2025 Skate America Rhythm Dance - Blue (At This Themed Dance)

[Karen-W]

And yet on my TV she looked great too. Have a Snickers.

I've already opened the Christmas candy bag, lol!

 

[marbri]

I see that Oona Brown has gone back to a costume designer who doesn't know how to create costumes that flatter her. This high waist makes her look really boxy and the super-short black skirt is NOT slimming.

When you double down you really double down

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well, we are also talking about grown adults who have been competitive figure skaters for at least a decade if not longer, so if they haven't figured out how to dress for their body type, that's on them and it's not something I or anyone else online should feel restricted from pointing out.

I mean, you’re a grown adult and a self proclaimed costume expert. If you haven’t figured out how to express your dislike of a costume without talking about a skater’s body, maybe that’s a you problem.

 

[jlai]

Wow, W/T's first GP score is higher than B/B. Granted, without the mistake it wouldn't have been that way

 

[Lizziebeth]

Gabby's going to have to project her voice more. I can barely hear her. She sort of talks in lowercase cursive.

Since I have the sound very low to avoid the chatter during the skate, I appreciate I can hardly hear her. But she is a big upgrade from Tara

 

[TAHbKA]

Goooooooooooo Czechs!

 

[tony]

AC/DC logo no more as I mentioned.

 

[barbk]

Re costumes: Every one of these skaters is fit and athletic. That doesn't mean that every costume style/color/fabric works. If I wore something the color of Fradji's yellow, I'd look jaundiced. Badly.

 

[Braulio]

The coach is pissed again

 

[MacMadame]

Re costumes: Every one of these skaters is fit and athletic. That doesn't mean that every costume style/color/fabric works. If I wore something the color of Fradji's yellow, I'd look jaundiced. Badly.

Me too but not her.

 

[Kateri]

Guess they regenerated the music, after it turned out the AI plagiarised half the lyrics

 

[skipaway]

I still don’t understand the “pattern” part this year

 

[kwanfan1818]

Do they have cheerleaders in the Czech Republic? Because Mrazekova reminds me of a cheerleader.

 

[Allen]

We even got a DCC reference!

 

[Kasey]

Sorry Czechs but AC/DC makes me think more of the 80s

 

[canbelto]

This program has a lot of potential. It's fun and engaging. I just don';t think they have the speed and dynamicism to pull it off right now.

 

[MacMadame]

Do they have cheerleaders in the Czech Republic? Because Mrazekova reminds me of a cheerleader.

The dress is all wrong for that though.

 

[skatingguy]

Katerina Mrazkova/Daniel Mrazek
Coach: M. Zanni, B. Reznickova, K.Mueller
Music: One Two, Thunderstruck

Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 2 (1 after review)
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

I think the AI music at the beginning of the program changed from the previous competition. Now that I'm listening for it I'm completely distracted from the rest of the program.

72.73 = 1st Place

 

[slicekw]

The Mraz* team makes me wish that someone could grab the music-fight (with the actors’ voices) from The ToePick Movie, graft it with the music from the SP performance, and then skate to that as an RD. Just sayin’.

 

[kwanfan1818]

The dress is all wrong for that though.

The dresses are all wrong for almost all of what they're putting out there.

 

[Allen]

I like the program, but they should get Judy and Kitty to do a dance class with them to sharpen that Thunderstruck section up

 

[peibeck]

Mrazeks impressed me so much several seasons ago, but recently seem lost. Despite some wonderful elements and impressive speed this doesn't gel as a dance for me.

 

[Aceon6]

The AI “song” is now a bit less cringe, but if you’re going for that, it’s unfortunate that “We Built This City” was released 5 years too early. An AI song before there was AI.

 

[skateycat]

I may have missed someone else’s post, but I figured the Brown’s costumes had to do with the Irish American background of House of Pain.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

The AI part of this program doesn’t even work. Almost no audience reaction until they got to Thunderstruck.

 

[Kateri]

The AI part of this program doesn’t even work. Almost no audience reaction until they got to Thunderstruck.

I really hope this will be cautionary tale for using AI music, and teams will realise it's a terrible idea.

 

[Wyliefan]

The AI part of this program doesn’t even work. Almost no audience reaction until they got to Thunderstruck.

Funny they went from having such a great RD last year to this mess. Don't play with AI, kids.

 

[skatingguy]

Loicia Demougeot/Theo le Mercier
Coach: K. Arribert, M Chantelauze, T.Zahorski
Music: No Scrubs, Sing Hallelujah

Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 2 (1 after review)
Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

Committed to the performance, but I don't think the program is really helping them.

73.47 = 1st Place

 

[slicekw]

The coach is pissed again

American “pissed” or British “pissed”? It’s important.

 

[skatingguy]

Marjorie Lajoe/Zachary Lagha
Coach: R. Haguenauer, M.F. Dubreuil, P.Denis
Music: Get Ready for This, Thunderstruck

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4 (W:4 M:2 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:1
Rotational Lift 4
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 1
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

Jock Jams collection, volumes 1, 2, & 3 in ice dance. An abomination that should be example one for the letter of termination of ice dance technical committee.

77.42 = 1st Place