ISU Skating Awards 2020 Long list of Candidates

The long list of candidates for the ISU Skating Awards 2020 is available below. All votes were submitted via the ISU Skating Awards online voting platform and which was open from December 1, 2019 to February 10, 2020. The nominees in each category will be announced shortly. For further information please visit the ISU Skating Awards page.

1) Most Valuable Skater Honors the Single Skater or Pair or Couple who best managed to increase the level of popularity of with their fan base, media attention and sponsor appreciation.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice Dance Aleksandra BOIKOVA / / Boyang JIN (CHN) (RUS) Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII (RUS) (RUS) Keegan MESSING / / (CAN) (RUS) Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS) (FRA) Evgenia Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / / Evan (USA) MEDVEDEVA (RUS) (CAN) BATES (USA) Peng CHEN / / Paul (JPN) Mariah BELL (USA) (CHN) POIRIER (CAN) Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN / Nikita (JPN) (JPN) (CHN) KATSALAPOV (RUS)

2) Best Costume Honors the Single Skater or Pair or Ice Dance Couple whose costume reflects creativity, contemporary implementation, fashion, style and originality.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice Dance Alexander Alena Aleksandra BOIKOVA / SAMARIN (RUS) KOSTORNAIA Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII (RUS) Alexandra STEPANOVA / (FS) (RUS) (SP) (FS) Ivan BUKIN (RUS) (FD) Alexandra Anton SHULEPOV TRUSOVA (RUS) Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Betina POPOVA / Sergey (RUS) (SP) (SP) Timothy LEDUC (USA) (FS) MOZGOV (RUS) (RD) Daniel SAMOHIN Alexia PAGANINI Cheng PENG / Yang JIN Charlene GUIGNARD / (ISR) (SP) (SUI) (FS) (CHN) (SP) Marco FABRI (ITA) (FD) Dennis Evgenia TARASOVA / Gabriella PAPADAKIS / VASILJEVS (LAT) Alina ZAGITOVA Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS) Guillaume CIZERON (FRA) (FS) (RUS) (FS) (SP) (FD) Anna Laurence FOURNIER Jason BROWN SHCHERBAKOVA Jessica CALALANG / Brian BEAUDRY / Nikolaj (USA) (FS) (RUS) (FS) JOHNSON (USA) (SP) SORENSEN (CAN) (RD) Elizaveta Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Kazuki TOMONO TUKTAMYSHEVA Michael MARINARO (CAN) / Lewis GIBSON (JPN) (FS) (RUS) (SP) (SP) (GBR) (FD) / Keiji TANAKA Eunsoo LIM (KOR) Andrei NOVOSELOV (RUS) Madison CHOCK / Evan (JPN) (FS) (SP) (SP) BATES (USA) (FD) Evgenia / Kevin AYMOZ MEDVEDEVA (RUS) (CAN) Piper GILLES / Paul (FRA) (SP) (FS) (FS) POIRIER (CAN) (RD) Matteo RIZZO Kailani CRANE / / Kirill (ITA) (FS) (AUS) (FS) (ITA) (FS) KHALIAVIN (ESP) (FD) Kaori SAKAMOTO Tae Ok RYOM / Ju Sik KIM Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU (CAN) (SP) (JPN) (FS) (PRK) (SP) (CHN) (RD) Nathan CHEN Mariah BELL (USA) SHEVCHENKO / Igor (USA) (FS) (SP) EREMENKO (RUS) (RD) Roman SADOVSKY (CAN) Rika KIHIRA (JPN) Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita (FS) (FS) KATSALAPOV (RUS) (RD) Roman SAVOSIN (RUS) (FS) (JPN) (FS) Stanislava Shoma UNO KONSTANTINOVA (JPN) (SP) (RUS) (SP) Yuzuru HANYU Starr ANDREWS (JPN) (FS) (USA) (SP) Young YOU (KOR) (SP)* *Candidates added January 16, 2020

