> there were no clearly defined metric to measure This is fine for an artistic competition, like classical music as you mention. But figure skating is a sport,

> there were no clearly defined metric to measure This is fine for an artistic competition, like classical music as you mention. But figure skating is a sport, it's in the Olympics, not having stated goals seems unfair to the competitors (athletes), and I can't think of any other sport which doesn't have very specific rules describing the criteria for winning.