2026 Worlds Rhythm Dance PBP - No Liquids Allowed Except For Crystal Waters

[miffy]

I'm not sure it matters. Between Ricky and JLo, we're getting a LOT of '90s Latin pop.

I make it only 4 Ricky and 1 Enrique/JLo but I might have missed some

 

[MacMadame]

I make it only 4 Ricky and 1 Enrique/JLo but I might have missed some

I think I counted one twice.

 

[miffy]

Right! I obviously need more coffee.

AZE skate to that too so the same thing applies

I would have found it a lot more difficult to not like FB/C if they had skated to Depeche Mode. Very happy memories of 90's London goth clubs

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Ren/Xing are fun!

 

[miffy]

Don't hate me but I actually really enjoy the 90's RD theme. I liked the 80's one too.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

AZE skate to that too so the same thing applies

I would have found it a lot more difficult to not like FB/C if they had skated to Depeche Mode. Very happy memories of 90's London goth clubs

Hey, I was at a Depeche Mode dance party the other week and it was full of aging goths. Many of whom, like me, went home as soon as the clock turned midnight.

 

[Desperado]

Ren/Xing are fun!

She's so into it, I can't keep my eyes of her. She must be really happy to be back skating.

 

[Wyliefan]

My feed froze three times during Ren/Xing.

 

[victorskid]

With 7 groups, we have the first ice resurfacing after Group 1.

The RD results so far:
Junfei REN / Jianing XING CHN 63.75 36.40 27.35 6.86 7.00 6.71 0.00 #4
2 Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH CYP 61.94 35.29 26.65 6.68 6.82 6.54 0.00 #2
3 Shira ICHILOV / Mikhail NOSOVITSKIY ISR 58.04 32.23 25.81 6.50 6.54 6.36 0.00 #3
4 Samantha RITTER / Daniel BRYKALOV AZE 50.65 28.43 22.22 5.68 5.46 5.57 0.00 #1


The top 20 teams will go on to the Free Dance.

 

[miffy]

Hey, I was at a Depeche Mode dance party the other week and it was full of aging goths. Many of whom, like me, went home as soon as the clock turned midnight.

Ahhh that sounds like so much fun!

 

[MacMadame]

Don't hate me but I actually really enjoy the 90's RD theme. I liked the 80's one too.

90s yes. But that 80s theme didn't cut it IMO. Though it beat having 3 decades which is barely a theme.

 

[Sally1214]

Hi everyone. I FINALLY convinced my TV that, on the GEM coverage, it was okay to leave the pairs' medal coverage from yesterday and let me move on to the live tile for the RD. Took me the complete duration of the first 4 dance performances to get it "unstuck" but I think I should be good for the day now. And now we have an ice resurface, so I'm off to get my first coffee of the day.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

90s yes. But that 80s theme didn't cut it IMO. Though it beat having 3 decades which is barely a theme.

The 50s/60s/70s RD should have just been the 50s and 60s. I actually think that an 80/90s theme without the stupid "high energy" and BPM requirements might have allowed for some more interesting programs. In any case, I am so looking forward to next year's RD with the Golden Waltz pattern, although no doubt my high hopes will be dashed.

 

[MacMadame]

In any case, I am so looking forward to next year's RD with the Golden Waltz pattern, although no doubt my high hopes will be dashed.

My hopes aren't high enough for dashing. I am pleasantly surprised to get an actual rhythm but I am sure the ISU will find a way to annoy me with some requirement or another.

 

[Karen-W]

So, apparently, Nikolaj had a fall after the Olympics and they only got back on the ice to train again a week or so ago.

 

[my little pony]

they should have to claim these songs like when I picked my senior thesis, so then no one else can take it

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Azeris are horrible, I don't recall seeing such weak skating since the Indian pair.

Cypriots were gods of skating in comparison, they look a bit unpolished.

Israelis were slower in person than on TV but Shira has excellent dancing ability and he's a good skater, so that worked fine.

Chinese looked fun

I don't think any of them will qualify

 

[Sally1214]

I like the 90s music .... have been dancing along in my chair with it all season. Agree that it's a bit heavy on Ricky Martin .... there WERE other music artists making music in that decade. Guess the dancers must find the Latin beat easy to skate too and it has the required number of beats (at least RM does). I'm a bit afaid that a steady parade of waltzes next season might put me to sleep but we shall see.

 

[miffy]

I keep seeing the clip on IG of R/M having a little kiss on the ice after the Olympic RD and the crowd screaming their approval. I guess that's really all the casual audience want to see

 

[Karen-W]

That was rough through the first two elements and they're probably not going to make the FD but they'll always have Milano.

 

[Aceon6]

they should have to claim these songs like when I picked my senior thesis, so then no one else can take it

With the top 20 picking in reverse order. Make the top teams think outside the box.

 

[victorskid]

FYI - in 2025, the cut for the Free Dance was at 68.09 (Turkkila/Versluis FIN).

 

[Aceon6]

FYI - in 2025, the cut for the Free Dance was at 68.09 (Turkkila/Versluis FIN).

Last year was gasp city with ReedAmb not making it.

 

[miffy]

Aww we used to dance to this (Get Ready for This) in my dance class when I was 11. I still remember every step

 

[MacMadame]

Last year was gasp city with ReedAmb not making it.

And nail biting over the Finns.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Last year was gasp city with ReedAmb not making it.

Which ended up working out really well for Reed/Amb this season.

 

[Desperado]

Paolino / Tuba skated a new program? Kudos to them!

 

[Spikefan]

NBC is missing out on Tanith commentary for this team (coach).

(Of course she would be totally professional.)

 

[Sally1214]

I wonder if Barbara F-P sleeps with her stopwatch on her pillow?

 

[my little pony]

Charlie's mouth goes all the way from side to side like a South Park character, also maybe stop rubbing her lower back