Music: The Royal Waltz/Quickstep
- Entrances/exits from lifts are a bit awkward
- Positions could use more stretch
- They lost some speed mid way through the program
- The program has good potential but looks under-rehearsed
- Balazs lost momentum in his twizzle sequence which affect synchronization in footwork
- SD Score: 15.81 (Technical) + 16.87 (Presentation) = 32.68
Music: Waltz The Blue Danube, Tango
- The speed in the opening is nice
- They are a very expressive couple and remind me of the pair Pang & Tong
- The raised arms in the twizzle sequence is a daring choice becuase it highlights the errors in synchronization; it did not work in their favor today
- I really like their dynamic shifts from the waltz to tango, there is a nice attack in the later portion
- SD Score: 22.85 (Technical) + 20.65 (Presentation) = 43.50
Music: La Valse d'Amelie, Tango de los Exilados
- They have a great speed and overall flow over the ice
- They have nice extension in their limbs and are very graceful together
- I really like their musicality and its relationshp with the choreography
- Nice attack in the tango, but like the previous teams, their twizzle sequence gave them trouble
- The footwork sequence is starting to look sloppy, they are losing energy and momentum
- SD Score: 22.36 (Technical) + 21.16 (Presentation) = 43.52
Music: Waltz A Party for Me, The Tango
- I like this team but Chris's mustache is just creepy
- Their opening lift/weight share was an interesting position, it was an awkward exit but it will improve during the season
- This routine is very "danse macabre"
- It still seems so bizarre to me that they compete for Japan...they went to high school with a friend of mine in New Jersey
- They seem very fluid and smooth
- This music suits them well
- Chris seemed very out of control in his twizzles, and then as I suspected, he fell
- I like their footwork choreography, it is vey interesting, but Chris looks a bit spastic
- SD Score: 21.86 (Technical) + 23.04(Presentation) = 44.90
Music: Waltz from Agony soundtrack, Tango
- The best unison in twizzles that we've seen so far in this competition
- Very good speed over the ice
- She had a bit of a bobble but otherwise very clean so far
- That lasso around the head lift will be lovely once they clean up the entrance/exit
- He had a bobble in the footwork and is starting to look very sloppy in the second half while she still looks exquisite
- Ending pose was a little rough, she looks unhappy with the performance
- SD Score: 29.79 (Technical) + 27.10 (Presentation) = 56.89
Music: Waltz, Quickstep
- This team was my pick from the C group in fantasy skating so I am pulling for them
- This is very "folksy" and the tempo of the music seems to slow them down
- The quickstep portion seems to suit them well and made them instantly more energetic
- Unison is very rough in the twizzle sequence and the footwork
- SD Score: 22.07 (Techincal) + 23.13 (Presentation) = 45.20
Music: The Carousel Waltz
- I love this piece of music so much and it suits this team well
- Bobbles in the twizzles like every team before them today
- Beautiful lines and expressions; I can see Marina Zoueva's work with them
- Oh wow, a fall from Alex, and on a fairly routine movement
- There is a piece of fabric hanging from Maia's dress and its dangerously close to her skate
- Igor is a wonderful coach, explained to Alex that the fall wasn't his fault, the skate got caught in the skirt, causing the fall
- SD Score: 28.57 (Technical) + 26.11 (Presentation) - 1.00 (Deduction) = 53.68
Music: At Last, Cheek to Cheek
- This is my B group selection in fantasy skating so I'm pulling for them
- Gorgeous musical selections from an absolutely gorgeous couple
- So elegant and graceful
- Opening lift on his should was lovely
- I have been a fan of their coach Shae-Lynn Bourne since the late 1990s when she skated with partner Victor Kraatz
- This program looks completely effortless for this couple, such wonderful maturity
- This choreography is fabulous, so elegant, yet theatrical
- The twizzles & footwork looked like near perfect unison from my angle
- SD Score: 31.15 (Technical) + 27.54 (Presentation) = 58.69
Music: Waltz, Quickstep
- Que Sera Sera gives this piece a very lighthearted feel
- This team is experienced and it shows
- The transition from Waltz to Quickstep is very awakward in this program, both thematically and musically
- Lost some synchronization in the twizzles
- Oh wow that hand in the crotch lift looked uncomfortable for her and was uncomfortable for me to watch
- The synchronization issue was even more apparent on the replay, the arms seemed to flail a lot
- SD Score: 27.57 (Technical) + 28.11 (Presentation) = 55.68
Music: Waltz
- This is my A group team in fantasy skating and I have no reason to think they won't finish first in this competition
- They look more mature to me this year, I think it is Charlie's shorter hair
- Now that his what I call a perfect twizzle sequence
- And this is how to do a mirroring footwork sequence and make it look elegant
- Everything about this team screams polish and elegance
- I loved them last year but they still had that youthful air, now there is more of a maturity
- This opera selection was a perfect choice
- Now that lasso around the neck lift was amazing from entrance to exit
- This program is in great shape and I can't wait to see it grow throughout the season
- SD Score: 32.28 (Technical) + 34.69 (Presentation) = 66.97
A) Davis/White in 1st
B) Weaver/Poje in 2nd
C) Mysliveckova/Novak in 6th
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