Scoreography
Scoreography is a show about the art, athleticism, culture, and entertainment of Figure Skating. We discuss current competitions, the sports history and legacy, up-and-coming skaters and absolute legends, and the action outside of the rink. Our goal is to promote Figure Skating to a broader, casual audience, particularly in the United States. Whether you're new to the sport's fandom, a once-in-awhile watcher, or a seasoned skating veteran, you'll find something to enjoy in our program. Hosted by lifelong skating fanatic Wendy Buske and her skating-convert husband Adron Buske — along with guest commentators — Scoreography is your accessible and enthusiastic celebration of the greatest sport on ice!
Episodes
Marin Honda and Shoma Uno Return as Ice Dancers
Marin Honda and Shoma Uno have officially announced that they are returning from retirement — to compete in Ice Dance for Japan. We dig into this exciting news, plus round up what else has happened in this wild off season: Italy's Team Bronze pairs team Conti and Macii have officially split, as have the promising Australian pair Golubeva and Giotopoulos Moore. Starr Andrews has officially teamed
Stars On Ice 2026 Reaction + Skating News
The Stars On Ice 2026 Tour is in full swing, and we were fortunate enough to get ice-side seats at the St. Louis show. We give you a full breakdown and reaction to this (spoiler: FANTASTIC) show. Plus some skating news, including the announced split of Canadian ice dance team Lajoie and Lagha. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:46 Skating News 00:08:26 Stars on Ice Reaction 00:12:12 The Stargazer Expe
Off-Season Skating News: Team Splits, Retirements, and More
After a week away, we catch-up on a ton of figure skating news, including dance and pairs team splits, retirements, and other surprises. We also recount our trip to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. And Adron talks about learning his oldest sister was also a big figure skating fan, just days before her untimely passing last week. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro, the passing of Adron's sist
ISU Awards 2026 and Scoreography Awards
With the season finally complete, we reflect on the post-Worlds ISU Awards, catch-up on the latest skating news, and hand out our own 2nd annual Scoreography Awards. After an amazing Olympic season of figure skating, it feels appropriate to give out awards to the skaters, programs, and costumes we loved most. Inspired by the ISU Awards, which we discuss in this episode, we give out our own Scoreo
World Championships 2026 RECAP
The 2025-2026 figure skating season finally wrapped up with the World Figure Skating Champions in Prague, and it absolutely lived up to the promise of Olympic redemption for many skaters. Unfortunately, it also provided more scoring confusion in the ice dance competition. Chapters 00:00:00 Motion Graphic 00:01:15 Podcast Chapters vs AI Slop 00:03:41 Women's Competition 00:31:41 Pairs Competition 0
Worlds 2026 Ice Dance PREVIEW
Ice Dance at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships could set the stage for the next Olympic cycle. Two of the three Olympics medal-winning teams are in Prague, along with teams from the US, Lithuania, and Great Britain all vying for medals. The ice dance competition in Prague promises to tell several different stories! One will very likely be a victory lap for the Olympic Champions, Laurenc
Worlds 2026 Men's PREVIEW
The men's event at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships is all about redemption. Ilia Malinin comes in as the favorite, but with questions around the effect his Olympic experience may have on what he delivers in Prague. Best case scenario is he "goes ham" and holds nothing back. Ilia is almost always at his best when he's going for the biggest and boldest programs. Also looking to have two
Worlds 2026 Pairs PREVIEW
The pairs competition at the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships will be missing some of the top competitors from Milano Cortina — including Olympic Champions Riku Miura and Ruche Kihara. Olympic silver medalists, Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava, have the advantage of momentum being on their side to take their first World title in Prague, but several other extremely talented teams are st
Worlds 2026 Women's Competition PREVIEW
The 2026 World Figure Skating Championships are just a week away, and the women's competition may again be the most hotly contested event! While Olympic Champion, Alysa Liu, has withdrawn, there will be a wildly talented group of women competing for the title, including 3-time World Champion and reigning Olympic silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. This will be Kaori's last time on competitive
Junior World Championships 2026 RECAP
We're still in the afterglow of the Olympics, but one of the final major ISU events of the season just went down in Estonia. The 2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships featured a record breaking short program from Rio Nakata, and an incredible 4th consecutive win from Mao Shimada. While Japan took the top spots in the men's and women's event, the rest of those podiums were no less impressi
Olympics 2026 Airing of Grievances!
