May be useful if you haven't already seen it:

Real Life Skaters mentioning Yuri on Ice masterpost. (At the bottom you can see where Johnny Weir has clearly been referenced in the show, and Johnny Weir retweeted the images to his own Twitter).

There are also award winning figure-skaters now dancing routines *from the show.*

So you know... :D (I think that's pretty awesome.)

I'VE JUST REALISED I HAVE A PROBLEM AND IT'S THIS SHOW