The 2023 edition, hosted by Johnny Weir and Elma Smit and integrated into the Art on Ice live show, follows a standard awards format with performances and presentations, showing no evidence of plotlines, dialogue, or framing that prioritizes systemic oppression narratives, DEI mandates, or critiques of traditional norms. Awards content remained tightly focused on skating performance and contributions, with no identity-politics subplots introduced into the ceremony itself. Prominent skater Johnny Weir appeared as host without any foregrounding of personal identity as a thematic driver. External ISU social media posts referencing Pride stood apart from the awards event, while the geopolitical exclusion of Russian nominees rested on cited security reasons rather than progressive messaging, leaving the overall presentation free of ideological overlays.