US EditionMinions Music Leads to Nightmare for Olympic Skater While Putting a Spotlight on a Yearslong Problem
- 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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Figure Skater Shares Hopeful Update After His Popular 'Minions' Routine Was Banned Just Days Before Olympics
Minions… on ice? That was the plan for Olympic figure skater Tomás-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté, who hoped to bring a dose of animated absurdity to the 2026 Winter Olympics with a Minions-inspired routine set to music from the 2015 film. Instead, just days before the Games, the crowd-pleasing program was abruptly pulled.The Catalan skater had used the music throughout the season without issue after purchasing the required permissions under Internation…
Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while putting a spotlight on a yearslong problem
Of course it would take those mischievous Minions to thrust what has become a yearslong musical nightmare for figure skaters into the global spotlight just days before they step onto the ice for the Milano Cortina Olympics. Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate revealed this week that the music he has used all season, a medley from the animated comedy film “Minions” from Illumination Entertainment, could not be used in the biggest event of…
Last Monday Tomás Guarino held his breath. He was forced to change everything to four days before the start of the Winter Olympics. The problem was the copyright of the music he used in his performance. The staging of the Spanish skater was drawn with an amalgam of songs including the melody of the film Gru, my favorite villain, there is a question of controversy. Copyright belongs to Universal Studios and Tomás Guarino got the refusal to use th…
The 26-year-old Catalan is not among the favorites in the single, but is famous for his irreverent performances
Olympic figure skaters hope to clear music hurdles before Games, including from ‘Minions’ movie
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Olympic figure skaters will feel the eyes of the world on them when they take the ice for their programs at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics this month, but there’s an added pressure on their shoulders going into the Winter Games. Hitting the right notes. It’s not so much whether the figure skaters will be able to move to the right rhythm and beats that blare through the loudspeakers, but whether any mu…
Olympic figure skaters hope to clear music hurdles before Games, including from 'Minions' movie
Olympic figure skaters will feel the eyes of the world on them when they take the ice for their programs at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics this month, but there’s an added pressure on their shoulders going into the Winter Games.Hitting the right notes.It’s not so much whether the figure skaters will be able to move to the right rhythm and beats that blare through the loudspeakers, but whether any music will be playing at all.CLICK HERE FOR MORE…
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