GPdF 2025 PBP - Free Dance “The Chicken Dance”

[Lilia A]

Fix

 

[tony]

The Lithuanians are ahead of the Italians in skating skills.

Charlene has every right to share every last nasty comment on the judging today. This is insane.

 

[TAHbKA]

One day I'll understand how the LTU FD is above ITA FD but that day did not come yet

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Boo to the rules robbing us of Lewis in a kilt!

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Twirling vest doesn`t exist in nature. Or is that supposed to suggest a kilt? A wonder....

 

[thvu]

Fear & Gibson need what, 71 TES to stay ahead? With the GOEs, they're already losing ground, too much I think to do it.

 

[tony]

Okay, I like the opening 15 seconds. Then everything gets too frantic for them (her) to keep up with. Sticky in the midline from her and I think it slowed him down, too. The spins directly out of the one-foot pattern are glorious and take ridiculous control.

I respect that they have really amped up the choreography between the elements, because we all remember them going from choreographic element to choreographic element with nothing really between. They've mastered the new rules and will probably be in there for an Olympic medal when all is said and done but I cannot. At all. With the end of this program.

 

[Kateri]

I do love the programme, but they look really slow to me.

 

[TAHbKA]

After ITA, GEO, FRA and LTU the UK look like mediocre juniors

 

[her grace]

F/G

Basic skating looks miles better than R/A, levels 3 & 2 on one foot turns, French audience sitting on their hands during all the get the crowd involved moments Tidy and clean

 

[MsZem]

I liked the Kerrs' Scottish program better.

Also, Lilah looked tentative whenever she had to do something even vaguely Scottish.

 

[Wyliefan]

So much fun!

 

[NinjaTurtles]

I do love the programme, but they look really slow to me.

Lilah was pretty gassed and fading about half way through. Not full shape yet, unit should they be this early in the season, but not going to help them break 127 for a win today.

 

[Lilia A]

Babs need to run on the ice and stare down each judge, Babs style. Maybe that'll take care of these crazy scores.

 

[Bunny Hop]

Fear/Gibson - Go Kerrs tribute program! A bit too slow in the opening section compared to the music, seemed a bit tentative, but they warmed up as the program went on. It's a fun program and enjoyable to watch. It's good but it won't beat the French (and rightly so), who were a different league technically.

 

[thvu]

I love this program. It's joy and fun in a sea of ice dance drudgery. It never feels gimmicky to me or cheesy.

And their skating skills continue to improve. There's less buying time in programs. The only awkward and not very smooth transition is to the choreo steps where they just saunter into position, but I really like this FD. It feels so nostalgic too somehow. Really great, and I'm looking forward to seeing this FD 5 more times this season.

 

[peibeck]

F/G first minute seemed very nervy, but second half more attack. The last minute is really lacking for me. Their lead from the RD looks like it might carry them unless the levels mysteriously plummet.

 

[Kaz7714]

Very good programs for them this year. They will take the roof off in Sheffield, if all goes well.
They have improved so much.
No way they will beat the French though.

 

[victorskid]

Final FS results
1 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 133.02 74.88 58.14 9.71 9.82 9.54 0.00 #8
2 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 125.86 70.42 55.44 9.36 9.36 9.00 0.00 #10
3 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 120.07 67.21 52.86 8.71 8.93 8.79 0.00 #9
4 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 118.73 65.95 52.78 8.86 8.82 8.71 0.00 #6
5 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 116.47 64.25 52.22 8.79 8.75 8.57 0.00 #7
6 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain le GAC CAN 112.74 63.54 49.20 8.39 8.32 7.89 0.00 #5
7 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 107.71 61.07 46.64 7.82 7.82 7.68 0.00 #2
8 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA 106.36 60.00 47.36 7.96 8.04 7.68 1.00 #4
9 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 103.21 57.85 45.36 7.64 7.68 7.36 0.00 #3
10 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 92.00 51.64 41.36 7.00 7.00 6.68 1.00 #1

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


Final overall results:
Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 211.02 3 1
2 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 210.24 1 2
3 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 201.05 2 3
4 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 195.98 5 4
5 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 194.27 4 5
6 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain le GAC CAN 186.49 6 6
7 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA 177.68 7 8
8 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 172.80 9 7
9 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 171.29 8 9
10 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 148.92 10 10


[Enjoy the Men - I'm off to early church commitments]

 

[Aceon6]

The one thing missing for me in this Scottish style is the opportunity to use the head and hips that they’ve used to their advantage in their pop and Latin style dances. I kinda like it, but that can’t get FBCiz and they’ll be fighting for 3rd at the major comps.

 

[tony]

Literally should've been nowhere near that close, even considering Guillaume's huge mistake in the RD. Beating the 3rd and 4th place teams in the world already.

Medal favorites in October, gold medal favorites by December.

 

[peibeck]

They've done this same concept FD for several seasons, though. And basically the RD too.

Eh, the mad puppet program last year was much more conceptual than this.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

So as someone who did Scottish highland and Scottish country dancing as a child, this program needs more speed and attack to really work. But it will definitely be a big hit at the European championships.

 

[thvu]

And Fournier-Beaudry & Cizeron win the event despite getting net-negative points for the choreo steps in the RD. (Which they would have gotten 8-9 points for otherwise.)

Yeah, Oly Gold for sure if they are clean.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Babs need to run on the ice and stare down each judge, Babs style. Maybe that'll take care of these crazy scores.

Babs needs to call up Porny Maurizio and get him to put together a crowd-pleasing RD for her team.

 

[Private Citizen]

It’s early season, they’re skating at home, with a very favourable panel, and clear politicking going on.

I expect coordinated retaliation from other feds who have something to lose.

 

[Kateri]

Babs needs to call up Porny Maurizio and get him to put together a crowd-pleasing RD for her team.

And he will gaze down at her from his position on the roof of his skating rink, and whisper, "No."

 

[Bunny Hop]

I liked the Kerrs' Scottish program better.

Agreed.

If you'd asked me four years ago if I thought Fear/Gibson would end a competition within a point of a team including Cizeron I would have laughed out loud. I mean, I love them, and they've improved a heck of a lot, but I'm still always a little surprised to see them in medal contention. Good luck to them!

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Chock/Bates need to pull something quite spectacular out of their hats, particularly the RD to gain traction ahead of the FD when they eventually are going head-to-head with FB/C. Full lean into their acrobatic capabilities in the lifts, etc. to draw the biggest contrasts and crowd engagement, and make it as much an argument of personal taste that they can.

 

[tony]

It’s early season, they’re skating at home, with a very favourable panel, and clear politicking going on.

I expect coordinated retaliation from other feds who have something to lose.

I mean the 10s are probably overboard but where else should they lose points? They are so much better than the top 3 in the world with this program. And it’s not just the vibes of the program. The elements are quite good already.

I also think there are some revisionists here because she was always known as the much stronger partner in her past partnership, always doing a lot of intricate edgework while he tried to keep up. She didn’t suddenly lose it.