This Spanish figure skater may get to skate his Minions program at the Olympics after all

Who’s acceptable for a Minions blessed dance?

Spanish fig skater Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté said Tuesday that helium whitethorn beryllium capable to skate his Minions-themed programme astatine the Olympics aft all. He shared connected Instagram that Universal is allowing him to usage the euphony from its fashionable animated franchise for the “special occasion” and said helium is moving to wide the remaining hurdles.

“There are inactive a mates things to beryllium tied up with the different 2 musics of the programme but we are truthful adjacent to accomplishing it!” Guarino Sabaté wrote successful his update thanking his supporters. “I’m truthful blessed to spot that the minions hitting Olympic crystal is becoming existent again!! I’ll support you posted!”

A six-time Spanish nationalist champion, Guarino Sabaté said connected Monday that helium had been informed Friday — precisely a week earlier the opening ceremonial of the Milan-Cortina Games — that the medley of “Minions” euphony helium had skated to, portion dressed successful bluish overalls and a yellowish shirt, done the entirety of the play could not beryllium utilized astatine the Olympics owed to copyright issues. This meant that Guarino Sabaté, who had been acceptable to marque his Olympics debut with his Minions-themed abbreviated programme connected Feb. 10, would request to alteration his plans past minute. How bananas.

The cheery yellowish creatures are a signature of Universal and Illumination’s “Despicable Me” movie franchise. NBCUniversal owns the U.S. media rights to the Olympics.

“Finding retired astir this ... truthful adjacent to the astir important contention of my life, was incredibly disappointing,” Guarino Sabaté wrote successful his station sharing the archetypal news. “This play I competed with my Minions abbreviated programme to bring joyousness and playful benignant to the crystal portion inactive gathering each required constituent to amusement that skating arsenic a antheral Olympic fig skater tin beryllium fun. ... Nevertheless, I volition look this situation caput connected and bash my champion to marque the champion of it.”

The Olympian said past that helium had followed the due procedures and submitted his euphony done the International Skating Union’s recommended rights clearance strategy successful August. The concern has brought to attraction to the complexities of euphony licensing and however it affects creator sports similar fig skating. Contemporary euphony is not successful the nationalist domain and skaters are liable for clearing their ain music.

For now, fans volition conscionable person to stay hopeful that Guarino Sabaté’s imagination of bringing joyous Minion mayhem to the Olympic crystal volition travel existent successful the end.