#chen/morozov

[roseandsalt]

the streets (fstwt) are saying that the skam dance swap was actually usfs politicking with all the grace of an elephant

[ellsey]

people on twitter blaming f/d's skam withdrawal on usfs is hilarious like usfs basically never pulls spots and they were clearly planning on f/d being here (they have them in their press release!)

am i mad i have to watch m/c instead? of course. I don't think they're a great team and are getting by on a lot of name recognition. But people need to be concentrating their energy on hoping bella and vanya are doing well because there's not a lot of reasons they would wd this close to the event.

[raininyourblackeyes]

They don't have unison which is fine. They do it beautifully.

Ted are you hearing yoursef.

[sunskate]

Annabelle Morozov & Jeffrey Chen 2024-25 FD at Lombardia Trophy

[luckylolabug]

"Good speed " is it tho???? I like their energy but man it feels like this program moves at a glacial pace :/

[kaleidodreams]

Updated 100 Memorable Skating Programs

Back in 2018, I created the original version of this list. (You can find the master post here.) Since 2024 marks my 30th year as an official fan of figure skating and there have been some more great programs created since the last time, I thought it was about time to update the list in honor of World Ice Skating Day. Same rules apply as last time:

Only senior competitive programs starting from the 1993-1994 season are eligible, since that's the first season I really started watching figure skating.

Each skater may only be listed once, unless a partner/discipline switch is involved.

Choice of music may also not be repeated. (Yes, there are two James Bond programs on the list, but Yuna and Wakaba use different music for the most part, so I'm letting it slide.)

I debated long and hard about whether or not I should still include programs from skaters who have proven themselves to be not so great people. I'm someone who has little difficulty separating the art from the artist, so in the end, I decided to keep them listed (although most of them got knocked down a few pegs). This list is more about the choreography than the skater anyway, although there are certainly some problematic choreographers out there, too. (Looking at you especially, Morozov!) So, just because a skater is listed doesn't mean that I'm a fan of them or that I condone their actions! I just think certain programs are still great regardless of the skaters' terrible behavior off the ice.

Choreographers are noted if known. If you know who choreographed the programs without a choreographer named, please let me know!

I've also created a handy playlist on YouTube if you don't want to click on all these links.

Ashley Wagner - Moulin Rouge (Shae-Lynn Bourne) 2016 Worlds

Jason Brown - Melancholy (Rohene Ward) 2023 Nationals

Patrick Chan - Phantom of the Opera (Lori Nichol) 2011 Canadian Nationals

Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje -Je suis malade (Pasquale Camerlengo) 2012 Worlds

Meryl Davis/Charlie White - Kajra Re/Silsila Ye Chahat Ka/Dola Re Dola (Marina Zueva, Igor Shpilband, and Anuja Rajendra) 2010 Olympics

Mao Asada - Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tatiana Tarasova) 2014 Olympics

Sui/Han - Rain, In Your Black Eyes (Lori Nichol) 2019 Worlds

Marina Anissina/Gwendal Peizerat - Romeo & Juliet 1998 Olympics

Cain/LeDuc - W.E. (Pasquale Camerlengo) 2022 US Nationals

Daisuke Takahashi - Blues for Klook (Pasquale Camerlengo) 2012 Worlds

Kurt Browning - Casablanca (Sandra Bezic) 1994 Olympics

Michelle Kwan - Salome (Lori Nichol) 1996 Worlds

Alexei Yagudin - Winter (Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morosov) 2002 Olympics

Jamie Sale/David Pelletier - Love Story (Lori Nichol) 2002 Olympics

Jeremy Abbott - Exogenesis (Jeremy Abbott and Yuka Sato) Nationals 2012

Oksana Grishuk/Evgeni Platov - The Feeling Begins 1997 Worlds

Yuzuru Hanyu - Seimei (Shae-Lynn Bourne) 2015 Grand Prix Final

Chock/Bates - Egyptian Snake Dance (Marie-France Dubreuil, Ginette Cournoyer, and Sam Chouinard) 2019 Grand Prix Final

Javier Fernandez - Guys and Dolls (David Wilson) 2016 Worlds

Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres - Sound of Silence (John Kerr and Silvia Fontana) 2017 Euros

