Yeah I kinda agree.
I agree with you but I don’t think we uber skating fans are the target audience for this show. I suspect this is just the 2021 version of “up close and personal” fluff that is designed to create a connection with more casual viewers.
Ha at describing Ellish's music as noise. Could that be any more "get off my lawn"?Ha at you describing that noise as music.
I thought the target audience was the judges though. I mean they are the most important audience if your goal is to get a good score.
Please. You have an entire season of 'street dance rhythms' and you think the skaters or the people trying to make money for they sport are out there most concerned with what a panel of judges personally thinks?
You are making a lot of assumptions here. (As usual) In my personal life, I listen to alternative music and punk rock. So, sure, because I think that you can't turn off the judges as they give the scores that could make the difference between an Olympic medal or no medal, obvious that means I must love slow, safe covers and Don Quixote. Sure.Please. You have an entire season of 'street dance rhythms' and you think the skaters or the people trying to make money for they sport are out there most concerned with what a panel of judges personally thinks?
Eilish is huge for the target viewing audience and the actual audience that will pour money into skating at lower levels, but sure, if you think Carmen and Don Quixote are gonna make pre-teens teens all over the world want to follow the sport...
Many of the skating choices these days are snoozy, slow, safe covers of hit songs. You think anyone likes them?
Oh here we go. I didn't make any assumptions about what music you listen to nor do I care. Your argument was that the skaters pick their music to impress the judges first and foremost.You are making a lot of assumptions here. (As usual) In my personal life, I listen to alternative music and punk rock. So, sure, because I think that you can't turn off the judges as they give the scores that could make the difference between an Olympic medal or no medal, obvious that means I must love slow, safe covers and Don Quixote. Sure.
You're not a pre-teen.
My argument is that the coaches and skaters I know do. It may not be "foremost" but it's definitely first.
Yes, I'm looking forward to next week's episode!
Sara and Kirill got the role typically assigned to the eeeeevil Russians in NBC fluffs
Definitely!
I'm really curious how the remaining episodes are going to be structured. We're almost halfway through the show (they announced that there would be twelve episodes total), and the Grand Prix season hasn't started yet. They have seven episodes left to showcase the Grand Prixs, Nationals, and Europeans. Plus, we're not even technically done with Finlandia since we're basically just in Finland, the competition isn't started yet. There needs to be an episode dedicated to Europeans, there's definitely going to be a US Championships episode, probably an episode taking during place during Spanish Championships where half the episode is in Spain and the other half covers the teams training during the December period. They're probably going to have to merge some of the Grand Prixs together, likely IdF and Rostelecom since there's only one featured team at each competition.
I think they'll have to go up to Europeans, otherwise it's essentially left on a cliffhanger in terms of whether Olivia and Adrian make the Olympic team. It would be a poor writing decision to build up this tension for them and have no payoff. For what it's worth, there are two weeks between when Europeans ends and episode 12 is set to air, which should be enough time to edit the episode, since they're only 10-15 minutes long. The Tessa and Scott Show had 45 minute episodes, and it wouldn't have made sense to continue all the way to Canadian Nationals, where V/M were all but guaranteed to win. Building up to Grand Prix Final was a good story decision since that's by far the biggest competition of the fall season.
I would think skaters do in fact choose their music to impress the judges. If not first and foremost, then it would weigh in to the music choice equally. That would only be logical.
I thought they had already promised v/m if they wanted to come back they would coach them before P/C were big.
That’s what @RoseRed said. But P/C weren’t aware of that until 2016 (there’d really not have been any reason to bring it up in 2014, I doubt any of the parties thought that P/C would so quickly be in a position where V/M returning would be a threat).
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They show up a few days after they appear on the Olympic ChannelI love Romain Haguenaer in this show!
I can't see Episode 5
5th episode is available to watch here (videos are uploaded on this page weekly before the YT channel):I can't see Episode 5
5th episode is available to watch here (videos are uploaded on this page weekly before the YT channel):
Watch On Edge - Olympic Ice Dancers Prepare for Beijing 2022
Follow the world’s best ice dancing teams as they get ready for the Beijing Olympics. Featured athletes include Gabriella Papadakis and coach Scott Moir.olympics.com
This episode is quite a bit longer than all the previous ones except for episode 1. I think that made for a better episode, and the highlight was definitely seeing how cute Olivia and Adrian's reaction is to scoring one point higher than Sara and Kiril. Even if you aren't fans of Smart/Diaz, it's heartwarming to see how happy they are and it's just adorable.Episode 6 is up:
They don't have any of the actual music the skaters use, but did keep Smart/Diaz's clashing swordsIce Dance Documentary Series On Edge Episode 6
The Ice Dancing teams try their new programs in Finlandia Trophy 2021.olympics.com