Grand Prix De France 2023- Rhythm Dance “Non-vember Rain”

[SHARPIE]

Starting Order

​ ​ StN. Name Nation Warm-Up Group 1 1 Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP 2 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 3 Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA 4 Lorraine McNAMARA / Anton SPIRIDONOV USA 5 Hannah LIM / Ye QUAN KOR Warm-Up Group 2 6 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain le GAC CAN 7 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 8 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA 9 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SOERENSEN CAN 10 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA

Wedgie Data

 

[victorskid]

And the ISU stream is now live.

 

[Aceon6]

As is the ‘cock. Mark still there.

 

[Rukia]

I fully expect Lopareva/Brissaud to get bronze here because they looked so strong at skam + home country, so I just want strong skates for cpom that they can be proud of.

 

[once_upon]

Oh yes, I might get to watch all.of it before I go to PT

 

[Primorskaya]

VPN needed for the ISU stream in Germany today.

OH GOD NO they imported that awful female announcer with her totally weird rises in pitch and inflexion that happen out of nowhere! There I was hoping they'd left her in Paris...

 

[tony]

All I can say is here we go again at the constant sex that McNamara/Spiridonov try to give off...

...and don't deliver on.

 

[skategal]

I’m looking forward to this. Yippee

 

[PRlady]

All I can say is here we go again at the constant sex that McNamara/Spiridonov try to give off...

...and don't deliver on.

Lorraine always reminds me of Kerrigan, another skater who couldn’t do sexy.

 

[Karen-W]

I fully expect Lopareva/Brissaud to get bronze here because they looked so strong at skam + home country, so I just want strong skates for cpom that they can be proud of.

Same here.

My other hope is that SmaDie can sneak into a 5th place finish here, which would be quite an accomplishment given the field here - I'm fully expecting them to finish 6th.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

"...she used to skate for Great Britain, and he used to skate for Germany. They are training in Canada. Representing Spain...."

 

[Rukia]

oh i hadn't seen lorraine's dress until now huh choices were made

 

[Sally1214]

Okay, all set up (which means out of bed, dressed and settled with a fresh cup of coffee) for RD. This might be my fave part of the whole event. Let the 80s roll .....

 

[Wyliefan]

Thankful for a very light work day today (after a very heavy week). Perfect timing.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Ok, very clearing cheering for Dupayage/Nabais from this group.

 

[thvu]

Sigh, McNamara & Spridinov again have tragic packaging.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Sigh, McNamara & Spridinov again have tragic packaging.

Well, he obviously packages quite a lot.

I was very impressed that raising eyebrows up and down was part of his warm-up routine.

 

[Rukia]

Sigh, McNamara & Spridinov again have tragic packaging.

I don't understand it at all! They have no identity at all besides trying to be sexy and failing.

 

[skatingguy]

Smart, Olivia/Dieck, Tim
Coach: M.F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: Call Me, Rapture by Blondie

 

[Wyliefan]

Mark says Smart/Dieck have been struggling with illness. They look a little tentative.

 

[leilaofpaper]

This is the first time I’ve noticed how jarring the transition is back into Call Me.

Olivia sells the hell out of this program though. I’m sure Tim does too but I’m sure as hell not looking at him.

 

[Rukia]

Not the strongest technical skaters lol but they have some personality

 

[Wyliefan]

Tim makes sure to put the "phone" down before getting up.

 

[Colonel Green]

Olivia’s ass looks amazing in that jumpsuit.

I have no other thoughts about this program at this time.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I know Blondie was a porn actress on some point, but I think even she wouldn't be caught dead wearing this catsuit.
(There was another joke here related to skating with a Dieck, but I omitted that one).

I'm probably the biggest supporter of the Spanish team on this side of the Mediterranian, but this was absolutely horrible. Terrible skating, slow, bad upper body movement, bad edges. The whole package.

Also, I don't remember much what Olivia looked like, but I'm pretty sure that I wouldn't have recognized her anyway.

 

[Private Citizen]

Loved the costumes, music (though not the cuts), smoking and flicking an imaginary cigarette at the judges. Hated everything else.

 

[topaz]

They missed levels on some key elements.

 

[skatingguy]

Smart, Olivia/Dieck, Tim
Coach: M.F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: Call Me, Rapture by Blondie

Pattern Step Sequence 2
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence
SqTwW4+SqTwM4
MiStW2+MiStM1

Not much different from Skate America. Not enough time to see a change, or improvement, but still an enjoyable program.

69.91 = 1st Place

 

[Wyliefan]

I appreciate Mark's technical breakdown of elements. It's very helpful to ignoramuses (ignorami?) like me.

 

[skatingguy]

Lagouge, Natacha/Caffa, Arnaud
Coach: Maurizio Margaglio, Neil Brown
Music: You Give Lovea Bad Name, Lets Make it Baby