For the second 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 23 categories. The YouTube stream of the awards announcements is available here.
Favourite Junior Women’s Performance
- Ikura Kushida (Short Program: Red Violin) [4.2%]
- Anastasia Brandenburg (Free Skate: Ne Me Quitte Pas) [8.5%]
- Rena Uezono (Free Skate: Pray/Mechanisms) [13.9%]
- Mao Shimada (Free Skate: Benedictus) [22.6%]
- Jia Shin (Free Skate: Not About Angels) [50.7%]
Favourite Junior Men’s Performance
- Yanhao Li (Free Skate: Garde Confiance) [7.1%]
- Minkyu Seo (Free Skate: Notre Dame de Paris) [20.9%]
- Adam Hagara (Short Program: Another Love) [21.5%]
- Rio Nakata (Free Skate: James Bond) [22.3%]
- Minkyu Seo (Short Program: Flower Dance) [28.2%]
Favourite Junior Pairs Performance
- Anastasiia Metelkina & Luka Berulava (Short Program: Summertime) [11.7%]
- Anastasiia Metelkina & Luka Berulava (Free Skate: The Millionaire Waltz) [14.6%]
- Violetta Sierova & Ivan Khobta (Free Skate: Bird Set Free) [15.5%]
- Olivia Flores & Luke Wang (Free Skate: Star Wars) [27.1%]
- Olivia Flores & Luke Wang (Short Program: Once Upon A December) [31.1%]
Favourite Junior Ice Dance Performance
- Gina Zehnder & Beda Leon Sieber (Rhythm Dance: Race/Joe le Taxi) [11.3%]
- Layla Veillon & Alexander Brandys (Free Dance: Charlie Chaplin] [12.6%]
- Leah Neset & Artem Markelov (Free Dance: Anytime, Anywhere/Cry) [17.4%]
- Leah Neset & Artem Markelov (Rhythm Dance: Still Loving You/ I Hate Myself For Loving You) [17.6%]
- Darya Grimm & Michail Savitskiy (Rhythm Dance: Electric Light Orchestra medley) [19.4%]
- Darya Grimm & Michail Savitskiy (Free Dance: Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso/Habanera) [21.8%]
Favourite Senior Women’s Performance
- Wakaba Higuchi (Free Skate: Fix You) [6.6%]
- Amber Glenn (Free Skate: Exogenesis Symphony) [13.3%]
- Loena Hendrickx (Short Program: Im nin’alu/Living For Love) [15%]
- Kaori Sakamoto (Free Skate: Wild is the Wind/Feeling Good) [29.3%]
- Haein Lee (Short Program: Seirenes) [35.7%]
Favourite Senior Men’s Performance
- Ilia Malinin (Short Program: Malaguena) [12%]
- Deniss Vasiljevs (Free Skate: The Lion King) [17.1%
- Adam Siao Him Fa (Free Skate: Departure/The Quality of Mercy/Refuge) [20.3%]
- Shoma Uno (Short Program: I Love You Kung Fu/Clair de Lune) [21.8%]
- Junhwan Cha (Short Program: Masquerade Waltz) [28.9%]
Favourite Senior Pairs Performance
- Sara Conti & Niccolo Macii (Short Program: Oblivion) [12.8%]
- Annika Hocke & Robert Kunkel (Short Program: I Love Rock N’ Roll/Voulez-Vous) [13.1%]
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (Short Program: Oxygene) [19.3%]
- Minerva Fabienne Hase & Nikita Volodin (Short Program: Stay) [21%]
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (Free Skate: Interview With A Vampire) [33.9%]
Favourite Senior Ice Dance Performance
- Emilea Zingas & Vadym Kolesnik (Rhythm Dance: Michael Jackson medley) [5.5%]
- Juulia Turkkila & Matthias Versluis (Free Dance: Mass/Loss) [11.5%]
- Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri (Free Dance: Emily/The Crimson Wing/The Theory of Everything/The Dressmaker) [13.1%]
- Hannah Lim & Ye Quan (Free Dance: Umbrellas of Cherbourg) [34.1%]
- Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (Free Dance: Wuthering Heights) [35.9%]
Best Junior Newcomer
- Dania Mouaden & Theo Bigot [6.7%]
- Elina Goidina [9.7%]
- Olivia Flores & Luke Wang [19.3%]
- Yu-Feng Tsai [23%]
- Rena Uezono [41.3%]
Best Senior Newcomer
- Nikolaj Memola [14.5%]
- Hana Yoshida [14.7%]
- Mone Chiba [15.2%]
