2025 Skate Canada Rhythm Dance PBP - I'm Too Spooky

[kirkbiggestfan]

The ponytail grabbing is so cringy.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

My husband is such a dreammmmmmmm

 

[Citlali]

Well they didn't Work nor did they Sashay or Shantay
But the base is there, I hope the more they skate it the better it works

 

[skatfan]

There’s the Canadian judging we’ve been looking for

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

You know things are bad when a Macarena program sounds daring and avant-garde to me.

I need some Roger Rabbit moves. Some Macarena. Electric slide boogie. I would take Achy Breaky/Boot Scootin Boogy at this point. I'm kind of surprised some of the Canadian or American teams didn't go a country route--there were A LOT of 90s country line dance that would fit the beat requirement and look more natural in ice dance.

 

[skatingguy]

Maybe it's because I'm sleep deprived, but that was the worst set of rhythm dances I've watched all season.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

85 really?

 

[manhn]

A little tentative that will hopefully lessen over the season. Of the top teams, my favourite RD. Piper looks great, and the best midline sequence.

 

[CassAgain]

Last year, I thought Piper and Paul’s beachy RD was cheeky and adorable. This year’s to me is on the nose and grating. And perhaps an extreme minority opinion, but I preferred the Lithuanian’s catwalk today.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Green and Parsons-“So you’re saying we have a chance?”

 

[~tapdancer~]

I did really enjoy G/P, but that score was cooked for this. Should be better later on, though. 6.00 GOE for one element? That's some Canflation.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Paul should thread those brows, lighten up the look

 

[Karen-W]

85 really?

All things considered, especially knowing how ChoBat scored last week and FearGib & FBCiz the week before, I thought the score was lower than expected seeing as this is SCI. It'll be really interesting to see how they score at Finlandia in 3 weeks.

 

[kwanfan1818]

I was so sure Poirier was going to rip off the velcro from the stiff top of his shirt to reveal as different shirt, but, alas, no.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

underwhelming program from G/P.

Love love love this program and theme for Piper and Paul!

LOL FSU never change.

 

[beckab81]

Didn’t love any of the performances today. Piper & Paul have a good concept, but I hate their lift. This season is really going to be a rough one.

 

[Matryeshka]

I did not hate G/P as much as I thought I would. I understand her costume now that I've seen the RD. I still don't like it, but I get what they're going for. I'm reserving judgement--I think it COULD be good with some tweaks. I like the idea.

I'd still have LaGacs in first cause I'm like that.

 

[Jay42]

I think one of the reasons Allison and Saulius keep scoring so well is they had to be end of season ready basically as soon as the season started. They do look better and more conditioned and they are keeping up better with their music than other teams are. I am willing to give other skaters some grace there but also if they do a BPM requirement on next seasons RD's I am going to find Shawn Rettstatt and throw spoons at him.

I don't have a passport that's not going to happen.

 

[marbri]

hmmm, underwhelming program from G/P. They didn't werk. So much literal lyrical handography and then nothing during all the "turn to the left! turn to the right!". I would expect them (their choreography) to be so much fiercer than this.

The reverse cunniliftus was the most notable part of the program

Didn't they do their twizzles to the left and then to the right during that part?
Or did I imagine that?

 

[Citlali]

Well, that was a tortuous experience for my first RDs of the season. The "decades" theme is truly unworkable, even pairs we know are truly remarkable athletes look awful and mediocre out there, this is not helping the sport

 

[peibeck]

There’s the Canadian judging we’ve been looking for

It's usually their best score of the season.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

Ice dance is just making me cranky these days. I must be getting old.

It was supposed to be easier to enjoy all the teams when I didn't have a team in the Uber ice dance matrix

 

[kwanfan1818]

Didn't they do their twizzles to the left and then to the right during that part?
Or did I imagine that?

They did. Were the lyrics repeated?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Tony has said I was wrong and he knows more than I do.

But he doesn’t know more than me.

Tee-hee

 

[~tapdancer~]

Green and Parsons-“So you’re saying we have a chance?”

No, not at all.

 

[LilJen]

Someone missing the mark on Paul's foundation color. Looks like a corpse.

Paul should thread those brows, lighten up the look

I thought the eye makeup was overdone on him, too. He didn’t look like himself!

 

[tony]

They did. Were the lyrics repeated?

Yes, they are repeated toward the end but they definitely match the lyrics on the twizzle part.

 

[Karen-W]

On screen she was called level 2. I couldn't point it out but something was definitely off I think on the second one for sure.

ETA: Never mind Tony has said I was wrong and he knows more than I do.

No, I disagree. There was something off about her twizzles too in real time and I saw it too. It just didn't feel like her blade was very deep in the ice or secure on either of the twizzles, but it was especially so on the second twizzle like you noted.

 

[Braulio]

I thought the eye makeup was overdone on him, too. He didn’t look like himself!

the program is to drag queen Ru Paul so he is draging himself in a way

 

[just tuned in]

During the slow-mo, Paul looked annoyed, like he'd gotten a parking ticket or something.