2016-17 GPF Short Dance

dorispulaski · Dec 6, 2016

8 - 11 Dec 2016

Senior Short Dance
Friday, December 9, 2016
19:05 UTC +1

Times in other locations
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...=33&p5=248&p6=240&p7=224&p8=286&p9=261&p10=18

Marseille France

Start Order

StN.

Name

Nation

Warm-Up Group 1

1

Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES

USA

2

Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR

CAN

3

Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON

FRA

Warm-Up Group 2

4

Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV

RUS

5

Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI

USA

6

Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE

USA

Entries

1	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR SD Prince medley, including "5 Women," "Purple Rain" and "Kiss;" choreo by David Wilson, M.-F. Dubreuil, S. Choinard FD Pilgrims on a Long Journey by Coeur de Pirate, Latch (Acoustic) by Sam Smith; choreo by David Wilson, M.-F. Dubreuil, S. Choinard Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?38656-Tessa-Virtue-amp-Scott-Moir	CAN
2	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI SD That's Life, performed by Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z; choreo by Hokuto Konishi, Aye Hasegawa, Serge Onik, Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali FD Evolution by various artists; choreo by Peter Tchernyshev Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?37144-Maia-amp-Alex-Shibutani	USA
3	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON SD Blues: Bittersweet by Lene Riebau, Maxim Illion perf. by Club des Belugas, Swing: Diga Diga Doo by Dorthy Fields, Jimmy McHugh perf. by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; ; choreo by Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil FD Stillness by Nest, Oddudua by Aldo Lopez Gavilan, Happiness Does Not Wait by Olafur Arnalds; choreo by Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?51269-Gabriella-Papadakis-amp-Guillaume-Cizeron	FRA
4	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV SD Blues: "Mercy On Me by Christina Aguilera" by Christina Aguilera and Swing: "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Louis Prima; choreo by Sergei Petukhov FD Prelude No. 20 by Frederic Chopin, The Four Seasons by Nigel Kennedy; choreo by Sergei Petukhov Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?50146-Ekaterina-Bobrova-amp-Dimitri-Soloviev	RUS
5	Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES SD Blues: "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood, Hip Hop: "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars; choreo by Rohene Ward FD "Under Pressure" performed by Freddie Mercury and David Bowie; choreo by Christopher Dean Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?49489-Madison-Chock-amp-Evan-Bates	USA
6	Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE SD Blues: "Feelin' Good" by Nina Simone; Hip Hop: "Hammer Time (Can't Touch This)" by MC Hammer, "Push It," by Salt N Pepa, "Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot; "Apache (Jump On It)" by Sugarhill Gang; and "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & Lil Jon;. choreo. by Samuel Chouinard FD Love Medley by various artists: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," performed by Bootstraps, "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You," performed by Ingrid Michaelson, "Earned It," by Bootstraps; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?42096-Madison-Hubbell-amp-Zach-Donohue	USA

humbaba · Dec 6, 2016

Looking forward to this competition. Good luck to all the teams. Great skates for everybody!!

arty:

NoNameFace · Dec 7, 2016

for clean, fierce competition and no judges games (yeah, I can dream...), may the best team win!

<secretly wishing a good draw for teams with programs I like better>

ice coverage · Dec 7, 2016

Starting order:

Warm-Up Group 1

1 Chock/Bates
2 Virtue/Moir
3 Papadakis/Cizeron

Warm-Up Group 2

4 Bobrova/Soloviev
5 Shibutanis
6 Hubbell/Donohue

Detailed schedule with individual start times:

http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/gpf1617/gpf2016_IceDance_SD_TimeSchedule.pdf

Go, Tessa and Scott :yay:.

Giselle · Dec 7, 2016

I have to say I like the random starting order! Can't skip group 1 (not that I would want to anyway)!
I do kind of miss Weaver/Poje and Cappellini/Lanotte. I wish there could be 3 groups because these two and either Gilles/Poirier or another russian team would not have looked out of place.

The technical panel :

Referee: Ms. Alla SHEKHOVTSEVA (RUS)
Technical Controller: Ms. Christine HURTH (FRA)
Technical Specialist: Ms. Marie BOWNESS (CAN)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Ms. Judy BLUMBERG (USA)

yuna13 · Dec 7, 2016

who has more "power" between the tech controller and the tech specialist? :think:

at least the score will be close unlike nhk sd score.

chuckm · Dec 7, 2016

Whoever put together that technical panel must have a wicked sense of humor, or else is just plain wicked.

The main caller is Canadian BOWNESS (favorable for V/M) but if American BLUMBERG disagrees, then the French HURTH settles the dispute (favorable for P/C). If a free-for-all breaks out, then the ever-popular SHEKHOVSTEVA (RUS) steps in.

