They Laughed, They Cried - Semi-Final 4

[Karen-W]

You can vote for up to 3 choices in this poll - the top 2 will make the Final - voting will be open for one week!

Starr Andrews - 2022 Skate Canada International FS
Sonia Baram/Daniel Tioumentsev - 2023 Jr Worlds FS
Sofia Val/Asaf Kazimov - 2023 Challenge Cup FD
Lindsey Wang - 2022 Pacific Coast Sectionals FS
Kaori Sakamoto - 2023 Worlds FS
Kao Miura - 2023 4CCs FS
Junhwan Cha - 2023 World Team Trophy FS
Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps - 2022 Skate America SP
Anastasiia Gubanova - 2023 Euros FS

 

[Wyliefan]

For me, Starr and Sonia/Daniel were no-brainers. But Kao vs. Deanna and Maxime was a very tough choice.

 

[Vagabond]

Andrews: Her surprised delight is surprisingly delightful, and Derrick Delmore cares enough not to be scrolling on his phone screen
Young American Pair: This is leading the poll?
Placeholder & Placeholder:
Wang: Derrick Delmore pretends to be interested but he'd rather be playing with his phone.
Sakamoto: Does a much better job of crying than Rossi. Maybe not quite so good as Aymoz, but it will do here.
Miura: I hate it when skaters applaud their own mark.
Cha: Cares more about goofing off than than his performance or his score.
Stellato-Dudek: I had to watch this several times to realize that there were two other people with her in the Kiss and Cry.
Hey, There, Georgian Girl: Nice, but the competition is steep.

Gotta go with Andrews, Stellato-Dudek & Partner, and Sakamoto, with Andrews a strong first choice.

 

[Karen-W]

Placeholder & Placeholder:

Lololol - so prescient you are, seeing that Tim Dieck got his release today and we'll be seeing Olivia & Tim representing Spain at all the major events next season, lol.