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Figure Skater Using 'Minions' Music at Winter Olympics After Copyright Issues
Universal Studios granted a one-time license after public pressure, allowing Spanish skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté to perform his Minions routine at the 2026 Olympics.
- Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté said on Instagram yesterday that Universal Pictures refused to clear the Minions song, barring him from performing the routine at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy starting Friday, February 6.
- After submitting the music via the ISU ClicknClear system in August, Guarino Sabaté competed with the program all season but was told last Friday he could no longer use it.
- The Minions short program mixes high-level skating and playful moves while Guarino Sabaté performs dressed in blue overalls and a bright yellow shirt.
- Public support yesterday prompted Universal Studios to reconsider and grant the rights for this one special Olympic performance, Guarino Sabaté thanked supporters in an Instagram follow-up story.
- This episode underscores how copyright clearance can reshape programming at major events, as copyright law nearly blocked the whimsical routine and observers said Universal stopping it would have been a shame for Olympic programming.
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Tomàs-Llorenc Guarino Sabaté becomes the audience's favorite at the Figure Skating EM. Dressed with blue bibs and yellow shirt, he dances to the film music of the Minions. Shortly before the Olympics, a Job's message comes to him - but now there is the happy ending.
Almost Llorenç Guarino Sabaté should have rejected the rehearsed freestyle, it was about the music rights. Shortly before the beginning of the Olympic Games there seems to be a happy ending for the figure skater.
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In this blog we follow the most important news in the run-up to the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, which start on Friday.
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