The Olympic Games are complete — but our complaints are not! In the spirit of good faith critique, we recount some of our least favorite aspects of the figure skating competition at the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games. It's an Olympic Airing of Grievances! And these aren't just OUR opinions. We asked our audience for their concerns, quibbles, and frustrations with the games, the scoring,
Olympic Figure Skating Gala REACTION
Olympic figure skating competition is complete at the Winter Games in Milano Cortina — but the show wasn't over! The Olympic Exhibition Gala allowed medalists and other notable skaters to perform a wide range of entertaining programs, showcasing artistry, acting prowess, and lots of humor. Women's champion Alysa Liu dazzled with a new dress and new dance number. Men's winner Mikhail Shaidorov deli
Olympics 2026 Women's Figure Skating RECAP
The figure skating competition at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games comes to a glorious conclusion with the women's event! USA's golden girl, Alysa Liu, comes through in the clutch with a flawless free skate and climbs to the top of the podium. Queen Kaori Sakamoto holds onto Silver with two incredible skates, and claims her home in our hearts forever. And while Ami Nakai can't maintain the first plac
Olympics 2026 Pairs RECAP
The Olympic Pairs event was everything we needed to restore our faith in Milano Cortina figure skating. An astounding, World Record breaking, come-from-behind victory for Miura & Kihara earned the first-ever Japanese Pairs medal. Two terrific skates from Metelkina & Berulava garnered Silver and Georgia's first-ever Winter Games medal. And Hase & Volodin followed up a magical short program with a s
Olympic Women's Figure Skating PREVIEW
The final competitive figure skating event of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina is upon us! The Women's competition gives us the deepest field of skaters who are likely to challenge for a medal. Expect the competition to be fierce as these women all hunt for their Olympic moment. It's our 100th episode! We forgot to talk about it 😅 but we really appreciate you joining us for this mil
Olympics 2026 Men's Final RECAP
In a stunning, dramatic upset, Kazakstan's Mikhail Shaidorov won gold in the Men's competition at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina. Japan's Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato took the silver and bronze medals, as many predicted, but with shaky performances. Yet the skate most will be talking about was the shocking collapse of "Quad God" Ilia Malinin in the free program, plummeting the expe
Olympic Ice Dance RECAP
Olympic Ice Dance REACTION — 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games After a wonderful Team competition, Olympic figure skating in Milano Cortina hits its first big controversy. The individual Ice Dance event ends with France's Fournier-Beaudry & Cizeron in gold, despite several visible errors in both programs. Meanwhile, Chock & Bates are awarded silver even with two dynamic, clean performances.
Olympics 2026 Men's Figure Skating PREVIEW
After a dramatic Team Figure Skating event, the Men prepare to take center stage in the individual competition at the Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games. We walk you through the front runners, including USA's "Quad God" Ilia Malinin, and Japan's stars Yuma Kagiyama and Shun Sato. But there are plenty of dark horses in the mix who could shake up the results and the podium. Kazakstan's Mikhail Shai
Olympics 2026 Team Competition Recap
The first figure skating event of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games is officially complete! The Team Competition exceeded all expectations, delivering truly world class performances, and a last possible moment showdown to decide gold. The United States team took victory in dramatic fashion, via dominant ice dance showings from Chock & Bates, a clutch free skate from Kam & O'Shea, and a
Olympic Team Competition PREVIEW — 2026 Olympic Games
The 2026 Olympic Games figure skating competition kicks off in Milano Cortina with the Team Event. Ten countries. Three medals. Zero room for error. We examine the teams most likely to vie for the podium, and which ones probably won't make the free skate. Many of the competitors haven't been officially announced yet, so we conjecture on which skaters will take part, and the strategy behind those c
Olympics 2026 Ice Dance PREVIEW + We're in Glitter and Gold?!
