The North Korean pair of Ryom Tai Ok and Kim Ju Sik showed that they belong at the Winter Olympics.
The pair gave a technically-sound performance on Tuesday to advance to the final round of the short program on Wednesday.
They finished their first skate with a score of 69.40, putting them in 11th place. It was a personal best.
China's Xiaoui Liu and Hao Zhang received first place.
Of the 22 athletes to compete in PyeongChang, Ryom and Kim are the only ones that earned their spot by merit. They finished sixth in last year's Nebelhorn Trophy to qualify. They are the first figure skating pair to compete in the Olympics since 2006.
The pair trained in Montreal, and that's where they were exposed to the outside world, according to NBCOlympics.
The most surprising part of their skate was the song choice. They skated to a cover of "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles. The rendition by Jeff Beck did not have any of the lyrics about reading the news or "the English Army winning the war," but it still raised some eye brows considering the North's disdain for western culture.
The irony was not lost.
The pair received cheers when they were announced to the South Korea crowd, some coming from the notorious cheerleaders also in the stands.
It's not known who chose the song. A CNN reporter Tweeted he wanted to ask the pair how they knew of the song considering most people inside North Korea's border likely haven't heard of it or The Beatles. However, the pair did not stop to answer any questions from the media.
It could have been their Canadian coach, Bruno Marcotte, who picked it. Or maybe it was picked by someone back at home trying to bolster North Korea's image and make the dictatorship nation seem more relatable.
That's been something they've been attempting to do throughout the games.
