Now that all of the figure skating medals have been awarded, it’s time to have some fun.
Every medalist from the individual figure skating events, plus a few more big names within the sport, are confirmed to be skating in this year’s 2.5-hour Olympic gala, which is set for today, Feb. 21.
A long-standing tradition in the world of figure skating, nearly all major competitions end with an invitation-only exhibition gala, where skaters are given an opportunity to show off their personality and creativity by performing exhibition routines where the traditional rulebook does not apply. The lights are dimmed, props are allowed and some skaters may even debut brand new programs this afternoon.
OLYMPIC figure skating: what to know
- What: Exhibition gala
- When: February 20, 2 p.m. ET
- Where: Milano Ice Skating Arena (Milan, Italy)
- Channel: NBC (joining in-progress at 2:55 p.m. ET)
- Streaming: DIRECTV (try it free)
Despite missing the individual podiums, Team USA skaters Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin will perform exhibition programs today. We’ll even see Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea as they were part of Team USA’s gold medal-winning squad in the team event.
Of course, ice dance silver medalists Madison Chock and Evan Bates will also represent the USA in the gala alongside newly minted Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu.
Italian figure skating icon and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Carolina Kostner will open the exhibition with a special program and the full Italian figure skating team from the Milano-Cortina Games are scheduled to appear as representatives of the host nation.
Olympics figure skating exhibition gala start time
The figure skating exhibition gala at the Olympics 2026 begins at 2 p.m. ET today, Feb. 21.
How to watch the Olympic figure skating gala
If you want to watch the full exhibition gala live, we recommend streaming it with a Peacock subscription.
Peacock currently offers two subscription types: Premium with ads and Premium Plus ad-free. Peacock Premium costs $10.99/month, while Premium Plus costs $16.99/month.
You can also save a bit by subscribing to one of Peacock’s annual plans, which give you 12 months for the price of 10. These cost either $109.99 with ads or $169.99 without ads.
You can also utilize a DIRECTV five-day free trial to watch the women’s curling semifinals on USA Network.
Who is skating in the Olympic figure skating exhibition gala?
Below, check out the full list of performers for today’s figure skating exhibition in start order, along with where they finished in the individual events.
- Opening number with special guest Carolina Kostner (ITA)
- Daniel Grassl – ITA (Men’s singles, 9th)
- Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck – ESP (Ice dance, 9th)
- Ami Nakai – JPN (Women’s singles, 3rd)
- Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin – GER (Pairs, 3rd)
- Shun Sato – JPN (Men’s singles, 3rd)
- Italian Olympic Figure Skating Team
- Amber Glenn – USA (Women’s singles, 5th)
- Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier – CAN (Ice dance, 3rd)
- Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko – HUN (Pairs, 4th)
- Junhwan Cha – KOR (Men’s singles, 4th)
- Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius – LTU (Ice dance, 6th)
- Adeliia Petrosian – AIN (Women’s singles, 6th)
- Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava – GEO (Pairs, 2nd)
- Team USA (Team event, 1st)
- Niina Petrokina – EST (Women’s singles, 7th)
- Adam Siao Him Fa – FRA (Men’s singles, 7th)
- Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri – ITA (Ice dance, 4th)
- Haein Lee – KOR (Women’s singles, 8th)
- Yuma Kagiyama – JPN (Men’s singles, 3rd)
- Madison Chock and Evan Bates – USA (Ice dance, 2nd)
- Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii – ITA (Pairs, 6th)
- Kaori Sakamoto – JPN (Women’s singles, 2nd)
- Ilia Malinin – USA (Men’s singles, 8th)
- Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron – FRA (Ice dance, 1st)
- Mikhail Shaidorov – KAZ (Men’s singles, 1st)
- Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara – JPN (Pairs, 1st)
- Alysa Liu – USA (Women’s singles, 1st)
- Finale
2026 WINTER OLYMPICS
When do the Winter Olympics end?
The 2026 Winter Olympics end with the closing ceremony on Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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