The Olympics are upon us, and we're here to help you get ready to watch Ice Dance! We walk you through the top 5 teams battling for the podium, and explain why there's one fight for Gold and another for Bronze. We thoroughly break down the competition between podium hopefuls Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA), Laurence Fournier-Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron (France), Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (Canad
Four Continents 2026 RECAP
We dive into the last major competition before the 2026 Olympics, Four Continents Championships in Beijing, China. We celebrate the surprise but oh-so-satisfying victory from Japan's Yuna Aoki. An Ice Dance gold medal should give an extra boost to USA's Zingas & Kolesnik as they prepare for Milano Cortina. The same could be said for Olympics-bound Kao Muira, who will represent Japan at the Games a
European Championships 2026 RECAP
We react to the 2026 European Figure Skating Championships event in England, featuring a historic repeat win from Estonia's Niina Petrokina, two Georgian golds in Pairs and Men's, and a slightly surprising outcome in Ice Dance. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:45 Ice Dance 00:20:55 Women's Competition 00:32:10 Pairs Competition 00:41:09 Men's Competition 00:56:00 Canadian Nationals 01:03:42 Four Cont
US National Championships 2026 RECAP
The much anticipated 2026 US National Figure Skating Championships were everything they promised to be: thrilling, tense, bittersweet, and revelatory! The week-long event happened in our hometown of St. Louis, and we were on-site throughout the event to witness historic skates and the selection of the Olympic team. The Women's and Ice Dance events delivered powerhouse performances that will go do
US Nationals 2026 PREVIEW
It's our first episode of 2026, and we're preparing for US Nationals — which will be held in our home city of St. Louis! We preview the upcoming competition with a laser focus on the biggest stakes: who will represent the USA at the Olympics. From virtually guaranteed locks like Ilia Malinin, Chock & Bates, and Alysa Liu, to the uncertainty around the pairs and additional dance spots, there's so m
2025 Year End Figure Skating News and Review
As 2025 comes to a close, we catch up on a bunch of last minute figure skating news: citizenships, announcements, Olympic teams, a combined ISU Worlds event (?), and much more. We also recap our top Gold in Our Hearts moments for the year. And we share our appreciation for our listeners and community, including a particularly touching Christmas Eve message from an audience member. Chapters 00:00:0
Japanese Nationals 2025 RECAP
All-Japan Championships 2025 gave us an Olympics-worthy collection of amazing performances — including final competitive skates from several of our favorite athletes. Kaori Sakamoto and Yuma Kagiyama clinched their Olympic spots, and Yuna Aoki gave two of the finest programs of any skater this season. We also talk about the results of the French and Italian nationals events, including their locks
Japanese Nationals 2025 Preview and Junior Grand Prix Final Recap
We preview the All-Japan Figure Skating Championships (Japanese Nationals) and its hotly contested Olympic team outcomes. We also look back at the Junior Grand Prix Final, particularly the very exciting junior women's event. Golden Spin 2025 receives a recap as well, along with a number of other smaller federation national championships. As mentioned in the episode, here is Rocker Skating's resour
Grand Prix Final 2025 RECAP
The Grand Prix Final in Japan took us on a rollercoaster of emotions. Ilia Malinin shattered his own world record. Alysa Liu is golden once again. The pairs competition was outstanding. And ice dance somehow managed to generate even more controversy, outcry, and shocking twists. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 03:34 — Pairs Competition 04:22 — Miura and Kihara 08:17 — Conti and Macii 12:41 — Hase and Volodi
Grand Prix Final 2025 PREVIEW
We get ready for the 2025 Grand Prix Final with a rundown of all the competitors across the 4 disciplines, comparing their scores and performances so far this season, and making our (highly dubious) podium predictions. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:58 — Men's Competition 19:09 — Men's Podium Predictions 20:47 — Pairs Competition 34:09 — Pairs Podium Predictions 35:39 — Women's Competition 52:57 — Women'
Finlandia Trophy 2025 Recap — ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix Series
