2025 Cup of China Free Dance PBP - Grabbing The Bull By The Scores

[Braulio]

Actually the fact that more than half of the program is this shrieking is just disgusting.

that sums up the program

 

[Bunny Hop]

Lim/Quan - Despite the explanation above I still feel like their costumes don't match.

They seemed slow after Smart/Dieck. I'm somewhat puzzled by the score on first impressions so may have to re-watch.

ETA: Hated the vocals.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Ahhhhhh just relaxing now enjoying a nice cup of warm coffee slept for eight hours, how are all of you doing back in the states hahahahhahahaha

 

[MacMadame]

The Curse of the Sad Mummy by League of Legends. Sad Mummy seems redundant. Are there happy mummies?

 

[Braulio]

Ahhhhhh just relaxing now enjoying a nice cup of warm coffee slept for eight hours, how are all of you doing back in the states hahahahhahahaha

-5 GOE and UR for you

 

[Karen-W]

See, now, GuigFab should have had costumes like this for their Robots FD last season.

 

[Jay42]

I was kind of confused by D/LM's music until I looked at their ISU bio. This being a League of Legends/Arcane (League of Legends but on Netflix) makes a lot of sense. If this is good I have some friends I might need to send it to.

 

[MacMadame]

-5 GOE and UR for you

It's ice dance. I think they botched the twizzles.

 

[YukiNieve]

Another voice over.

 

[annie_mg]

I feel like I should be into D/LM's music to get the programme, but I have no idea what it is, so I can't get it.

 

[tony]

Ugh, D/LM. My favorite programs a few years ago and now they are just falling flat. I liked the first half of this and then it started to lose me once again. Twizzles are usually rough and they do them late. The assisted lifts were such a waste, done to get to the transition of the music and barely any GOE. He stumbled on the change foot of the dance spin and the GOE was barely anything. Sigh. They had an opportunity and this just ended up falling apart. Opening lift VERY good though, GOE was massive.

 

[Braulio]

TES 6 points lower than S/D

 

[Jay42]

Honestly, I'm here for this. I am biased because I love Arcane? Maybe. But also League of Legends has some really good songs, which always surprises me for the kind of video game it is.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Demougeot/Le Mercier - Love that opening lift.

They clearly have a concept - I'm just not sure what it is.

Was eating dinner so not sure which element is being reviewed.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, that was something. Another program that the judges don't have to do much to drop them behind SmaDie overall. The FFSG really have put all their money and marbles into FBCiz to the detriment of the rest of their teams.

 

[thvu]

I have no idea what that program was supposed to be. "The Curse of the Sad Mummy" is the music. And the ending VoiceOver of "Art is worth the pain." I love Loicia & Theo, but this program is just... I have no idea. LOL.

One foot turns are improved, covering alot of ice. They are still doing their worst element, the twizzles, late in the program, like they're hiding and throwing them away.

 

[skatingguy]

Loicia Demougeot/Theo le Mercier
Rank after RD: 4
Coach: K. Arribert, M. Chantelauze, T. Zahorski
Music: The Curse of the Sad Mummy, Enemy

Stationary Lift 4 + Rotational Lift 4
Circular Step Sequence W:3 M:2
One Foot Turns W:2 M:2
Dance Spin 3 - rough transition between feet
Curve Lift 4
Choreo Assisted Jump/Lifting Movement
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Dance Lift

Love their musicality, for example the use of the arms in the one foot turns to the highlights in the music. Lifts had some nice transitions, and interesting positions, but the dance spin transition from one foot to the other was rather rough.

109.88 = 3rd Place
184.20 = 3rd Place

 

[tony]

I think Karine is mad at them

 

[Karen-W]

Karine is NOT happy. What can you do, though?

 

[MacMadame]

Karine is NOT happy. What can you do, though?

Maybe she should give them a better program.

LopBris are definitely a Bjork team. I am looking forward to this.

 

[tony]

Okay I'm a resident L&B lover and I hate that they seem to have been tossed aside but wow.. I don't know. They seemed VERY slow and barely covered any ice in this program. The one foot sequence was so slow and then they had to awkwardly push to gain speed after. The twizzles were slow, the last 45 or so seconds go nowhere, the choreographic elements really didn't do much to accentuate the music. The highlight was the opening stationary lift.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Lopareva/Brissaud - Another dress I like and another opening lift/move I like.

Dammit - she stepped out of a turn. Dropped a level.

I don't know. I like this team, but my mind started to wander about two thirds of the way through. I feel like the music needed more variation. The skating was (mostly) very good though.

 

[MacMadame]

I do not like all these Choreo Assisted Jumps that look like aborted and/or lame attempts at a lift.

 

[annie_mg]

I loved L/B, this looked so much better than their first outing. He seems more into it than her. I feel like she has lost some spark this season.

That dress doesn't work. She needs a voidy costume for a voidy programme!!!!!

And the ending of the programme looks like they forgot the choreo. It needs redoing.

 

[Belsornia]

Lopareva/Brissaud’s FD is really growing on me. They seemed a lot more committed to the performance today than anything else we’ve seen from them yet this season. The choreo slide at the end is a bit of a fade out though.

 

[skatingguy]

Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud
Rank after RD: 3
Coach: R. Haguenauer, M.F. Dubreuil, P. Lauzon
Music: All is Full of Love, The Return, Bachelorette

Stationary Lift 4
One Foot Turns W:3 M:3
Midline Step Sequence W:3 M:3
Choreo Assisted Jump/Lifting Movement
Synchronized Twizzles W:4 M:4
Curve Lift 4 + Curve Lift 4
Dance Spin 4
Choreo Character Step Sequence
Choreo Sliding Movement

An interesting take on a romantic piece from this team that starts quite conventional, and then becomes more unique as the program progressed which fit their style.

118.98 = 2nd Place
196.60 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

Well, that should be enough for a bronze here, but only because of SmaDie's RD error, which is hardly any consolation.

 

[Braulio]

That also left me cold, this wont help their cause too much this season, glad they were clean in the RD and the bad luck for S/D because it looks like with clean outings the spanish will beath them

 

[MacMadame]

I don't know. I like this team, but my mind started to wander about two thirds oft the way through. I feel like the music needed more variation. The skating was (mostly) very good though.

I feel like they could have been skating to anything for most of the program.

 

[Jay42]

This definitely looked better from LopBri than yesterday but Evgenia in particular did still seem a little checked out for a part of the program.