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One of the most entertaining Olympic events takes place after all the medals are already handed out — the Milan Cortina 2026 figure skating gala will captivate fans Saturday.
A celebration of the Games and the top athletes' accomplishments, this year's most prominent skaters will return to the Milano Ice Skating Arena for a 2.5-hour spectacle. Rather than seeing cutthroat competition, viewers will get to experience their favorites have complete creative freedom on the ice.
The exhibition gala is a long-running tradition in professional figure skating, and is considered a great honor for all skaters involved. An invite-only event, the gala features medalists from all four disciplines, as well as any fan-favorite athletes from the Games. This year's gala will include USA stars Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, Madison Chock, Evan Bates and more. See the full list of performers below.
Be sure to tune in for this one-of-a-kind event.
Here's everything you need to know about the 2026 Olympic figure skating gala, including TV channel and streaming options for the exhibition skate.
When is the Olympics figure skating gala?
- Date: Saturday, Feb. 21
- Time: 2 p.m. ET
The 2026 Olympic figure skating gala will take place on Saturday, Feb. 21 starting at 2 p.m. ET.
Where to watch Olympics figure skating gala: TV channel, live stream
- TV channel: NBC
- Live stream: Peacock
The 2026 Olympic figure skating gala will be broadcast live on NBC. Fans and cord-cutters can also stream the extravagant event live with Peacock.
Peacock will carry every event of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics live. The NBC-owned streaming service's sports programming features live coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football, the NBA, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Premier League soccer, Big Ten football and basketball, Notre Dame football, Big East and Big 12 basketball, PGA Tour golf, and more.
Olympics figure skating gala performers 2026
Italian skater and Milan Cortina 2026 ambassador Carolina Kostner, who won bronze in Sochi 12 years ago, will lead off the gala with a special performance.
The gala generally concludes with a choreographed group skate featuring all of the performers from the event. Here are the 2026 Olympians set to perform:
Women
- Alysa Liu (USA)
- Amber Glenn (USA)
- Sakamoto Kaori (JPN)
- Nakai Ami (JPN)
- Adeliia Petrosian (AIN)
- Niina Petrokina (EST)
- Lee Haein (KOR)
Men
- Ilia Malinin (USA)
- Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)
- Kagiyama Yuma (JPN)
- Sato Shun (JPN)
- Cha Junhwan (KOR)
- Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)
- Daniel Grassl (ITA)
Pairs
- Miura Riku-Kihara Ryuichi (JPN)
- Anastasiia Metelkina-Luka Berulava (GEO)
- Minerva Fabienne Hase-Nikita Volodin (GER)
- Maria Pavlova-Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)
- Sara Conti-Niccolò Macii (ITA)
Ice Dance
- Madison Chock-Evan Bates (USA)
- Guillaume Cizeron-Laurence Fournier Beaudry (FRA)
- Piper Gilles-Paul Poirier (CAN)
- Charlène Guignard-Marco Fabbri (ITA)
- Allison Reed-Saulius Ambrulevičius (LTU)
- Olivia Smart-Tim Dieck (ESP)