Pair Awards Results
The Pairs Awards got by far the fewest votes of any of the categories, so I hope a few of you who maybe didn't feel knowledgeable enough to vote might check these results out and find some new favorite skaters and programs!
The winner of Best Pair is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Runner Up: a tie between Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze and Shen & Zhao
The winner of Best Male Pair Skater is...
a tie between Anton Sikharulidze and Robin Szolkowy
Runner Up: a tie between Maxim Trankov and Sergei Grinkov
The winner of Best Female Pair Skater is...
Elena Berezhnaya
Runner Up: Aliona Savchenko
The winner of Most Underrated Pair is...
Zagórska & Siudek
_skating's comments:
Back in the day their lifts were pretty much revolutionary
Runner Up: a tie between Trankov & Mukhortova and Langlois & Hay
The winner of Most Overrated Pair is...
Sale & Pelletier
The winner of Best Chemistry is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Runner Up: a tie between Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze and Volosozhar & Trankov
The winner of Best Spins is...
Dube & Davison
_skating's comments:
accident aside
The winner of Best Jumps is...
Shen & Zhao
_skating's comments:
I think maybe because they don't have a huge size difference they are able to achieve perfect synchronization in their side by side jumps that other teams can't because they're fighting physics so to speak. Either way it's impressive.
Runner Up: Totmianina & Marinin
The winner of Best Throw Jumps is...
a tie between Savchenko & Szolkowy and Shen & Zhao
Runner Up: Kavaguti & Smirnov
The winner of Best Throws is...
Volosozhar & Trankov
_skating's comments:
they're so big and she isn't a waif or anything
They aren't only big but they also almost always do it the right way: he puts his hands down when she's in the air, always catch her by her waist, she doesn't lean on his body on the way down etc
The winner of Best Lifts is...
a tie between Kavaguti & Smirnov and Petrova & Tikhonov
The winner of Most Artistic is...
Shen & Zhao
_skating's comments:
They had to grow into their artistry but the end result was amazing.
The winner of Best Overall Program is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov - Moonlight Sonata
_skating's comments:
aka, perfection <3
Runner Up: a tie between Gordeeva & Grinkov - Vocalise, Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - Lady Caliph, Totmianina & Marinin - Romance from The Snowstorm, and Shen & Zhao - Turandot
The winner of Best Dramatic Program is...
Shen & Zhao - Turandot
_skating's comments:
flawless
The winner of Best Comedy Program is...
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - City Lights
The winner of Weirdest Program is...
Volosozhar & Morozov - Dreams Illusion
The winner of Most Creative Program is...
Savchenko & Szolkowy - Pina
Runner Up: anything choreographed by Tamara Moskvina
The winner of Most Romantic Program is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov - The Man I Love
_skating's comments:
They were truly amazing and deserve all the accolades they get...you don't even have to be a fan to see that.
Runner Up: Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - Lady Caliph
The winner of Best Exhibition Program is...
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - The Kid
Runner Up: Shen & Zhao - Sweet Dreams
The winner of Best Recruiter Program is...
Savchenko & Szolkowy - The Pink Panther
Runner Up: Kavaguti & Smirnov - Claire de Lune
The winner of Best Olympics Winning Performance is...
Totmianina & Marinin 2006
Runner Up: Gordeeva & Grinkov 1988
The winner of Most Inspiring Performance is...
Shen & Zhao - Turandot at the 2003 Worlds
_skating's comments:
She couldn't feel her leg!
I had tears in my eyes. But not only because of her being injured but because it is such an amazingly beautiful performance.
Runners Up: post-accident performances by Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze and Totmianina & Marinin
The winner of Worst Hair is...
Maria Petrova
_skating's comments:
a nice looking girl and very good skater, but her hair was always all over the place.
The winner of Best Ass is...
Robin Szolkowy
_skating's comments:
all other asses go home
Runner Up: Anton Sikharulidze
The winner of Hottest Male Pair Skater is...
Maxim Trankov
Runner Up: a tie between Ingo Steur, Anton Sikharulidze, and Alexander Smirnov
The winner of Best Looking Pair is...
a tie between Volosozhar & Trankov, Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze, and Gordeeva & Grinkov
The winner of Worst Costumes is...
Dube & Davison
_skating's comments:
Jessica Dube always has the same style skirt on her dresses that is rounded and barely covers her butt and makes her look dumpy and it makes me irrationally angry that she thinks it's cute
The winner of Best Program Opening Choreography is...
a tie between Kavaguti & Smirnov - Claire de Lune and Zagorska & Siudez - The Mission
The winner of Scariest Accident is...
Totmianina & Marinin at Skate America 2004
Runner Up: a tie between Berezhnaya & Shliakhov in practice and Dube & Davison at the Four Continents Championships in 2007
The winner of Best Comeback is...
