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- Dec 25, 2012
To me, it's always about the skating, so I watch for all the qualities pertaining to good skating, which actually include all of those criteria you listed. Jason is another skater who is weaker in jumps and TES and he gets really high PCS, but he embodies much more in his skating than his cute and adorable persona. I don't agree with his super high PCS but his skating skills are good, he has great spins, musicality, etc. and I am ok with the superhigh PCS.
I'm really bothered if costumes, facial and arm expressions are getting higher PCS because of their "show" quality and popularity with audiences.
But no skater will have all of them, and if they are missing something or are weak in that area and it's important to you, it will become annoying. Especially if they beat a skater that does have the qualities you value most.
Popularity with the audience means that to the audience that skater is embodying what they like to see in a program. They have been moved. The judges are right to take that into consideration while scoring to a certain extent.
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