Just watched on traditional TV. It was a lovely show.
Quick points:
It included some non- Eteri members of the recent World’s team...easier to name which Worlds team members weren’t there: Trusova, Z/G and Semenenko.
Daria Usacheva not in this Moscow show but skated in Kazan last Friday. (Khromik in neither show.)
Zagitova had the honor of closing the show. Medvedeva next-to-last (Anna Karenina)...and had also skated in the first half of the show (gold dress).
Kostornaia skated her new Billie Eilish SP in the 2nd half; tango program 1st half. (No “50 Shades” as in Kazan.)
The announcer made a point of saying that several non-Team Eteri skaters were debuting new Dani G programs...such as Tarasova/Morozov’s Titanic.
Valieva looked...different. Lovely, for sure, but quite grown up, especially in the new white/blue dress in 2nd half.
Everybody from Danil Samsonov to Alina Zagitova returned to perform a highlight move in the finale, before the glorious training team came out at the end for a wild standing ovation from the packed crowd! (That’s how I can tell that no skater was chacked off the telecast, as USA used to do with such shows.
Nothing beats telecasting a complete show “straight up” with minimal ads and no gimmicks...except for the occasional loopy on-ice camera view!)
Coolest surprise: Kazakhstan’s Tursy is back...playing a violin for part of her skate.
Strangest audience-cameo shot: Tarasova sitting stony faced, like the Sphinx, in the front row.
Hopefully an online Youtube version will be out soon. Whoever finds it first, please share/post link!
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Ready! The show will also eventually be available as a stream on Channel One’s YouTube channel. Here’s the teaser spot during today’s morning news show:
