As we did last season, @icemusings and I have decided to predict which skaters and pairs will make it to the Grand Prix Final ridiculously early in the year. After much thought, we've each come up with the 6 skaters/teams and 3 alternates that we think will make it to the final. We were even crazy enough to try to think of how the skaters will qualify, hence the numerical order. Here are our predictions, most of which are strikingly similar!
BACKSTAGE BARBIE ICEMUSINGS
Ladies:
1) Mirai Nagasu (USA) 1) Adelina Sotnikova (RUS)
2) Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 2) Alissa Czisny (USA)
3) Carolina Kostner (ITA) 3) Mao Asada (JPN)
4) Alissa Czisny (USA) 4) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS)
5) Kanako Murakami (JPN) 5) Carolina Kostner (ITA)
6) Ashley Wagner (USA) 6) Akiko Suzuki (JPN)
7) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) 7) Mirai Nagasu (USA)
8) Alena Leonova (RUS) 8) Kiira Korpi (FIN)
9) Akiko Suzuki (JPN) 9) Laura Lepisto (FIN)
Men:
1) Patrick Chan (CAN) 1) Patrick Chan (CAN)
2) Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) 2) Takahiko Kozuka (JPN)
3) Jeremy Abbott (USA) 3) Jeremy Abbott (USA)
4) Nobunari Oda (JPN) 4) Nobunari Oda (JPN)
5) Artur Gachinski (RUS) 5) Evan Lysacek (USA)
6) Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) 6) Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)
7) Richard Dornbush (USA) 7) Michal Brezina (CZE)
8) Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 8) Tomas Verner (CZE)
9) Michal Brezina (CZE) 9) Richard Dornbush (USA)
Pairs:
1) Savchenko/Szolkowy (GER) 1) Savchenko/Szolkowy (GER)
2) Volosozhar/Trankov (RUS) 2) Volosozhar/Trankov (RUS)
3) Kavaguti/Smirnov (RUS) 3) Kavaguit/Smirnov (RUS)
4) Bazarova/Larionov (RUS) 4) Bazarova/Larionov (RUS)
5) Sui/Han (CHN) 5) Sui/Han (CHN)
6) Duhamel/Radford (CAN) 6) Zhang/Zhang (CHN)
7) Denney/Coughlin (USA) 7) Denney/Coughlin (USA)
8) Takahashi/Tran (JPN) 8) Iliushechkina/Maisuradze (RUS)
9) Zhang/Zhang (CHN) 9) Duhamel/Radford (CAN)
Ice Dance:
1) Virtue/Moir (CAN) 1) Davis/White (USA)
2) Davis/White (USA) 2) Virtue/Moir (CAN)
3) Shibutani/Shibutani (USA) 3) Shibutani/Shibutani (USA)
4) Pechalat/Bourzat (FRA) 4) Pechalat/Bourzat (FRA)
5) Weaver/Poje (CAN) 5) Weaver/Poje (CAN)
6) Ilinykh/Katsalapov (RUS) 6) Bobrova/Soloviev (RUS)
7) Riazanova/Tkachenko (RUS) 7) Ilinykh/Katsalapov (RUS)
8) Bobrova/Soloviev (RUS) 8) Monko/Khaliavin (RUS)
9) Paul/Islam (CAN) 9) Riazanova/Tkachenko (RUS)
BACKSTAGE BARBIE ICEMUSINGS
Ladies:
1) Mirai Nagasu (USA) 1) Adelina Sotnikova (RUS)
2) Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 2) Alissa Czisny (USA)
3) Carolina Kostner (ITA) 3) Mao Asada (JPN)
4) Alissa Czisny (USA) 4) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS)
5) Kanako Murakami (JPN) 5) Carolina Kostner (ITA)
6) Ashley Wagner (USA) 6) Akiko Suzuki (JPN)
7) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) 7) Mirai Nagasu (USA)
8) Alena Leonova (RUS) 8) Kiira Korpi (FIN)
9) Akiko Suzuki (JPN) 9) Laura Lepisto (FIN)
Men:
1) Patrick Chan (CAN) 1) Patrick Chan (CAN)
2) Takahiko Kozuka (JPN) 2) Takahiko Kozuka (JPN)
3) Jeremy Abbott (USA) 3) Jeremy Abbott (USA)
4) Nobunari Oda (JPN) 4) Nobunari Oda (JPN)
5) Artur Gachinski (RUS) 5) Evan Lysacek (USA)
6) Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) 6) Daisuke Takahashi (JPN)
7) Richard Dornbush (USA) 7) Michal Brezina (CZE)
8) Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 8) Tomas Verner (CZE)
9) Michal Brezina (CZE) 9) Richard Dornbush (USA)
Pairs:
1) Savchenko/Szolkowy (GER) 1) Savchenko/Szolkowy (GER)
2) Volosozhar/Trankov (RUS) 2) Volosozhar/Trankov (RUS)
3) Kavaguti/Smirnov (RUS) 3) Kavaguit/Smirnov (RUS)
4) Bazarova/Larionov (RUS) 4) Bazarova/Larionov (RUS)
5) Sui/Han (CHN) 5) Sui/Han (CHN)
6) Duhamel/Radford (CAN) 6) Zhang/Zhang (CHN)
7) Denney/Coughlin (USA) 7) Denney/Coughlin (USA)
8) Takahashi/Tran (JPN) 8) Iliushechkina/Maisuradze (RUS)
9) Zhang/Zhang (CHN) 9) Duhamel/Radford (CAN)
Ice Dance:
1) Virtue/Moir (CAN) 1) Davis/White (USA)
2) Davis/White (USA) 2) Virtue/Moir (CAN)
3) Shibutani/Shibutani (USA) 3) Shibutani/Shibutani (USA)
4) Pechalat/Bourzat (FRA) 4) Pechalat/Bourzat (FRA)
5) Weaver/Poje (CAN) 5) Weaver/Poje (CAN)
6) Ilinykh/Katsalapov (RUS) 6) Bobrova/Soloviev (RUS)
7) Riazanova/Tkachenko (RUS) 7) Ilinykh/Katsalapov (RUS)
8) Bobrova/Soloviev (RUS) 8) Monko/Khaliavin (RUS)
9) Paul/Islam (CAN) 9) Riazanova/Tkachenko (RUS)
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