The final 2025 Grand Prix qualifier event provided a terrific women's competition, more judging controversies in ice dance, plus blood, tears, and several truly memorable, beautiful performances. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:31 — Dance Scoring Controversy 19:47 — Errors and Incompetency 21:21 — Ice Dance Competition 47:50 — Ice Dance GPF Qualifiers 49:47 — Men's Competition 1:02:54 — Men's GPF Qualifie
Skate America 2025 Recap (Figure Skating Grand Prix Series)
The penultimate Grand Prix Qualifier, Skate America, featured a hotly contested women's podium, some spectacular ice dance performances, numerous disasters in pairs, and a surprisingly weak men's event. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:44 — Women's Competition 1:51 — Alysa Liu vs Rinka Watanabe 4:56 — Anastasiia Gubanova vs Lara Naki Gutman 7:06 — Starr Andrews 10:00 — Top 5 score comparisons 11:31 — Chaey
NHK Trophy 2025 Recap
Kaori Sakamoto reigned supreme at her final NHK Trophy competition! The Japanese Grand Prix event gave us exciting podium wins, surprise come-ups, frightening injuries, and a disappointing debut from the returning Shib Sibs. #FigureSkating #GPfigure Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:33 — Women's Competition 1:50 — Kaori Sakamoto 5:52 — Sofia Samodelkina 7:55 — Loena Hendrickx 10:34 — Young You 14:05 — Sarah
Skate Canada 2025 Recap
The third stop on the Grand Prix series gave us a bombastic new world record from Ilia Malinin, a shaky win from Gilles and Poirier, some pleasant surprises in pairs, and a charming trio of medal-winners in the women's event. Plus more frustrating judging, and potentially racist kiss 'n cry fan gifts. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:57 — Men's Competition 21:39 — Ice Dance Competition 52:34 — Women's Comp
Cup of China 2025 Recap (Figure Skating Grand Prix Series)
The second Grand Prix event of 2025 featured the return of Olympic champions Sui & Han, exciting wins from Amber Glenn and Shun Sato, and a nervous victory for Chock & Bates. Plus more questionable judging, and a kiss 'n cry controversy. Chapters 1:37 — Women's Competition 24:10 — Pairs Competition 39:16 — Men's Competition 57:21 — Ice Dance Competition 1:21:45 — Final thoughts on Cup of China 1:2
Grand Prix de France 2025 Recap
The first 2025 Grand Prix event featured extraordinary upsets (Ami Nakai, Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron), expected dominant wins (Ilia Malinin, Miura and Kihara), and controversial Ice Dance scoring (Guignard and Fabbri) sure to spark heated debate for some time… We dig into the incredible highs, and truly WTF moments, from Grand Prix de France. Adron savors his perfect podium prediction for the Wo
Trialeti Trophy 2025 Recap and Grand Prix Preview
We discuss Georgia's first ever Challenger event, the Trialeti Trophy, where Georgian skaters (rightfully) swept the golds. We also preview and give predictions for the Grand Prix de France, which kicks off the GP season. And we talk about the unsettling Shibutani Siblings rink video. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 2:07 — Trialeti Pairs Competition 14:52 — Trialeti Men's Competition 24:57 — Trialeti Ice Da
Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2025 Recap
The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge gave us our first look at Mikhail Shaidorov's new programs, a terrific showing and win from Haein Lee, and solid first outing from Davis & Smolkin. We also talk about Rika Kihara's move to ice dance, Bradie Tennell's successful program switch, and more. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:54 — Men's Competition 23:21 — Dance Competition 39:38 — Women's Competition 49:35 — Adam
Nebelhorn Trophy and Nepela Memorial 2025 Recaps
We recount a long, LONG weekend of skating with two major Challenger Series competitions: Nebelhorn Trophy and Nepela Memorial. The highlight reel includes big wins from Amber Glenn, Lara Naki Gutmann, Hase & Volodin, and Smart & Dieck. But, wow, were there some sloppy skates in there too… Chapters 0:00 — Intro 2:13 — Nebelhorn Women's Competition 14:31 — Nebelhorn Pairs Competition 24:06 — Nebelh
Skate to Milano Cortina Olympic Qualifier Event Recap
The final Olympic spots have officially been decided, the Russians have (sort of) returned, some of our favs punched their tickets, and the judges pulled some funny business at the Skate to Milano Cortina — aka Chinese Nebelhorn. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:26 — Women's Competition 25:01 — Ice Dance Competition 39:24 — Men's Competition 53:03 — Pairs Competition 59:52 — Gold in our Hearts 1:01:05 — Ou
