Performances you can’t stop watching?

[snejina]

Yulia Lipnitskaya - SP&LP Olympics 2014 Team competition
Katarina Witt - Carmen
Alina Zagitova - Carmen Worlds 2019 & Don Quihote Olympics 2018, SP Olympics
Virtue/Moir - SP&LP Olympics 2010 and 2018, LP Carmen Worlds 2017, LP Worlds 2009 on Pink Floyd
Annissina/Peizerat - SP&LP Olympics 2002, LP Worlds 2001, LP Nagano Olympics 1998
Torvill/Dean - LP on Bolero
Torvill/Dean - OD on Paso Doble
Mao Asada - LP Olympics 2014, SP Olympics 2010
Ilynihk/Katsalapov - LP Olympics 2014
Savchenko/Massot - LP Olympics 2018
Savchenko/Szolkhovy - LP on PINA soundtrack
Oksana Bauil - SP&LP Olympics
Berezhnaya - Siharulidze - SP Lady Caliph Olympics 2002, LP Chaplin
Alena Kostornaya - SP&LP GPF 2018
Grishuk/Platov - LP Nagano Olympics 1998, LP 1997 Euros
Borne/Kraatz - LP Nagano Olympics 1998
Plyushenko - LP Olympics 2006, Nijinski LP
Sasha Cohen - Dark Eyes SP Olympics 2006
Gordeeva/Grinkov - Romeo and Juliet LP 1990, Moonlight Sonata Olympics 1994
Mishkutenok/Dmitriev - 1992 Olympics LP, 1994 Olympics LP
Carolina Kostner - Bolero 2014 Olympics, 2018 SP Worlds
Elena Sokolova - 2003 Worlds SP
Yukari Nakano - Memoirs of a Geisha SP Worlds 2007

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Sasha Cohen 2006 Olympic SP
Sasha Cohen Marshall's Swan Lake LP

Ashley Wagner 2016 Worlds SP and FS

Kaetlyn Osmond's Edith Piaf SP, several versions

Carolina Kostner 2018 Worlds SP
Carolina Kostner's Clair de Lune EX

Alaine Chartrand 2018 Nationals FS

Michelle Kwan 1998 World Pro Lamento d'Ariane (see: username )

Daisuke Takahashi 2010 Olympic SP
Daisuke Takahashi 2010 Worlds FS

Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 Olympic SP
Yuzuru Hanyu 2015 NHK and GPF FS
Yuzuru Hanyu 2012 Worlds FS
Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata EX
Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 Rostelecom SP

Gordeeva/Grinkov "Vocalise"

Savchenko/Massot Olympic FS
Savchenko/Massot Worlds SP
Savchenko/Massot 2017 Euros FS

Sui/Han Worlds 2019 FS
Sui/Han 2017 Four Continents SP

Shibutanis Olympic SD

Virtue/Moir 2013 Worlds Carmen
Virtue/Moir 2010 Olympic Mahler
Virtue/Moir 2017 Worlds Prince SD
Virtue/Moir 2018 Olympic Moulin Rouge

Davis/White 2010 Olympic OD
Davis/White 2014 Olympic Scheherazade

Cappellini/Lanotte 2018 Worlds Life Is Beautiful

Anissina/Peizerat 1998 Olympic Romeo and Juliet

Torvill/Dean 1984 Olympic Bolero

I'm sure I'm forgetting some... and there's a few I really love but don't watch that often because there's sadness associated with them to me (e.g. Julia Lipnitskaya's Rostelecom SP at her last competition, Michelle Kwan's Lyra Angelica)

 

[Claudalie]

Such a great thread!

Torvill and Dean - Bolero (OG)
Alexei Yagudin - Winter (OG)
Alexei Yagudin - MIIM (OG)
Alexei Yagudin - Gladiator (GPF)
Alexei Yagudin - Revolutionary Etude (WC)
Yulia Lipnitskaya - Schindler's list (OGT)
Alina Zagitova - Swan Lake (OG)
Alina Zagitova - Don Quizote (OG)
Oksana Grishuk and Evgeni PLatov - Memorial Requiem (OG Nagano)
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov - The man I love (ED)
Kurt Browning - Casablanca (OG)

 

[slider11]

Kavaguti and Smirnov - Manfred Symphony
Savchenko and Szolkowy-Out of Africa
Zhang and Bartholomay-Les Mis

 

[zounger]

Men: Among a lot of others...

