G/P's short dance? Tanith said it was too easy during the Skate America commentary.
2015 Trophée Bompard Ice Dance SD
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G/P's short dance? Tanith said it was too easy during the Skate America commentary.
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haha thanks I thought THIS was involved
They should have done the Anna "Rise like a Phoenix" disguise & changed the costumes midprogramm!
boring
Hubbel/Donohue were very clean, I'm surprised to be honest. Very nice improvement after last season. Very. But their dance still screams 'music violation deduction' for me :confused2: Overall it was pretty dull event. Thank god it's over, now I can go to bed 
Oh, and shame about Coomes/buckland bombing.
Oh, and shame about Coomes/buckland bombing.
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I mean, I do love Buckley's the best. But... Alexandra Burke... Really?! :shocked:
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Okay then... I like 4/7 of the teams here, and think 1/2 of one of the other 3 is very handsome, so... I'll wait and see. How were the Russians, C/B, and F-B/S?
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how can u go to bed???Hubbel/Donohue were very clean, I'm surprised to be honest. Very nice improvement after last season. Very. But their dance still screams 'music violation deduction' for me :confused2: Overall it was pretty dull event. Thank god it's over, now I can go to bed
Oh, and shame about Coomes/buckland bombing.
what about watching V/T!
I think with S/B you also have to take into account the tougher situation in Russia compared to last year: They could do rather well for themselves because there was a void with B/S injured and S/K struggling so much. Now B/S are back and S/K seem to have found their groove. The international judges probably also take that into account, their score here was a bit lower than what I/Z, B/S and S/K posted (and B/S, I/Z and S/K all skated early in their events as well). I know you can't compare directly between events, but IMO you can perhaps perceive trends how the judges perceive the Russian pairs in relation to each other...
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I thought H&D were great, well deserved leaders!
I can't deal with G&P's costumes and ending pose, I dont think it's possible to be more literal. It'd be like if Julia wore a Vegas Elvis suit in her short. I also don't get the idea that they're edgy, they remind me of someone's 13 year old sister trying too hard to be edgy, comes off a bit eye rolly to me.
I can't deal with G&P's costumes and ending pose, I dont think it's possible to be more literal. It'd be like if Julia wore a Vegas Elvis suit in her short. I also don't get the idea that they're edgy, they remind me of someone's 13 year old sister trying too hard to be edgy, comes off a bit eye rolly to me.
F-B/S were much better than at Skate America, much cleaner.
Unfortunately, I'm in completely agreement with you. Not entirely sure why I even bothered watching this. :dumb:
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I don't know I think this program is just a little too quirky for me
I'm convinced it's a parody program. Almost a challenge to the judges: how much can we bend rules/expectations and get away with it? There are parody steps of French court dances, military march steps. I quite like it--it definitely grows on me the more I see it. The first music cut is genius. But it definitely needs to include more of the Beatles at the end, because right now it still comes across as too much of a gimmick. The ending peace signs aren't doing a blessed thing of dispelling that feeling.
But you know, de gustibus and all that jazz.
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Umm, pretty sure it was Leonard Cohen who originally did "Hallelujah" and he's Canadian (from Montreal). Really wish they used his version.
I don't disagree with your point, but I wouldn't put too much stock into the scores here. The judges/tech panel seem to be going strict (see: Coomes/Buckland's scores).
I found the last 3 (C/B, H/D, G/P) all skated and performed quite cautiously. Carefully. No mistakes in twizzles but also no attack. Lifts executed but matter of factly and not really to the music. Should standing 3 inches above the ice on your partner's boots be categorized as level 4?
PSS patterns looked like a lot "walking" in skates, not "dancing" or "marching"
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Hubbel/Donohue were very clean, I'm surprised to be honest. Very nice improvement after last season. Very. But their dance still screams 'music violation deduction' for me :confused2: Overall it was pretty dull event. Thank god it's over, now I can go to bed
Oh, and shame about Coomes/buckland bombing.
Hubbell is over her injury, so that's a help.
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Yes, she and Zach really didn't have a lot of training time before the 14/15 season. Their FD didn't truly work last season, but it might have been better if they hadn't lost so much time due to her recovery. I think she also had a concussion before the season as well, so that cut in to training time as well. I think they're going to start moving up this season.
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