rion Sumiyoshi
Free Skating
Designed by: Satomi Ito

Shoma Uno
Free Skating
Designed by: Hiromi Watanabe

Hana Yoshida
Short Program
Designed by: TBA

 

[skatingguy]

Most Entertaining Program:

Kevin Aymox
Men Free Skating

Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise
Pairs Free Skating

Lukas Britschgi
Men Free Skating

Jason Brown
Men Free Skating

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Ice Dance Free Dance

Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson
Ice Dance Free Dance

Rebecca Ghilardi/Filippo Ambrosini
Pairs Free Skating

Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Amber Glenn
Women Short Program

Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Loena Hendrickx
Women Short Program

Yuma Kagiyama
Men Short Program

Majorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha
Ice Dance Rhythm Dance

Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac
Ice Dance Free Dance

Ilia Malinin
Men Short Program

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Pairs Free Skating

Kaori Sakamoto
Women Free Skating

Adam Siao Him Fa
Men Free Skating

Shoma Uno
Men Free Skating

 

[skatingguy]

Best Choreographer:

Shae-Lynn Bourne
Samuel Chouinard
Marie-France Dubreuil
Romain Haguenauer
Stephane Lambiel
Julie Marcotte
Benoit Richaud
Adam Solya

 

[skatingguy]

Best Coach:

Barbara Fusar Poli
Romain Haguenauer
Mie Hamada
Michael Huth
Stephane Lambiel
Patrice Lauzon
Sonoko Nakano

 

[skatingguy]

It seems like a lot of top US skaters don't care about 4ccs, Nathan went once and won and then never went back and he wasn't the only 1 that did similar.

4ccs from the US perspective is basically a consolation prize for not being on the Worlds or Olympic (if applicable) team

It certainly is in Olympic years, but generally the pairs, and ice dancers go, but the singles skaters are a little less reliable. Rafael Arutyunyan coached skaters don't tend to go very often.

 

[4everchan]

thanks @skatingguy for sharing the voting options.. I won't bother but I had a good laugh at some of these, especially Catteo : ) Gosh, I have been a fan of Guarise for a decade but this LP is something else.

 

[skatingguy]

thanks @skatingguy for sharing the voting options.. I won't bother but I had a good laugh at some of these, especially Catteo : ) Gosh, I have been a fan of Guarise for a decade but this LP is something else.

After trying repeatedly to find a list I finally just decided I had to create them.

 

[DancingCactus]

Did they really nominate G/F's horrible RD costumes for best costume? Are they blind?

 

[reader3]

Here's the link for voting: https://www.isu-skating-awards.com/

 

[icewhite]

Did they really nominate G/F's horrible RD costumes for best costume? Are they blind?

They do stand out...
I think overall the costume nominations are better than the other ones. There are some I don't understand, others I'm missing, but at least it's not a complete miss like the "most entertaining program" category in which many of the most interesting and best programs this season are missing.
Best choreographer is also a riddle to me. They should at least have taken in Kaitlyn Weaver, who, apart from Richaud, worked on some of the most interesting programs this season. I hope this is only due to the fact that she's new and some of her programs are cooperations and that she will soon be a name to be thought of, because I find her work enriching.

 

[hop456]

I'm pretty sure the lifetime achievement and special achievement awards are at the discretion of the judging panel, there wasn't a public vote for those awards in past years either. I suppose it's similar to lifetime achievement awards in other industries...

Thank you that makes sense!

 

[Jeanie19]

Here's the link for voting: https://www.isu-skating-awards.com/

I just voted.

 

[Rebecca Moose]

why are we doing this now? they should do this in the spring/summer, after the season ends.

and i'm sorry but that "most entertaining program" category is BLEAK.

 

[ladyjane]

They've been held, and here's the list of the winners:

Best newcomer: Hana Yoshida (shooting star)
Most valuable skater: Ilia Malinin (for presence on social media mostly)
Best Costume: Loena Hendrickx (for the SP)
Best coach: Mie Hamada
Most entertaining programme: Adam Siao Him Fa (FS)
Best choreographer: Benoit Richaud
Lifetime Achivement Award: Brian Orser
Special achievement award: Deanna Stellato-Dudek (inspiration by way of her age)

As usual tending towards single skaters (no ID couple winning anything and only one pair skater), at least a bit more of a Japanese presence this time though I find it odd that Shoma who has also made the sport popular (also with a big Social media presence) didn't win anything.

 

[icewhite]

I wish it had been Kevin, but okay. Adam's is not as good in my opinion, but still a very good program.

But. Mie Hamada? Really? After neither Eteri nor Alina Gorbacheva's coach was available they just had to award the next coach with the worst reputation in terms of treatment of their students in line? I'm sure there are others who are just as abusive, but with the reputation that Hamada has the signal that is sent is again absolutely horrible. And what are these awards for if not to send signals?

At least Richaud got his award, too, and I'm happy Orser got his one, although I wish he had gotten the coaching award instead.

 

[rabidline]

though I find it odd that Shoma who has also made the sport popular (also with a big Social media presence) didn't win anything.

He's a lot less active on social media compared to Ilia. Personally I'm glad he wasn't selected for the win.

Deanna with the Special Achievement Award is pretty cool.

 

[DancingCactus]

Eh. It's not like these awards are worth anything, but the winners are so random. Ice Dance doesn't exist I guess?

 

[noskates]

I found this program on YouTube and found it kind of cheesy, actually. There were so many skaters and so many programs, etc, that seemed to be left out of the voting. I was even surprised to see the likes of Surya Bonaly and Miki Ando supposedly on the judges board. Whaaaat? Kurt, as always, was charming and I especially appreciated his praise for Jason Brown.