Russia's Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin have achieved impressive progress since their debut at the 2010 Russian Nationals a month ago, but still lost the free dance portion of the competition to the polished performance of Italy's Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali.
Excellent article by Anna K. It looks like Faiella and Scali were the team of the hour.
The emotional Italians were obviously invested in The Immigrants routine, which, according to what they told the press, is based on their own life story.
"The storyline of the dance is a journey of two young people and emotions associated with it," explained Scali. "It's about how hard it is to leave family and friends, and how exciting it is to arrive to a new country and to have a person with you with whom you might share those emotions and have hopes for the future together."
were the team of the hour. 
