--- title: Virtue Moir Free Dance to Roxanne Moulin Rogue: Reactions description: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold for their free dance 2018 performance to Moulin Rouge's Roxanne, and the internet is in love with them. canonical: https://time.com/5144173/virtue-moir-free-dance-2018-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-12T15:08:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-01-15T18:52:17.000Z og:title: The Internet Is Swooning for Virtue and Moir's Winter Olympics Free Dance og:description: Their dance to Moulin Rouge was all anyone could handle og:url: https://time.com/5144173/virtue-moir-free-dance-2018-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbba0b4e84b90945/69892721ab6d771adc6b1b53/tessa-virtue-scott-moir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1553 og:image:height: 874 og:image:alt: tessa virtue scott moir og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Swooning for Virtue and Moir's Winter Olympics Free Dance twitter:description: Their dance to Moulin Rouge was all anyone could handle twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcbba0b4e84b90945/69892721ab6d771adc6b1b53/tessa-virtue-scott-moir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Falling in Love With These Ice Dancers Who Just Won Gold > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Jan 15, 2026 6:52 PM UTCPublished: Feb 12, 2018 3:08 PM UTC  Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada compete in the Figure Skating Team Event - Ice Dance - Short Dance on day two of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 11, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada compete in the Figure Skating Team Event - Ice Dance - Short Dance on day two of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 11, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. Richard Heathcote—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Jan 15, 2026 6:52 PM UTCPublished: Feb 12, 2018 3:08 PM UTC Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the internet has fallen in love with an ice dancing team at the 2018 Winter Olympics. One of the [world’s reigning ice dance teams from Canada](http://time.com/5139072/best-ice-dance-teams-winter-olympics-2018/), Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, breezily took the gold medal in the team figure skating event Monday, scoring 118.10 points. Now that athletes aren’t stuck with classical music, they’re hitting those nostalgia buttons with popular music, and this pair’s soundtrack — songs from the movie musical _Moulin Rouge_ — really struck a chord. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir may have walked back one [edgy move to keep things family-friendly](http://time.com/5142383/ice-dancing-tessa-virtue-scott-moir-risque-move-olympics/), but their routine was still incendiary enough for an outpouring of affection on social media. Everyone knows that medals and points are for avid sports fans. Online, where we prefer to measure the true athletic feats, there were tweets proving these two are all the rage now. People professed their love for the performance, and predictably, many enjoyed imagining they were secretly in love, or secretly detectives. See the tweets showcasing how endearing the Virtue and Moir are below. > [](https://twitter.com/MikayesFiona/status/962513291825344513) > [](https://twitter.com/Dinabot17/status/962977408813998080) > [](https://twitter.com/McDermedFox9/status/962900337270181888) > [](https://twitter.com/davidlsims/status/962900030817472512) > [](https://twitter.com/ladyfriday87/status/962533343278653440) > [](https://twitter.com/bruce%5Farthur/status/962901076801331201) > [](https://twitter.com/CobieSmulders/status/962947307430805504) > [](https://twitter.com/meyer%5Flucas/status/962530731678298112) > [](https://twitter.com/ladyfriday87/status/962189208717807616) > [](https://twitter.com/DwyerTarantino/status/962918613375074304) > [](https://twitter.com/jn%5Fpercussion/status/962912122668765184) > [](https://twitter.com/BriggonSnow/status/962944358927355904) > [](https://twitter.com/tessavirtue/status/962945440684494848) > [](https://twitter.com/aaperezzle/status/962511565248483328) > [](https://twitter.com/mQharper/status/961750493067403264) > [](https://twitter.com/SNFaizalKhamisa/status/962900242612944896) Even the director of the 2001 film loved it. > [](https://twitter.com/bazluhrmann/status/959821548977827841) Virtue and Moir are Canada’s dual flag bearers this year, a first for the country. Known for their clinical precision, the pair nabbed silver at Sochi in 2014, and they’ve been laser-focused on gold ever since. 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