- Chaeyeon Kim [24.5%]
- Hannah Lim & Ye Quan [31.1%]
Best Choreography
- Ayumi Shibayama – Free Skate: Kaitlyn Weaver [3.9%]
- Lindsay Thorngren – Short Program: Sandra Bezic [8.1%]
- Junhwan Cha – Short Program: Shae-Lynn Bourne [8.7%]
- Jia Shin – Free Skate: David Wilson [16.1%]
- Junhwan Cha – Free Skate: Shae-Lynn Bourne [16.3%]
- Yuma Kagiyama – Free Skate: Lori Nichol [17.4%]
- Shoma Uno – Short Program: Stephane Lambiel [29.6%]
Best Costume
- Junhwan Cha (Short Program) [8.8%]
- Madison Chock & Evan Bates (Free Dance) [11.5%]
- Junhwan Cha (Free Skate) [16%]
- Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha (Free Dance) [16.3%]
- Shoma Uno (Short Program) [16.4%]
- Haein Lee (Short Program) [31%]
Best Hair
- Christina Carreira (Rhythm Dance) [7%]
- Ilia Malinin (Free Skate) [9.2%]
- Madison Chock (Rhythm Dance) [13.2%]
- Junhwan Cha [34.3%]
- Loicia Demougeot (Free Dance) [36.3%]
Best Makeup
- Yuka Orihara (Rhythm Dance) [12.7%]
- Marie-Jade Lauriault (Free Dance) [15.4%]
- Charlene Guignard (Rhythm Dance) [17.6%]
- Madison Chock (Rhythm Dance) [26%]
- Yuka Orihara & Juho Pirinen (Free Dance) [28.2%]
Best Performance to a Warhorse
- Mana Kawabe (Free Skate: Bolero) [1.8%]
- Deniss Vasiljevs (Free Skate: The Lion King) [13.8%]
- Ilia Malinin (Short Program: Malaguena) [14.1%]
- Kevin Aymoz (Free Skate: Bolero) [20.1%]
- Yuma Kagiyama (Free Skate: Rain, In Your Black Eyes) [22.7%]
- Junhwan Cha (Short Program: Masquerade Waltz) [27.6%]
Most Improved
- Nina Pinzarrone [16.5%]
- Donovan Carrillo [18.6%]
- Yuma Kagiyama [19%]
- Aleksandr Selevko [22.1%]
- Ilia Malinin [23.8%]
Best Music Choice
- Junhwan Cha (Short Program: Masquerade Waltz) [13.4%]
- Daria Danilova & Michel Tsiba (Free Skate: The Chain) [15%]
- Jia Shin (Free Skate: Not About Angels) [21%]
- Junhwan Cha (Free Skate: The Batman) [21.3%]
- Shoma Uno (Short Program: I Love You Kung Fu/Clair de Lune) [29.2%]
Most Surprising Medal
- Lucrezia Beccari & Matteo Guarise (Europeans) [7.6%]
- Aleksandr Selevko (Europeans) [16.4%]
- Chaeyeon Kim (Worlds) [16.8%]
- Ava Marie Ziegler (NHK Trophy) [19%]
- Adam Siao Him Fa (Worlds) [40.2%]
Favourite Underdog
- Donovan Carrillo [15%]
- Aleksandr Selevko [19.4%]
- Deniss Vasiljevs [21%]
- Kazuki Tomono [22%]
- Amber Glenn [22.6%]
Best Kiss n Cry Moment
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (Skate Canada) [4.1%]
- Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps (Worlds) [19%]
- Yuma Kagiyama (4CC) [19.1%]
- Aleksandr Selevko (Europeans) [28.5%]
- Ilia Malinin (Worlds) [29.3%]
Best Gala Performance
- Deniss Vasiljevs (In The Air Tonight) [11.7%]
- Evgeniia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud (Satisfaction) [13.5%]
- Lukas Britschgi (Fresh Prince/It’s Not Unusual/Apache) [19.6%]
- Shoma Uno (Come Together) [24.1%]
- Junhwan Cha (Black Panther) [31.1%]
Best Hobbies in ISU Bio
- Jennifer Janse van Rensburg (jumping out of planes, riding her motorbike, classic cars, being a dog mommy) [4.4%]
- Benjamin Steffan (backflipping, cherry pit spitting with teammate Darya Grimm) [4.8%]
- Michail Savitskiy (failure management) [11.3%]
- Peter Beaumont (keeping a Duolingo streak) [13%]
- Evgeniia Lopareva (sleeping) [14.5%]
- Piper Gilles (Monty Python horse riding, avoiding the knights who say Ni) [17.1%]
- Jimmy Ma (annoying Amber Glenn) [35%]
Best Competition
- Grand Prix Final [6%]
- Japanese Nationals [10.7%]
- 4CC [12.1%]
- Europeans [22.3%]
- Worlds [48.9%]
Photo credit: International Skating Union and Verit
(Some photos have been removed due to recent events.)
