Who decides what in the score: the judges or the technical panel?

• Technical panel: one technical controller and two technical specialists working as a team. They identify each element and its level of difficulty, which sets the Base Value, and they identify falls and illegal elements. The technical panel applies the fall and illegal element deductions.
• Judges: each judge gives a GOE for every element and marks the three program components.
• Referee: an experienced judge who monitors the judging panel and applies time, costume and interruption deductions. A majority of the judges plus the referee apply costume and prop violation deductions.
• Review: if a panel member is unsure about an element, they call a review, the video is replayed (no more than twice), and the technical controller breaks a tie if the two technical specialists split.
• The referee and the technical controller must authorize the release of results and any later revisions.

Sources: Skate Canada, https://info.skatecanada.ca/index.php/en-ca/rules-of-sport/52-marking-of-skate-canada-competitions.html; ISU Technical Panel Handbook, Single Skating 2026-2027, https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Sports-Rules/Figure-Skating-Rules/Handbooks-Single-&-Pair-Skating/TP-HandbookSingles-26-27-15-July-2026-1784641784-3364.pdf