2026 Europeans - Free Dance - "Sheffield Whinesday"

[Allen]

Nothing will ever compare for me to Catherine Lyons's floor exercise to Kissing You, so that part I wasn't loving, but I thought it picked up at the end.

 

[tony]

Home country clap clap clap aside, I think we’ve seen quite a few better programs today and no, the Finns aren’t one of them.

 

[Lanie]

I like them a lot so am glad they skated that well

 

[Hanna]

B/H used up all the color in the RD and this is what was left for the FD.

 

[Braulio]

I think the last part with the choreo dance lift is a wasted opportunity to get even more GOE, feels simple to the final move

 

[tangerine dream]

I would watch that!

A zombie coming back and and taking revenge with eerie hand gestures and crazy movements right in front of the judges...

I'd take any zombie program from Gutmann. Zombie Juliet, Zombie Carmen, Zombie Dune, whatever she wants.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Nothing says "R&J" like a handstand on a skating boot.

Yes, I was wondering which part of the play it is.
The balcony scene, probably.

 

[Matryeshka]

That's my favorite part! It makes the whole free dance kind of Tim Burton.

Ah. I can see that. I am not generally a fan of Tim Burton, so that explains it. It's just this kind of TA-DAH! moment that comes out of nowhere like they suddenly remember their 8th grade English class.

WILL THE REIGN OF TERROR FINALLY END?! CAN-CAN THE HOMETOWN HEROES FINALLY VANQUISH THE FINNS?!

 

[peibeck]

I enjoy this team (especially him) but the ending of this was pretty labored today.

 

[Karen-W]

Really, my only critique of BekHern's FD is the sand-colored costumes. Just because R+J is set in a SoCal beach town doesn't mean you need to dress them like they're at the nudist beach. Give them something vibrant.

 

[~tapdancer~]

Ok if this doesn't beat the Finns, I am done. That was beautiful!

 

[Sally1214]

That was a lovely skate from Bekker/Hernandez. Home fans are thrilled with that, as they should be.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I really want someone to do an R&J program that portrays the illicit romance between the nurse and the friar.

 

[miffy]

Well done Phebe & James. I'm rooting for them to hold onto their 11th place... we have just a small chance of 3 spots next year

 

[tangerine dream]

When I was maybe 15 my dance group did a performance to Kissing You in these ugly purple velvet costumes and that's all I think about when I hear this music.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

I don't know what I think about B/Her.
I definitely like them more than the Swedes in general, but I'm not sure about this specific FD.

 

[Karen-W]

And the Fun Finns reign of terror ends before they get a chance to occupy the Leader's Chairs!

 

[victorskid]

After 2 of 4 groups, ice resurfacing. The FD results so far:
1 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 110.77 62.85 47.92 8.07 8.21 7.68 0.00 #5
2 Milla Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE 106.85 60.41 46.44 7.68 7.79 7.75 0.00 #9
3 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 106.75 59.83 46.92 7.89 7.89 7.68 0.00 #10
4 Sofia VAL / Asaf KAZIMOV ESP 106.62 60.40 46.22 7.86 7.79 7.46 0.00 #6
5 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN 103.89 58.69 45.20 7.57 7.64 7.39 0.00 #7
6 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER 102.82 58.32 44.50 7.50 7.46 7.29 0.00 #4
7 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA 102.21 56.93 45.28 7.54 7.64 7.46 0.00 #8
8 Shira ICHILOV / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 97.13 53.61 43.52 7.29 7.43 7.04 0.00 #2
9 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS IRL 88.28 49.92 40.36 6.96 6.61 6.61 2.00 #3
10 Zoe LARSON / Andrii KAPRAN UKR 83.60 45.32 39.28 6.57 6.64 6.43 1.00 #1

The overall results so far:
1 Phebe BEKKER / James HERNANDEZ GBR 178.39 11 3
2 Yuka ORIHARA / Juho PIRINEN FIN 175.76 16 1
3 Milla Ruud REITAN / Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE 175.74 12 2
4 Sofia VAL / Asaf KAZIMOV ESP 173.73 15 4
5 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN 171.63 14 5
6 Victoria MANNI / Carlo ROETHLISBERGER ITA 170.05 13 7
7 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER 166.31 17 6
8 Shira ICHILOV / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 158.33 19 8
9 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS IRL 150.99 18 9
10 Zoe LARSON / Andrii KAPRAN UKR 142.84 20 10


Still to skate:
Warm-Up Group 3
11 Olivia SMART / Tim DIECK ESP 10 75.17
12 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 9 77.33
13 Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo le MERCIER FRA 8 77.88
14 Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 7 78.59
15 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 6 78.67

Warm-Up Group 4
16 Evgeniia LOPAREVA / Geoffrey BRISSAUD FRA 5 82.38
17 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 4 83.08
18 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 3 84.48
19 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 2 85.47
20 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 1 86.93

 

[Wyliefan]

I suddenly thought I was in Olivia Smart's yoga class.

 

[MacMadame]

Ice cut just in time for lunch.

 

[Augusztus]

I had to pop out and have come back to see the Finns still leading the FD?!

I was in the arena for the RD and was rather underwhelmed at how slow and small they were IRL. Oh well.

 

[Matryeshka]

I'm wondering when skaters will figure out & Juliet exists. Which is the Broadway equivalent of a Fun Finn program--frothy, not real deep, falls apart if you think about it so much, but so much fun and happy-clappy and you just want to buy some popcorn and a pink, sparkly beverage and buy into its bubblegum popness.

OMG. We're only on group two? I've aged twenty five years during that group. I'm ready to draw social security. Though a cup of hot chocolate sounds damn good. Louisiana has decided to experiment with winter. This experiment should be classified as a failure.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I suddenly thought I was in Olivia Smart's yoga class.

I would totally do yoga with Olivia.

 

[MacMadame]

I have hot chocolate! With whipped cream no less.

ETA in my FSU cup!

 

[Kateri]

I really want someone to do an R&J program that portrays the illicit romance between the nurse and the friar.

Is this what Guignard and Fabbri need to finally have a cool programme?

 

[Karen-W]

I do not have hot chocolate, but I do have some leftover chocolate chip cookie dough that has been in my fridge since last weekend. It's an acceptable substitute since it's about 44 outside today and, therefore, not cold enough to justify hot chocolate.

 

[MsZem]

Can someone please tell all the R&J skaters about & Juliet?

 

[Aceon6]

Most of the stalls ran out of food during the break between men and dance, so people who were hoping for food now are out of luck. FSU smuggling skills for the win.

 

[peibeck]

I'm wondering when skaters will figure out & Juliet exists. Which is the Broadway equivalent of a Fun Finn program--frothy, not real deep, falls apart if you think about it so much, but so much fun and happy-clappy and you just want to buy some popcorn and a pink, sparkly beverage and buy into its bubblegum popness.

Pretty sure some of the numbers (by their original artists) are being done in the RDs everyone is already whining about.

 

[my little pony]

I fell asleep during the last R & J, my body is just rejecting it at this point