2025-26 U.S. Ice Dance News, Updates & Discussion - Backstreet Boys & Spice Girls

[Lanie]

one of my jazz teachers in the 90s used to make us do ab exercises to a forever long remix of this song every week so it just makes me want to do crunches

you've been crunch-lov'd

like pavlov'ed

with crunches

 

[TanithandBenFan]

This is all I wanted from them so I’m thrilled!! I know it’s a popular choice but I truly think they (maybe more specially Caroline) were made to skate to Groove Is In The Heart

I don’t think it’s Groove is in the Heart. Their motions are 99% saying “I’m too sexy for my shirt.”

 

[litenkyckling]

I don’t think it’s Groove is in the Heart. Their motions are 99% saying “I’m too sexy for my shirt.”

Well they have 2 hints and the first is quite literally the opening lines to that song so…

 

[Wyliefan]

Maybe it's a medley of both?

 

[tony]

I don’t think it’s Groove is in the Heart. Their motions are 99% saying “I’m too sexy for my shirt.”

Maybe it's a medley of both?

The hints literally say part 1 and part 2. And yes, it's the exact lyrics of the song. I don't see how one would think it's not

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Ah I was only paying attention to the miming. And I think subconsciously I didn’t want Groove is in the Heart because I hate that song

 

[peibeck]

Can the Shibs really be thinking of starting their season at NHK? That seems like absolute madness.

Even as a fan of the Shibs back when they competed, I always felt they had a bit of a superiority complex after winning bronze in their Worlds debut (2011?) even after their results weren't nearly as good in following seasons.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I still can’t figure out where people got American Woman from whatever gestures Maddie and Evan were doing, so I am clearly not the winner for this game.

 

[jmtfti]

He pointed to the American flag on his sleeve, then to Madison, so "American" + "Woman" is a reasonable guess. Though it'd be funny if it turns out to be something entirely different and both they and the fans are just bad at charades.

 

[Willin]

My guess as to why the Shibs decided to come back:

It would be hard not to notice that the level of dance is not as high as it was when the Shibs were competing. They were up against V/M & D/W at the beginning of their career and then P/C entered the mix. They won three world medals and two olympic medals, none of them gold. I imagine they may have seen C/B winning worlds the last three years and thought, hey we were consistently beating them when we competed and they are older than us. Perhaps they thought it was possible for them to win Olympics or Worlds or maybe even an Olympic Team Gold with the absence of Russia.

Idk, just a guess.

I could believe this.

But it's so misguided. They were known for their tech - but now tech matters less than ever with the increasing number of choreographic GOE-based elements, the mostly removed pattern dances, and changes to PCS. That's not to say they won't have an edge in that aspect given how even the podium is now routinely dropping levels, but it is to say that that edge is a lot less meaningful than it once was.