Alexey Yagudin 2002 Salt Lake SP
Evgeni Plushenko RN 2004 FS
Philippe Candeloro Nagano 1998 FS
Javier Fernandez 2017 Worlds SP

 

[Clairecz]

Papadakis / Cizeron - 2016 EC: FD To build a home
Savchenko / Massot - 2018 OG: FP La terre vue du ciel
Maia and Alex Shibutani - 2018 OG: FD Paradies
Javier Fernandez - 2016 WC: FP Guys & Dolls
Matteo Rizzo - 2019 EC: FP Queen
(seems that I watch only free programs/dances)

and one exhibition: Javier Fernandez - Oh, Danny Boy, 2017 IDF (or any other of the few occassions he performed it, sigh). For me there never will be a better song, a better choreography, a better performance, a better skater, an exhibition bringing more emotions than this. I cry every time I watch it. :sad21:

 

[lappo]

Yuna Kim: Danse Macabre and Roxanne
Yuzuru Hanyu: Hope and Legacy
Daisuke Takahashi: Cyberswan (i also rewatched Blues for Klook an incredible number of times, even though at the beginning I couldn't stand the music)
Jason Brown: Riverdance (also this year SP)
Alexei Yagudin: Gladiator and Overcome
V/M: Prince medley
Yulia Lipnitskaya: Schindler's List

Those are my guilty pleasures from juniors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fk1JnRMBs0&t=114s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIsRr57IXKA

 

[Yuzuruu]

The Emperor and The Queen of singles:
Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 Olympic Chopin SP - masterpiece.
Yuzuru Hanyu x ToshI 2019 FAoI Masquerade Ex - masterpiece.
Yuzuru Hanyu 2017 Helsinki Worlds Hope and Legacy FS
Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 Olympics Seimei FS
Yuzuru Hanyu 2012 SA Hello I Love You Ex
Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 GP Helsinki Otonal SP
Yuzuru Hanyu 2019 Worlds Origin FS
Yuzuru Hanyu 2017 Prince SP
Yuzuru Hanyu 2014 Olympics - both SP and FS
Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 Olympics Swan ex
Yuzuru Hanyu 2018 Haru Yo Koi Ex
Yuna Kim 2007 Dance Macabre SP
Yuna Kim 2010 Olympics Bond SP
Yuna Kim 2010 Olympics FS
Yuna Kim 2013 Le Mis FS
not including Yuna's 2014 Olympics programs because I cannot watch them due to heartbreak.

Single Ladies:
Rika Kihira 2018 NHK Beautiful Storm FS - OMG.
Alena Kostornaia 2018 GPF SP
Alena Kostornaia 2018 GPF FS
Kaori Sakamoto 2018 Japan Nats FS
Tonya Harding 1991 SA Original Program - best thing ever!
Evgenia Medvedeva 2018 Olympics Anna Karenina FS
Kaetlyn Osmond 2018 Olympics Black Swan FS

Single Men:
Javier Fernandez 2018 Olympics Man of La Mancha FS
Javier Fernandez 2017 Malaguena SP
Javier Fernandez 2018 Olympics Charlie Chaplin SP
Evgeni Plushenko Nijinsky - all time classic.


Pairs:
Aljona Savchenko & Bruno Massot 2018 Olympics La Terre Vue du Ciel FS - pure emotion.
Wenjing Sui & Cong Han 2016 SP
Wenjing Sui & Cong Han 2017 SP

Ice Dance:
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir 2017 Worlds Pilgrims on a Long Journey FS <3
Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir 2018 Olympics Moulin Rouge FS
Maia & Alex Shibutani Olympics Coldplay FS (miss them so much :sad4

 

[gotoschool]

Mao Asada
LP- Grand Prix Final 2008 Fantasie Impromptu, 2010 Worlds Bells of Moscow, 2014 Rach II 1st Movement Sochi Olympics, 2016 Worlds Madame Butterfly,
SP- Claire de Lune 2009 SP World Team Trophy, 2014 Worlds Nocturne, 2010 Olympics SP

