2025 GPF JUNIOR Rhythm Dance - Baa Baa Backstreets, Have You Any Boys?

[victorskid]

Start Order/Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/gpf2025/SEG015.htm
Warm-Up Group 1
1 Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA
2 Jasmine ROBERTSON / Chase ROHNER USA
3 Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA

Warm-Up Group 2
4 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN
5 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR
6 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA

ISU YouTube live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b2QbqDO9-g

Planned Program Content, etc. can be found in the Media section on this page: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-grand-prix-final-2025/

JUDGING PANEL
Referee Mr. Rolf PIPOH ISU
Technical Controller Mr. Marcin KOZUBEK ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Ayako HIGASHINO ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Taehwa YANG ISU

Judge No.1 Ms. Patty KLEIN CAN
Judge No.2 Mr. Nicholas RUSSELL GBR
Judge No.3 Ms. Nadezhda PARETSKAIA KAZ
Judge No.4 Mr. Feng HUANG CHN
Judge No.5 Mr. Attila SOOS HUN
Judge No.6 Ms. Janis ENGEL USA
Judge No.7 Ms. Jezabel DABOUIS FRA
Judge No.8 Ms. Laimute KRAUZIENE LTU
Judge No.9 Ms. Akiko KOBAYASHI JPN

Data Operator Ms. Samanta KOVALKOVA ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Ranko HIRAI ISU

 

[Kateri]

If you need a title, I suggest: Baa Baa Backstreets, Have You Any Boys?

 

[victorskid]

If you need a title, I suggest: Baa Baa Backstreets, Have You Any Boys?

Done

 

[Allen]

Am I the only one up for this?

 

[tony]

Am I the only one up for this?

No.

 

[Allen]

No.

Awfully concise for you

 

[tangerine dream]

Am I the only one up for this?

No! Junior dance is my guilty pleasure.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Junior Ice Dance is my favorite event. No guilt about that at all.

 

[Allen]

These drummers have made me want someone to do a Kodo program next year.

 

[tangerine dream]

Junior Ice Dance is my favorite event. No guilt about that at all.

It's too bad the ISU wasn't brave enough to put the junior and senior RDs back to back so we could compare them and see that the juniors have better programs.

 

[Allen]

It's too bad the ISU wasn't brave enough to put the junior and senior RDs back to back so we could compare them and see that the juniors have better programs.

If nothing else, the Juniors just seem more enthusiastic about the theme. Cizeron must be a serious gay because you'd think he'd much more into that program

 

[dinakt]

Am I the only one up for this?

Am up

 

[Allen]

Immediately the French get into the character of Groove is in the Heart much more than Green and Parsons.

 

[tony]

Big differences here compared to the senior RD - more opportunity to really see what should matter in the sport rather than flashy arm movements down the short of the rink.

Why they ever came up with the thought process that juniors need to learn this shit to only then throw it away as seniors is beyond me.

 

[Allen]

Big differences here compared to the senior RD - more opportunity to really see what should matter in the sport rather than flashy arm movements down the short of the rink.

Why they ever came up with the thought process that juniors need to learn this shit to only then throw it away as seniors is beyond me.

I think I'm one of the few people who liked it when teams had to figure out how to incorporate an entire compulsory pattern into their program.

 

[skatingguy]

Dania Mouaden/Theo Bigot
Coach: Barbara Piton
Music: Groove is in the Heart, Gonna Make You Sweat

Diagonal Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Rhumba 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 1 + kpNNYN
Sequential Twizzle W:4 M:4
Stationary Lift 4

Great musicality, and flow throughout the program.

59.90 = 1st Place

 

[skatingguy]

Jasmine Robertson/Chase Rohner
Coach: I. Shpilband, P. Camerlengo, N. Deller
Groove is in the Heart, 100 Percent Pure Love

Rhumba 1st Sec 3 + kpNYYY (2 +kpNNYY after review)
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNNYY
Sequential Twizzle W:4 M:4
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:1
Rotational Lift 4

Jasmine is a great performer, and the choreography does a good job of showing her off.

60.44 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

Giving these vibes:

https://img.ifunny.co/images/ff5950e4f0157842c489ca60165c218f0829239e7c293f5ad0a1e9728ecc04dd_1.jpg

 

[skatingguy]

Ambre Perrier Gianesini/Samuel Blanc Klaperman
Coach: M. Zazoui, E. Hirai, M. De La Asuncion
Music: Everybody, Larger Than Life

Rhumba 1st Sec 3 + kpNYYY
Quickstep 1st Sec 2 + kpNYYN (1 + kpNNYN after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:2
Sequential Twizzle W:4 M:4
Rotational Lift 4

Fun performance, and choreography. Slight issue with the twizzles with Samuel doing an extra rotation on the second twizzle.

62.35 = 1st Place

 

[tony]

see above

 

[Allen]

A/V's walkout was more interesting than 99 percent of RDs this year.

 

[tangerine dream]

Hana is so extra

 

[Tinycities]

Giving these vibes:

https://img.ifunny.co/images/ff5950e4f0157842c489ca60165c218f0829239e7c293f5ad0a1e9728ecc04dd_1.jpg

Why is this so accurate

 

[tony]

If you missed it:

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[tangerine dream]

Why is this so accurate

That picture could easily have been taken at my middle school dance.

 

[Tinycities]

That picture could easily have been taken at my middle school dance.

Oh I 100% have photos that look exactly like that circa 1997.

 

[skatingguy]

Layla Veillon/Alexander Brandys
Coach: S. Moir, C. Moir, A. Diaz, M. Hubbell
Music: Around the Worlds, Insomnia

Rhumba 1st Sec 4 + kpYYYY (3 + kpYYYN after review)
Quickstep 1st Sec 3 + kpNYYY
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Rotational Lift 4

I thought they started out the program with more attack, and particularly Alexander with more attitude, and it seems it was a bit too much when it came to the jump entry into the twizzles. (Edit: The twizzles were completely removed from the protocols.)

52.70 = 4th Place

 

[tony]

RH down to 3 - YYYN
MiSt his level 2, hers stay L1
Twizzles no value, no points.

 

[Allen]

Oh I 100% have photos that look exactly like that circa 1997.

I was 18 sneaking in the back door of a 21+ gay bar that played music like Daft Punk.

 

[Allen]

Costumes are giving 50 Shades of Grey, but I actually enjoy this program, and they are embracing the character.