LP results: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG002.HTM

overall scores:

1 Maxim KOVTUN RUS 193.04
2 Shoma UNO JPN 188.48
3 Alexander SAMARIN RUS 179.83
4 Shotaro OMORI USA 172.56
5 Martin RAPPE GER 161.85
6 Jay YOSTANTO USA 161.36
7 Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP 149.21
8 Shu NAKAMURA JPN 147.76
9 Antonio PANFILI ITA 145.25
10 Nicola TODESCHINI SUI 136.33
11 Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 134.57
12 Anthony KAN CAN 133.57
13 Marco ZAKOURIL CZE 124.42
14 Jack NEWBERRY GBR 120.88
15 Armen AGAIAN GEO 117.21
16 Daniel Albert NAURITS EST 113.85
17 Thomas KENNES NED 102.91
18 Jordan DODDS AUS 92.72
19 Abish BAYTKANOV KAZ 89.09

No Samarin in JGP Final :cry:

Overall Result

1 Maxim KOVTUN RUS 193.04 1 2
2 Shoma UNO JPN 188.48 2 1
3 Alexander SAMARIN RUS 179.83 4 3
4 Shotaro OMORI USA 172.56 5 4
5 Martin RAPPE GER 161.85 7 5
6 Jay YOSTANTO USA 161.36 3 7
7 Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP 149.21 6 9
8 Shu NAKAMURA JPN 147.76 10 6
9 Antonio PANFILI ITA 145.25 9 8
10 Nicola TODESCHINI SUI 136.33 13 10
11 Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 134.57 11 11
12 Anthony KAN CAN 133.57 8 13
13 Marco ZAKOURIL CZE 124.42 15 12
14 Jack NEWBERRY GBR 120.88 14 15
15 Armen AGAIAN GEO 117.21 16 14
16 Daniel Albert NAURITS EST 113.85 18 16
17 Thomas KENNES NED 102.91 17 17
18 Jordan DODDS AUS 92.72 19 18
19 Abish BAYTKANOV KAZ 89.09 20 19
WD Kamil DYMOWSKI POL 12

FREE SKATE SCORES

1 Shoma UNO JPN 125.00 60.76 65.24 6.54 6.29 6.54 6.54 6.71 1.00 #19
2 Maxim KOVTUN RUS 124.91 61.13 63.78 6.57 6.11 6.21 6.61 6.39 0.00 #16
3 Alexander SAMARIN RUS 120.74 61.74 59.00 6.00 5.71 6.04 5.93 5.82 0.00 #20
4 Shotaro OMORI USA 113.86 52.98 60.88 5.93 5.93 6.00 6.29 6.29 0.00 #17
5 Martin RAPPE GER 108.87 56.59 52.28 5.39 5.04 5.14 5.43 5.14 0.00 #12
6 Shu NAKAMURA JPN 100.71 49.21 53.50 5.39 5.07 5.29 5.54 5.46 2.00 #15
7 Jay YOSTANTO USA 100.32 45.16 56.16 5.75 5.43 5.61 5.79 5.50 1.00 #18
8 Antonio PANFILI ITA 96.27 44.91 51.36 5.00 4.96 5.07 5.29 5.36 0.00 #14
9 Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP 94.99 43.91 52.08 5.14 5.18 5.18 5.25 5.29 1.00 #13
10 Nicola TODESCHINI SUI 93.22 48.16 45.06 4.71 4.36 4.43 4.64 4.39 0.00 #8
11 Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 88.46 42.10 48.36 5.04 4.61 4.75 4.96 4.82 2.00 #7
12 Marco ZAKOURIL CZE 84.82 41.48 43.34 4.43 4.32 4.21 4.46 4.25 0.00 #6
13 Anthony KAN CAN 81.70 38.14 47.56 4.93 4.57 4.39 5.00 4.89 4.00 #11
14 Armen AGAIAN GEO 81.45 42.09 39.36 4.32 3.61 3.89 4.07 3.79 0.00 #3
15 Jack NEWBERRY GBR 80.39 40.39 42.00 4.25 4.04 4.25 4.32 4.14 2.00 #10
16 Daniel Albert NAURITS EST 79.31 38.17 41.14 4.36 3.82 4.14 4.21 4.04 0.00 #1
17 Thomas KENNES NED 68.01 26.65 42.36 4.36 4.00 4.11 4.39 4.32 1.00 #5
18 Jordan DODDS AUS 58.93 26.81 34.12 3.68 3.21 3.21 3.71 3.25 2.00 #4
19 Abish BAYTKANOV KAZ 57.31 26.59 31.72 3.68 2.79 3.18 3.25 2.96 1.00 #2
WD Kamil DYMOWSKI POL #9

This is going to start in a few minutes.

Live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG008.HTM

Starting Order

1 Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI BLR
12 31.49
2 Jana CEJKOVA / Alexandr SINICYN CZE
10 38.67
3 Viviane ROSCHER / Kevin GASSNER GER
11 34.52
4 Victoria-Laura LOHMUS / Andrei DAVODOV EST
13 26.11
Warm-Up Group 2
5 Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI GER
8 41.78
6 Lisa ENDERLEIN / Hendrik HILPERT GER
7 41.86
7 Anastasia CHIRIYATYEVA / Sergei SHEVCHENKO UKR
9 40.94
8 Marieve CYR / Benjamin BRISEBOIS GAUDREAU CAN
6 43.40
Warm-Up Group 3
9 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA
2 58.66
10 Noa BRUSER / Timothy LUM CAN
3 50.84
11 Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV RUS
4 50.33
12 Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN TUR
5 49.64
13 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
1 60.28

I hope Cagla and Berk will skate well again, and may be climb up for the bronze medal.

live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG006.HTM

live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG004.HTM

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Maria Andrea AN ARG
2 Elena MANGAS ESP
3 Joyce DEN HOLLANDER NED
4 Michelle QUINTERO MEX
5 Daniela STOEVA BUL
6 Maral-Erdene GANSUKH MGL

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Seidi RANTANEN FIN
8 Elizaveta UKOLOVA CZE
9 Yeun Su LEE KOR
10 Isabella SCHUSTER GRE
11 Julia GRETARSDOTTIR ISL
12 Maria-Katharina HERCEG GER

Warm-Up Group 3
13 Lutricia BOCK GER
14 Amani FANCY GBR
15 Natasja REMSTEDT SWE
16 Miu SATO JPN
17 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR
18 Sabrina SCHULZ AUT

Warm-Up Group 4
19 Nathalie WEINZIERL GER
21 Giada RUSSO ITA
22 Kyeongwon PARK KOR
23 Monika SIMANCIKOVA SVK
24 Gerli LIINAMÄE EST

Warm-Up Group 5
25 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN
26 Leah KEISER USA
27 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY FRA
28 Anna POGORILAYA RUS
29 Maria STAVITSKAIA RUS
30 Miyabi OBA JPN

WD Samantha CESARIO
Cesario has withdrawn from her injury :disapp:

live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG007.HTM

Remaining Starting Order

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI GER
2 Victoria-Laura LOHMUS / Andrei DAVODOV EST
3 Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN TUR
4 Jana CEJKOVA / Alexandr SINICYN CZE

Warm-Up Group 2
5 Lisa ENDERLEIN / Hendrik HILPERT GER
6 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
7 Daria MOROZOVA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV RUS
8 Marieve CYR / Benjamin BRISEBOIS GAUDREAU CAN

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Noa BRUSER / Timothy LUM CAN
10 Anastasia CHIRIYATYEVA / Sergei SHEVCHENKO UKR
11 Eugenia TKACHENKA / Yuri GULITSKI BLR
12 Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA
13 Viviane ROSCHER / Kevin GASSNER GER

This is sort of an intermediate view rather than a preview, since several skaters have already competed in the Short program.

However, since the bios are done, I'm posting them. I was particularly interested myself to find out about the very young ISU program in Argentina. Getting a country started in skating is not easy.

Maria Andrea An ARG
Maria does not have an ISU biography at this time.
A video of her skating at the 2010 Argentine championships
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=719lMABTV54
A group of skaters from Argentina made a trek to Skate Milwaukee in 2011, mostly in order to see what an ISU sized rink and training facilities looked like. All them were training on ice about one quarter the size of an Olympic rink. A newspaper report
http://www.foxsportswisconsin.com/07...blockID=536340
Here's report from a sports video channel, showing some of the skaters, mostly without identification.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK5rwllH-8Y
Maria was one of these skaters. She earned a score of 45.79, placing ninth overall in her group in Intermediates.