Shen & Zhao
_skating's comments:
the most well deserved, longest coming Olympic gold metal ever
The winner of Best Pair is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Runner Up: a tie between Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze and Shen & Zhao
The winner of Best Male Pair Skater is...
a tie between Anton Sikharulidze and Robin Szolkowy
Runner Up: a tie between Maxim Trankov and Sergei Grinkov
The winner of Best Female Pair Skater is...
Elena Berezhnaya
Runner Up: Aliona Savchenko
The winner of Most Underrated Pair is...
Zagórska & Siudek
_skating's comments:
Back in the day their lifts were pretty much revolutionary
Runner Up: a tie between Trankov & Mukhortova and Langlois & Hay
The winner of Most Overrated Pair is...
Sale & Pelletier
The winner of Best Chemistry is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Runner Up: a tie between Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze and Volosozhar & Trankov
The winner of Best Spins is...
Dube & Davison
_skating's comments:
accident aside
The winner of Best Jumps is...
Shen & Zhao
_skating's comments:
I think maybe because they don't have a huge size difference they are able to achieve perfect synchronization in their side by side jumps that other teams can't because they're fighting physics so to speak. Either way it's impressive.
Runner Up: Totmianina & Marinin
The winner of Best Throw Jumps is...
a tie between Savchenko & Szolkowy and Shen & Zhao
Runner Up: Kavaguti & Smirnov
The winner of Best Throws is...
Volosozhar & Trankov
_skating's comments:
they're so big and she isn't a waif or anything
They aren't only big but they also almost always do it the right way: he puts his hands down when she's in the air, always catch her by her waist, she doesn't lean on his body on the way down etc
The winner of Best Lifts is...
a tie between Kavaguti & Smirnov and Petrova & Tikhonov
The winner of Most Artistic is...
Shen & Zhao
_skating's comments:
They had to grow into their artistry but the end result was amazing.
The winner of Best Overall Program is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov - Moonlight Sonata
Click to view_skating's comments:
aka, perfection <3
Runner Up: a tie between Gordeeva & Grinkov - Vocalise, Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - Lady Caliph, Totmianina & Marinin - Romance from The Snowstorm, and Shen & Zhao - Turandot
The winner of Best Dramatic Program is...
Shen & Zhao - Turandot
_skating's comments:
flawless
The winner of Best Comedy Program is...
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - City Lights
The winner of Weirdest Program is...
Volosozhar & Morozov - Dreams Illusion
The winner of Most Creative Program is...
Savchenko & Szolkowy - Pina
Runner Up: anything choreographed by Tamara Moskvina
The winner of Most Romantic Program is...
Gordeeva & Grinkov - The Man I Love
_skating's comments:
They were truly amazing and deserve all the accolades they get...you don't even have to be a fan to see that.
Runner Up: Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - Lady Caliph
The winner of Best Exhibition Program is...
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - The Kid
Runner Up: Shen & Zhao - Sweet Dreams
The winner of Best Recruiter Program is...
Savchenko & Szolkowy - The Pink Panther
Runner Up: Kavaguti & Smirnov - Claire de Lune
The winner of Best Olympics Winning Performance is...
Totmianina & Marinin 2006
Runner Up: Gordeeva & Grinkov 1988
The winner of Most Inspiring Performance is...
Shen & Zhao - Turandot at the 2003 Worlds
_skating's comments:
She couldn't feel her leg!
I had tears in my eyes. But not only because of her being injured but because it is such an amazingly beautiful performance.
Runners Up: post-accident performances by Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze and Totmianina & Marinin
The winner of Worst Hair is...
Maria Petrova
_skating's comments:
a nice looking girl and very good skater, but her hair was always all over the place.
The winner of Best Ass is...
Robin Szolkowy
_skating's comments:
all other asses go home
Runner Up: Anton Sikharulidze
The winner of Hottest Male Pair Skater is...
Maxim Trankov
Runner Up: a tie between Ingo Steur, Anton Sikharulidze, and Alexander Smirnov
The winner of Best Looking Pair is...
a tie between Volosozhar & Trankov, Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze, and Gordeeva & Grinkov
The winner of Worst Costumes is...
Dube & Davison
_skating's comments:
Jessica Dube always has the same style skirt on her dresses that is rounded and barely covers her butt and makes her look dumpy and it makes me irrationally angry that she thinks it's cute
The winner of Best Program Opening Choreography is...
a tie between Kavaguti & Smirnov - Claire de Lune and Zagorska & Siudez - The Mission
The winner of Scariest Accident is...
Totmianina & Marinin at Skate America 2004
Runner Up: a tie between Berezhnaya & Shliakhov in practice and Dube & Davison at the Four Continents Championships in 2007
The winner of Best Comeback is...
Shen & Zhao
_skating's comments:
the most well deserved, longest coming Olympic gold metal ever