For the third year, we hosted our own fan awards, a first round where fans could make their submissions for the categories and a second round where they could vote on the top results. This year we added two more categories to make a total of 25 categories. The YouTube stream of the awards announcements is available here.
Favourite Junior Women’s Performance
- Kaoruko Wada (Free Skate: Titanic) [5.0%]
- Jia Shin (Short Program: Adios Nonino) [13.5%]
- Anna Pezzetta (Short Program: Firebird Suite) [15.3%]
- Mao Shimada (Free Skate: Mado Kara Mieru)) [15.5%]
- Mao Shimada (Short Program: Defying Gravity) [23.5%]
- Jia Shin (Free Skate: Liebestraum) [27.1%]
Favourite Junior Men’s Performance
- Adam Hagara (Free Skate: James Bond) [9.1%]
- Matias Lindfors (Free Skate: Dune) [9.9%]
- Rio Nakata (Short Program: Aroul/Uccen) [13.3%]
- Minkyu Seo (Short Program: Moonlight Sonata) [14.5%]
- Adam Hagara (Short Program: Another Love) [15.0%]
- Rio Nakata (Free Skate: Pirates of the Caribbean) [38.2%]
Favourite Junior Pairs Performance
- Jiaxuan Zhang & Yihang Huang (Free Skate: All For One) [8.8%]
- Anastasiia Metelkina & Luka Berulava (Free Skate: A Necessary End) [11.8%]
- Oxana Vouillamoz & Tom Bouvart (Short Program: The Mask) [12.6%]
- Olivia Flores & Luke Wang (Free Skate: The Lion King) [19.4%]
- Romane Telemaque & Lucas Coulon (Free Skate: Breathing Under Water/Mephisto’s Lullaby) [21.1%]
- Sofiia Holichenko & Artem Darenskyi (Free Skate: Cosmic Love) [26.3%]
Favourite Junior Ice Dance Performance
- Noemi Maria Tali & Noah Lafornara (Rhythm Dance: Bee Gees) [11.1%]
- Gina Zehnder & Beda Leon Sieber (Free Dance: Edward Scissorhands) [14.9%]
- Noemi Maria Tali & Noah Lafornara (Free Dance: Love Story) [20.2%]
- Darya Grimm & Michail Savitskiy (Free Dance: Adagio) [22.7%]
- Hana Maria Aboian & Daniil Veselukhin (Free Dance: Mozart medley) [31.1%]
Favourite Senior Women’s Performance
- Alysa Liu (Free Skate: MacArthur Park Suite) [6.3%]
- Niina Petrokina (Free Skate: Dune) [6.9%]
- Wakaba Higuchi (Free Skate: Nature Boy/Running Up That Hill) [11.9%]
- Kaori Sakamoto (Free Skate: All That Jazz) [12.5%]
- Alysa Liu (Short Program: Promise [62.4%]
Favourite Senior Men’s Performance
- Adam Siao Him Fa (Short Program: SOS d’unterrien en détresse) [5.9%]
- Ilia Malinin (Free Skate: I’m Not A Vampire) [10.6%]
- Deniss Vasiljevs (Free Skate: La Bayadere) [13.3%]
- Junhwan Cha (Free Skate: Balada para un Loco) [19.8%]
- Mikhail Shaidorov (Free Skate: Moonlight Sonata/Take On Me) [50.4%]
Favourite Senior Pairs Performance
- Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara (Free Skate: Adios) [6.8%]
- Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii (Short Program: Carmen) [7.2%]
- Alisa Efimova & Misha Mitrofanov (Free Skate: Je Suis Malade) [10.6%]
- Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara (Short Program: Paint It Black) [12.5%]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase & Nikita Volodin (Free Skate: Four Seasons) [63.0%]
Favourite Senior Ice Dance Performance
- Leah Neset & Artem Markelov (Free Dance: My Love Will Never Die/Hold Your Breath/Gloria Regali) [2.1%]
- Phebe Bekker & James Hernandez (Free Dance: James Bond) [4.4%]
- Madison Chock & Evan Bates (Free Dance: Take Five) [7.4%]
- Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (Free Dance: A Whiter Shade of Pale/Air on the G String) [9.4%]
- Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck (Free Dance: Dune) [17.6%]
- Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis (Free Dance: Bewitched/Obcy Astronom) [59.1%]
Best Junior Newcomer
- Jiarui Li [4.7%]
- Shuxian Jin [11.0%]
- Sena Takahashi [19.2%]
- Veronika Kim [22.5%]
- Kaoruko Wada [42.7%]
Best Senior Newcomer
- Ekaterina Geynish & Dmitrii Chigirev [5.1%]
- Leah Neset & Artem Markelov [6.7%]
- Sofja Stepcenko [8.0%]
- Hyungyeom Kim [14.0%]
- Yu-Hsiang Li [17.3%]
- Sarah Everhardt [48.9%]
Best Choreography
- Adam Siao Him Fa – Short Program: Benoit Richaud [7.7%]
