Grand Prix of Espoo 2023 - Free Dance “HARD! CHOCK! HALLELUJAH!”

[~tapdancer~]

Oh good, now we get to Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnseeeeeeeee mon Esmereeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllldaaaaaaaaaaa

And Nic singing it!

 

[airgelaal]

The judges are probably missing social distancing

 

[Colonel Green]

His blouse is way too blousy.

I don't remember it being this distracting at their earlier events, but yeah, I would say it's takes away from the choreo at points here.

 

[quartz]

I still think this team gets extra points for being pretty.

 

[peibeck]

at the +GOE on that last spin where he was barely able to keep his balance.

 

[Belsornia]

Among the top teams, Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen do not have great ice coverage. I didn’t notice it before this season, so maybe it’s a weakness in the choreography rather than something more fundamental.

 

[Frau Muller]

FB/S - masterpiece FD portraying Esmeralda! Truly moving.

 

[LilJen]

I still think this team gets extra points for being pretty.

True for Chock as well…

 

[Sally1214]

Laurence and Nikolaj! I'm a happy little Canuck after watching that.

 

[peibeck]

Laurence's costume has long sleeves because both abs + biceps would be too much for the audience and the judges to handle.

Loena Hendrickx would disagree.

 

[Karen-W]

Nik's shirt is so big, he could fit two of himself in it.

That's the extent of my comments on this FD - well, and also, I find the NDdP soundtrack so horrid it is hard for me to like any program to it - its like the opposite of how I feel about the BatB soundtrack, lol.

 

[peibeck]

And Nic singing it!

Lipsync for your GOE.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

How is Marie France gonna get so excited over "discovering" Notre Dame de Paris and being like THIS IS JUST THE THING!!!!

Yeah, for you and like 300 other skaters.

 

[Rukia]

Among the top teams, Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen do not have great ice coverage. I didn’t notice it before this season, so maybe it’s a weakness in the choreography rather than something more fundamental.

I don't think they've ever had incredible ice coverage, but they disguised it better before. But like neither does Chock/Bates so lol.

 

[Primorskaya]

And Nic singing it!

This cracks me up every single time

 

[skatingguy]

Chock, Madison/Bates, Evan
Coach: M.F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon, R. Haguenauer
Music: Time, Breathe, Eclipse

 

[Colonel Green]

The scores here are same-ish with what Lajoie & Lagha got in China, so I'm very interested to see how the judges rate them side-by-side at the Final.

 

[Rukia]

prayers up for evan's thighs at the start

 

[quartz]

I like the numbers on Maddie’s dress.

 

[~tapdancer~]

Good lord, what is with the component scores? Low for every team.

 

[her grace]

Canadians

Mini-Grace is not a fan of the costumes.

Her: “What are they wearing? They look like post-apocalyptic war soldiers”
Me: “It’s Notre Dame de Paris. It’s not supposed to have a lot of glitter”
Her: “They look so poor”

Nice program for them. Excellent lifts and emotion. He needs to work on his levels on the step sequences.

 

[LilJen]

Is Evan’s costume nearly identical to his astronaut outfit?

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I'm giving Maddie/Evan a lot of credit for the opening pose.

 

[Belsornia]

Mark explaining the concept of this programme and it sounds like an annoying professional development seminar.

 

[PRlady]

How is it that Lolo doesn’t have a millimetre of ab fat even sitting down?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Mark's so committed to explaining the absolutely ridic concepts that Montreal comes up with.

 

[JoannaLouise]

The "clock legs" lift is really cool, but that was not the best camera angle to showcase it.

 

[Rukia]

Is Evan’s costume nearly identical to his astronaut outfit?

he only gets like 3 variations of costumes

 

[Spikefan]

I like how Mark is all, they will have silver. Sad the points gap makes it so, just watch for entertainment not suspense.

 

[thvu]

I need Barbara's timer. I don't know if Evan was on one foot for 3 seconds in the stationary lift.