Sabrina Schulz AUT
SP Far Away by Apocalyptica Music
LP Feeling Good peformed by Escala
Sabrina's coach is Iva Zvachtova. The eighteen year old's choreographers are Veronika Moravkova, Gabriela Hraska.
Sabrina finished second in the Dragon Trophy 2012 in Ljubljana. She is the reigning Austrian Junior Champion. Last year, she competed at Junior Worlds, and finished twenty-fourth. She scored her personal best there, 104.53.
Her SP from JGP Brasov last season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVr6WD4eZ0
Schulz skated at JGP Sencila-Bled, scoring 108.90, and placing sixteenth, a new personal best for her.
Her LP at JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iQEYpW7k_w

Daniela Stoeva BUL
Daniela's ISU biography has not been updated this year. The nineteen year old's coach is Daniela Velichkova, and her Choreographer is Sofia Angelova.
Her personal best score of 78.90 was achieved at 2010 JGP Czech Skate. The Junior Champion of Czech Republic finished twenty-fourth at Junior Worlds last season.
Her SP from JGP Chemnitz (it has just started)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78KocaJkGsc

Gabrielle Daleman CAN
SP Avatar (soundtrack) by James Horner
LP Piano Trio Opus 90 Dumky by A. Dvorak
Gabrielle is coached by Anderi Berezintsev & Inga Zusev. The fourteen year old's choreography is done by Andrei Berezintsev & Lori Nichols.
Her personal best score was achieved at JGP Austria 2012 where she finished sixth with a score of 139.77
The Canadian junior champion for 2011-2012 won the silver medal at the International Challenge Cup 2012 at the Hague.
Her LP from JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQe6Aw0rbHA


Elizaveta Ukolova CZE
SP A Comme Amour by Paul de Senneville, performed by Richard Clayderman
LP Swing Kids (soundtrack) by James Horner; Autumn Leaves by Kosma
Her coach is Barbora Koskova and her choreographer is Igor Tchiniaev. She is 14.
Her former best ever score of 110.97 was earned at last year's World Junior Championships, where she finished in twenty second place. She is the Czech junior champion.
Her SP from the 2011 NRW Trophy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MOGt6Z_dLU
Elizaveta placed eighth at JGP Bosphorus with a score of 117.52, a new personal best.
Elizaveta's LP at JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh1aVIWtffk

Gerli Liinamäe EST
SP Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
LP Palladio performed by Escala
Gerli, who is 17, is coached by Tiiu Valgemäe. Her choreographer is Olga Volozhinskaia. She is the Senior Estonian Ladies' champion. She finished fourteenth at last year's Junior Worlds. She finished fourth at both her JGP assignments last year.
Her personal best score, achieved at the 2011 JGP Tallinn Cup, is 140.30.
Her SP from JGP Tallinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkVMFoYuepQ
Gerlie finished sixth at JGP Bosphorus with a score of 127.18.
Gerli's LP at JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8RR25UavY

Seidi Rantanen FIN
SP Bohemian Rhapsody by Freddy Mercury
LP Water for the Tribe by Keiko Matsui
The seventeen year old is coached by the team of Virpi Horttana, Henna Hietala, & Elina Ikonen. Her choreography is done by Maria McLean & Sari Hakola.
Seidi won The Nordics in Juniors this past season, and finished fourth in juniors at the International Challenge Cup at the Hague.
The fourth place finisher at the Finnish Senior Championships placed sixteenth at JGP Austria 2012 with a personal best score of 102.51.
Seidi SP at JGP Austria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDLWmfx9b1Y

Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry FRA
Lenaelle is 17. Her coaches are Didier and Claudine Lucine, S. Golaz and A. Berthet. Her choreographer is Merovee Ephrem. Her ISU biography has not been updated, so I do not have a listing of what music she is using. Her best ever score is 120.78, scored at 2010 JGP Courchevel. Lenaelle finished third in Seniors at the last French championships. She finished third at the Triglav Trophy this spring.
Her SP at Junior Worlds last year, where she finished twenty seventh overall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY3LwHlZ4Qo
Gilleron-Gorry earned a score of 117.03 to place ninth at JGP Bosphorus 2012 recently..
Her SP at JGP Chemnitz (it just started)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxn7O7jKoE

Lutricia Bock GER
She has not updated her ISU biography this year.
Lutricia finished fourteenth in Juniors at the most recent German championships.
She has not filed any information in her ISU biography.
Lutricia competed in Advanced Novices at NRW trophy last year. Here is her LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hehd-tQrLE

Maria-Katharina Herceg GER
She has not updated her ISU biography this year.
She is the Junior Silver Medallist of Germany and won the Bavarian Open this spring.
Here is her SP at JGP Chemnitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjnu0wAfuA

Nathalie Weinzierl GER
SP Exodus performed by Maksim Mrvica Music
LP Havana by Dave Grusin
She is 18.
Her score at 2012 Europeans was her ISU personal best score. It was 115.89
Nathalie won the Bavarian Open 2012. She placed sixth in Seniors at German Championships.
Here's Nathalie's LP from the NRW Trophy, where she scored a total of 134.6, competing in Seniors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ol2yurGdps
Nathalie finished ninth at JGP Austria 2012 with a score of 134.90, which was a new personal best. She soon eclipsed that mark when she competed recently at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing seventh in seniors with a score of 142.96, her new personal best.
Her LP from Nebelhorn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuE783C3txY
Nathalie skated in the Exhibition at Nebelhorn Trophy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZNKoXsD06o


Amani Fancy GBR
Amani does not currently have an ISU biography. She is 15 years old, and has trained in Oberstdorf at the Ice Dome Summer sessions. She finished third in Junior Ladies at the 2011-2012 British Figure Skating Championships
She won the 2011 Bavarian Open in Juniors.with a score of 104.80. She has also competed in Ice Dance. This year she placed fourth, with a score of 104.70, in juniors at the Bavian Open, after a ninth place performance in the short program
Amani competed at the International Challenge Cup at the Hague this last spring, finishing seventh with a score of 103.80
A video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SoPWxDN7AA
She participated in the Musicals on Ice show in Oberstdorf recently, performing to "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj613WR0yxA

Isabella Schuster GRE
SP Cinema Paradiso (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone
LP Romeo and Juliet by Petr I. Tchaikovski
The Greek senior champion is coached by Evelyn Rossoukhi-Schneider & Peter Jonas, and herc horeographer: isChika Maruta, Natascha Devisch. She will turn seventeen later this month.
Her personal best score of 82.04 was earned in 2011 at Trofeo W. Lombardi JGP. She competed at the World Junior Championships last season but did not survive the preliminary round. Most recently, she placed seventh in Juniors at the Bavarian Open.
Her LP from Trofeo W. Lombardi JGP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxCu-yj8NIo

Julia Gretarsdottir ISL
Her ISU biography is a completely blank page.
She competed at Nordics in Novices in 2011. Here is her LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEk0Oq8dD3I


Giada Russo ITA
Giada has not updated her ISU biography this year. She is 15.
She won the Spring Cup of Luxembourg this year in Juniors, and placed third at the Challenge Cup at the Hague. She is the junior champion of Itay.
Her LP from Challenge Cup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E55UObkxlKY

Miyabi Oba JPN
SP Tempest by Gaetano Pugnami, Fritz Kreisler
LP The Firebird by Igor Stravinski
Miyabi is 16. Her coach is Yuko Monna. Her choreographer is Kenji Miyamoto. She is 17.
Her best ever score, achieved at the 2011 World Junior Championships, is 148.62. She placed fifth at the Japanese Junior Championships.
Her LP from 2011 Chubu Regionals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L86zbD68YqI
A Japanese 3 minutes news program about her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06wHnTolDdA
Miyabi finished fourth at JGP Bosphorus with a score of 138.53
Her LP from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBf4Hlp_teQ

Miu Sato JPN
SP Silent Jealousy
LP Cinderella
Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi are both her coaches and her choro. Miu is 15.
Mio was fifth at Japanese Seniors Nationals last season with a score of
Her Long Program from Junior Worlds, where she placed twelfth. Her best score of 141.52 was earned at JGP Austria 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP3brhjHbic
Miu finished fifth at JGP Sencila-Bled with a score of 134.48.
Her LP from JGP Sencila Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3LM23ILFyU

Michelle Quintero MEX
SP Vuelvo al Sur by Gotan Project
LP Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone
Her coach & choreographer is Julia Chelenkova. She just had her eighteenth birthday. She is the 2011-2012 Mexican Junior Champion. She competed last season at the World JUnior Championships, but did not survive the preliminary round.
Michelle's personal best score of 74.76 was earned at JGP Austria 2011, where she placed twenty-eighth..
Her LP from JGP Austria 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TgNJ9hgSfQ


Marai-Erdene Gansukh MGL
SP Reveil from Ciqrue du Soleil by Benoit Jutras; Incantation from Ciqrue du Soleil by Benoit Jutras
LP Jupiter (from "The Planets") by Gustav Holst, performed by Eugene Ormandy
Marai-Erdene trains in Japan with Hiroshi Nagakubo & Yoriko Kikegawa. Her choreographers are Yuko Hongo & Miho Kawaume.
"Gansukh is the first figure skater to represent Mongolia at an ISU Championship (2011 World Junior Championships). She has moved with her family to Japan when she was five years old. Gansukh lists also Yuko Hongo and Miho Kawaume as her coaches." - from her ISU biography She did not survive the preliminary round.
Her best ever score of 58.33 was earned at JGP Tallinn 2011. She finished seventeenth this summer at the Asian Figure Skating Trophy 2012.
Her LP from JGP Tallinn Cup 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RX2sYBiByM

