Gala Madness
Print, fill out and submit a photo or scanned copy of your Gala Madness bracket to socialmedia@usfigureskating.org to win a tickets to 2020 Skate America in Las Vegas! Winners will be determined by most points (1 points for correct R16 pick, 2 points for correct R8 pick, 4 points for correct semifinal pick and 8 points for correct champion; if there is a tie, there will be a random drawing among the top finishers.
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How games are played
Each game in the Gala Madness bracket is a head-to-head match-up of two fan-favorite gala performances from the 2019-20 season. Figure Skating fans are encouraged to watch both performances and vote for their favorite performance in each given match-up. Voting for each match-up is open for 24 hours. After voting ends, the performance with the most votes in each match-up is declared the winner and advances to the next game in the series.
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How to participate:
Review the list of the Round of 16 head-to-head match ups (games 1-8) and predict which performances you think will emerge as the favorites after 24 hours of fan voting. From there, determine how your predictions will fare against each other in the quarterfinals (games 9-12), semi-finals (games 13-14) Â and the championship match-up. Correct predictions in each round earns you points, and the participant with the most points wins the tickets to 2020 Skate America. In the event of a tie, random drawing will determine the winner. You must submit your completed bracket with your winning predictions prior to the start of the first game at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 3.
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How to vote:
- All performances are available for viewing now. Watch all 16 fan-favorite performances by clicking on the hyperlinked names in the table below.
- Voting for each head-to-head match-up opens at the game time denoted in the Gala Madness bracket and is open for 24 hours. At this time, a "vote" link will appear in the table below. Cast your vote by clicking on the link and voting for your favorite.
- New links will be available as the series progresses.
Round of 16 |
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March 3rd   |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 1 Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker (USA) vs. No. 8 Mariah Bell (USA) |
Watch Hawayek/Baker | Watch Bell | Vote |
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March 3th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 4 Nathan Chen (USA) vs. No. 5 Ashley Cain-Gribble/Timothy LeDuc (USA) |
Watch Chen | Cain-Gribble/LeDuc | Vote |
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March 4th |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 2 Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) vs. No. 7 Anna Shcherbakova (RUS) |
Watch Hanyu | Watch Shcherbakova | Vote |
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March 4th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 3 Nam Nguyen (CAN) vs. No. 6 Olivia Smart/Adrian Diaz (ESP) |
Watch Nguyen | Watch Smart/Diaz | Vote |
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March 5th |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 2 Jason Brown (USA) vs. No.7 Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue (USA) |
Watch Brown | Watch Hubbell/Donohue | Vote |
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March 5th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 3 Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) vs. No. 6 Bradie Tennell (USA) |
Watch Chock/Bates | Watch Tennell | Vote |
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March 6th |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 1 Keegan Messing (CAN) vs. No. 8 Kazuki Tomono (JPN) |
Watch Messing | Watch Tomono | Vote |
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March 6th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 4 Alexandra Trusova (RUS) vs. No. 5 Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer (AUS) |
Watch Trusova | Watch Ziegler/Kiefer | Vote |
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Quarterfinals |
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March 9th |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 1 Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker (USA) vs. No. 4 Nathan Chen (USA) |
Watch Hawayek/Baker | Watch Chen | Vote |
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March 9th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 2 Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) vs. No. 3 Nam Nguyen (CAN) |
Watch Hanyu | Watch Nguyen | Vote |
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March 10th |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 2 Jason Brown (USA) vs. No. 3 Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) |
Watch Brown | Watch Chock/Bates | Vote |
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March 10th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 8 Kazuki Tomono (JPN) vs. No. 4 Alexandra Trusova (RUS) |
Watch Tomono | Watch Trusova | Vote |
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Semifinals |
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March 12th |
2 P.M. ET |
No. 1 Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker (USA) vs. No. 2 Jason Brown (USA) |
Watch Hawayek/Baker | Watch Brown | Vote |
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March 12th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 2 Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) vs. No. 8 Kazuki Tomono (JPN) |
Watch Hanyu | Watch Tomono | Vote |
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Championship |
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March 16th |
6 P.M. ET |
No. 2 Jason Brown (USA) vs. No. 2 Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN)Â |
Watch Brown | Watch Hanyu | Vote |
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