I was expecting it. Cizeron didn't come back to be second, and Chock/Bates ascended to the top more by outlasting everybody ahead of them than anything else.
How is it a 'wuzzrobbed' situation? there is not even a point between C/B and FB/C ...
USA (Janis Engel), Italy (Isabella Micheli), Spain (Marta Olozagarre) and Georgia (Elena Khmyzenko, represented Russia until last year) will be in the Free Dance panel. 45 minutes before the FD they will draw which 5 judges of the RD will join them.
The mistake needs to be quite obvious, the pull for F/G to medal seems to be fairly significant. Sigh. Judges still love F/G, but I feel they need new material. Their party act is getting bit stale by now.
This. As a ice dance fan for 46 years now, it has always been that for ice dance. Somehow they got anointed along the way after D/W retired and then H/D (who did beat them during their match up years) retired as well. They just kept going and had interesting programs as well so there you go. C/B are great people but they are not the best ice dance team that ever was. You will rack up medals if you stay in it as long as they have. They started to win when they stopped making major errors. Which I suppose is true for any sport.
I don’t get the judges’ love for F/G, truly. They’re a ton of fun and I love watching them, but they have never screamed podium material; I’ve been baffled by their rise. Is it really just IAM politicking?
) but my jaw DROPPED when I saw the GBR judge’s scores today.I think they may have thought that their odds of getting gold were higher in the TE, but I don't think they necessarily saw gold as impossible in the individual dance. After all, regardless of the reason, C&B did win the GP Final. But, I don't doubt that they knew that they were taking a risk by agreeing to do both segments of the TE and be there for the last day of the TE so close to the individual ice dance competition.
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LaLa deserved bonus points from actually skating to Eurodance, 2 Unlimited no less (one of my old favsI don’t get the judges’ love for F/G, truly. They’re a ton of fun and I love watching them, but they have never screamed podium material; I’ve been baffled by their rise. Is it really just IAM politicking?
Also, I’m not a G/P or LaLa ride-or-die by any means (especially with that atrocious RD for LaLa this season
). However the music cut is not great, and what's with the outfits? Is that music genre associated with sporting events?
It's a Sotnikova 2014 situation - they fulfil the requirements of the judging system & squeeze every possible point out of it. (You might not think the judging system is rewarding the right things, but that's the system we're operating within...) They clocked that the "fun" crowd pleasing choreo elements are what the judges are looking for & where you can really boost your score, and every program is designed to maximise that.
- am reposting in this thread (glad Harris/Chan qualified for the FD!):ETA an excerpt/quote from Christopher Dean:
Thank you for reposting! I'm a big Harris and Chan fan and so glad they qualified. Looking forward to watching their FD.Thanks to @Bunny Hop for sharing this Australian article by Vince Rugari (February 7, 2026) in the Kiss & Cry section that I was able to read
It is. "Get Ready for This" is very often played at sporting events in the US (and presumably Canada), like during starting lineups when the players are introduced, while the "Ole Ole Ole" song is associated internationally with both soccer/football and hockey. They've said they want to focus on the sport aspect of skating with the program. To me it sort of feels like they were invited to do a hype-up performance at a hockey game, which may be entirely what they were going for.LaLa deserved bonus points from actually skating to Eurodance, 2 Unlimited no less (one of my old favs
I don't think C&B were tight. I jut think that they weren't quite as energetic as in the TE. Like the punches weren't quite as punchy. And TPTB pretty clearly want energetic.
I don't think C&B were tight. I jut think that they weren't quite as energetic as in the TE. Like the punches weren't quite as punchy. And TPTB pretty clearly want energetic.
I actually thought that FB/C were a little tighter than C&B and that it was kind of a cold performance (per usual), but that they maybe did slightly better than in the TE.
But, these things can be very hard to judge on a tv screen.
Adam mentioned that the crowd in the arena seemed to love the 90s theme of the RDs. But, these are people who spent hundreds of dollars a piece to see them.
He also said that there were some boos when C&B's scores came up. I wonder if that was because he was sitting with Americans who were not skating fans.
I think a lot of people thought that C&B would win the RD over FB/C. They have before, including in the TE.
The post you quoted didn't say that. You were responding to a post about the RD, which said who saw THAT coming. We dont have the results of the FD and overall competition yet, and hence no surprise about the results. I doubt anybody here would be shocked if FB/C win the gold. I definitely haven't seen anyone say that.
Cool, sound in broadcasts has been quite bad (totally awful in first team events, like music was barely audible), I wondered if it's the same on site or just recording issue.