Joyce Den Hollander NED
SP Take Five by Dave Brubek
LP Batman Dark Knight (soundtrack)
Her choreographer is Susan Kramer, and her coach is Corrie Broweleit
She placed fourth in seniors at the 2011-2012 Dutch Championships. She is 18.
Her best ever score of 95.17 was earned at 2011 JGP Tallinn. She finished eighteenth at the Spring Cup of Luxembourg 2012.
Her LP from JGP Tallinn 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ5eLQrvQ0M

Anne Line Gjersem NOR
SP Hey Pachuco (from "The Mask" soundtrack)
LP Danse Macabre by Camille St.-Saens
Anne Line is 18. Her coaches are Ela Magnusson & Laco Vince. Her choreographer is Salome Brunner.
Her former best ever score was 108.63, achieved on the JGP in 2008. She is the current Norwegian bronze medallist in Seniors. She finished seventh this spring at the Gardena Spring trophy. Her twin sister is also competing on the JGP circuit this year.
Her free skate from the 2012 International Challenge Cup in The Hague.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFrhKkJc8g
Anne Line placed tenth at JGP Bosphorus 2012 with a score of 115.48, a new personal best.
Her LP from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cJHVzECG14

Yeun Su Lee KOR
Her ISU biography is a blank page.
A kind poster send me these Korean links to her programs!
SP http://youtu.be/RU4hx8a1jEQ
LP http://youtu.be/VrF8rWMZWvM

Kyeongwon Park KOR
Her ISU biography is a blank page. The same poster sent these links as well!
She performs her LP in April 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZez687Jffs
SP http://youtu.be/E6NhOd7TLXg
LP http://youtu.be/HH6tGvYVwMc

Anna Pogorilaya RUS
SP Middle Eastern themes
LP Faust by Gounod (Walpurgis Night)
There is no information on her ISU biography, but AlexRus has supplied us with the following information about Anna:
Anna is 14. Her coach is Anna Tzareva (Moscow, SDUSHOR 37).

Her first national level competition season was2008/09 (Mar 2009) Zhuk-Y, where she earned 2nd place (Radionova was 1st, Shershak 3rd).
In Season 2011/12 - RusYunNat 13th, RusNat(Elder Age) 3rd. Scores in season 140-145.
Season 2012/13 - Open Moscow Championship - 2nd place score 152.44 (Junior), her score was 11,06 higher than Zaseeva.
She has all five triples, and her combos are 3T+3T(SP) 2A+3T+2T(LP). Spins 4 level, StSq 3 level (at most).
She is a member of Team Russia in the 2012/13 season.

Photos
http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/128/photo/ (many photos prevoious seasons)
Open Moscow Championship
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/kkfksen.../581842?page=7 (click on photo to next photo)

Videos
FS sep 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbo9DJEG6xI
SP feb 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhlZUqL_2VE
FS feb 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MncFKArFEs0
FS apr 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtUzRGGRwgk
Anna won the bronze medal at JGP Croatia with a score of 145.54, which is now her personal best.
Her SP at JGP Croatia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Km6kAFATHU

Maria Stavitskaia RUS
Maria just turned 15.
Maria's ISU biography has not been updated.
She won the Cup of Nice in Juniors last year.
She finished sixth at the Tallinn JGP with her personal best international score of 130.92.
She finished tenth at the Russian Junior Championships with a score of 146.80.
She did very well this month at the Russian Cup Test Skate in St. Petersburg, winning the short program in Juniors.
Her LP from Russian Junior Championships last December, where she finished eighteenth & last in Seniors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZNMdojY7Sw
She competed at JGP Austria 2012, where she finished seventh with a score of 136.71, a new ISU personal best for her.
Her SP at JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcQatDhylhc

Monika Simancikova SVK
SP Tango de Amor (from The Addams Family soundtrack by Andrew Lippa)
LP Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens
Monika's Coach: is Vladimir Dvojnikov, and her Choreographer is Raffaella Cazzaniga. She is 16
She finished fifteenth at last year's World Junior Championships. She is the Senior Slovak Champion.
Her personal best was earned at Europeans 2012. It was 136.79.
Monika's SP at Europeans 2012, where she finished fourteenth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSceoXrE5io
Monika earned a score of 120.33 at JGP Austria 2012 byplacing eleventh.
Her SP from JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDUbSUWW0cw

Elena Mangas ESP
SP Khorobushka performed by Bond
LP O Verona (from "Romeo and Juliet" soundtrack) by Craig Armstrong; Kissing You (from "Romeo and Juliet" soundtrack) by Craig Armstrong; Art of War by Vanessa Mae
She is 16, and is coached by Jonathan Levers, Yon Garcia, & Olga Estepanova, whom she also lists as her choreographers.
Her personal best score of 93.54 was earned at JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi 2011. The Spanish Junior National Champion competed at the World Junior Championships last season, but did not make it out of the preliminary round. She finished sixth at the Triglav Trophy this last spring.
Elena's at JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnWW0h1sPB4

Natasja Remstedt SWE
Natasja has not updated her ISU biography this year. She is 18.
Natasje finished thirteenth at Nordics in juniors, and eleventh in juniors at the International Challenge Cup 2012 at the Hague. She placed fifth in Juniors at her national championships.
Her SP at The Nordics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szK-aJvSqs

Samantha Cesario USA
SP Carmen Fantasie by David Garrett
LP Black Swan soundtrack by Clint Mansell
Her coach is Mary Lynn Geldermann & her Choreographer is Inese Buciveca. She is 19, and lost a great deal of last season due to injuries.
Her ISU personal best of 153.84 was achieved at Baltic Cup 2011, where she finished third. She also finished third at JGP Tallinn last year.
HerSenior LP from Liberty Summer competition 2012. She won the LP with a score of 103.68 She won the SP with a score of 54.55 (total 158.23)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDbuqAJbSPc
Samantha won the bronze medal at JGP Bosphorus with a score of 157.72.
Her LP at JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_DIikXQCc8

Leah Keiser USA
SP Intro and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille St.-Saens
LP Seasons by Alexander Glazunov
Her coaches are John Nicks & Christa Fassi. Her choreographer is Lori Nichol. She is 15.
She finished twelfth in Seniors at the US Championships last season. She also won the International Challenge Cup at the Hague in Seniors last season. This is her first JGP appearance.
Her LP from last year's Pacific Coast competition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_FWZWmfk8
Leah won JGP Bosphorus 2012 with a score of 156.33, her personal best.
Her LP at JGP Bosphorus 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRuLi7w108

live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG001.HTM

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Abish BAYTKANOV KAZ
2 Shotaro OMORI USA
3 Daniel Albert NAURITS EST
4 Shoma UNO JPN
5 Marco ZAKOURIL CZE

Warm-Up Group 2
6 Shu NAKAMURA JPN
7 Thomas KENNES NED
8 Matthias VERSLUIS FIN
9 Antonio PANFILI ITA
10 Jay YOSTANTO USA

Warm-Up Group 3
11 Maxim KOVTUN RUS
12 Victor BUSTAMANTE ESP
13 Anthony KAN CAN
14 Kamil DYMOWSKI POL
15 Martin RAPPE GER

Warm-Up Group 4
16 Armen AGAIAN GEO
17 Jack NEWBERRY GBR
18 Jordan DODDS AUS
19 Nicola TODESCHINI SUI
20 Alexander SAMARIN RUSSIA

live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG005.HTM

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Jessica PFUND / AJ REISS USA
2 Lina FEDOROVA / Maxim MIROSHKIN RUS
3 Kyong Mi KANG / Ju Sik KIM PRK
4 Shalena RAU / Phelan SIMPSON CAN

Warm-Up Group 2
5 Marcelina LECH / Jakub TYC POL
6 Veera KESTILA / Callum BULLARD AUS
7 Anjelika ILIEVA / Pavel SAVINOV BUL
8 Giulia FORESTI / Leo Luca SFORZA ITA

Warm-Up Group 3
9 Annabelle PRÖLSS / Ruben BLOMMAERT GER
10 Angelina EKATERININA / Philipp TARASOV AZE
11 Vanessa BAUER / Nolan SEEGERT GER
12 Rachel EPSTEIN / Dmitry EPSTEIN NED

Warm-Up Group 4
13 Natasha PURICH / Sebastien ARCIERI CAN
14 Brittany JONES / Ian BEHARRY CAN
15 Maria VIGALOVA / Egor ZAKROEV RUS
16 Britney SIMPSON / Matthew BLACKMER USA

live results page: http://www.isuresults.com/results/jgpger2012/SEG003.HTM

Starting Order

Warm-Up Group 1
1 Maria-Katharina HERCEG GER
2 Elizaveta UKOLOVA CZE
3 Lenaelle GILLERON-GORRY FRA
4 Daniela STOEVA BUL
5 Nathalie WEINZIERL GER
6 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR

