1) Elene Gedevanishvili (GEO)
Music: Phantom of the Opera
- I really like that costume, something about it is very Victorian, yet very modern
- Solid triple lutz-double toe to start off, great speed in and out
- Pops the triple flip into a single
- Really fast rotation on the double axel-double toe-double toe
- Popped planned triple toe to a double-double toe
- She is a very mental skater, looks to come out guns ablaze and focused, but melts down much too often
- She really fought on that second 3lutz
- Nice catch foot spiral, covering a lot of ice
- Triple toe, two-footed
- I really like this program and it has a lot of potential is she can get more consistency on the jumps
- I really like the footwork sequence
- Nice flying camel, good position changes
- She won't be happy with that program, no falls, but so many points given back
Total Score: 42.51 (SP) + 97.61 (FS) =140.12
2) Valentina Marchei (ITA)
Music: Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy
- This is shaping up to be a fun program!
- Two-footed triple lutz, looked under-rotated
- Good triple flip
- The dress would be much better without those gloves
- This pace is so fast, I wonder if she'll be able to keep the energy up
- Bent legs on the spins
- I hate when music changes mid-spin, but that's just me
- Fall on a triple salchow
- She is getting very wild, losing some of her control on the program
- I like her sit spin variations
Total Score: 43.19 (SP) + 91.98 (FS) = 135.17
3) Joshi Helgesson (SWE)
Music: Romeo and Juliet
Total Score: 45.03 (SP) + 88.95 (FS) = 133.98
4) Ksenia Makarova (RUS)
Music: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, I Wanna Be Loved By You
Total Score: 45.94 (SP) + 96.72 (FS) = 142.67
5) Joelle Forte (USA)
Music: 13th Warrior
Total Score: 48.86 (SP) + 90.84 (FS) = 139.70
6) Viktoria Helgesson (SWE)
Music: Sunset Boulevard
- Oh lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, I hope Patti LuPone isn't watching this event
- Love the costume, very reminiscent of Norma Desmond
- Hard fall on the triple lutz, legs very wrapped up
- She is coming out fighting, looks very edgy and unrelaxed
- This is a lovely program if she can hit the rest of it
- Hand down on a triple salchow
- Foot needs to point harder on the fly into the sit spin
Total Score: 51.13 (SP) + 94.62 (FS) = 145.74
7) Haruka Imai (JPN)
Music: My Fair Lady
- This is an interesting choice of dress for My Fair Lady
- She is graceful and elegant, but doesn't have the powerful jumps of the top Japanese ladies
- This is such an odd arrangement
- Fall on a triple toe, not sure if it was rotated or not
- Stumble out of a triple loop
- Stumble out of a triple salchow, her timing is very off today
- None of her jumps have good flow out of them
- I wonder why her choreographer put all her spins right in a row here
Total Score: 43.67 (SP) + 88.27 (FS) = 143.94
8) Caroline Zhang (USA)
Music: Allegro, Cello Concerto in B Minor by Dvorak
- Struggle on the lutz, let's hope she doesn't unravel after this
- She looks like all the confidence is gone from her face
- Triple loop-double toe
- She is losing speed, she really needs to pick it up
- She could use more stretch in her spiral
- Very hard fall on the triple flip, she took a very long time to get up
- Another fall, she struggled to get up again, she seems as if she could be injured
- She's really having a hard time staying in the program
- All the energy has been zapped out of her
- Good double axel to end it on a good note, and of course her signature Pearl spin
Total Score: 55.05 (SP) + 85.65 (FS) = 140.71
9) Carolina Kostner (ITA)
Music: Concerto No. 27 by Mozart
- So far so good for Caro
- Very solid double axel
- I like this costume on her so much better than the short
- She is not nearly as fast as she usually is
- Her jumps are rotating very quickly
- I like this program much better than the short as well, her upper body is much more fluid
- Triple sal-double toe-single loop
- Good first free skate for the first event of the season, she'll certainly improve from here
- This program is classic figure skating
Total Score: 60.23 (SP) + 117.12 (FS) = 177.35
10) Alissa Czisny (USA)
Music: Valse Triste
- Loving this costume and the stark contrast to her short program dress
- Now that is how you wear illusion fabric, matched to your skin
- Will we see the triple triple?
- Her hairstyle from last season looks lovely with this dress
- I love the intricacies of the choreography off the top and the expression
- First jump is crucial
- Triple lutz-triple toe, second jump looked two-footed and under-rotated
- Stumble on the triple flip, I don't know if it was a fall or not
- She looks a little unsettled
- This spiral sequence should calm her down hopefully
- Just going for the triple-triple hitting it, even with downgrades is a big step in the right direction
- Great interpretation of the choreography
- Nice second triple lutz, not great flow out
- She's turning out of a lot of these jumps
- Good quick thinking on her feet, adding a 3rd jump to her double axel-double toe combination
- She doesn't look as confident as she did yesterday, but she'll improve throughout the season
Total Score: 64.20 (SP) + (FS) = 177.48
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