1) Natasha Purich & Raymond Schultz (CAN)
Music: Spellbound Concerto
Total Score: 45.56 (SP) + 82.61 (FS) = 128.17
2) Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir (USA)
Music: Piano Concerto No.2 by Rachmaninov
Total Score: 449.93 (SP) + (FS) = 149.02
3) Lubov Iliushechkina & Nodari Maisuradze (RUS)
Music: A Chorus Line
Total Score: 53.12 (SP) + 105.89 (FS) = 159.01
4) Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov (RUS)
Music: Clair de Lune
Total Score: 55.02 (SP) + 122.49 (FS) = 177.51
5) Caydee Denney & John Coughlin (USA)
Music: Nessun Dorma
Total Score: 55.48 (SP) + 108.27 (FS) = 163.75
6) Stefania Berton & Ondrej Hotarek (ITA)
Music: Adagio in G Minor
Total Score: 56.23 (SP) + 55.11 (FS) = 163.83
7) Narumi Takahashi & Mervin Tran (JPN)
Music: Concerto de Quebec
Total Score: 57.89 (SP) + 114.20 (FS) = 172.09
8) Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
Music: Pina
Total Score: 59.23 (SP) + (FS) = 171.68
Music: Spellbound Concerto
- They look soooo young
- Good energy off the top
- He steps out of the SBS 3T
- Pop the twist to a single
- She is hardly getting any height on that throw, or distance
- Major unison errors on the 2A series
- This is a very junior-looking program
- She stops in the middle of the spin completely and holds out her wrist, I don't know if his blade hit her or what?
- Very freaky and I hope she's okay!
Total Score: 45.56 (SP) + 82.61 (FS) = 128.17
2) Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir (USA)
Music: Piano Concerto No.2 by Rachmaninov
- This is a very serious, grown up program for them
- Simon falls on the jump sequence and totally misses the second jump
- Their lifts always look so great because of his height
- Fall on the throw triple axel, but it may have been rotated
- Very off unison in the spins
- This certainly not the best I've seen from them
- Slight unison issue on the double axel
- Great comeback with the 2nd throw on a great musical crescendo
- That carry lift looks great
Total Score: 449.93 (SP) + (FS) = 149.02
3) Lubov Iliushechkina & Nodari Maisuradze (RUS)
Music: A Chorus Line
- I'm obsessed with this program
- I love the jazziness of the choreography, Michael Bennett would be proud!
- Good solid jumps and a good twist
- Two-foot on the throw or so it looked from my angle
- I'd love to see some more expression in the "What I Did For Love" section
- The 2nd throw looked a little two-footed as well
- Very interesting spin positions
- The crowd is clapping along to the "One" section, I'd love to know if this Japanese audience knows anything about A Chorus Line
- I like this piece because it looks like a complete program to me, and not just a string of elements
- They should be very happy with that skate
Total Score: 53.12 (SP) + 105.89 (FS) = 159.01
4) Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov (RUS)
Music: Clair de Lune
- This is one of my favorite pairs free skates in recent memory, so light and airy
- Low catch on the split twist, it looked like his hands may have slipped on the fabric of her dress
- Great throw, she was rotating at warp speed
- Slow exit out of the death spiral
- The fabric of her dress looks positively gorgeous floating through the spins
- Yuko never straightens her legs fully which really bothers me
- She struggles on both jumps of the sequence, very funky landings
- That moment where he holds her as she runs in the air is my favorite of the program
- She eeks out the landing on the 2nd throw, maybe a little two-footed
- Their lifts are never anything spectacular, where they really excel is in the in-between moments
- Not their best outing with this program, some awkward entrances and exits to lifts and the whole thing looked a little slow
Total Score: 55.02 (SP) + 122.49 (FS) = 177.51
5) Caydee Denney & John Coughlin (USA)
Music: Nessun Dorma
- I zoned out and missed the opening jumps but I heard clapping so that's a good sign
- Slight loss of speed exiting the split triple twist, but great height
- John looked a little wild on both jumps of the double axel series, but landed nonetheless
- Very slow entrance into the throw and she fell, likely short of rotation
- Nice job on the second throw
- Caydee needs to really point that foot
- They have very nice unison in the spins for a team that is so new
- Her spin positions don't hold a candle to Caitlyn's
- That carry lift is ugly, John looks like he his dead lifting
- Ended slightly after the music
Total Score: 55.48 (SP) + 108.27 (FS) = 163.75
6) Stefania Berton & Ondrej Hotarek (ITA)
Music: Adagio in G Minor
- This has been a breakout year for them
- They're an interesting pair because they're both similar in height and size
- Nice 3-jump combination
- Split double twist, she is so tall that a triple would be very hard
- Some of the entrances and exits to the lifts are very awkward and labored
- She puts her hands down on second jumping pass
- Almost perfect unison on the spins
- All of their lifts look slow and labored because she is so tall
- She really opened up out of that throw and made it a double, very abrupt landing
- This is just not an exciting program for me
- Their lifts really scare me because he never looks stable
- One of those ugly death spirals that I hate
- Much improvement, but it lacked spark
Total Score: 56.23 (SP) + 55.11 (FS) = 163.83
7) Narumi Takahashi & Mervin Tran (JPN)
Music: Concerto de Quebec
- Very nice split twist
- Oh wow, Narumi actually landed that first jump!
- This is a gorgeous program that they have here
- I don't know what happened in that jump combination, she seemed to stumble out of the 1st while he stumbled on the 2nd and it was a jumbled mess
- Mervin is the focal point of this team, I hardly ever watch Narumi
- I love that they do the throws back to back right after the halfway point, that follows the Chinese pair programs format
- She two-foots the second throw, possibly short of rotation
- She has a fantastic spiral position
- Not a perfect skate, but it was a huge improvement for them
- Narumi is so excited! So proud of herself for landing the jumps
Total Score: 57.89 (SP) + 114.20 (FS) = 172.09
8) Aliona Savchenko & Robin Szolkowy (GER)
Music: Pina
- I love this music so much
- Slight unison issue on the jumps but they held it together
- Kudos to Robin for such great flexibility on that spiral sequence even if his hip is hiked up
- This is such an innovative program and the choreography is so specific
- Low catch on the split twist
- Did Aliona single her axel?
- I appreciate that they don't simply perform generic lifts, but they are actually specific to the character of the program
- Oh boy, a botched lift, he couldn't get her up over his head and she just slid down his back
- Two-foot on the last throw
- They just lost control of the program right at the end, they are not pleased with that
Total Score: 59.23 (SP) + (FS) = 171.68
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