ISU Skating Awards 2025 - Live

[Karen-W]

Anyone else watching?

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[Jammers]

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Where is this taking place and is it live?

 

[overedge]

Where is this taking place and is it live?

It's streaming live on YouTube. But if you had enough of Tara and Johnny over the last few days, be warned that they are the hosts

 

[Karen-W]

Where is this taking place and is it live?

It's at the Worlds Gala Banquet - and yes, it is live.

ISU Figure Skating Awards- International Skating Union

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ISU Figure Skating Awards 2025: The Nominees are in!

The ISU Figure Skating Awards 2025 are fast approaching, and excitement is building! With votes from fans and media representatives now counted, the nominees for Most Entertaining Program, Best Costume, Best Newcomer, Best Choreographer, and Best Coach are officially revealed (see full list...

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Most Entertaining Program -
Junhwan Cha (KOR) brings the passion and emotional depth of Tango on to the ice with his Free Skating to “Balada para un loco” by Astor Piazzolla and Milva.

Ilia Malinin (USA) interprets “Running” by NF in his very contemporary and innovative Short Program, showing the different emotions of the song.

Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP) turned heads with their captivating Free Dance to “Dune” that takes the spectators right with them into a mysterious world.

Best Costume -
Junhwan Cha’s (KOR) red and black costume reflects perfectly the character of his tango Free Skating Program to “Balada para un loco” by Milva and Astor Piazzolla. It was designed by Ms. Kyongsool Bae.

Ilia Malinin (USA) impresses with his sophisticated costume for his Free Skating program to “I’m Not a Vampire” by Falling In Reverse. This costume, designed by Ms. Satomi Ito is very elaborate and full of details.

Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck’s (ESP) costumes look like they came right out of the movie “Dune” and are already as iconic as their Free Dance. Olivia Smart’s costume was designed by fellow Ice Dancer Madison Chock (USA) while Tim Dieck’s costume was created by Mathieu Caron.

Best Newcomer -
Sarah Everhadt (USA) performed consistently throughout the whole season, taking gold and silver medals in two Challenger events as well as placing fourth and fifth in her debut at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. She capped it off with a bronze medal at her first ISU Four Continents Championships this year.

Pair Skaters Ekaterina Geynish/Dmitri Chigirev (UZB) are newcomers on the international scene and claimed the silver medal in their very first ISU Grand Prix event Skate Canada 2024. The couple went on to win the Asian Winter Games and placed 8th at the ISU Four Continents Championships 2025.

Anna Pezzetta (ITA) drew attention with her excellent performances in her debut at the ISU European Championships 2025, coming fifth with a new personal best score.

Best Choreographer -
Shae-Lynn Bourne (CAN), a former competitive Ice Dancer and the 2003 ISU World Champion with partner Victor Kraatz, has choreographed the programs of Ilia Malinin and Junhwan Cha this season, among others. Bourne has won the Best Choreographer Figure Skating Award in 2020 and 2023. She was also nominated in 2024.

Stéphane Lambiel (SUI) is a two-time ISU World Champion and the 2006 Olympic silver medalist. He is known for his innovative choreography that he creates for his students. This season, he crafted the programs for Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT), Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA/Short Program) and Koshiro Shimada (JPN) for example. Lambiel was nominated for Best Choreographer in 2024 as well.

Benoît Richaud (FRA) competed in Ice Dance at the international level before turning to choreography. He has created programs for Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA), Loicia Demougeot/Theo Le Mercier (FRA), Nina Pinzarrone (BEL), Bradie Tennell (USA) and Chaeyeon Kim (KOR/Short Program) this season. Richaud won the ISU Figure Skating Award for Best Choreographer in 2024.

Best Coach -
Mie Hamada (JPN) has taught generations of successful athletes. She currently coaches at the Kansai University Skating Club in Takatsuki, Osaka in Japan. Her current students include three-time ISU World Junior Champion Mao Shimada, 2024 ISU Grand Prix Finalist Hana Yoshida, and 2024 ISU Grand Prix Final silver medalist Mone Chiba.

Michael Huth (GER) has led many athletes to the top. He currently works in Oberstdorf, Germany. His current students include 2025 ISU European Champion Lukas Britschgi (SUI), Kimmy Repond (SUI), Lea Serna (FRA) and Anastasia Brandenburg (SUI).

Tatiana Malinina (UZB) and her husband Roman Skorniakov (UZB) are former Olympic athletes. Malinina is the 1999 ISU Four Continents Champion and ISU Grand Prix Final Champion and the first to win any titles for Uzbekistan. They have been coaching their son Ilia Malinin from childhood and led him to the World title in 2024. They also coach Sarah Everhardt among others.

Skaters of the Year

Replacing the Most Valuable Skater award, this new category recognizes the top-performing Single Skater and Couple (Pairs or Ice Dance) of the season, determined by a points system based on results at ISU Grand Prix events, ISU Championships, and the ISU World Figure Skating Championships.

Lifetime Achievement Award - announced during the Gala Exhibition - Scott Hamilton

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors a Figure Skating legend having achieved great success and popularity and is considered as a role model for the Figure Skating World.

