ISU Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final 2024: Preview, full schedule, how to watch live
The conclusion to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and Junior Grand Prix seasons takes place in Grenoble, France, from 5–8 December.
Figure Skating
The first half of the figure skating season has reached its most important point with the Grand Prix Final, where the top six skaters or teams in each of the four events will go head-to-head for the prize of Grand Prix Final champion.
Grenoble, France, welcomes the skaters – as well as the top six juniors in each category for the Junior Grand Prix Final – to the Patinoire Polesud from 5–8 December for the event.
The top qualifiers in the seniors are Ilia Malinin, Sakamoto Kaori, Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps, and Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson, who each won two Grands Prix this season.
Unfortunately, Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps withdrew on Monday (2 December) due to an illness for Deschamps.
USA's Malinin and Japanese skater Sakamoto won their corresponding Grand Prix Final events last year in Beijing and return as favourites this year. Fear and Gibson are looking to become the first British skaters to win a Grand Prix Final medal since the competition's inception in 1995.
Top skaters compete for Grand Prix Final glory
Among the favourites, right behind defending Final champions Malinin and Sakamoto are Kagiyama Yuma and Amber Glenn, who each also recorded two Grand Prix wins this year.
There are also hopes in the men's and ice dance category, with Grenoble native Kévin Aymoz due to skate in his home rink and French dance duo Evgenia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud. However, another French hope for the podium, Adam Siao Him Fa, was forced to pull out through injury and has been replaced in the final by Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov.
In the women's category, Glenn is the only non-Japanese woman qualified. Sakamoto leads a strong lineup of Japanese skaters, continuing to prove the powerhouse's strength in depth – Japan also have Kagiyama and Sato Shun in the men's event as well as pairs stars Miura Riku/Kihara Ryuichi competing in Grenoble.
Miura and Kihara suffered a surprise defeat on home ice at the NHK Trophy, but without the Canadian reigning world champs they are the top pair at the Final. The Japanese went first and second in their two Grand Prix events, much the same as Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin.
Hase/Volodin have the highest score so far of this season.
Britain's Fear and Gibson are perhaps the surprise perfect team in dance this season, with world champions Madison Chock/Evan Bates, silver medallists Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, and bronze medallists Charlène Guignard/Marco Fabbri all behind them. With an important World Championships coming up next March – where 2026 Olympic qualifying quotas will be decided – the Grand Prix Final could serve as the perfect springboard towards the championships.
In the Junior Grand Prix Dinal, defending champions Nakata Rio and Shimada Mao return again for Japan in the junior men's and junior women's categories respectively. However, Nakata enters the competition as only the second-highest qualifier, with USA's Jacob Sanchez having won two Junior Grands Prix this year to qualify as the top-ranked man.
2024 ISU Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final: Competition dates and schedule
The conclusion to the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating and Junior Grand Prix seasons takes place in Grenoble, France, from 5–8 December.
Here is the full schedule of the events.
All times local Central European Time / CET (UTC +1 hours) and subject to change.
Thursday, 5 December
- 16:30–17:20 Junior Pairs short program
- 17:40–18:23 Junior Women's short program
- 18:45–19:35 Junior Ice dance rhythm dance
- 19:55–20:46 Senior Pairs short program
- 21:05–21:49 Senior Women's short program
Friday, 6 December
- 16:15–16:58 Junior Men's short program
- 17:20–18:09 Junior Women's free skating
- 18:30–19:21 Senior Ice dance rhythm dance
- 19:45–20:45 Senior Pairs free skating
- 21:05–21:49 Senior Men's short program
Saturday, 7 December
- 13:30–14:23 Senior Women's free skating
- 14:45–15:34 Junior Men's free skating
- 15:55–16:50 Junior Ice dance free dance
- 18:20–19:16 Junior Pairs free skating
- 19:40–20:39 Senior Ice dance free dance
- 21:00–21:53 Senior Men's free skating
Sunday, 8 December
- 14:00–16:00 Exhibition gala
ISU Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final: How to watch
You can watch the Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final through the following broadcasters:
- Australia - SBS
- Brazil - ESPN
- Canada - CBC
- People’s Republic of China - CCTV
- Finland - YLE
- France - France TV
- Germany - ARD, ZDF
- Great Britain and Pan-Europe - Eurosport
- Italy - Rai
- Japan - J Sports, Fuji TV, TV Asahi
- Mexico - Sky Mexico
- USA - NBC's streaming service Peacock
For full tune-in information, see the ISU’s “Where to Watch” page.
ISU also provides live streaming on its YouTube account, although many territories are geo-blocked.