Warm-Up Group 2
7 Sabrina SCHULZ AUT
8 Miu SATO JPN
9 Anna POGORILAYA RUS
10 Joyce DEN HOLLANDER NED
11 Samantha CESARIO USA
12 Isabella SCHUSTER GRE

Warm-Up Group 3
13 Lutricia BOCK GER
14 Michelle QUINTERO MEX
15 Elena MANGAS ESP
16 Yeun Su LEE KOR
17 Maral-Erdene GANSUKH MGL
18 Gerli LIINAMÄE EST

Warm-Up Group 4
19 Maria Andrea AN ARG
20 Seidi RANTANEN FIN
21 Giada RUSSO ITA
22 Natasja REMSTEDT SWE
23 Leah KEISER USA
24 Miyabi OBA JPN

Warm-Up Group 5
25 Amani FANCY GBR
26 Kyeongwon PARK KOR
27 Gabrielle DALEMAN CAN
28 Julia GRETARSDOTTIR ISL
29 Maria STAVITSKAIA RUS
30 Monika SIMANCIKOVA SVK

If Maxim Kovtun RUS skates as well as he did at JGP Croatia, he will finish over 20 points ahead of his next competitor. There is a good chance that that next competitor Alexander Samarin RUS, who earned the bronze medal at JGP Bosphorus. There are a group of men with a chance at the bronze, most notably Shotaro Omori USA and Shoma Uno of Japan. One interesting debut will occur here at JGP Chemnitz 2012. It is the JGP debut of Anthony Kan, the 2012 Canadian Novice Champion, who has skated well in Canadian & American junior competitions this last summer. It will be interesting to see how he compares with the seniors. And Martin Rappe GER may put in a good performance here in Germany.



Maxim Kovtun RUS
SP Lawrence of Arabia
LP Casablanca
His ISU biography has not been updated, but his programs are known from test skates in Russia.
His current coach is Elena Buianova (Vodorezova). He left his former coach Nikolai Morosov this last summer, and rumor has it that Nikolai fired him.
Maxim is 17. He achieved his former personall best score of 193.76 at last year's Junior Grand Prix Final in Quebec City, where he finished fourth. He also represented Russia at the World Team Trophy this last spring, where he finished twelfth. Maxim has a quad, but sometimes falters on his other jumps.
His SP from the 2011 JGPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpmVqh0bgFU
His LP from the 2011 JGPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmlNWVsFo04
Maxim won the competition at JGP Croatia with a score of 219.19, a new personal best.
His SP from JGP Croatia 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZby8X4h8s
His LP from JGP Croatia 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDL8nhseDxg


Alexander Samarin RUS
SP Mahogany Suite (orchestral version of the movie soundtrack)
LP Soundtrack from the Russian movie, "The Admiral"
Alexander does not yet have an ISU biography.. He is 14.
His coach is Inna Goncharenko (who is also coach of Elena Radionova).
He won the NRW Trophy in the Novice division in 2010..
Last season, he won the bronze medal in two of the Cup of Russia series Junior events.
His highest score, nationally, was 193.90..
He plans a seven triple program with two triple triple combinations included.
He has been a member of the Russian National team since the 2010-2011 season, but he had to withdraw from the most recent Russian Junior championship. He had finished twelfth in juniors in the previous season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMDlrCE4_I - fragment of Vesti-Sports news TV program about "Klin Skate" May 2012.
The only info about this competition (which is in calendar ofr Federation of Figure Skating of Russia, so of high state).
Samarin was first in the Senior Men's division.
Photos
http://www.fskate.ru/photos/image7606.jpg (Samarin, Kolyada, Efremenkov).
http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/445/photo/ (many photos)
His SP from last November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3LLmfu5-E
His LP from a competition in Russia last March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmZvH-HnNuE
Alexander won the bronze medal at his JGP debut at Sencila-Bled, with a score of 183.03, a personal best.
His LP from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a04vr...&feature=plcp:
His SP from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRgOp68gtAk&feature=plcp


Martin Rappe GER

SP The Sicilian Clan by Ennio Morricone
LP Backdraft (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
His coach is Monika Scheibe, and his choreographer is Iwo Svec. Martin is 19.

He earned his personal best score of 171.38 in placing eleventh at the 2012 World Junior Championships.
Martin placed third in Germany in Seniors at his last national championships.
Here's Martin's SP from the World Junior Championships 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCng...=results_video
At Lake Placid JGP, he finished ninth with a score of 150.16
Martin's SP from Lake Placid JGP 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA7XilkFh2s
Martins LP from Lake Placid JGP 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBHXUNZp7CM



Shoma Uno JPN
SP Tanguera
LP Steps
Shoma's coaching & choreography team are Machiko Yamada & Mihoko Higuchi. Shoma will turn 15 in December.
Shoma finished tenth at last year's Junior World Championships, and won the silver medal at last year's Youth Olympics in Juniors. He placed fifth at Japanese Junior Nationals.
His best ever score was 175.92, at last year's Junior World Championship.
Shoma's performance in The Ice exhibition in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhPQZZyOuKQ
His LP at Junior Worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJUA7yldaSA
Shoma finished sixth at JGP Sencila-Bled 2012 with a score of 174.34
His SP from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErMi2_zAoe8
His LP from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6XBFO6aqeM


Shotaro Omori USA
SP Miss Tango by various artists
LP Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Shotaro is coached by Tammy Gambill, and his choreographer is Cindy Stuart. He will turn 17 later this month.
Shotaro achieved his personal best score at JGP Brasov 2011, 168.47
He placed fourth at JGP Bosphorus with a score of 166.09
His SP from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8juvPhs5LkY
His LP from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIpvlEfFz8


Jay Yostanto USA
SP "Hollywood Nocturne" and "Caravan" by Brian Setzer Orchestra
LP "Reflections of Passion" by Yanni, "Eclipse" by Cirque du Soleil
SP costume designed by Pat Pearsall, FS costume designed by Mare Talbot
Jay's coaches are Derrick Delmore & Karen-Kwan Oppegard. His choreographer is Derrick Delmore
Jay is 18 years old.
He placed seventh in Juniors at the US Championships last season
He achieved his personal best score of 164.57 at JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi last year, where he placed fifth. Here is his SP from that competition:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPlY3jd6nNs.
Jay placed sixth at JGP Austria 2012 with a score of 165.74, a new personal besst
His SP from JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q06z-7Rehs
His LP from JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU7qus6V9T4

Shu Nakamura JPN
SP Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima
LP Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 by Max Bruch
His coaches are Utako Nagamitsu & Takeshi Honda, and his choreographers are Mari Araya & Robert Dow. He is 16.
He finished sixth at the Youth Olympic Games 2012, and placed twelfth in Juniors at the most recent Japanese National Championships.
Shu competed at JGP Bosphorus, scoring 161.69 points, and finishing sixth.
His JGP Bosphorus SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N2HE3lU5M8
His JGP Bosphorus LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsAriPAIhgs


Anthony Kan CAN
SP The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
LP Jesus Christ Superstar
Anthony is 16, and is the 2012 Canadian Novice Champion. He will make his ISU Junior debut here in Chemnitz
Anthony has no ISU biography at this time.
Golden Skate did a feature interview with Anthony in July
http://www.goldenskate.com/2012/07/k...-junior-debut/
He has always been coached by Tracey Wainman and 1989 Worlds bronze medalist Grzegorz Filipowski.
Kan competed at Skate Detroit this past summer, finishing third, and later in the summer at Thornhill at the Figure
Skating Boutique Summer Skate, where he won the Junior division with a score of 150.79, ahead of Roman Sandovsky6.
His novice free skate at Canadian Championships to Jesus Christ Superstar:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19833762


Alexander Schöpke GER
SP Charlie Chaplin
LP Plan B by Brian Tyler; The Whole Nine Yards (soundtrack) by Randy Edelman
Alexander's coach is Ilona Schindle, and his choreographer is Iwo Svec. He is 18.
He placed second in juniors at the last German championship. He also won the 2012 Nesquik cup.
He made his first JGP appearance at Sencila-Bled, where he finished eleventh with a score of 146.77 his new personal best.
Here is a video from four years ago of Alexander skating and ice dancing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hQCAJ3rpwU
Alexander's SP from JGP 2012 Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJLHuXhcIyo
Alexander's LP from JGP 2012 Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUqiz5vTgdw

Matthias Versluis FIN
SP Infiltrado by Bajofond; Grand Guignol by Bajofond
LP Two Weeks Notice (soundtrack) by John Powell
His coaches are Virpi Horttana and Oleg Vasiliev. His choreographers are Pasquale Camerlengo, Tamara Selin, & Oleg Vasiliev. Matthias is 18.
He is the Finnish silver medallist in Senior Men. He finished twenty first at the World Junior Championship with a score of 143.20, his personal best.
His short program in Seniors at the 2012 Nordics, where he placed fifth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SlB2cs0oo0
Matthias finished thirteenth at JGP Austria with a score of 133.26.
His SP From JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP5kh9-QJOg
His LP from JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGYwg_aD-Ss