Evgenia Medvedeva - Anna Karenina (Daniil Gleichengauz) 2018 Olympics

Nathan Chen - Philip Glass medley (Shae-Lynn Bourne) 2021 Worlds

Gabriella Papadakis/Guilliame Cizeron - Elegie (Saxon Fraser and Marie-France Dubreuil) 2022 Olympics

Aljona Savchenko/Bruno Massot - La terre vue du ciel (Christopher Dean) 2018 Olympics

Kevin Aymoz - Bolero (Brice Mousset and Kevin Aymoz) 2023 Skate America

Julia Lipnitskaya - Schindler’s List (Ilia Averbukh) 2014 Olympics

Elena Berezhnaya/Anton Sikharulidze - Lady Caliph 2002 Olympics

Yu-na Kim - James Bond medley (David Wilson) 2010 Olympics

Shoma Uno - Buenos Aires Hora Cero (Mihoko Higuchi) 2016 Grand Prix Final

Michal Brezina - The Way You Look Tonight (Jeffrey Buttle) 2016 Skate Canada

Shae-Lynn Bourne/Victor Kraatz - Riverdance 1998 Olympics

Adam Rippon - O/Fly On (Benji Schwimmer) 2016 Trophee de France

Jeffrey Buttle - Bells of Moscow (David Wilson) 2005 Worlds

Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier - Vincent (Carol Lane and Juris Razgulajevs) 2019 Canadian Nationals

Rudy Galindo - Swan Lake (Sharlene Franke) 1996 US Nationals

Sasha Cohen - Malaguena (Tatiana Tarasova) 2004 Worlds

Aljona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy - Pina (Ingo Steur) 2011 Grand Prix Final

Samantha Cesario - Carmen (Inese Budevica) 2013 Trophee Eric Bompard

Tatsuki Machida - East of Eden (Phillip Mills) 2014 Worlds

Xue Shen/Hongbo Zhao - Turandot (Lea Ann Miller, Renee Roca, and Gorsha Sur) 2003 Worlds

Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker - Liebestraume (Pasquale Camerlengo) 2018 Nationals

Olga Mikutina - My Nocturnal Serenade (Rostislav Sinicyn) 2023 Europeans

Lu Chen - The Last Emperor (Toller Cranston) 1995 Worlds

Giada Russo - Red Violin (Edoardo de Bernardis) 2016 Europeans

Junhwan Cha - Fate of the Clockmaker/Cloak and Dagger (Shae-Lynn Bourne) 2022 Olympics

Han Yan - La La Land (Yuka Sato and Kurt Browning) 2019 Chinese Interclub League

Wakaba Higuchi - Skyfall (Shae-Lynn Bourne) 2018 Worlds

Kazuki Tomono - Die Fledermaus (Misha Ge) 2022 Japanese Nationals

Yuma Kagiyama - Believer (Shae-Lynn Bourne) 2024 Worlds

Karen Chen - On Golden Pond (Karen Chen) 2017 Nationals

Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani - Coppelia (Marina Zueva and Cheryl Yeager) 2016 Nationals

Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirov - Manfred Symphony (Peter Tchernyshev) 2014 Skate America

Philippe Candeloro - The Three Musketeers (Natacha Dabadie) 1998 Olympics

Alexander Abt - Songs from the Victorious City 1998 Nations Cup

Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir - Prince medley 2017 Worlds

Ekaterina Gordeeva/Sergei Grinkov - Moonlight Sonata (Marina Zueva) 1994 Olympics

Satoko Miyahara - Madama Butterfly (Tom Dickson) 2017 Japanese Nationals

Marjorie Lajoie/Zachary Lagha - The White Crow (Romain Haguenauer and Ginette Cournoyer) 2023 Four Continents

Anjelika Krylova/Oleg Ovsiannikov - Masquerade Waltz 1997 Worlds

Alena Kostornaia - The Departure, November (Daniil Gleikhengauz) 2019 Grand Prix Final

Nelli Zhiganshina/Alexander Gazsi - Two from the Grave (Ilia Averbukh) 2013 Worlds

Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov - The Man and The Shadow (Nikolai Morozov) 2015 Grand Prix Final

Stephanie Rosenthal - Rockit (Stewart and Christi Sturgeon) 2006 Nationals

Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue - Across the Sky, Caught Out In The Rain (Marie-France Dubreuil) 2018 Nationals

Mikhail Kolyada - The Nutcracker (Ilia Averbukh) 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia

Sinead Kerr/John Kerr - The Landing/Turn Around/Gravity of Love (Evgeni Platov) 2008 Worlds