Lombardia Trophy 2025 Recap
We examine the results from a very enjoyable Lombardia Trophy competition, including a great season debut from Ilia Malinin, a dominant gold from Conti and Macci, and surprise wins from Rion Sumiyoshi and Pate & Bye. Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:07 — Men's Comeptition / Ilia Malinin 7:26 — Yuma Kagiyama 12:24 — Nikolaj Memola 14:00 — Shun Sato 14:48 — Adam Siao Him Fa 16:28 — Kao Muira 17:22 — Andreas No
Kinoshita Cup 2025, Bolero Cup, John Nicks Pairs Challenge Recaps
We recap a busy week of skating comps with the four-discipline Kinoshita Cup in Japan, the John Nicks Pairs Challenge, and the Bolero Cup ice dance event. Many heavy hitters debuted their new programs, and we have lots of feelings about them! Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:50 — John Nicks Pairs Competition 15:06 — Kinoshita Cup Men's Competition 22:49 — Kinoshita Cup Pairs Competition 30:52 — Kinoshita C
French Masters 2025 and Junior Grand Prix
We check out the French Masters event, featuring the debut of ice dance team Fournier-Beaudry and Cizeron, and a fantastic performance from Kevin Aymoz. We also look at the Junior Grand Prix, including a controversy in Pairs, and a breakout gold in women's. French Masters 2025 — Fournier-Beaudry & Cizeron Debut, Aymoz Dazzles In this week's episode of Scoreography, we dig into the French Masters
US Summer Sizzler 2025 and Return of Keegan Messing
We dig into the new program previews on display at the US Summer Sizzler gala, featuring almost all the top American skaters and teams. But first — Canadian hero Keegan Messing returns for the Olympic Season! Chapters 0:00 — Intro / Return of Keegan Messing 5:59 — Returns Uncertain? (Sui and Han, Shib Sibs) 9:40 — Fear & Gibson Free Dance Announcement 10:35 — Lombardia Trophy Men's Comp is mini Ol
Cranberry Cup 2025 Recap and More Skating News
The Olympic season is upon us with our first notable singles competition, Cranberry Cup. We talk about exciting wins from Isabeau Levito and Roman Sadovsky, a standout showing from Sofia Samodelkina, and Sonja Hilmer's marvelous short program. Plus news and other program debuts. Stargate Fandom Podcast Appearance You can hear — and SEE — Wendy and I as guests on the Stargate Fandom podcast! We tal
Kaori Sakamoto Retirement Plans and other Skating News
Three time world champion Kaori Sakamoto announces her post-Olympics retirement plan, and we have some feelings about it. Plus lots of new program announcements, and we talk about our experience at the North American Adult Synchronized Skating Camp. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:31 — NAASC Synchro Camp Experience 4:52 — Kaori Sakamoto Retirement Plans 10:43 — Other Skating News 11:06 — Young You's Tripl
In the Mixed Zone - featuring Judith Dombrowski
We talk with figure skating journalist Judith Dombrowski about her work with Golden Skate and Pirouette Magazine, and what it's like conducting interviews in the 'Mixed Zone' at skating competitions. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 2:06 — What is the Mixed Zone? 15:28 — Overcoming language barriers 18:12 — Skaters seeking content creators and alternative press 20:32 — A push to find "drama"? 24:40 — How muc
Grand Prix 2025 Assignments and Return of Sui and Han
We dig into all of the Grand Prix assignments for the upcoming figure skating season, as well as the unsurprising return of the Olympic Pairs champions, China's Sui and Han. It may be skating's off-season, but there was a lot to be excited about this past week as the 2025 Grand Prix assignments were announced — and two legends of the sport quietly confirmed their long-rumored return. The biggest s
Spring Skating News (May 2025)
We round-up the past week or so of off-season skating news, including new-and-returning programs from Kevin Aymoz, Kaori Sakamoto, and the Brown siblings. Haein Lee's suspension has formally been nullified, and the Taschler siblings move to Finland with a new coaching team. And lots more. Chapters 1:17 — Stars on Ice and Show Season 4:57 — Kevin Aymoz brings back Bolero 9:09 — Oona and Gage Brown
Listener Q&A 2025 Edition — Your Questions Answered!
In our second annual Q&A episode, we answer listener submitted questions about the upcoming Olympic season, our all-time favorite programs, the origin story of the podcast, and lots more. The off-season can feel LONG… especially the off-season before the Olympic season! This is why it was especially fun to dive into some "what if" scenarios, skating nostalgia, and even a few messy predictions for
The Shib Sibs Return?!