Rika Kihira
LP - NHK 2018 Beautiful Storm
SP- Grand Prix Final 2018 Claire de Lune

Alina Zagitova
LP- Don Quixote Olympics 2018
SP- Black Swan Olympics 2018

Anna Shcherbekova
LP- Nationals 2018

Chen Lu
LP- 1996 Worlds Rach II Second Movement
LP Butterfly Lovers Olympics 1998

Midori Ito
LP 1990

 

[labgoat]

I purposely picked some of my older favorites that some others may not be familiar with:

Caryn Kadavy 1987 Worlds FS - a Spanish medley https://youtu.be/ylUfPI2dfZc

Katarina Witt 1987 Worlds FS - West Side Story https://youtu.be/ylUfPI2dfZc

Paul Wylie 1989 US Nationals - the Mission https://youtu.be/1YmbhKQ-kkM

Maia Usova & Aleksandr Zhulin 1989 Worlds FD - the Planets https://youtu.be/1YmbhKQ-kkM

I wish I could link to the version with Toller commentating but can't find it. It only lives on my videotapes. If anyone wants them from 1989 and would post them on YouTube - contact me!

Tai Babylonia & Randy Gardner 1979 Worlds FS - the Planets https://youtu.be/63cmIfO-u6k

Judy Blumberg & Michael Seibert 1980 US Nationals - malagueña, Sunflower, A Bicycle Built for Joy https://youtu.be/XD7OMQO5014

 

[SarahSynchro]

I literally just watched Piper and Paul’s Vincent from 4CCs right before logging onto goldenskate. I watch that particular one at least once a week.

V/M - Carmen free dance at 2013 worlds
V/M - Prince short dance, all competitions, 2016-17
V/M - Moulin Rouge free dance at the 2018 Olympics (individual event)

Kaetlyn Osmond - Edith Piaf short program at the 2018 Olympics (individual event)
Kaetlyn Osmond - Mambo Medley short program, 2013 Canadians
Kaetlyn Osmond - Sweet Charity/Fosse short program, 2014 Olympics (team event)

Evgenia Medvedeva - W/E free skate, 2016 worlds

Ashley Wagner - Hip Hip Chin Chin short program, 2016 worlds
Ashley Wagner - Moulin Rouge free program, 2016 worlds

Alina Zagitova - Don Quixote free program, 2018 Olympics

Bourne and Kraatz - Riverdance free program, all competitions in 1997-98
Bourne and Kraatz - Michael Jackson medley, 2002 Olympics

Jason Brown - Riverdance free program, US Nationals 2014
Jason Brown - The Room Where It happens short program - several comps in 2017-18

Okay, no laughing at this one:
Tara Lipinski - The Rainbow - free program, 1998 Olympics
That performance really has this way of bringing out all the feels and all the nostalgia, reminding me of my youth and my days of growing up in figure skating; as Tara and I were the same age

Shibs - Fix You Free dance, 2016 US Nationals

Belbin/Agusto - Salsa/Lets Get Loud original dance, 2006 Olympics

Yulia - both short and free programs, 2014 Olympics team event
Yulia - Elvis short program, 2015-16 season, especially when skating in that wild multicoloured tye dye dress - come at me, bro. Not ashamed.

... to be continued.

 

[TallyT]

I did mean to answer this properly, I have a folder full of a somewhat... eclectic, shall we say? group. But this is me, and after adding the seventeenth "can't live without" of Yuzu's alone, including exhibitions, a couple of ice show pieces and at least one rehearsal (!!) I had to try to cut it down a bit.

This is just some of the men (I should check my pair and dance too, but this is long enough)

Yuzuru Hanyu {deep breath} 2018 Olympics, Chopin and Seimei (just edging out the world records in 2015) and Notte Stellata. Mind you, I have so many different clips of each - who cares if they're a virtual Tower of Babel - and fancams... I have yet to time how long it takes to watch them all.
Plus...
2017 Worlds - Hope and Legacy. Well, duh.
POTO at the 2015 GPF, after his horror season start.
2012 Worlds - Romeo & Juliet 1, and let's throw in the medal ceremony that melted hearts across the world
Masquerade, from this year's Fantasy on Ice
And the rehearsal in question - Skate Canada 2016 and Notte Stellata, even in less than crisp fancam it is unearthly.