Kaetlyn Osmond - Sous le ciel de Paris, Milord (Lance Vipond) 2016 Grand Prix Final

Carolina Kostner - Ave Maria (Lori Nichol) 2014 Olympics

Karina Manta/Joe Johnson - Sweet Dreams (Christopher Dean) 2019 Nationals

Gracie Gold - Firebird (Lori Nichol) 2016 Nationals

Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri - Atonement/Song For A Little Sparrow (Barbara Fusar-Poli and Corrado Giordani) 2022 Europeans

Keegan Messing - Singing in the Rain (Lance Vipond) 2018 Worlds

Elizabeth Punsalan/Jerod Swallow - Astor Piazolla medley (Igor Shpilband) 1998 Olympics

Rika Kihira - A Beautiful Storm (Tom Dickson) 2018 NHK Trophy

Mariah Bell - Chicago (Rohene Ward) 2016 Skate America

Brian Joubert - Rise (Evgeni Platov) 2009 Europeans

Stephane Lambiel - Poeta (Antonio Najarro) 2007 Worlds

Kaori Sakamoto - The Matrix (Benoit Richaud) 2020 NHK Trophy

Akiko Suzuki - O (Pasquale Camerlengo) 2012 NHK Trophy

Qing Pang/Jian Tong - The Impossible Dream (Shae-Lynn Bourne and David Wilson) 2010 Olympics

Takahito Kozuka - Io ci saro (Lori Nichol) 2014 Japanese National

Smart/Diaz - Mask of Zorro 2022 Europeans

Matt Savoie - Ennio Morricone medley (Tom Dickson) 2006 Nationals

Deniss Vasiljevs - Puttin’ On The Ritz (Benoit Richaud) 2016 Worlds

Caroline Green/Michael Parsons - Violin Concerto No.1 Eso Concerto, Clouds, The Mind on the Wind (Elena Novak and Alexei Kiliakov) 2022 Four Continents

Tara Lipinski - The Rainbow (Sandra Bezic) 1998 Olympics

Denis Ten - SOS d'un terrien en détresse (David Wilson) 2017 Shanghai Trophy

Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek - Tu Vuo Fa L'Americano (Massimo Scali) 2018 Europeans

Krisztina Czako - The Addams Family (Igor Bobrin) 1997 Europeans

Cheng Peng/Yang Jin - My Drag (Lori Nichol) 2016 GPF

Bradie Tennell - Mechanisms, Chronos (Benoit Richaud) 2020 4CC

Evgeny Plushenko - Tribute to Nijinsky 2004 Russian Nationals

Vanessa Gusmeroli - Rats D'Hotel 1999 Worlds

Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau - Monde Inverse (Shae-Lynn Bourne and Shae Zukiwsky) 2015 Skate America

Isabeau Levito - Dulcea Și Tandra Mea Fiară (Yulia Kuznetsova) 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva - Batwannis Beek/Sandstorm (Tatiana Prokofieva) 2015 Europeans

Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi - Soran Bushi (Marina Zoueva, Ilia Tkachenko, and Koyo Yanai) 2021 NHK Trophy

Amber Glenn - This Time (Kaitlyn Weaver and Randi Strong) 2024 Lombardia Trophy

Ivan Righini - You Raise Me Up (Ivan Righini) 2016 Europeans

Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte - Life is Beautiful (Liudmila Vlasova) 2017 NHK Trophy

[bvdomination]

What's going on?

A lot has been uncovered in the last 48 hours and there are numerous statements released - many being unkind, speculative, and a small number, untrue. This is a rundown on what has been publicly announced and discovered.

THE DEVELOPING STORY

16 Oct - ISU announces Skate America entries. Bella and Ivan have been replaced by Morozov/Chen.

17 Oct - Bella announces their withdrawal from Skate America (x).

19 Oct - Ivan was issued a temporary suspension from US Figure Skating (found here) due to allegations of misconduct (sexual misconduct).

20 Oct - Uncovered public records show that Bella and Ivan have been married as of 12 August 2022. Notable to include that fellow rinkmates Neset/Markelov and Yi/Savilev in WASA Ice Dance were all discovered to be legally married, with only the former being of public information.

