Voted from the available choices, Trusova, Hanyu, Scherbakova, B/K — my favourite costume is actually Sakomoto’s Matrix dress but I haven’t seen it on the list
Kaori’s Matrix dress is actually among the nominees for best costume.
Voted from the available choices, Trusova, Hanyu, Scherbakova, B/K — my favourite costume is actually Sakomoto’s Matrix dress but I haven’t seen it on the list
This is going to be a toxic trainwreck. I for one am not going to enjoy the Chen-fans and Hanyu-fans screaming blue murder if their guy doesn't win, etc, etc.
Shulepov's is simply inappropriate.
Yep the website is faulty. It keeps logging you out every 2 minute. ISU needs to get a bigger server to serve all those fangirls logging in and out with their 100 accounts to vote.
Samarin´s und Shulepov´s FS-costumes are in the selection for best costume. :shocked:
I don’t understand the weighting votes from other countries thing...how can they know for sure where voters live? What’s to stop people from using VPNs to vote? How would they know votes from random countries for Hanyu aren’t really coming from Japan?
I don't understand why there's so much negativity around a new skating related exhibition/award show. This will surely pull in more casual fans as they'll be curious to find out about the winners and that can only be good for the sport right now.
Question - what happens if a finalist (or a winner) is not actually competing at Worlds? Are they supposed to go to the gala/awards anyway?
This is sooo subjective (yes, I know the whole sport is), I have no idea why ISU felt the need to make a voting out of this...It just asks for more fans wars, and it's more popularity contest than anything.
Because the efforts often seem to be apologizing for the technicalities of the sport and instead trying "dumb down" skating in favor of the entertainment aspect. It's hard for some casual fans to take to the sport seriously if the sport doesn't take itself seriously.
But it is? It appears the list is alphabetical by first name. The site is a mess to be honest. I had to register twice because the first one did not go through.Agree that it is unnecessary but my real beef is Satoko's FS not included on the entertaining category.
You raise an interesting point, harleyquinn. If what the ISU wants to do is to emphasize the entertainment aspect, what about making changes to make the sport itself more entertaining? Something that would allow fans to play along at home, like the old 6.0 rankings that let every casual viewer feel like an expert and get more invested in the outcome. I think this part of the appeal of things like Dancing with the Stars and similar shows—everyone feels like they know enough about what they see on the screen to have a valid opinion.
I suspect that this kind of thinking is what is behind this idea, they’ve just gone about it in a way which may not achieve the objective.
I don't understand why there's so much negativity around a new skating related exhibition/award show. This will surely pull in more casual fans as they'll be curious to find out about the winners and that can only be good for the sport right now.
I don't understand why there's so much negativity around a new skating related exhibition/award show. This will surely pull in more casual fans as they'll be curious to find out about the winners and that can only be good for the sport right now.