Javier Fernandez - pretty much all and every Touch of Evil (what can I say, I'm shallow)
Pretty much all and every Prometo (I'm also rather emotional)
2016 Europeans – Malaguena, Europeans 16 and Worlds 17
2016 Europeans Gala - Black Betty (I repeat, shallow)
Guys and Dolls at Worlds 2016

Stephane Lambiel's Poeta, Worlds 2007 {siiiigghh.....}

Tatsuki Machida's East of Eden and Firebird at Worlds 2014

Shoma Uno - TCC 2016, his utterly gleeful and mad Turandot, even with the mistakes, it's glorious fun. And his Locos, pretty much all of his Locos but especially the WTT one

Boyang Jin - La Strada for Worlds 2017, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Olympics 2018.

Jason Brown - 2014 Skate America Riverdance and last year's Love Is a B* from IDF and Worlds

Nobunari Oda in last years Japan Open, YMCA. A sure way to banish any morning blues (Nobu, like Jason and Boyang, is just sunshine on a cloudy day.)

Mikhail Kolyada's Nightmare Before Christmas at Worlds (actually, pretty much anyone's Nightmare Before Christmas, it hits buttons I am not surprised I have. I want more horror programs, I do, and if anyone has done The Ring or The Grudge, tell me!!! The music is to die for...)

Sergei Voronov in the 2018 NHK - Sarabande Suite - not only is it lovely but also I adore how he sticks it to everyone who tagged him as over the hill...

 

[dorispulaski]

I just found this performance while doing the T&D FAN fest and now I can't stop watching.

Don't miss this EX!!!! I have never seen this number before. It is amazing!!!

Torvill & Dean
1982 Worlds Gala - The Hop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSPPevXM24

Yes this takes me back to watching American Bandstand, learning to dance as a kid. They are so good on hitting the beat, and the character of the dance is spot on!!

 

[rugbyfan]

I just found this performance while doing the T&D FAN fest and now I can't stop watching.

Don't miss this EX!!!! I have never seen this number before. It is amazing!!!

Torvill & Dean
1982 Worlds Gala - The Hop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSPPevXM24

Yes this takes me back to watching American Bandstand, learning to dance as a kid. They are so good on hitting the beat, and the character of the dance is spot on!!

Ah this is my can't stop watching Torvill and Dean Gala (I won't send roses):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeStiZA7djg

I just love the emotion in it.

 

[rugbyfan]

Lots of mine have already been said (I shall come back to them), but this is one of my most watched programs ever

Mishketunok and Dmitriev Rachmaninov 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDqZuQVcQg

 

[Grin]

Alina Zagitova
LP- Don Quixote Olympics 2018

Anna Shcherbekova
LP- Nationals 2018

Alena Kostornaia's "Angel"

Evgenia Medvedeva WTT 2017 FS
Evgenia Medvedeva 2018 season SP

Also best male short program of all time for me is
Yagudin 2002 Olympics "Winter"
https://youtu.be/6A_dtezybzM

Plushenko's tribute to Nijinsky
https://youtu.be/SEJXkfMYTX4

Plushenko's 2002 Gpf - Sp - Michael Jackson Medley
https://youtu.be/ghKRIvwGrrA

 

[mrrice]

Todd Eldredge at Worlds in 2001...…….I was so happy at this event because Plushy and Todd both skated well and since I love them both, I was on cloud 9. I think Todd was robbed in the tech area but the crowd loved him........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEZyj0DM_5o

 

[Jaana]

Javier Fernandez: 2016 WC fs
Evan Lysacek: 2007 US Nationals fs
Anissina & Peizerat: 1998 WC fd

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I can't believe I forgot-- Mao Asada, 2016 Worlds LP. Every time a version of it comes up in my suggested videos I rewatch. That moment when she goes into the spread eagle right on the music... chills, every time.

 

[rugbyfan]

Bourne and Kraatz Riverdance