The Dance Hall 13: When You Dance on the Ice and Your Feet Twizzle Twice, That's Amore

[marbri]

Am I correctly seeing that the French judge placed G/F 2nd and FB/C 4th? Interesting....

Not really interesting. They had them 4th in TES because of the error in the final element. Until that point they were giving higher overall GOE to FB/S. They had FB/S second in PCS again because of the error ( they had them 1st in two of the components).

 

[Debbie S]

Not really interesting. They had them 4th in TES because of the error in the final element. Until that point they were giving higher overall GOE to FB/S. They had FB/S second in PCS again because of the error ( they had them 1st in two of the components).

Yes, but I would have expected them to dump G/F regardless. Not that any of this bodes well for G/F.

 

[manhn]

I don’t recall that many dance teams changing their programs midway through a season. The Duschesneys? Torvill and Dean? The teams mentioned is more a reflection of IAM, which good on them. Gilles Poirier have had their share of poorly received programs and persisted.

The knee socks was a thing in the movie Clueless, so maybe the Italians can do a Clueless RD where she is Alicia Silverstone and he is Paul Rudd.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Maybe they should switch to Bikini Kill and go out with a bang.

Please! I often wonder if one of Gui/Fab's many issues is that they don't have enough internal competition in Italy to push them. Along with having really bad taste in program choices.

 

[Yuri]

It's a shame that the reigning Junior World Champions Noemi Maria Tali & Noah Lafornara have delayed the start to their 2025-26 season due to his injury. If Charlene & Marco are going to get dumped on by the international judges anyway, perhaps it's time to get Noemi & Noah to the Olympics THIS season (it's too bad Italy didn't earn a second ice dance slot for Milan) if they're healthy with great material. Denis Petukhov and Melissa Gregory are building a great ice dance program in Hartford CT, and we've all seen what Hana & Danill are doing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit as reigning US Junior champions.

 

[RoseRed]

I don’t recall that many dance teams changing their programs midway through a season. The Duschesneys? Torvill and Dean? The teams mentioned is more a reflection of IAM, which good on them. Gilles Poirier have had their share of poorly received programs and persisted.

The knee socks was a thing in the movie Clueless, so maybe the Italians can do a Clueless RD where she is Alicia Silverstone and he is Paul Rudd.

They did dump their Perry Mason program for Bond in 2017-18, when it wasn't well received.

 

[skategal]

G/F’s RD is bad but if they fixed the costumes and got rid of “Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely” in favour of a better not sped up BSB song it would at least be passable.

 

[Kateri]

They did dump their Perry Mason program for Bond in 2017-18, when it wasn't well received.

And I have never forgiven them!

 

[bwayrose7]

I think two things can be true: G/F once again have a program that does them no favors, and the judges have dumped them hard for what I think are fairly obvious political reasons. I'd put them in the same category as L/B this season, in terms of teams who were always going to have an uphill battle to maintain position with all the heraldry around the arrival of FB/C, and who are making it all too easy for the judges to justify sending them down the ranks.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Yes, but I would have expected them to dump G/F regardless. Not that any of this bodes well for G/F.

Clueless has a pretty banger soundtrack as well.

But we get ISU VISION 2030 instead.

 

[Bigbird]

You know, let me go watch G/F again. Maybe they need to consider LaLa's approach to this season's dreadful theme and not take things so seriously.

Edit: Oh yes, that program does them no favours. They need much more polish.