After SEVEN years away from competitive figure skating, ice dance Hall of Famers the Shib Sibs — Maia and Alex Shibutani — are returning. Just in time for the Olympic season. We have complicated feelings about it (especially Adron). We ruminate on the sport's inextricable tie to the Olympic quadrennial, how that both helps and hinders skating fandom, and the role of nostalgia in promoting the spor
Modernizing the Sport with FS.SkatingStan
We're joined by Haley from FS.SkatingStan, one of our favorite figure skating Instagram accounts, to talk about her experience at Worlds 2025, the efforts from the ISU to modernize the sport, and the role content creators play in the skating's future. Modernizing the Sport, and the Role of Content Creators in Skating's Future This episode of Scoreography features our very first guest on the show.
World Team Trophy 2025 RECAP
We look back at all the fun shenanigans and terrific performances from the 2025 World Team Trophy competition in Japan, including a dominant win from Team USA and first WTT medal for Team Italy. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:51 — Predictions and Results 3:09 — Women's Competition 15:49 — Pairs Competition 23:27 — Men's Competition 33:00 — Ice Dance Competition 40:05 — Mao Shimada in the Gala 41:50 — Gol
World Team Trophy 2025 PREVIEW
We look ahead to one of our favorite and most fun figure skating events, the bi-annual World Team Trophy. The competition features teams from the USA, Japan, Canada, Italy, Georgia, and France. Chapters 0:00 — World Team Trophy Overview 9:57 — Team Rosters 29:50 — World Team Podium Predictions 32:22 — Wrap-Up Follow Scoreography: Website — https://scoreography.show Instagram — https://www.instagr
Scoreography Awards 2025, ISU Awards, and Olympic Qualifications
We reflect on the post-Worlds ISU Awards, dig through the official Olympic Qualifications, and then hand out our own 2025 Scoreography Awards across 10 different categories. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:54 — Olympic Spot Qualifications 19:43 — ISU Awards 28:38 — The Scoreography Awards 29:10 — Favorite Program: Men 31:09 — Favorite Program: Women 32:27 — Favorite Program: Pairs 34:03 — Favorite Program
World Figure Skating Championships 2025 RECAP
We take an in-depth retrospective of the World Figure Skating Championships 2025, including the extraordinary wins of Alysa Liu, Chock and Bates, Ilia Malinin, and Miura and Kihara. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 2:00 — Women's Championship 33:26 — Women's Predictions in Review 34:15 — Pairs Championship 51:17 — Pairs Predictions in Review 52:10 — Men's Championship 1:16:42 — Men's Predictions in Review 1:
Worlds 2025 PREVIEW Part Two: Men and Ice Dance
In the second part of our World Figure Skating Championships 2025 preview, we look at the Men's and Ice Dance competitions — both with clear leaders, but primed for potential upsets on the podiums and down the rankings. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 3:32 — Men's Competition 30:21 — Men's Podium Predictions 32:30 — Ice Dance Competition 58:25 — Ice Dance Podium Predictions 1:00:25 — Wrap-Up Follow Scoreogr
Worlds 2025 PREVIEW Part One: Women and Pairs
Our first preview episode for the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships focuses on the Women and Pairs events. We compare the season's best scores and most consistent performers to pick the likely podium threats, as well as who might round out each top ten. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 3:06 — Worlds Preview Part One 3:53 — Women's Top Competitors 20:28 — Women's Dark Horse Candidates 31:21 — Women's Po
Legacy on Ice Impressions, Skating Lesson Controversy, and other news
We give our impressions of the Legacy on Ice event, performed in honor of the skating community lives lost on Flight 5342, and fundraising for their families and communities. We also discuss the Skating Lesson controversy attached to the event, plus other competition news. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:10 — Legacy on Ice Impressions 22:13 — Skating Lesson Controversy 31:30 — Sonja Henie Trophy 34:03 — M
World Junior Championships 2025 RECAP + Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron Announcement
We examine an exciting Junior Worlds 2025 event, with spectacular wins from Mao Shimada and Rio Nakata. Plus, we dive into the Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron ice dance team news. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:32 — Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron Announcement 11:48 — Junior Worlds Recap 12:35 — Women's Competition 30:10 — Men's Competition 38:59 — Pairs Competition 47:29 — Ice Dance Compe
