1) Xioyang Yu & Chen Wang (CHN)
Music: Oh Susanna & Twilight Waltz
Music: Quidam
Music: Oh Susanna & Twilight Waltz
- Oh boy, a Chinese team doing a cowboy theme?
- I've always loved her facial expression
- This his very zippy
- He was a little crooked on the twizzle, they could've held them out longer
- They are losing energy in the Tennessee Waltz segment
- Oh boy, Cotton Eye was a surprise
- 20.58 (TES) + 22.39 (PCS) = 42.97
Music: Quidam
- Her costume is absolutely to die for
- They need to kill this!
- She is perfectly in character, I love it
- Their posture and flow over the ice is gorgeous
- This Cirque piece suits them, she can use all of her flexibility to her advantage
- Nice unison on the twizzles, though the arm positions weren't always matching perfectly
- From what I know thus far of the Yankee polka, they seem to be doing well, the rhythm is there
- I particularly like the teams that have bought into the whimsy of the Yankee Polka
- She is divine
- 30.90 (TES) + 28.36 (PCS) = 59.29
3) Charlene Guignard & Marco Fabbri (ITA)
Music: Buonglorno a Te & Tritsch Tratsch
Music: Buonglorno a Te & Tritsch Tratsch
- We are seing such beautiful, light programs in the short, it's a breath of fresh air
- He is very smooth with great upper body carriage, but she seems to flail a lot
- That rotational lift looked a little reckless
- That all looked so frantic to me
- 29.17 (TES) + 26.40 (PCS) = 55.57
4) Victoria Sinitsina & Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS)
Music: Tennessee Waltz & Country Polka
Music: Tennessee Waltz & Country Polka
- Another Tennessee Waltz?
- This team is divine, let's see how they translate as seniors
- Very smooth so far
- He looks like a senior man, but she looks like a junior lady; could be the costuming
- I like the mirroring patterns, but they weren't executed quite perfectly
- The choreography in these "country" pieces is offensive to people from the south
- 28.25 (TES) + 26.84 (PCS) = 55.09
5) Xintong Huang & Xun Zheng (CHN)
Music: Waltz & Polka
Music: Waltz & Polka
- This is the most understated costuming I've ever seen on them
- They usually score quite well in the short dance so we'll see
- They are never afraid to go to a "costumey place" you'll never see him in all black
- Nice speed off the bat, but synch issues in the twizzles
- I love how expressive they are with their upper bodies
- I don't like the disconnect between the waltz an the polka, it just looks sloppy to me
- His arms are getting so sloppy in this second section of the piece
- 21.99 (TES) + 24.77 (PCS) = 46.76
6) Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Soloviev (RUS)
Music: Put in a Good Word for the Poor Hussar & The Crew
Music: Put in a Good Word for the Poor Hussar & The Crew
- This is the best I've ever seen her costumed
- Very fast opening, great use of the musical nuances and intricacies
- Very quick work of the polka, clean crisp steps
- This music is so charming
- You can tell this is their second event, the look so well trained and rehearsed
- That lift seemed terribly out of place for this program
- Very nice program, I think that is my favorite short dance that I've seen
- 31.50 (TES) + 32.82 (PCS) = 64.32
7) Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew (CAN)
Music: The Sound of Music
Music: The Sound of Music
- Gorgeous musical selection from such a classic-looking team
- I'm missing some of the expression that I've come to love from them
- Okay, they are coming more into the performance here in the 2nd part
- Twizzle synchronization issues, Andrew was a little slower
- That was a wonderful straight line-no touching sequence
- That was delightful and so enjoyable to watch
- 32.83 (TES) + 32.76 (PCS) = 65.59
8) Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat (FRA)
Music: Gaite Parisienne & Sous le ciel de Paris
Music: Gaite Parisienne & Sous le ciel de Paris
- I just love the costuming
- Very playful, their showmanship is always fantastic
- Very good speed at the beginning, a little frantic in the twizzles
- I have difficulty tracking the skaters when then do the mirroring sequences
- I love the idea of that straight line lift, but it loked very labored
- I love the quickness of the last section, but it is a very abrupt transition from the middle piece of music
- I like this program but it's not at it's best, I can see it being stellar by the end of the season
- 34.00 (TES) + 35.15 (PCS) = 69.15