Victor Bustamante ESP
SP Dance Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens
LP The Mission (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone
He is coached by Carolina Sanz, Ivan Saez, J. Lafarga, & Y. Canton, and his choreographer is: Ivan Saez
Last year he was 15th at the World Junior Championships. He is the reigning National Junior champion of Spain.
His FD from JGP Austria 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fw4utnCy3Q
Victor's SP from JGP Courchevel, where he finished twelfth with a score of 132.83, a new personal best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZN81zD6Skc
His LP from JGP Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvax-4uiOMY



Nicola Todeschini SUI
SP The Artist (soundtrack) Ludovic Bource
LP Sexbomb (soundtrack) by Andy Caine; Car Wash (soundtrack) by Andy Caine; In the Libary (soundtrack) by Marius Vries
Nicola's coaches are Myriam Loriol-Oberwiler & Philippe Pelissier. His choreographers are Stephanie Ferrer-Pelissier (SP) & Joelle Muller(FS). He is 15.
He earned his best score of 128.98 at the Youth Olympic Games in Juniors, where he finished tenth..
Nicola's free skate at The Challenge Cup in juniors, where he finished fifth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSHEYDm01SY
He earned a score of 130.91, a new personal best, at 2012 JGP Austria, and placed fourteenth there.
Nicola's SP from JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxnxwpOAR0I
Nicola's LP from JGP Austria 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2kL1VpySs


Kamil Dymowski POL
Kamil's ISU biography has not been updated this year.
His coach is Iwona Mydlarz-Chruscinska, and his choreographer is Sarkis Tewanian. He is 17.
He placed third at Ice Challenge of Graz in 2011, and second at Warsaw Cup 2011.
Kamil achieved his personal best score of 128.77 at JGP Bosphorus 2012, where he finished twelfth.
He placed third in Seniors at his national championships.
His SP at JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Ihu9XSsL4
His LP at JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlY_qVXXTvI



Antonio Panfili ITA
SP Casanova (soundtrack) by Alexandre Desplat
LP Sing Sing Sing by Louis Prima
Antonio is coached by Claudia Masoero & Edoardo de Bernardis; his Choreographer is Edoardo de Bernardis. He will be 18 in December
Antonio finished second at the 2012 Italian Junior Championships with a score of 125.97
He finished third at the Dragon Trophy in 2011.
JGP Bosphorus, where he finished sixteenth with a score 128.05, was his first JGP appearance.
His LP from the Val Gardena Spring Trophy 2012, where he finished fifth in the senior men's division with a score of 137.07.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NgJUahlLA
Antonio's SP from Sencila-Bled JGP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fks4Gt7h6sE
Antonio's LP from Sencila-Bled JGP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKbclXxj7QA

Charlie Parry-Evans GBR
SP Cry Me a River by Arthur Hamilton
LP Theme from Sherlock Holmes (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
Charlie is 17. His coaches are Joy Sutcliffe & Gurgen Vardanjan, and his choreographer is Jeranak Ipakjan.
He recently competed at JGP Bosphorus, where he earned his personal best score of 118.44, and placed seventeenth.
He earned the sixth place at the British National Championships in juniors.
He won the bronze medal in juniors at the Triglav Trophy this last spring.
Charlie's SP from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TRXtE9fLnE
Charlie's LP from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPj_YB917jc



Jack Newberry GBR
SP Hugo (soundtrack) by Howard Shore
LP How To Train Your Dragon (soundtrack) by John Powell
Jack's Coach is Christian Newberry, his father; his Choreographers are Slava Uchitel (SP) & Christian Newberry (FS), his mother. He is 17.
He placed third at British Junior Nationals, and competed on the JGP last year.
Here's Jack's SP from Tallinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZhYTBsvk7A
Jack competed at Liberty this summer, where he finished fourth in the LP, with a score of 90.63.
He finished tenth at JGP 2012 Lake Placid with a total score of 135.89, which is a great improvement over his former personal best of 117.54 at JGP Tallinn is 2011.
Jack's SP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qPjivfQMiE
Jack's LP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rlTUrfzIY


Slavik Hayrapetyan ARM
SP Jewish Folk Music
LP Armenian Both by A. Gevorgian
His coach is Samvel Hayrapetyan, and his choreographer is Alla Famichova. He is 16.
He earned his personal best score of 128.97 at JGP Brasov 2011, where he finished fourteenth. He finished seventh in juniors at Nordics, and is the Armenian senior national champion. He competed at world juniors and finished twenty sixth. He was twenty-eigth at Europeans, and did not survive out of the preliminary rounds at Worlds.
Slavik hails from a skating family. He is coached by his father and his brother Sarkis (four years older) is also a competitive figure skater and competed at the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
His LP from JGP Brasov:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfn1-fPL7nc
LP 2011 JGP Tallinn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtoBg4xwQMA&feature=plcp
Slavik was scheduled to skate at JGP Croatia, but withdrew prior to the SP.

Marco Zakouril CZE4
SP Resident Evil (soundtrack)
LP Saw (soundtrack)
Marco e is 19. His coaches are Juraj Sviatko & Tomas Morbacher. His choreographer is Darina Mlynarcikova
His personal best score is 116.32 from the competition at JGP Trofee West Lombardi where he finished sixteenth.
He finished third in Juniors at his most recent national championshis.
LP JGP Brisbane 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Psfz-I5Y2w&feature=plcp


Armen Agaian GEO
SP The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber (information from 2011/12 season)
LP Gladiator (soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer (information from 2011/12 season)
Armen is 16. His coach is Marina Japaridze, and his choreographer is Olga Mchelidze
Armen apparently updated other information on his ISU biography, but did not change his program listing, which resulted in the disclaimer above.
He recently achieved his personal best total score at JGP Bosphorus, scoring 112.81points, and finishing twentieth. He skated at Junior Worlds but did not make it out of the preliminary round.
Armen's SP from JGP Bosphorus 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rw1RhfbUGE
Armen's LP from JGP Bosphorus 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIKB1Q-yKMM

Jordan Dodds AUS
SP Jealousy Tango by J. Gade
LP Romeo and Juliet by Craig Armstrong; Escape by Craig Armstrong
His coach & choreographer is Maragaret Nicholls. He will turn 19 by Halloween.
He was 15th at Cup of Nice
Jordan also competes in pairs for Australia, but not here in Chemnitz.
At JGP Lake Placid, Dodds place fifteenth with a score of 108.77.
2012 JGP Lake Placid Short Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNghVsN7Th0&feature=plcp
2012 JGP Lake Placid Free Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07aHjRJT2TA&feature=plcp


Daniel Albert Naurits EST
Daniel's ISU profile has not been updated this year.
His coaches is Irina Kononova, and his choreographer: is Natalija Janovskaja. He is 14.
Naurits recently finished sixth in Juniors at Ice Star of Minsk
He is also the men's junior champion of Estonia for the 2011-2012 season. He competed at the World Junior Championships, where he finished twenty-ninth.
His best ever personal score was earned at JGP Tallinn in 2010. It is 96.02 . He was fifth in juniors recently at Ice Star Minsk.
His LP at JGP Tallinn 2011, where he finished seventeenth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfHHIRYp7mM





Abish Baytkanov KAZ
SP From Paris With Love
LP Windtalkers (soundtrack) by James Horner
Abish's coaches are Natalia Popova & Danil Markelov. Abish is 17.
His previous best score of 77.76 was earned at JGP Volvo Cup in 2011.
His SP from that event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA4mh4Ua5xM
He just finished competing at JGP Sencila-Bled, where he scored 86.32new personal best, and placed twenty-sixth.
His SP from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6NmKU96qvI
His LP from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4T7LzjhUvU

Thomas Kennes NED
Has no ISU biography.
He is the current junior champion of the Netherlands. He scored 108.73.
His SP from NRW Trophy 2011 in Juniors (he withdraw from the LP there)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y8BRI08NFo
Thomas' LP from Challenge Skate at the Hague in the spring of 2012, where he finished ninth with a score of 98.84.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebL__ShUiJw

I don't see how Stepanova & Bukin RUS can lose this event. The question is who will earn the other two medals. The next highest finishers here (from previous events) are Bruser & Lum CAN and Morosova & Zhirnov RUS, who each finished fourth in their events. Howeer, Hawayek and Baker earned a score about 17 points higher than either of them to place fifth in their event. In fact, the ninth place couple at JGP Bosphorus, Demirsal & Akalin, TUR, earned approximately the same score, about 111 points, at their previous event. as did Bruser & Lum and Morozov and Zhirnov. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out, and as always, how the blues pattern dance is called will make a huge difference in scores.


Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin RUS
SD Blues; Swing
FD Bolero, a new arrangement.
Their coaches are Alexander Svinin & Irina Zhuk. Their choreographers are Irina Zhuk & Igor Pivorovich. Alexandra is 17. Ivan just turned 19. They have skated together siuce 2006. Ivan's father is the famous ice dancer Andrei Bukin, who with his partner, Natalia Bestemaniova, won the 1988 Olympic gold medal, and four successive World championships from 1985 to 1988. Ivan is the former partner of Elena Illinykh.
Their personal best score of 149.98 was achieved last year at the ISU JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi. They placed second at Russian Junior Nationals last year. They placed second at Junior Worlds, and third at the Junior Grand Prix Final. They are the overwhelming favorites at this competition.
Their very nice SD from the recent Russian Test Skate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejm6nUyjrbQ
Alexandra & Ivan recently won the gold medal at JGP Bosphorus with a score of 147.73
Their Short dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6fPL6sdcU&feature=plcp
Their Free dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ox4fJvnsc&feature=plcp


Kaitlyn Hawayak & Jean-Luc Baker USA
SD Blues: Minnie the Moocher performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Swing: Gimme Some Rhythm Daddy performed by The Brian Setzer Orchestra
FD Singing in the Rain (soundtrack) by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
Kaitlin is 15, nearly 16. Jean-Luc is almost 19. Their current coaches are Camerlengo, Krylova, Scali, Annenko-Deller & Elizabeth Punsalan. Their choreographers are Camerlengo & Krylova. Jean-Luc skated with Joylyn Yang previously. Joylyn was severely injured and retired from skating. Kaitlin formerly skated with Michael Bramante. This is a new pairing. Kaitlin & Jean-Luc skated at the Lake Placid IDC competition this summer, where they won their section in the short dance with a score of 51.21. Of the three sections, Hawayek and Baker scored less only than Aldridge & Eaton, and that by less than two points. The field included Edwards & Pang and Macnamara & Carpenter, two teams that will also compete here in Turkey. They also won their section of the Free Dance, giving them a total score for the event of 66.85+51.21 = 118.06. I would not be at all surprised to see them in the top six here.
Here is a photo from their free dance at Lake Placid:
http://photography.ice-dance.com/201...-HB-DB.jpg.php
They skated at JGP Bosphorus, finishing fifth with a score of 127.99, their personal best now.
Their short dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsUG3gUK3Vw&feature=plcp
Their free dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ara9PIQW8tc&feature=plcp



Daria Morozova & Mikhail Zhirnov RUS
SD Swing ; Blues
FD Tristan and Isolde
Daria & Mikhail are coached by the team of Svinin & Zhuk. Their choreographer is Alena Samarskaia. Daria is 15; Mikhail is 17.
Their personal best was 114.29, scored at the JGP Volvo Cup last year, where they finished 5th. They won the Month Blanc Trophy last year.

Their FD from Russian Junior Nationals in 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28N8Mjn2f8I
They skated at Lake Placid JGP, finishing fourth with a score of 111.49.
Their SD from JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqM0Fc31EKI&feature=plcp
Their free dance from JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPG1D_1lWM&feature=plcp


Cagla Demirsal & Berk Akalin TUR
Their ISU biographies have yet been updated this year.
Cagla and Berk are both 17. They train with Natalia Dubova & Oleg Voiko in Stamford, CT, USA. Dubova & Voiko are also their choreographers.
They finished eighteenth at the World Junior Championships last year, where they achieved their personal best score of 101.23. They are the Turkish senior champions in dance.. They also place third in the 2011 Istanbul Cup.
Their amusing FD at last year's Junior World Championships, skated to The Flight of the Bumblebee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnqbQmo2v0U
They skated at JGP Bosphorus, placing ninth with a score of 111.30.
Their short dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJRd8m4ZvG8&feature=plcp
Their free dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbdqmxyqixg&feature=plcp



Noa Bruser & Timothy Lum CAN
SD Big and Bad by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Save My Soul by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FD Jack Sparrow theme (from Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer; Moonlight Serenade by Klaus Badelt; He's a Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack) by Hans Zimmer
Noa is 14; Timothy is 17.
Their coach/choreographer team is Megan Wing & Aaron Lowe.
They placed third in Juniors at Canadian Nationals
Their highest international score was 115.56 at Baltic Cup, where they placed 6th.
They recently won the SD for their section at LPIDC with a score of 46.38, but finished 4th in the FD with a score o f 65.74..
They finished fifth at JGP Lake Placid IDC.
Their SD from Lake Placid IDC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QcA-H3MPgU
Their FD from Lake Placid IDC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Ki0liDirE
They competed at JGP Lake Placid, and finished fifth with a score of 110.67
Their Short Dance at JGP Lake Placid (They had the disadvantage of skating first).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QcA-H3MPgU&feature=plcp
Their Free Dance at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Ki0liDirE&feature=plcp




Mariève Cyr & Benjamin Brisebois Gaudreau CAN
SD Blues; Come to Me by Koop
FD partially to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Mariève and Benjamin do not yet have an ISU biography.
Their coaches are Élise Hamel, & Shawn Winter. Their choreographer is Shae Zukiwsky.
Mariève is 17; Benjamin just turned 21.
Their best total score for the 2010-2011 season was 114.61, at the Québec Summer Championships
Cyr & Brisebois Gaudreau teamed up in 2010.
Cyr has competed in all three disciplines. She competed at the novice level at 2010 and 2011 Québec Sectionals, and she competed in pairs until 2010. She won the 2009 novice silver medal in pairs with Jean-Marie Dessureault-Yesilada.
Brisebois Gaudreau previously skated with Catherine Alarie, winning a Canadian novice bronze medal with her in 2009.
A photo from the Minto Summer Skate 2012, where they finished seventh in the SD with a score of 44.26, and third in the FD with a score of 63.90.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma...ashao1_500.jpg
They also competed at Thornhill Summer skate, finishing fifth in the FD with a score of 62.12. They did not compete in the SD at Thornhill.
And they competed at the Quebec Summer Championships, scoring 47.67 in the SD and second in the FD with a score of 71.68, within a point of Meng & Meng.
A photo
http://www.ice-dance.com/events-resu...isgaudreau.jpg
Their free dance from Canadian Nationals 2012, where they finished eighth in juniors with a score of 107.12
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19871192
Their SD from Quebec Summer Championships 2012
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25794840
Their FD from Quebec Summer Championships 2012
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25821916
They will make their JGP debut here.



Anastasia Chiriyatyeva & Sergei Shevchenko UKR
SD Blues: Save My Soul by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Hip Hop: Ants by eDit
FD Tore My FD Heart by Oona; Otros Aires; Tore My Heart by Oona
This is a new pairing. Sergei formerly skated with Xenia Chepizhko. They are coached by Irina Voroninskaia, and their choreographer is Nadezhda Krasniak. Anastasia is 19; Sergei is 21.
Here's Sergei's FD with his previous partner on at last year's JGP at Sheffield, England.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXwYeNEzc2k
They skated at JGP Bosphorus, placing thirteenth with a score of 95.11
Their short dance at JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Am9R8n2ro&feature=plcp
Their free dance at JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUcp-z10yuM&feature=plcp




Myriam Gassoumi & Clément Le Molaire FRA
Myriam & Clément have never filed an ISU biography, despite having been international competitors since at least 2008. She is 18; he is 17. Their best total score to date of 96.89 was achieved at Baltic Cup in 2010. They recently finished ninth in Juniors at the International Ice Dance Trophy Lyon. Last year they placed third at the French National Championships in Juniors.
Here is their SD from Trophy Lyon 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJesnS0wIzs
They skated at JGP Bosphorus where they finished fourteenth with a score of 94.65
Their short dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qlpIJd_WZA&feature=plcp
Their free dance from JGP Bosphorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwdOtuXIqO4&feature=plcp



Jana Cejkova & Alexandr Sinicyn CZE
SP Blues; Hiphop
FD Libertango; Sahara; Tanguera
The couple is coached by Sinicyn's parents, Natalia Karamysheva and Rostislav Sinicyn, who competed at the international level for the Soviet Union. Both are 16 years old.
Their best score was at the Youth Olympic Games 2012, where they finished seventh and scored 92.72 points.
They are currently the junior champions of Czech Republic.
Alexandr skating with a previous partner, Jana Bryndová, in 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVUMCmVRHNM
Their short dance from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ccsJ...e=results_main
Their free dance from last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQFFk...e=results_main



Viola Zahklyupana & Jeremy Flemin FRA 5
SD Blues; Swing
FD
This is a couple that ws recently formed. They do not have an ISU biography, as yet.
They competed in their first JGP event at JGP Sencila-Bled, where they finished fourteenth with a score of 89.34.
Last year Jeremy skated on the JGP with his sister Jessica. Last year's SD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnOmpvdqVDY
Their SD at JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2s2nH1TWOE
Their FD at JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWaJug5xbjo



