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These Steamy Photos of Ice Dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Will Certainly Make You Blush

17/02/2018 - 10:09 PM

After the team figure skating event at the Olympics, all anyone could talk about was Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir [1] and their sexy, electric performances [2] on the ice. Although they have repeatedly stated they are not a couple [3] off the ice, it's easy to see why so many people are convinced that they must be. Figure skating fans have been captivated by their incredible skating and remarkable chemistry for most of the past decade [4] — take a look back at some of their best moments!

2008 World Championships

Before they were the sexy skaters we know and love today, Tessa and Scott were winning their first international championship medal — a silver at 2008 Worlds — at the ages of 18 and 20 with a sweetly romantic, playful program to "Umbrellas of Cherbourg [5]."

2010 Olympic Compulsory Dance

The Olympics in 2010 were the last time that ice dancers were required to perform a "compulsory" program, in which every team skated the exact same steps to the exact same music, modeled on a ballroom/Latin style. In 2010, the required style was the "Tango Romantica [6]," and as you might imagine, Tessa and Scott more than excelled at delivering on the intensity.

2010 Olympic Free Dance

Tessa and Scott's gold-medal-winning free dance [7] at the Vancouver Olympics was a delicate, lyrical program to Mahler's "Symphony No. 5." Filled with dainty touches and constant eye contact, it cemented them as the foremost purveyors of ice dance romance.

2010 Olympic Champions

The ending pose of their winning free dance saw Tessa held gently in Scott's arms, kneeling near the ice. The duo share a moment here, taking in their performance and the support of the Canadian home crowd.

2012 Skate Canada Gala

By 2012, Tessa and Scott's gently romantic programs were beginning to give way to more lyrical longing and intimate choreography, as seen here in their gala program [8] to "Hallelujah" at Skate Canada 2012.

2013 World Championships

If you ask a fan of Tessa and Scott when they flipped the switch from Canada's sweethearts to steaming up the ice, most will direct you to their 2013 free dance to "Carmen." A passionate, intense program [9] embodying one of the most famous romances in Western fiction, their entire program was so filled with fiery intensity that it left plenty of viewers a little flustered in the best way and was a harbinger of programs to come.

2014 Olympic Gala

"Carmen" and "Moulin Rouge" may be more overtly sexy, Mahler and "Funny Face" may be more classically romantic, but when it comes to raw intimacy on the ice, nothing can top Tessa and Scott's gala program to "Stay" [10] at the 2014 Olympics, where they won silver. It's achingly sensual and so intimate that you almost feel like you're intruding by watching — not that anyone could look away.

2017 Four Continents Championship

After two years away from competitive ice, Tessa and Scott made their triumphant return in the 2016-2017 season, going undefeated all season long. A little older and wiser than the last time they competed, they leaned into that mature, adult connection with a free dance to "Latch." But some things, like Scott's apparent fondness for Tessa's neck, never change!

2018 Olympic Team Event Short Dance

The required rhythm for this season's short dance is a rhumba, and Tessa and Scott have more than risen to the challenge of the upbeat, sexy, Latin style. Their program [11] is full of the close holds and sexy choreographic touches [12] that have become their hallmark.

2018 Olympics Team Event Free Dance

Perhaps this was inevitable, giving the glut [13] of Moulin Rouge programs these days and how its dramatic romance is so in tune with Tessa and Scott's style. But their music selection highlights all their strengths [14] while setting them apart from the pack: the "Tango de Roxanne" section is so intensely passionate that one of the lifts had to be changed [15] to be less overtly sexy, and "Come What May" brings it home with their signature sweeping romance.


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