Four Continents Championships 2025 RECAP
Seoul, Korea, hosted a truly fantastic 2025 Four Continents Championships. We discuss standout wins from Chaeyeon Kim, Miura & Kihara, and Mikhail Shaidorov, a brilliant podium placement for Jimmy Ma, and frustrations with Ice Dance scoring. Chapters 0:00 — Intro and Road to 2026 event 3:01 — Four Continents Overview 3:59 — 4CC Men's Competition 21:55 — 4CC Pairs Competition 34:41 — 4CC Women's Co
Four Continents 2025 PREVIEW, plus Asian Winter Games and Challenge Cup Recaps
We preview the strong slate of competitors at the upcoming Four Continents Championships 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. But first we recap the impressive Asian Winter Games competition, as well as the much smaller Challenge Cup. Chapters 0:00 — Intro and Retirement News 3:11 — Road to 2026 Cup 5:15 — Asian Winter Games 5:57 — AWG Women's Competition 9:10 — AWG Men's Competition 13:27 — AWG Pairs Comp
Olympics 2022 Retrospective Part ONE: Mens and Pairs
With the 2026 Olympics just a year away, we look back at Beijing 2022. We examine the current Milano Cortina hopefuls who competed in the previous Olympic mens and pairs, to see how far they've come in the years between. Chapters 0:00 — Intro and Context 2:09 — Original introduction 3:39 — Pairs Competition 24:17 — Men's Competition 51:55 — Thoughts from the Future 54:58 — Wrap-Up This week we're
European Championships 2025 Recap
We look back at Europeans 2025, a great event in the shadow of tragedy. We celebrate a remarkable win from Nina Petrokina, question the Ice Dance results, and share our bemusement with the men's competition. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:48 — Women's Competition 14:19 — Ice Dance Competition 28:21 — Men's Competition 38:35 — Pairs Competition 44:38 — Gold in our Hearts 46:13 — Wrap-Up While the 2025 Eur
Flight 5342 — In Memoriam
We remember, and do our best to honor, the members of the figure skating community—athletes, coaches, and family members—who were lost in the crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, DC. Several memorial funds have been set up, by the US skating federation and affected skating clubs, to support the surviving families: U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund Capitol Skating Fund Flight
US Nationals 2025 RECAP
We examine all the action from US Nationals 2025, including momentous performances from Alysa Liu, Efimova & Mitrofanov, and Andrew Torgashev, big wins for Ilia Malinin and Amber Glenn, and some questionably large scoring. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:41 — Men's Competition 16:05 — Pair's Competition 31:10 — Women's Competition 40:34 — Ice Dance Competition 45:52 — Gold in our Hearts 48:11 — Wrap Up U
US Nationals 2025 Preview + Canadian Nationals and FISU Games Recap
We look ahead to the talent-packed 2025 U.S. Nationals competition, right after we recap the results from Canadian Nationals and the FISU World University Games, which were both surprisingly exciting. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:57 — Canadian Nationals 2025 1:57 — Canadian Men's Competition 6:32 — Canadian Women's Competition 11:01 — Canadian Pairs Competition 15:53 — Canadian Ice Dance Competition 21
Korean Nationals 2025 Recap (plus Canadian Nationals preview)
We discuss the results from Korean National Championships 2025, including great performances from Chaeyeon Kim and Junhwan Cha, as well as the return of Haein Lee. We also preview Canadian Nationals and the 2025 FISU World University Games. It's Nationals season, and this week, we're catching up on the Korean National Championships and getting ready for our favorite Canadians to hit the ice. Also,
Mid-Season 2024-2025 Catch-Up
In our first episode of 2025, we catch up on all things figure skating since the Grand Prix Final, including national championships in Japan, France, and Italy, plus other news. After a short winter's nap, we're back in 2025 and catching up on a lot of National competitions that have happened since the Grand Prix Final. Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2024 To no one's surprise, Yuma Kagiyama
Grand Prix Final 2024 RECAP
The 2024 Grand Prix series wrapped up with a pretty fantastic Final in France, including an extraordinary win from Amber Glenn, continued dominance from Ilia Malinin and Chock & Bates, and a second straight GPF gold for Hase & Volodin. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:46 Women's Competition & Amber Glenn 9:58 Mone Chiba 11:12 Kaori Sakamoto 13:11 Hana Yoshida 14:17 Wakaba Haguchi 15:06 Pairs Competition 15:5
