The Dance Hall 13: When You Dance on the Ice and Your Feet Twizzle Twice, That's Amore

[marbri]

Am I correctly seeing that the French judge placed G/F 2nd and FB/C 4th? Interesting....

Not really interesting. They had them 4th in TES because of the error in the final element. Until that point they were giving higher overall GOE to FB/S. They had FB/S second in PCS again because of the error ( they had them 1st in two of the components).

 

[Debbie S]

Not really interesting. They had them 4th in TES because of the error in the final element. Until that point they were giving higher overall GOE to FB/S. They had FB/S second in PCS again because of the error ( they had them 1st in two of the components).

Yes, but I would have expected them to dump G/F regardless. Not that any of this bodes well for G/F.

 

[manhn]

I don’t recall that many dance teams changing their programs midway through a season. The Duschesneys? Torvill and Dean? The teams mentioned is more a reflection of IAM, which good on them. Gilles Poirier have had their share of poorly received programs and persisted.

The knee socks was a thing in the movie Clueless, so maybe the Italians can do a Clueless RD where she is Alicia Silverstone and he is Paul Rudd.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Maybe they should switch to Bikini Kill and go out with a bang.

Please! I often wonder if one of Gui/Fab's many issues is that they don't have enough internal competition in Italy to push them. Along with having really bad taste in program choices.

 

[Yuri]

It's a shame that the reigning Junior World Champions Noemi Maria Tali & Noah Lafornara have delayed the start to their 2025-26 season due to his injury. If Charlene & Marco are going to get dumped on by the international judges anyway, perhaps it's time to get Noemi & Noah to the Olympics THIS season (it's too bad Italy didn't earn a second ice dance slot for Milan) if they're healthy with great material. Denis Petukhov and Melissa Gregory are building a great ice dance program in Hartford CT, and we've all seen what Hana & Danill are doing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit as reigning US Junior champions.

 

[RoseRed]

I don’t recall that many dance teams changing their programs midway through a season. The Duschesneys? Torvill and Dean? The teams mentioned is more a reflection of IAM, which good on them. Gilles Poirier have had their share of poorly received programs and persisted.

The knee socks was a thing in the movie Clueless, so maybe the Italians can do a Clueless RD where she is Alicia Silverstone and he is Paul Rudd.

They did dump their Perry Mason program for Bond in 2017-18, when it wasn't well received.

 

[skategal]

G/F’s RD is bad but if they fixed the costumes and got rid of “Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely” in favour of a better not sped up BSB song it would at least be passable.

 

[Kateri]

They did dump their Perry Mason program for Bond in 2017-18, when it wasn't well received.

And I have never forgiven them!

 

[bwayrose7]

I think two things can be true: G/F once again have a program that does them no favors, and the judges have dumped them hard for what I think are fairly obvious political reasons. I'd put them in the same category as L/B this season, in terms of teams who were always going to have an uphill battle to maintain position with all the heraldry around the arrival of FB/C, and who are making it all too easy for the judges to justify sending them down the ranks.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Yes, but I would have expected them to dump G/F regardless. Not that any of this bodes well for G/F.

Clueless has a pretty banger soundtrack as well.

But we get ISU VISION 2030 instead.

 

[Bigbird]

You know, let me go watch G/F again. Maybe they need to consider LaLa's approach to this season's dreadful theme and not take things so seriously.

Edit: Oh yes, that program does them no favours. They need much more polish.

 

[Orm Irian]

For me the main problems with G/F's RD are 1) lack of competitive experience at this point, which is fixable and 2) they're actually trying to do the 90s, which is...

Look, the teams that have done best with the theme so far are the ones that have gone: okay, take 1-3 iconic/cheesy 90s hits, maybe reference some iconic costumes, and completely ignore the requirement for 90s dance styles, and instead just do their thing. In showing that they understood the assignment (extremely well, to the point where I was having disconcerting rage flashbacks*), G/F have in fact failed the assignment, because the assignment as written is not passable.

*Not anger, but an iconic and long-running late-night music video show on the ABC.

 

[BittyBug]

First look at Bashynska/Perron

Best RD music so far !( choreographed in France I believe so it is what it is lol). Finally some Nirvana and am just thankful they are not on the Senior international circuit where Rettstatt makes them change their music

https://x.com/kaiyabauerfan/status/1978995288325906590

Great music choice but their styling doesn't match the music. They should have leaned into grunge and gone with flannel, ripped jeans and messy hair.

 

[Twilight1]

Charlene decided to call out the judges on social media, not sure this will end well for Guignard/Fabbri.

Having watched Bourne & Kraatz pull this in 1998, Charlene just B&K'd her team.

That RD was terrible. But instead of taking feedback and going back to the basics she pulled this.

Good luck to them.

As for F-B/C, they were alright. I appreciated aspects about this program. I loved Fear & Gibson.

to the skate Gods they win a medal at the Oly's.