When is figure skating’s Olympic Exhibition Gala? Start time, where to watch and more

The final figure skating event of the Winter Olympics arrives Saturday with the traditional Exhibition Gala, bringing some of the world’s best skaters back to the ice once more.

“For one unforgettable evening, many of the world’s finest skaters will return to perform for a packed house and before a worldwide broadcast audience,” the International Skating Union announced Friday.

Stars like Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn and more will skate one more time, but this one will be different.

There are no medals, no scores — just skating.

According to ISU, the gala is an event based on “pure artistic freedom,” featuring “original costumes, breathtaking choreography, and incredible performances.”

“The exhibition gala is an opportunity for skaters to go out and perform a program that is not judged. All of the rules and regulations that apply in competition do not apply in the exhibition gala, so you can go skate for as long or as little as you want, to whatever music you want, to whatever costume you want, and it’s even more free than it is in competition because a lot of skaters will do something super random and funny and fun,” Olympian Mariah Bell said.

So when exactly is it and how can you watch?

When is the Exhibition Gala?

The event takes place from 1-3:30 p.m. CT Saturday at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

Where to watch it?

The event can be streamed live below:

Full list of skaters

Among those announced on the lineup was Malinin, whose free skate in the men’s competition marked one of the biggest upsets of the Games as he said he was impacted by the Olympic pressure. The ISU said Malinin is “ready to deliver something special.”

“Pure emotion. Full power. No holding back. This is SHOWTIME,” the union wrote in a social media post. “And we’re ready for every second of it.”

Liu has already foreshadowed her performance, saying she will “have a new program to ‘Stateside’ by PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson, the remix.”

“And I’ll have a new dress and I’m going to perform once again on the big stage,” she said.

Alysa Liu shared what she plans to skate to at the Olympic Gala performance.

According to Bell, the organizing committee decides who skates in the gala, though any medalist from earlier in the Games is automatically invited.

Here’s the full list of skaters announced by the ISU:

MEN

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)
Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)
Shun Sato (JPN)
Junhwan Cha (KOR)
Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)
Ilia Malinin (USA)
Daniel Grassl (ITA)

PAIRS

Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)
Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava (GEO)
Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin (GER)
Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)
Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii (ITA)

ICE DANCE

Guillaume Cizeron / Laurence Fournier Beaudry (FRA)
Madison Chock / Evan Bates (USA)
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (CAN)
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri (ITA)
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius (LTU)
Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck (ESP)

WOMEN

Alysa Liu (USA)
Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
Ami Nakai (JPN)
Amber Glenn (USA)
Adeliia Petrosian (AIN)
Niina Petrokina (EST)
Haein Lee (KOR)