Grand Prix Final 2024 PREVIEW
We look ahead to 2024's Grand Prix Final in France! We discuss the full slate of competitors and examine their performances thus far in the season to determine our predictions for the podiums. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:25 — Scores and Skating 3:20 — Men's Competition 15:24 — Men's Poduim Predictions 16:12 — Ice Dance Competition 26:17 — Dance Podium Predictions 26:53 — Women's Competition 37:44 — Wo
Cup of China 2024 Recap
The Grand Prix qualifiers wrapped up at Cup of China with easily the most exciting Women's event of the series, including a second GP gold for Amber Glenn. Plus standout performances from Mikhail Shaidorov, Smart & Diek, and Conti & Macii. The Grand Prix series qualifiers for 2024 came to a close in the incredible city of Chongqing, China, and the women's event stole the show. That said, there wer
Finlandia Trophy 2024 Recap
Finlandia, the fifth stop in the Grand Prix qualifier circuit, gave us a few standout performances, several podium surprises, and a hot mess of a Men's competition that almost rivaled Grand Prix de France's low scores. Week 5 of the Grand Prix took us to Helsinki for the Finlandia Trophy, where we saw many men "menning" — even Yuma Kagiyama (!!!) — but problems plagued more than just the men. Sti
NHK Trophy 2024 Recap
Japan's NHK Trophy competition proved one of the best of the Grand Prix series so far, with huge wins from Kaori Sakamoto and Yuma Kagiyama, a surprise gold for Metelkina and Berulava, and an astounding performance from Chock and Bates. Figure Skating's Grand Prix 2024 made its fourth stop in Japan for the prestigious NHK Trophy. Never to be outdone, NHK Trophy created a beautiful event for audie
Grand Prix de France 2024 Recap
We recap a tumultuous Grand Prix de France, with an exciting win by Amber Glenn, a startling upset in Ice Dance, and a shockingly low-scoring men's competition. Grand Prix de France continued the trend we've seen throughout this Grand Prix season so far — which is to say it was messy with some highlights. The competition and Angers, France saw big wins, historic jumps that both the commentator and
Skate Canada 2024 Recap
We look back at Skate Canada, a messy second installment of the Grand Prix series that still saw a few spectacular performances. Gilles and Poirier shined, Rino Matsuike surprised, and 3 world champions held their podium placements. Week 2 of the 2024 Grand Prix is complete, and while there were some extraordinary performances there was also a lot of messy. That said, Skate Canada did provide us
Skate America 2024 RECAP
We look back at our in-person experience at the Skate American 2024 competition in Allen, Texas, including an extraordinary Men's competition, and surprising results in Womens and Ice Dance. The Grand Prix began in Allen, Texas with Skate America, and we were fortunate enough to see be in the audience for what was a stunning, surprising, and fun competition. While in this episode you'll hear tha
Skate America 2024 PREVIEW
As the 2024 Grand Prix of Figure Skating begins, we take a look ahead at the Skate America event, give our hopes and predictions, and share our excitement to see the event in person. The 2024-2025 Figure Skating Grand Prix is finally upon us as Skate America kicks it off in Allen, Texas! While we've already seen quite a lot of the new programs from competitors in early season competition, this i
Shanghai Trophy and Denis Ten Memorial Cup 2024
We recap the 2024 Shanghai Trophy and Denis Ten Memorial Cup competitions, including standout performances from Chaeyeon Kim, Taschlerova and Taschler, and Juhnwan Cha, plus a very messy pairs comp. This week, we're talking about more of the early competitions of the 2024-2025 season, including the Shanghai Trophy and the Denis Ten Memorial Cup. From a season's best for any woman so far this sea
Challenger Series 2024-25: Lombardia Trophy and Nebelhorn Trophy
After an unplanned summer break, Scoreography returns to cover the 2024-2025 season, starting with the Challenger Series. We take a look at all the major competitors we've seen so far, specifically from the Nebelhorn and Lombardia Trophy competitions, as well as Cranberry Cup and other small events. Welcome back, Scoreogra-fans! (too much?) It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new SEASON of fig
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