Figure skater gets his music after all – NBC New York

Those mischievous Minions will have their Olympic moment after all.

Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate obtained the final approval he needed for his music on Friday, allowing the Spanish figure skater to perform his short program — set to a medley from the animated comedy from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment — when the men’s competition begins at the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday night.

Sabate had been performing the fan-favorite program all season, thinking he had the proper approval through a system called ClicknClear to use four cuts of music Minions. Last week, Universal Studios asked for him to provide more details on the music Sabate was using and the Minions-inspired outfit that he had been wearing.

According to Guarino Sabaté, he submitted his program music for clearance last August and skated all season long to the music — only to learn he couldn’t perform it at the Olympics with a few days to hatch a new plan.

“Finding this out last Friday, so close to the biggest competition of my life, was incredible disappointing,” his Instagram note continued. “Nevertheless, I will face this challenge head-on and do everything I can to make the best of the situation.”

The men’s short program is scheduled for Feb. 10, giving the Spaniard barely a week to come up with a plan to replace routine.

Guarino Sabaté is not the only skater this year plagued my clearance issues for music. Reigning world champion Alysa Liu recently revealed she’s unlikely to perform to Lady Gaga’s “Bloody Mary,” which Liu used at the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships to lock in her ticket to Milan Cortina.