3) Most Entertaining Program Honors the Single Skater or Pair or Ice Dance Couple whose program had the best music selection, expression, creativity, contemporary implementation, originality and overall performance.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice Dance Alexander Alena Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Alexandra STEPANOVA / SAMARIN (RUS) KOSTORNAIA Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII (RUS) Ivan BUKIN (RUS) (FD) (FS) (RUS) (SP) (FS) Boyang JIN Alexandra / Betina POPOVA / Sergey (CHN) (FS) TRUSOVA (RUS) Aleksander GALLIAMOV MOZGOV (RUS) (RD) (FS) (RUS) (FS) Deniss Alina ZAGITOVA Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Charlene GUIGNARD / VASILJEVS (LAT) (RUS) (FS) Timothy LEDUC (USA) (FS) Marco FABBRI (ITA) (FD) (FS) Dmitri ALIEV Anna Cheng PENG / Yang JIN Gabriella PAPADAKIS / (RUS) (FS) SHCHERBAKOVA (CHN) (SP) Guillaume CIZERON (FRA) (RUS) (FS) (RD) Jason BROWN Bradie TENNELL Evgenia TARASOVA / Lilah FEAR / Lewis (USA) (FS) (USA) (FS) Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS) GIBSON (GBR) (FD) (FS) Julian ZHI JIE Elizaveta Haven DENNY / Brandon Madison CHOCK / Evan YEE (MAS) (FS) TUKTAMYSHEVA FRAZIER (USA) (FS) BATES (USA) (FD) (RUS) (FS) Kazuki Evgenia Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / / TOMONO (JPN) MEDVEDEVA (RUS) Michael MARINARO (CAN) (USA) (SP) (FS) (FS) (RD) Keegan Gabrielle Ksenia STOLBOVA / / Adrian MESSING (CAN) DALEMAN (CAN) Andrei NOVOSELOV (RUS) DIAZ (ESP) (RD) (FS) (FS) (SP) Keiji TANAKA Kaori SAKAMOTO Liubov ILYUSHECHKINA / Piper GILLES / Paul (JPN) (FS) (JPN) (FS) Charlie BILODEAU (CAN) POIRIER (CAN) (FD) (FS) Kevin AYMOZ Mariah BELL (USA) Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN Sarah HURTADO / Kirill (FRA) (SP) (SP) (CHN) (SP) KHALIAVIN (ESP) (FD) Matteo RIZZO Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU (ITA) (FS) (JPN) (SP) (CHN) (RD) Nam NGUYEN Nicole SCHOTT Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita (CAN) (FS) (GER) (FS) KATSALAPOV (RUS) (RD) Nathan CHEN Rika Kihira (JPN) (USA) (FS) (FS) Shoma UNO Satoko MIYAHARA (JPN) (SP) (JPN) (SP) Yuzuru HANYU Young YOU (KOR) (JPN) (FS) (FS)

4) Best Newcomer Honors a talented Single Skater or Pair or Ice Dance Couple competing very successfully in ISU Events on the Senior level for the first season.

Total Alena KOSTORNAIA (RUS)

Alexandra TRUSOVA (RUS)

Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV (RUS)

Anna SHCHERBAKOVA (RUS)

Makar IGNATOV (RUS)

Young YOU (KOR)

5) Best Choreographer Honors the choreographic work of a Choreographer who successfully inspired one or several Single Skaters and/or Pairs and/or ice Dance Couples.

Total Benoit RICHAUD (FRA) *

Danil GLEIKHENGAUZ (RUS)

David WILSON (CAN) *

Lori NICHOL (CAN)

Marie-France DUBREUIL (CAN)

Shae-Lynn BOURNE (CAN)

Tom DICKSON (USA)

*Candidates added January 16, 2020

6) Best Coach Honors a Coach who delivered professional and efficient work and achieved outstanding results with one or several Single Skaters and/or Pairs and/or ice Dance Couples.

Total Brian ORSER (CAN)

Eteri TUTBERIDZE (RUS)

Hongbo ZHAO (CHN) *

Mie HAMADA (JPN) *

Rafael ARUTYUNYAN (ARM)

Romain HAGUENAUER**, Marie France DUBREUIL & (CAN)

Tamara MOSKVINA (RUS)

*Candidates added January 16, 2020

**Candidates added February 2, 2020

7. Lifetime Achievement Award Honors a Figure Skating legend having achieved great success and popularity and is considered as a role model for the Figure Skating World.

Total To be announced shortly