Ria Schiffner & Julian Salatzki GER
SD Blues: Stop and Stare by The Baseballs; Swing: Big and Bad by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FD Prayer in the Night by Amici Forever
They placed fourth in juniors at the last German Nationals.
Ria is 16, Julian is 18. Their coaches are Christina Beier & Vladimir Tsvetkov. Their choreographer is John Kerr.
Salatzki skated pairs with his sister Karolin before switching to ice dance.
Their personal best score was earned last year at 2011, 84.23.
They competed at JGP Sencila-Bled, placing thirteenth and scoring 96.04, a new personal best.
Their short dance from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbnLZgPfpZE
Their free dance from JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-j0xHtSXMo


Eugenia Tkachenka & Yuri Gulitski BLR
Their ISU biography has not been updated this year.
Their coach is Tatiana Beliaeva, and their Choreographer is Volha Fomenko.
Eugenia is 14 and Yuri is 16.
Their best ever score was in the Youth Olympic Games 2012 where they finished tenth with a score of 74.56
They placed fifth in seniors at their last national championships.
They recently finished fourth at Ice Star Minsk.
They skated at Sencila-Bled and scored their personal best of 82.31, finishing sixteenth.
Their short dance at JGP Sencila-Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3vZFnfJu88&feature=plcp
Their free dance at JGP Sencila Bled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jojno-rUemA&feature=plcp

Lisa Enderlein & Hendrik Hilpert GER
This couple does not have an ISU biography as yet.
They skated at NRW Trophy last year. A video is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tjzn0IIsBw
They were sixth at the last German National championships in Juniors with a score of 94.29
and tenth at the Pavel Roman Memorial in 2011.


Viviane Roscher & Kevin Gassner GER
This couple has been competing internationally since the 2010 season, but has not filed an ISU biography. A list of the results of their competitions is given below.
2011 Junior Santa Claus Cup 15 11 11 (95.55)
2011 Junior Pavel Roman Memorial 12 13 13 (92.11)
2011 Junior Bavarian Open 9 6 8 (91.12)
2011 German Junior National Championships 9 8 9 (75.50)
2010 Junior Santa Claus Cup 6 7 7 (86.80)
They were eleventh in Juniors at the 2011 German Championships.
A video of their short dance at NRW Trophy in 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftcx2f9VhhI




Victoria-Laura Lohmus & Andrei Davodov EST
Coach: Sergei Sychiov, Anna Mosenkova Choreographer: Anna Mosenkova, Sergei Sychiov

SD Blues: Perry Mason Theme; Swing: Jumpin' Jack
FD Hi de Ho (from the Mask soundtrack); This Business of Love (from the Mask soundtrack); Hey Pachuco (from the Mask soundtrack)
Best total score 70.78 at Youth Olympic Games.
JGP Baltic FD (They debuted on the JGP last year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eZldINC6bg
They skated at JGP Courchevel, where they finished eleventh with a score of 64.28
Their short dance from JGP Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cieXail3_kM&feature=plcp
Their free dance from JGP Courchevel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suPmo5joeQY&feature=plcp

Sadly, there are not a lot of junior pairs. They are only competing at four of the seven JGP events. We have seen most of these pairs before this year, and yet, because of the unpredictably of Junior Pairs, I hesitate to make any predictions about them. I have listed them below roughly in order of their scores in their previous event this year. The highest score was by Jones & Beharry, who won JGP Austria. Below them are three Russian teams, Fedorova & Moroshkin RUS, who placed second to the Canadians in Austria, Vigalova & Zakhroev, who won the bronze at that same event. Tarasova & Morosov RUS also impressed in their JGP debut at Croatia. They won the short program, but skated poorly in the long. They could snag the bronze if they complete two good routines. I don't hold out much hope for Blackmer & Simpson USA. Even if they skate perfectly, they lag these other four teams in technical difficulty. I think fifth is the best we can hope for them or for Pfund & Reiss USA.

Quite a few of these teams have not filed ISU biographies, or if they have biographies, they have not filed updates with their music from this season. If you know what the music is, shout it out, please! There are at least two programs where I swear I know the music but I can't think of the name.


Brittany Jones & Ian Beharry CAN
SP Bombay Dreams by A. L. Webber Music
LP Winter and Summer from Four Seasons by A. Vivaldi
Brittary is 16 and Ian is 20.
This is new pairing, coached by Kristy Sargent Wirtz in Kitchener-Waterloo. Their choreographe is: Matk Pillay.

Brittany & Ian finished in third place in the short program at Skate Detroit with a score of 41.17, and in seventh place in the Long Program with a score of 70.61.
They fared better at Indy Challenge, winning the short program with a score of 44.88 and placing secon in the long with a score of 81.41.
They won the gold medal at their JGP debut at JGP Austria 2012, with a score of 152.78.
Their SP in Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNzRAVBBii4&feature=plcp
Their LP in Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNzRAVBBii4&feature=plcp

Lina Fedorova & Maxim Miroshkin RUS
SP Singin in the Rain
LP Selections from The Pajama Game soundtrack, including Hernando's Hideaway
They have never filed a fully filled out ISU bio.
Lina is 14; Maxim is 18.
Their previous personal best score was 134.88 at JGP Austria last year, where they finished fifth. They won the silver medal at the Youth Olympics last year in juniors.
They won the NRW Trophy in 2011 in Junior Pairs. with a score of 137.41. They did not compete at Russian Junior Nationals last year.
Their SP from NRW Trophy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mddak4J3-bU
Lina & Maxim competed at 2012 JGP Austria, finishing second with a new personal best score of 143.49.
Their SP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9o2Wnyqm8&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPSq4SzBZyI&feature=plcp

Maria Vigalova & Egor Zakroev RUS
SP Stray Cat Strut
LP
They have not updated their ISU bio.
They are from Perm, and finished fourth in last year's Russian Junior National Championships with a total score of 144.54.
They competed last year on both the Russian Cup for Juniors and for Seniors. They won the third leg of the Junior cup over Davankova & Deputat. They finished fifth in their other junior event.
They finished 2nd in one of the Senior events, and seventh in the other.
They were 10th at Russian Senior Nationals (135.98).
Here's their SP from Russian Junior Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2cEs7JEgbE
Here is a video of them training a quad twist on the floor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lizyDVOKP1I
They won the bronze medal at 2012 JGP Austria with a personal best score of 142.78.
Their SP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ih9bgYa74&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEIhDA1u8A4&feature=plcp


Britney Simpson & Matthew Blackmer USA
SP The Mask of Zorro (soundtrack) by James Horner
LP Excerpts from Henry V by Patrick Doyle
Britney & Matthew train with Dalilah Sappenfield in Colorado Springs. Sappenfield is both their coach & their choreographer. Britney is 16, and Matthew is 20.
Their international personal best was 146.35 at the Junior grand Prix Final, where they won the bronze medal.
They are the American national silver medallists in Juniors, but did not have a good outing at Junior Worlds last year, where they only finished tenth.
Simpson and Blackmer won the free skate at Skate Detroit this summer with a score of 84.24 and won the short program with a score of 46.71. (Total score 130.95)
Here is their really good SP from the Junior Grand Prix Final last year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4qWKd7M-h4
Britney and Matthew finished fifth at JGP Austria with a score of 133.05.
Their SP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_B4jo1H4M&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP1q0UIrz48&feature=plcp

Jessica Pfund & AJ Reiss USA
SP Bolero for Violin and Orchstra by Vanessa Mae
LP Tristan and Islode arranged by Maxime Rodriguez
Coach & Choreographer Peter Oppegard
5th at Junior Nationals
This is their JGP debut.
Their long program from The Hague Challenge Cup back in March.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Vq12UUuaQ
They skated at Lake Placid, finishing fifth, with a score of 124.42.
Their SP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZPY_RcIuCY&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOcPodvaDiw&feature=plcp


Annabelle Prölss & Ruben Blommaert GER
SP Italian Fantasia performed by Orchestra Mantovani
LP Robin Hood (soundtrack) by Marc Streitenfeld
Their coach is Karel Fajfr, & their choreographer is Rostislav Sinicyn. Annabelle is 13, and Ruben is 20.
Prölss/Blommaert teamed up in late 2011. He competed in singles for Belgium until 2010. He competed at the European Championships in 2008 and 2009 as well as at the World Junior Championships. His twin brother Sander is a dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.
They are the reigning Junior Champions of Germany.
Here they are in a recent exhibition at Obertsdorf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPmol70eOR8
They skated in Lake Placid, finishing sixth with a score of 122.45
Their SP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_xbT6BOr24&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X14-Qn8ErTA&feature=plcp

Shalena Rau & Phelan Simpson CAN
SP Mary Poppins Chim Chim Cheree by Sherman Brothers
LP My Fair Lady Medley by Frederic Lowe
4th at Canadian Junior Championships
They were second in the LP at Skate Detroit this summer with a score of 82.29
They were 5th in the SP there, with a score of 33.02.

