2023 Nepela Trophy - Ice Dance RD & FD

[Karen-W]

Not sure how I feel about Marjorie's bodice, but the skirt is pretty cool.

Yes, the skirt is very cool - almost like layered flower petals.

I think the entire dress is just gorgeous - could easily rival Holly Harris' as the most beautiful of the season so far.

 

[Belsornia]

Lajoie/Lagha - Just don’t look competition ready, unfortunately. I was distracted by his shirt flapping around; maybe it can somehow get separated from the rest of his luggage and lost on the way back to Montreal.

 

[marbri]

Lajoie/Lagha - Just don’t look competition ready, unfortunately. I was distracted by his shirt flapping around; maybe it can somehow get separated from the rest of his luggage and lost on the way back to Montreal.

because I was watching thinking people better not bitch about that shirt and make him change it

 

[Karen-W]

Lajoie/Lagha CAN 179.18 (60.48 TES + 48.70 PCS = 109.18)

 

[PRlady]

She was not her usual polished technically accomplished self. I also like them better showing off their speed, but will reserve judgement til they skate it better.

 

[Belsornia]

Well, their first idea for their senior FD was Twilight, but the coaches said no (they also vetoed La Bayadère).

Boo, another black mark for Carol Lane from me (along with getting British skaters to switch to Canada). Though I guess if they had done Twilight we might have got another Muse FD with Supermassive Black Hole.

 

[Karen-W]

Standings through 3 groups:

Lajoie/Lagha CAN 179.18 (60.48 TES + 48.70 PCS = 109.18)
Orihara/Pirinen FIN 171.53 (60.81 TES + 46.10 PCS - 1.00 DED = 105.91)
Bashynska/Beaumont CAN 164.81 (52.56 TES + 45.00 PCS = 97.56)
Bekker/Hernandez GBR 162.22 (53.62 TES + 44.70 PCS = 98.32)
Holubtsova/Bielobrov UKR 161.71 (54.55 TES + 43.60 PCS = 98.15)
Simova/Aksenov SVK 151.58 (51.14 TES + 40.80 PCS = 91.94)
Matthaei/Liebers GER 145.76 (48.61 TES + 40.40 PCS = 88.01)
Pucherova/Lysak SVK 145.67 (48.39 TES + 39.90 PCS = 88.29)
Val/Kazimov ESP 143.88 (50.52 TES + 39.40 PCS = 86.92 FS)
Ramanauskaite/Kizala LTU 134.16 (45.56 TES +36.30 PCS = 81.86)
Shilling/Baeten BEL 130.11 (45.37 TES + 32.90 PCS = 78.27)
Oliver/Bojanowski POL 128.78 (43.71 TES + 34.30 PCS = 77.01)

 

[Wyliefan]

We're nearly to the point where these ice dancers will be clashing with ice dancers I want to see in Poland. Sigh. I wish there were some ISU Grand Scheduling Poobah who could make a master plan keeping these things from happening.

 

[airgelaal]

I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight

 

[Karen-W]

We're nearly to the point where these ice dancers will be clashing with ice dancers I want to see in Poland. Sigh. I wish there were some ISU Grand Scheduling Poobah who could make a master plan keeping these things from happening.

Well, at least with the JGP stream we can rewind if we miss any teams we want to see there.

 

[Wyliefan]

When it comes to speed, the Taschlers are in another league.

 

[Karen-W]

Did Juho Pirinen lend Filip Taschler his hair gel?

 

[Wyliefan]

Her hair is confusing me. It's sort of like what Alicia Fabbri does with hers but sort of not?

 

[Wyliefan]

That was REALLY good.

 

[marbri]

Can't wait to see the GOE for that choreo step that consisted of her writing a note

 

[Karen-W]

Taschlerova/Taschler CZE 187.34 (64.00 TES + 49.00 PCS = 113.00)

Igor's got his work cut out to beat that...

 

[Karen-W]

Can't wait to see the GOE for that choreo step that consisted of her writing a note

+1.99

 

[marbri]

Taschlerova/Taschler CZE 187.34 (64.00 TES + 49.00 PCS = 113.00)

Igor's got his work cut out to beat that...

Am more interested to see what Eteri can pull off

 

[Karen-W]

ZingKol - red dress that ombres into black on the hem; black shirt and pants - shirt ombres to red on the cuffs. These are NOT what I would have ever expected for a Beauty & the Beast program.

 

[Sylvia]

I like Beauty & the Beast music.

 

[Wyliefan]

How are these Beauty and the Beast costumes? I mean, points for originality, but red and black?

 

[Karen-W]

She biffed the twizzles from the camera angle, but live scoring says 4 at the moment.

 

[Karen-W]

How are these Beauty and the Beast costumes? I mean, points for originality, but red and black?

red rose???

 

[rfisher]

He's too pretty to be the beast.

And exceptionally talented.

 

[Wyliefan]

Well, I gotta hand it to them, they're good. As someone said yesterday, if they're going to rocket to the top, it's not just because of politics.

And that was good, non-warhorse use of the music.

 

[marbri]

Now in this program and style I think it's more obvious she is a freeskater.
He however is and always has been I am transported back to that fantasy of mine of him skating with Emmy Bronsard.

 

[Colonel Green]

It must have been physically painful for their costume designer to not make Emilea's dress gold and Vadym's costume blue.

 

[Belsornia]

Zingas/Kolesnik - Beauty and the Beast but not a yellow dress. I’m not generally a fan of Disney programmes for skaters above young juniors but going with mostly instrumental cuts worked. I didn’t think they were quite as sharp as yesterday, she looked to be struggling a bit in the steps and getting behind him.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm going to have to re-watch later, but I'm a total sucker for the Beauty & the Beast music, so I'm inclined to not hate it, lol. I really like the costumes for the program - I appreciate not going literal and instead more abstract as a way of differentiating yourselves and presenting a more mature concept.

Zingas/Kolesnik USA 187.28 (61.07 TES + 50.60 PCS = 111.67)

2nd by .06!!!

 

[rfisher]

I do wonder when there is that much difference in talent between the two skaters how they stay together, but other similar teams have been very successful. Maybe easier when there is only one diva.