If BLUMBERG doesn't disagree with calls BOWNESS makes, those calls stand and HURTH can't do anything about it.

Giselle · Dec 7, 2016

it's debatable IMO. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong but the technical specialist calls the level of each element. When the tech specialist & assistant tech specialist disagree on the level, the tech controller steps in decides on the call. So the tech controller "supervises" the 2 Technical Specialists but doesn't really make the call unless asked to.

I did a quick google search and Christine HURTH and Marie BOWNESS were the technical controller and technical specialist this year at Nebelhorn Trophy.

yuna13 · Dec 7, 2016

Thank you for your answers

4everchan · Dec 7, 2016

while looking at the tech panel is always interesting, let's hope that the team that skates best wins.

SarahSynchro · Dec 7, 2016

Chock and Bates skate first AGAIN?! This draw procedure hasn't been in their favour so far this season.

Mrs. P · Dec 7, 2016

SarahSynchro said:
Chock and Bates skate first AGAIN?! This draw procedure hasn't been in their favour so far this season.

Well the Shibutanis had to skate first at both their GP events. Much better draw for them here though.

Heleng · Dec 7, 2016

Mrs. P said:
Well the Shibutanis had to skate first at both their GP events. Much better draw for them here though.

Yes, lol! Although the teams that most expect will be top two, P/C and V/M, are in the first group, so it will be very interesting how or whether skate order affects the judges' placements.

Giselle · Dec 8, 2016

So TSL says that assistant tech specialist (Judy Blumberg) swings the vote. I don't think that's true, it's the tech controller that has this power right?

Anyway, technical panel aside, I hope we'll have a great competiton and the best team will win! I love both V/M and P/C (yes it's possible!). I prefer V/M's SD but P/C's FD.

The most important thing is that we will have a new GPF champion :biggrin:

Neither V/M or P/C have ever won the GPF!

maddiesparks · Dec 8, 2016

Giselle said:
So TSL says that assistant tech specialist (Judy Blumberg) swings the vote. I don't think that's true, it's the tech controller that has this power right?

Anyway, technical panel aside, I hope we'll have a great competiton and the best team will win! I love both V/M and P/C (yes it's possible!). I prefer V/M's SD but P/C's FD.

The most important thing is that we will have a new GPF champion Neither V/M or P/C have ever won the GPF!

I thought that both ATS or the TC could ask for a review of an element if they weren't 100% on the TS's call and then it's majority rules (?)

I'm also loving VM's SD and PC's FD.

I do think VM might have a slight edge because their FD has been getting stronger throughout the season, and while PC's SD is lovely, it's a little forgettable (to me, at least).

alain06fr · Dec 8, 2016

So the four represented countries got the Referee and all Technical experts seats.
When I saw the Tech Specialist was canadian and Tech Controller was french, well.... I found it quite ... interesting. Is there any connection with those debates about NHK SD scores? Honestly, I don't know. May be. May be not.

As 4everchan said, and I fully agree with him, let's concentrate on the performances. At this moment of the season, most of the programs are almost finalised (well, not 100% as changes will be introduced for Europeans/4C and Worlds). I really expect all teams to perform very well their programs so we'll have a lot of fun, judges won't have to fight to assign levels or GOE and the competition will be really exciting. In the end, we want the couple performing the best at GPF to win whoever it is.

alain06fr · Dec 8, 2016

chuckm said:
Whoever put together that technical panel must have a wicked sense of humor, or else is just plain wicked.

haha, LOL... very good point indeed! Let me see... Personally, I would gladly opt for the wicked sense of humour :laugh:

Giselle · Dec 8, 2016

alain06fr said:
So the four represented countries got the Referee and all Technical experts seats.
When I saw the Tech Specialist was canadian and Tech Controller was french, well.... I found it quite ... interesting. Is there any connection with those debates about NHK SD scores? Honestly, I don't know. May be. May be not.

What do you mean about the connection with the NHK SD scores?

The Technical Specialist for NHK is not judging here. It was Andrzej DOSTATNI who has a reputation for being pro-Igor. I also remember that at the time he was often blamed for Delobel/Schoenfelder's numerous 4th place finish during the first years of COP (he was technical Specialist at 2005 Worlds, 2006 Olympics, 2006 Worlds for example).

alain06fr · Dec 8, 2016

Giselle said:
What do you mean about the connection with the NHK SD scores?

Was just thinking about some endless discussions in various forums and emails about some SD scores, mostly related to level assignment.
As for Andrzej DOSTATNI, I was not aware he has the reputation for being pro-Igor Shpilband... Interesting indeed

Sugarpova · Dec 8, 2016

well igor has many friends...

Giselle said:
So TSL says

& Duhamel steps in with her expected comment :rofl2:

Go V/M B/S & C/B!!!

2016-17 GPF Short Dance

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