Like the name says, skaters performed to rock ‘n’ roll music at this competition in technical and artistic programs. A panel of five celebrity judges, ranging from actors to gymnastics coaches, scored the skaters in the men’s and ladies disciplines. Pairs competed only at the 1996 competition.
[1998 (Skate TV)] [1997] [1996] [1995]
1998 Skate TV Championships
April 24, 1998 ~ Charleston, South Carolina
Ladies
1. Tara Lipinski, The World Is New, Oh Tara
2. Surya Bonaly, Spice Up Your Life, Land of 1,000 Dances
3. Oksana Baiul, Possession, Safe From Harm
4. Katarina Witt, Rescue Me, It’s a Man’s Man’s World
Men
1. Kurt Browning, Radar Love, Antares
2. Victor Petrenko, I’m Too Sexy, Girl/Dizzy Miss Lizzy
3. Vyacheslav Zagorodniuk, Men In Black, Tubthumping
4. Scott Williams, Walkin’ on the Sun, Jimmy Olson’s Blues
1997 Rock ‘N Roll Skating Championships
December 4, 1996 ~ Charleston, South Carolina
Ladies
1. Elizabeth Manley, I Will Survive, Call the Man
2. Kristi Yamaguchi, You’re Makin’ Me High, Teach Me How to Shimmy
3. Jill Trenary, These Boots Are Made For Walkin, You Learn
4. Josee Chouinard, No Quiero Saber, I Can’t Help Myself
5. Debi Thomas, Give Me One Reason, Proud Mary
Men
1. Scott Hamilton, Cuban Pete, Double Bogie Blues
2. Kurt Browning, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me, All Alone
3. Victor Petrenko, I’m Too Sexy, Red Rooster
4. Jozef Sabovcik, Slow and Easy, War
5. Gary Beacom, Crocodile Rock, You Shook Me
1996 Rock ‘N Roll Skating Championships
Televised January 16, 1996~ Charleston, South Carolina
Ladies
1. Kristi Yamaguchi, Heartbreak Hotel, It’s Oh So Quiet
2. Oksana Baiul, Nobody’s Business, Crazy
3. Katarina Witt, I’m the Only One, Dream With Your Name On It
Men
1. Scott Hamilton, Desperado, Hair
2. Kurt Browning, Lightning Crashes, Brick House
3. Jozef Sabovcik, Trapped, Fire
Pairs
1. Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, C’est La Vie, Devil With A Blue Dress On
2. Christine Hough & Doug Ladret, My Sharona, Body Language
3. Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini, Why’d You Lie?, One Night With You/Now Or Never
1995 Rock ‘N Roll Skating Championships
Televised January 17, 1995 ~ Memphis, Tennessee
Ladies
1. Oksana Baiul, Voice of Enigma/Sadeness, Rock n’ Roll Jive Bunny
2. Nancy Kerrigan, Pressure/Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me, Again/If
3. Katarina Witt, Yellow, Summertime
4. Rosalynn Sumners, The Wedding Song, True Love
5. Josee Chouinard, ?, Devil in Disguise
Men
1. Scott Hamilton, Walk This Way, I Love Me
2. Victor Petrenko, Cult of Snap, Let’s Twist Again
3. Mark Mitchell, ?, Born to be alive/Super Freak/YMCA
4. Gary Beacom, ?, I’m Your Man
