2024 Grand Prix Final - Free Dance: “Dry Your Eyes Bates”

[peibeck]

I’ve never been into choreography where the man drags the woman by her arm across the ice

Your harem must be a very boring place.

 

[her grace]

Chock/Bates Hit all their strengths—lifts, charisma (her), connection, flexibility (her)

 

[Wyliefan]

I don't remember the sparkly mold growing up her arms. Must be new.

 

[MacMadame]

I don't remember the sparkly mold growing up her arms. Must be new.

I was just thinking the same thing!

 

[victorskid]

Free Dance results
Protocols link: https://results.isu.org/results/sea...------FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES	USA	132.12​	74.48​		57.64​	9.64​	9.68​	9.50​	0.00​	#6​
2​	Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER	CAN	127.12​	71.04​		56.08​	9.36​	9.43​	9.25​	0.00​	#1​
3​	Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI	ITA	122.99​	67.11​		55.88​	9.36​	9.29​	9.29​	0.00​	#5​
4​	Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON	GBR	122.87​	68.25​		54.62​	9.14​	9.21​	8.96​	0.00​	#4​
5​	Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA	CAN	122.11​	68.89​		53.22​	8.89​	8.93​	8.79​	0.00​	#3​
6​	Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	118.93​	66.49​		52.44​	8.82​	8.79​	8.61​	0.00​	#2​

Overall results

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	RD	FD
1	Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES	USA	219.85	1	1
2	Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI	ITA	206.11	2	3
3	Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON	GBR	205.18	3	4
4	Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA	CAN	199.84	4	5
5	Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER	CAN	199.27	6	2
6	Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD	FRA	195.91	5	6

 

[Rukia]

mark's "mmmmmmmmm" at that score

 

[beckab81]

Evan looks shocked by that score... again, skaters know when they're being gifted!

 

[Karen-W]

Has Madison changed her costume again. The big collar thingie seems to be gone. Or not. I guess it depends on the camera angle.

She lost the art deco panels on the back/shoulder blades before CoC. She switched out the gloves from the all-copper ones to these new ones since then. Everything else is the same.

 

[LilJen]

Peacock is behind. If the Italians wanted to do something techno/different, how about a 20+-year tribute to Fifth Element?

Evan could at least have made his shirt match Madison’s dress. Are the cutouts on her dress getting bigger? And oh my did she get a Baptist bump hairdo for this comp!

 

[Frau Muller]

PERFECT!!!

 

[tony]

While all the other teams have disaster programs or low-scoring material, they are just gonna get handed insane GOE and PCS and easily win Worlds.

Lack of ice coverage, lack of speed, lack of her doing much of anything, struggling to almost a crawl on the twizzles, wobbling all over the one-foot. They may very well be the best we have now, but the scores are not based on reality.

 

[MacMadame]

She lost the art deco panels on the back/shoulder blades before CoC.

Yeah, we talked about that at the time. But I thought the front was higher previously as well. I swear it was constantly up under her chin before.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Really enjoy this C/B Brubeck program. (Its not a warhorse!). But Im beginning to understand that ISU wants to draw in the extreme ski crowd. So the Beyonce (sp?) and others I never heard of. Those are judged sports, yes? So there is overlap

 

[Rukia]

Lack of ice coverage, lack of speed, lack of her doing much of anything, struggling to almost a crawl on the twizzles, wobbling all over the one-foot. They may very well be the best we have now, but the scores are not based on reality.

They're not the best we have right now they just get rewarded like they are. Idk I always find them very slow and cautious. Other skaters are doing it better.

 

[Karen-W]

I don't remember the sparkly mold growing up her arms. Must be new.

I was just thinking the same thing!

Yup - that's the only change that's been made since CoC.

Peacock is behind. If the Italians wanted to do something techno/different, how about a 20+-year tribute to Fifth Element?

Oh, hell no! Fifth Element is a skating warhorse that needs to die.

Evan could at least have made his shirt match Madison’s dress. Are the cutouts on her dress getting bigger?

Nope. She removed the art deco panels from the back before CoC. Dress is the same beyond that.

 

[tony]

Really enjoy this C/B Brubeck program. (Its not a warhorse!). But Im beginning to understand that ISU wants to draw in the extreme ski crowd. So the Beyonce (sp?) and others I never heard of. Those are judged sports, yes? So there is overlap

 

[MacMadame]

(Its not a warhorse!).

It absolutely is. Just because it's one we like doesn't change that. I love Carmen and can hear it over and over but it's still a warhorse.

 

[Private Citizen]

Madison’s “merci beaucoup” getting a big cheer from the crowd in the arena interview. Evan complimenting the rink renovations less so .

 

[Karen-W]

@MacMadame - here's what I have for the Bingo list, do you concur?

arm (hair) ography
“artistic” camerawork
big plushie
coach cam
cutouts
Emo/ Sad Girl Cover
face touching
illusion/ tights weird color
inappropriate smiling
knee slide
lip-synching
Mark audibly crushed
nails/ hair match costume
Obvious Warhorse
only one sleeve/sleeveless
Pink Ladies
Superstar Artist
tights over/boot covers
Tribute program
very literal costume

 

[MacMadame]

Oh, hell no! Fifth Element is a skating warhorse that needs to die.

Um, how? Who has done it before? I remember only one program.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

are you trying to tell me I’ve been watching figure skating for eight straight hours… I need a treadmill or an elliptical

 

[canbelto]

This quad is just very weak in the dance field.

 

[MacMadame]

@MacMadame - here's what I have for the Bingo list, do you concur?

arm (hair) ography
“artistic” camerawork
big plushie
coach cam
cutouts
Emo/ Sad Girl Cover
face touching
illusion/ tights weird color
inappropriate smiling
knee slide
lip-synching
Mark audibly crushed
nails/ hair match costume
Obvious Warhorse
only one sleeve/sleeveless
Pink Ladies
Superstar Artist
tights over/boot covers
Tribute program
very literal costume

Looks good. I didn't see "nails/ hair match costume" though. Not arguing, just wondering who it was.

 

[PRlady]

I am LOVING how this "Take Five" program is developing and growing as the season progresses. They both just completely embody the very cool, jazzy fluidity of the music.

IKR! Out of the top four teams, it sets a mood, it’s dancey and really reflects the music era. I know I’m “geriatric” but I really enjoyed it.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I think the preposterous marks for C/B are just to hide the absolutely outrageous overscoring of G/P. I find 127 of the Canadians absolutely scandalous.

 

[Karen-W]

Um, how? Who has done it before? I remember only one program.

Les Kovs, Team KoKo, and there's at least one or two singles skaters who've done programs to that music in the last couple seasons. It's so freakin' prolific that I recognize it immediately - and I'd never seen/heard of the movie until the first program surfaced in the last Oly season.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Should I watch the men or go out and be productive?

 

[MacMadame]

This quad is just very weak in the dance field.

I'm not sure I agree exactly. My issue is with what is being rewarded and the scoring system. With all these level 1 choreo elements, GOE is king. I want to see harder tech rewarded with more leveled elements. If we did that, I think there would be a shake-up in the results and a lot more of the old guard would have retired.

 

[Wyliefan]

This quad is just very weak in the dance field.

I enjoyed the juniors here much more.

 

[Karen-W]

Looks good. I didn't see "nails/ hair match costume" though. Not arguing, just wondering who it was.

Piper - she had a red ribbon braided into her hair and then it was twisted into a bun. I noticed on close up when they took their starting position.