6 Nov - Solene Mazingue has publicly come out and named Ivan as her aggressor.

16 Nov - She also announced the end of her partnership with Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko.

19 Nov - Bella speaks up about the incident and officially announces her return to social media.

WHAT'S NEXT

Investigations are ongoing and we will let justice take its course.

The newly discovered details are troubling, undoubtedly. I can only hope that all parties involved are safe, healing, and getting any help and support they need. What upsets me the most is the power imbalance and the potential for major abuse to arise due to this. While no one has come out to report any wrongdoing, some of the new information should hopefully stir up more proactive action to protect those who are vulnerable in this sport.

UPDATE: The details from Solene's account are immensely distressing and I am again enraged by the lack of action taken by people of authority in the figure skating community towards something so severe and damaging.

Please remember to be kind and always fact-check statements online.

[edgecallskating]

Between Morozov/Chen and Davis/Smolkin this really is the Cursed Nepo Baby flight.

[flores-desyatov]

Since we’re talking about rankings: there is another list called the seasons best. That list and the rankings determine the GP spots. The dancers on both the lists get 2. The top placers at worlds are also guaranteed 2 but those usually end up being the same. Then the dancers that place in the top 24 on one of the lists are guaranteed one spot. Junior worlds podiums are usually guaranteed one spot. N/M got two because all the other US dancers could get 2 on their own so USFS basically gave NM their 2nd assignment as a host spot. But it is absolutely imperative that B/V get a really good score at either SKAM or Zagreb (if they even go there) to get a spot for next year ESPECIALLY because there will be added juniors and no retirements. I’m hoping a team like Pate/Bye only end up with one while B/V get one. And then Morozov/Chen with the host and Katarina with a Junior podium spot.

Seriously thank you for sending this! I really appreciate everyone that weighs in here with their knowledge xx

[figureskatingfanblog]

Grand Prix Updates

Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby (GBR) are in at the NHK Trophy.

Ioulia Chtchetnina / Michal Wozniak (POL) and Katie McBeath / Daniil Parkman (USA) are now in at Cup of China.

Annabelle Morozov / Jeffrey Chen (USA) are replacing Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov (USA) at Skate America this weekend.

[apricuscity]

Breaking news!

“Hello Apricus! Mayor Lowell here with some wonderful news! Some of the esteemed world leaders have started to arrive in our fair city! We’ll take you live to the Upper Docks where several ships have come in.”

“Here we see the arrival of King Abasi of Calere. He’s accompanied by Miss. Khepri, the senior most member of King Abasi’s royal guards.”

“Empress Daria of Nivis has arrived. She’s accompanied by Dmitri Morozov, one of her royal guards and the most renowned fighter in all of Nivis.”

“Here’s Emperor Chen of Kwailai. Accompanied by Mr. Kenji, a representative of one of Kwailai’s influential families and a member of Chen’s council.”

“And finally we see Highfather Coeus of Crepusculum. He’s accompanied by Miss. Valerie, one of Crepusculum’s faction leaders and a member of Coeus’ council.”

“I hope you’ll join me in welcoming our guests. We’ll be doing our best to make sure they enjoy themselves here in our fair city as we get ready for the world cup.”

“More leaders are expected to arrive soon so stay tuned! Have a nice day everyone!”

[roseandsalt]

mark is stuck in dancing on ice hell does ted know anything about ice dance

[moon-soo-ah]

Beijing Olympics 2022 Figure Skating Full Gala Exhibition

[ohtheseskaters]

Season 2020/21 + splash of color

[sunskate]

Annabelle Morozov & Jeffrey Chen 2024-25 RD at Lombardia Trophy

[icesirens]

Worlds Predictions

These were hard to make and feel free to let me know how wrong I am, but here goes nothing.

Men

1. Yuzuru

2. Nathan

3. Mikhail or Shoma (I keep going back and forth on these two)

(Also Yuzuru and Nathan could easily be switched)

Ladies

1. Anna

2. Sasha (This was tough cause I have no faith in her landing her jumps, but if she does she will do well)

3. Rika

Dance

1. Sinitsina/Katsalapov

2. Chock/Bates

3. Stepanova/Bukin

(I have Hubbell/Donohue fourth but I could definitely see them making their way onto the podium)

Pairs

1. Sui/Han

2. Tarasova/Morozov (This may be wishful thinking, but I’m T/M fan, I know most people don’t agree with me)

3. Mishina/Galliamov (But also Peng/Jin. But also Boikova/Kozlovskii. This was a tough one)