- Rino Matsuike – Free Skate: Lori Nichol [10.8%]
- Deniss Vasiljevs – Free Skate: Stéphane Lambiel & Vadim Muntagirov [11.9%]
- Alysa Liu – Short Program: Massimo Scali [13.1%]
- Junhwan Cha – Free Skate: Shae-Lynn Bourne [22.2%]
- Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis – Free Dance: Massimo Scali [34.3%]
Best Costume
- Wakaba Higuchi (Free Skate) [4.6%]
- Ilia Malinin (Free Skate – Version 2) [6.2%]
- Ilia Malinin (Free Skate – Version 1) [8.8%]
- Nina Pinzarrone (Free Skate) [9.8%]
- Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck (Free Dance) [21.5%]
- Junhwan Cha (Free Skate) [49.1%]
Best Hair
- Alysa Liu (Free Skate) [9.8%]
- Kaori Sakamoto (Free Skate) [14.3%]
- Alysa Liu (Short Program) [14.4%]
- Amber Glenn (Free Skate [29.5%]
- Hannah Lim (Free Dance) [32.1%]
Best Makeup
- Yuka Orihara (Free Dance) [14.0%]
- Lara Naki Gutmann (Free Skate) [16.7%]
- Madison Chock (Free Dance) [18.5%]
- Amber Glenn (Short Program) [24.6%]
- Phebe Bekker (Rhythm Dance) [26.1%]
Best Performance to a Warhorse
- Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii (Short Program: Carmen) [7.2%]
- Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko (Free Dance: Carmen) [13.8%]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase & Nikita Volodin (Free Skate: Four Seasons) [13.9%]
- Yuna Aoki (Short Program: Adios Nonino) [14.3%]
- Wakaba Higuchi (Short Program: Dune [50.8%]
Most Improved
- Kevin Aymoz [7.1%]
- Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck [15.5%]
- Amber Glenn [15.5%]
- Alysa Liu [16.8%]
- Mikhail Shaidorov [45.1%]
Best Music Choice
- Wesley Chiu (Short Program: 1812 Overture) [2.5%]
- Yuka Orihara & Juho Pirinen (Free Dance: A Chorus Line) [12.1%]
- Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck (Free Dance: Dune) [13.5%]
- Alysa Liu (Short Program: Promise [25.1%]
- Junhwan Cha (Free Skate: Balada para un Loco) [46.8%]
Most Surprising Medal
- Niina Petrokina (Europeans) [14.1%]
- Lukas Britschgi (Europeans) [15.4%]
- Jimmy Ma (4CC) [17.5%]
- Junhwan Cha (Asian Winter Games) [23.3%]
- Alysa Liu (Worlds) [29.7%]
Favourite Underdog
- Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis [13.1%]
- Rino Matsuike [13.4%]
- Alysa Liu [19.8%]
- Deniss Vasiljevs [26.3%]
- Mikhail Shaidorov [27.4%]
Best Kiss n Cry Moment
- Amber Glenn GPdF Short Program score (2.7%]
- Niina Petrolina winning Europeans [10.9%]
- Kevin Aymoz at Skate America [11.2%]
- Amber Glenn winning GPF (others doing her end pose) [13.9%]
- Mikhail Shaidorov winning silver at Worlds [14.2%]
- Alysa Liu & Kaori Sakamoto at Worlds [47.1%]
Best Kiss n Cry Decor
- Amlactin bottles at Skate America [11.4%]
- NHK Trophy [13.8%]
- World Championships [23.3%]
- Team Italy at World Team Trophy [25.4%]
- Four Continents [26.1%]
Best Coach Kiss n Cry Outfit
- Angelique Abachkina (Skate America) [7.6%]
- Benoit Richaud (Worlds) [15.9%]
- Bruno Marcotte (pigtails at World Team Trophy) [21.7%]
- Tatiana Malinina (World Team Trophy) [26.0%]
- Stéphane Lambiel (Cup of China) [28.8%]
Best Non-Competitive Performance
- Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii (Black Swan/Run The World) [6.2%]
- Ilia Malinin (To Build A Home) [14.3%]
- Niina Petrokina (Cell Block Tango) [19.7%]
- Junhwan Cha (Mr/Mme) [25.1%]
- Maxim Naumov (Город, которого нет (The City That Doesn’t Exist)) [34.7%]
Best Hobbies in ISU Bio
- Pagiel Yie Ken Sng (crying to K-Dramas & J-dramas) [4.5%]
- Vladimir Samoilov (double lutz) [6.8%]
- Michail Savitskiy (figuring out what rhymes with ‘orange’) [15.1%]
- Yuka Orihara (learning can language from her three cats) [17.1%]
- Anthony Paradis (being a fashion icon, slaying all day everyday, dancing) [20.5%]
- Evgeniia Lopareva (existential crises) [36.1%]
Best Competition
- 4CC [7.6%]
- World Team Trophy [10.8%]
- Asian Winter Games [14.1%]
- Europeans [26.5%]
- Worlds [41.0%]
Photo credit: International Skating Union, U.S. Figure Skating, Verit, Klaudia, Naomi, and Tim Clayton (Getty Images)