This is their JGP debut
Here's their program from Canadians
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19847267
They skated at Lake Placid., finishing eighth, with a score of 119.67.
Their SP at Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZBPU25eYI&feature=plcp
Their LP at Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utcuMZDqCz0&feature=plcp




Natasha Purich & Sebastian Arcieri CAN
SP They Cant Take That Awy From Me by Percy Faith
LP Mack and Mable OvertureThis is a new pairing. Natasha is 17 and Sebastian is 18. They train in Montreal with coaches Richard Gauthier & Bruno Marcotte. Their choreographer isJulie Marcotte.
They finished third at the Quebec summer competition with a score of 31.05 in the short program and second in the long program with a score of 67.34.
I did not find any videos of them.
They finished tenth in Austria with a score of 113.76, which is now their personal best.
Their SP in Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5r4F7K9-6M&feature=plcp
Their LP in Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99V_a-NP6s&feature=plcp

Veera Kestila & Callum Bullard AUS
SP Austin Powers (soundtrack) by George Clinton
LP Don Quixote by Leon Minkus
They have been, and continue to be, coached by a lot of different coaches in different locations: Liz Cain & P. Cain (Texas) S. Carlow (Australia), D. Sappenfield (Colorado). Their choreographer is Evgeni Nemirovski
They are the Junior Champions of Australia. Veera is 14, and Callum is 18, soon to be 19.
Callum has some unusual hobbies: medieval combat, geocaching, fire poi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poi_(pe..._art)#Fire_poi
I had never heard of fire poi. It is a form of swinging weight that have been set ablaze.
Here is a video of Fire Poi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IjdnMvBW_A
Their best ever score was achieved at JGP 2011 Tallinn last year, 75.84, where they placed fourteenth. They competed at World Juniors last year, but did not make it out of the qualifying round.
Their short program at Tallinn JGP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC9GZGVuKh8
They were scheduled to skate at JGP Croatia, but withdrew from competition.

Ekaterinina Angelina & Philipp Tarasov AZE
SP
LP Exodus soundtrack (This Land is Mine); Sarabande by Handel
This couple still has no ISU biography.
Ekaterinina used to skate in singles in Russia and competed on the Russian Cup in 2011.
She finished thirteenth on the fourth leg of the Cup.
Philipp (who at the time spelled his name Filipp) used to skate pairs with Anastasia Lipunova, competed in pairs on the Russian Cup in 2011, winning the second leg of the Cup.
http://tracings.net/lipu-tara.html
It appears that they have teamed up to skate pairs for Azerbaijan.
There are no videos of either of them that I have found on youtube, and their ages and coaching history are not given on their Tracings biography. They have no ISU biography yet.
They skated in Croatia, finishing twelfth, with a score of 99.08.
Their SP at Croatia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgfwvhj66Xw
Their LP at Croatia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHApA-v16Os




Kyong Mi Kang & Ju Sik Kim PRK
SP Flamenco by Didulia
LP The Person Who the Era Needs by Jong Min Kim
Their coach is Ok Hui Hong
This is a very new team. Previously, (1): Kyong Mi KANG was paired with Mun Song KIM (PRK) and placed second in Seniors in the 2011-2012 national championships.
Kyong is 18, Ju is 20.
This is their first JGP appearance. I can't find any videos of their skating.


Vanessa Bauer & Nolan Seegert GER
This is another relatively recent team, for which no ISU biography exists.
Nolan has skated with a number of partners before Vanessa: Bauer & Seegert, Klinger & Seegert, Salatzki & Seegert
At the German National Championships, Vanessa finished ninth in Junior Ladies in 2011
Their free skate from Challenge Cup 2012, where they finsihed third with a score of 70.92.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwbev1Mx9dI&feature=plcp
They skated at JGP Croatia, finishing tenth, with a score of 103.03
Their SP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarNVSWNE8g&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nN8YQk0_Yo&feature=plcp




Giulia Foresti & Leo Luca Sforza ITA
SP Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (instrumental; swing version)
LP Flamenco
They have no ISU bio as yet. They are very young, they are national junior champions of Italy, and this is their first JGP.

http://translate.google.com/translat...=0CF8Q7gEwCTgU
(with assistance from Google Translate)
Their LP from the Italian Championships.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Lp1iHAcbk
They skated in Lake Placid, finishing eleventh, with a score of 105.19
Their SP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WAi2JTBKsc&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Lake Placid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLOlTQcBAdk&feature=plcp


Rachel Epstein & Dmitry Epstein NED
SP Highway to Hell by AC/DC
LP The Lion King (soundtrack) by Elton John
Their coaches are Nina Mozer & Arina Ushakova Their choreographer is Arina Ushakova. They train in Moscow. They are 19 year old twins.
They finished fourth in Juniors in this spring's International Challenge Cup in their hometown of The Hague.
They are the Dutch Junior champions. This is their JGP debut.
Their personal best score was 86.33 at 2011 JGP Austria..
Their SP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eoDkXNWOBY&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7qzXH43rcM&feature=plcp

Marcelina Lech & Jakub Tyc POL
SP Four Seasons
LP Amelie soundtrack
In 2010, Jakub was skating with Anastasia Levshina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEo7SoEnzpc
In 2011, he was skating with Anna Siedlecka.
In 2011, Marcelina Lech was skating singles, and finished thirteenth at the 3 Nations joint championship in 2012 in Senior Ladies..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ6EkzrNJwQ
This year, they competed in Juniors for Poland at the Nestle Nesquik Cup and finished fourth, with a score of 96.55.
They skated at Croatia, finishing twelfth, with a score of 98.22.
Their SP at JGP Croatia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsh7RTQC-GQ&feature=plcp
Their LP at JGP Croatia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhJj0oMnoQ&feature=plcp


Anjelika Ilieva & Pavel Savinov BUL
SP Nothing Else Matters by Metallica
LP Van Helsing (soundtrack) by Alan Silvestri, David Bifano
They train in Sofia with Coach: Stoian Kazakov. Their choreographer is Ina Lutai.
Anjelika is 16, and Pavel is 20.
This is a relatively new team. Pavel competed in singles through the 2010-2011 season.
They placed sixth at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb.
There are no videos of them as a couple. However, here's Pavel skating his SP in 2011 at the Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmeWPgbMEWo
They skated in Austria, finishing thirteenth with a score of 81.96, which is now their personal best.
Their SP in Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41wFhtHVs34&feature=plcp
Their LP in Austria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8w6m3-gylY&feature=plcp

USA
Ladies
Cesario
Keiser
Men
Omori
Yostanto
Pairs
Pfund/Reiss
Simpson/Blackmer
Dance
Hawayek/Baker
http://www.usfsa.org/Athletes.asp?id=216

So we see - Barbie's second place in Slovenia is a lost effort.
Why?
Does USFS treat Samantha as much better skater, and it compensates 2 points less?
Or they want to give 19-years-old Samantha last chance (next season she will be too old for JGP), while Barbie is young enough to try more next seasons?

Russia
Ladies
Maria STAVITSKAIA is now main entry, Anna SHERSHAK moved to Substitute entry.
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00027924.htm

http://fcp-press.ru/interview/p2_articleid/5182 (Russian) - Shershak's coach Volchkova told about Shershak:
"Should go on the Event to Germany, but we will pass it because the arisen problems in stock of the skater. As Anna's unsuccessful performance at her first Event, didn't leave by it chances to be selected on Finals."

Link to the GS folder about JGP Chemnitz, the very last of the JGP events. Soon we will know who will be at the JGPF
:points: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/for...auen-Schwerter

The Chemnitz Results web site
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051400.htm

The Chemnitz schedule (GMT+2)
http://www.isuresults.com/events/JGP...meSchedule.pdf

Thurs Oct. 11 10:00 Chemnitz time Ladies SP ( 4 AM EDT)
Thurs Oct. 11 15:00 Chemnitz time Pairs SP (9:AM EDT)
Thurs Oct. 11 18:45 Chemnitz time Mens SP (12:45 PM EDT)
Friday Oct. 12 10:15 Chemnitz time Dance SD (4:15 AM EDT)
Friday Oct. 12 13:15 Chemnitz time Ladies LP (7:15 AM EDT)
Friday Oct. 12 18:45 Chemnitz time Pairs LP (12:45 PM EDT)
Saturday Oct. 13 10:30 Chemnitz time Dance FD (4:30 AM EDT)
Saturday Oct. 13 13:30 Chemnitz time Mens LP (7:30 AM EDT)

Videos will still be at the ISUJGP2011 youtube channel



And US Regionals are continuing (here's the Golden Skate thread):
:points:http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sho...542#post664542

There are three this week, and three more next week

New England Regionals Oct 12 - 16
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=68381
Southwest Pacific Regionals Oct 12 -16
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=68382
Upper Great Lakes Regionals Oct 12 - 16
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=68383

Japanese Regionals are Ongoing,
:points: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sho...nese-Regionals
I don't have the schedule, but discussions and results can be found in the above thread


Anything else going on out there?

As of 02 August, per ISU website:

According to ISU announcement re Chemnitz, dates are: 10.10 – 13.10.12