 

[Karen-W]

Best Costume goes to Smart/Dieck - I'm not sure why they have the skaters receiving the award rather than the designers, but okay, lol.

 

[honey]

Seems like maybe the designers of the costumes should also get an award for best costume

 

[barbk]

Seems like maybe the designers of the costumes should also get an award for best costume

...or have the skaters (who are there) accept it on behalf of the designer (who is typically not there).

 

[Karen-W]

Agree @honey - but, then again, Madi Chock already has two awards for Best Costume, so maybe she doesn't need another one on her mantle.

 

[Karen-W]

Best Choreographer - Shae-Lynn Bourne

 

[Karen-W]

Best Coach - Tatiana Malinina & Roman Skorniakov

Wow, I wasn't expecting them to win. I figured it would be Hamada.

And Tatiana is there to receive the award! Wonder if she was hiding at the hotel last night when Ilia skated, lol.

ETA - they are such a cute couple! And Roman gave a shoutout/thank you to Raf for his guidance & teaching them.

ETA2 - and they're also accepting in honor of the coaches lost on Flight 5342.

 

[honey]

LOL “I want to thank my wife - she has such a strong personality”

 

[Jammers]

Wow we actually see Ilia's mother live for once.

 

[victorskid]

Tatiana - we have been known as Ilia's parents - now we're coaches!!!

 

[Karen-W]

Most Entertaining Program - Ilia Malinin SP

WHAT??! I don't understand how Dune lost. Just sayin'...

ETA - not feeling Ilia's fashion choices tonight.

 

[Jammers]

Who even gets a vote for these awards?

 

[Karen-W]

Best Newcomers - Geynish/Chigirev

WTF?! Sorry, but y'all did not just rob Sarah Everhardt of the award she should have had?!

 

[Karen-W]

Who even gets a vote for these awards?

The fans vote for the semi-finalists.

The jury is made up of a representative from each of the 6 GP host feds & one special jury member. This year:

Kurt Browning CAN
Qing Peng CHN
Laura Lepisto FIN
Philippe Candeloro FRA
Miki Ando JPN
Kristi Yamaguchi USA
Vera Wang

 

[honey]

Gracie is absolutely stunning.

All of these video packages are at least a minute too long

 

[Karen-W]

Skaters of the Year (Couple) - Madison Chock/Evan Bates

ETA - that's quite a statement collar/pearl multi-strand choker necklace Madi has on, lol.

 

[overedge]

Who even gets a vote for these awards?

Johnny explained it at the start of the stream, which was an opportunity for him to show off how he can pronounce all those names with the flourish of "appropriate" accents pretentious twit.

Some of the awards are chosen by fan vote, but I can't remember seeing anything asking for votes.

 

[Karen-W]

Johnny explained it at the start of the stream, which was an opportunity for him to show off how he can pronounce all those names with the flourish of "appropriate" accents pretentious twit.

Some of the awards are chosen by fan vote, but I can't remember seeing anything asking for votes.

The fans and media voted on the Nominees - I'm not sure how they weighted the votes.

ISU Figure Skating Awards 2025 List of Candidates

The long list of candidates selected for the ISU Figure Skating Awards 2025 is open to the public and media vote from March 3rd to 9th 2025 via the online voting platform. The full list of candidates is available below in alphabetical order. Best Costume Honors the Single Skater or Pair or...

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[Karen-W]

Skater (Single Skating) of the Year - Ilia Malinin

He's back up there, maybe should have taken the trench coat with the wide cape collar/hood off, lol.

 

[honey]

I’m going to keep my comments with exactly the amount of depth and seriousness that these awards carry.

I really love Tara’s outfit. Now pondering when I might have such an occasion to wear that little flared leather skirt.

 

[victorskid]

Johnny explained it at the start of the stream, which was an opportunity for him to show off how he can pronounce all those names with the flourish of "appropriate" accents pretentious twit.

Some of the awards are chosen by fan vote, but I can't remember seeing anything asking for votes.

There were announcements by the ISU on social media. I voted

 

[overedge]

There were announcements by the ISU on social media. I voted

That's why I didn't see it. I don't follow the ISU on the socials because their accounts are lame.

 

[Sonata]

Massimo Scali choreographed two of the world champions’ winning programs and he’s not nominated? Maybe next year?

 

[nlloyd]

Surprised Mie Hamada was a nominated for best coach. She seems to have come through all the controversy relatively unscathed.

 

[On My Own]

Surprised Mie Hamada was a nominated for best coach.

Really? I'm not, they nominated Eteri IIRC, and she won, also IIRC.

As an aside, I'm loling at Cha's Piazzolla program being called emotionally deep.

 

[Panja]

Haven't seen it as I was asleep at the time (I believe it was 5 am for me). But, looking at the pictures already shown, was it just a kind of red carpet thing with no skating? I don't care who got an award but at least in earlier years there was something shown of Art on Ice with skating in it. If I am correct, is it just a cheap version of the Oscars or something?

 

[victorskid]

The awards were presented at the venue where the Closing Banquet was held. It was streamed live on the ISU YouTube channel and the video is still available to watch there.
It all lasted less than an hour and folks sitting in the comfy chairs were encouraged to return to dancing and drinking (by Johnny).

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