Question Domnina&Shabalin

viv · Feb 19, 2010

In Eurosport Olympic news they just had an interview with Domnina&Shabalin; I only heard the last moments of it. At the end the Eurosport commentator (German Eurosport) said, that "the World Champions are the favourites for the Olympic title, also because they will not show the Aboriginal OD in Vancouver".

Did I miss something? It's the first time I hear that they changed their OD, but I didn't have much time to visit the forums in the last days. Does anybody know more about it? Is it true? If it is, what is their new OD?

colleen o'neill · Feb 19, 2010

They're not telling..But they may have gone back to an old program.. besides the costume kerfuffle the composer of their music ( not Aboriginal ) may have objected to their using it.
Doris might have more info on the other dance thread.

Alatariel · Feb 19, 2010

viv said:
In Eurosport Olympic news they just had an interview with Domnina&Shabalin; I only heard the last moments of it. At the end the Eurosport commentator (German Eurosport) said, that "the World Champions are the favourites for the Olympic title, also because they will not show the Aboriginal OD in Vancouver".

Did I miss something? It's the first time I hear that they changed their OD, but I didn't have much time to visit the forums in the last days. Does anybody know more about it? Is it true? If it is, what is their new OD?

I certainly hope they change it for one reason only - the way Russians are being treated these days, they'll get disqualified or something for it.

colleen o'neill · Feb 19, 2010

I hope they have , because Linichuk put her skaters in a very bad position with this dance, and one would hope it would be their skating that decided their outcome.

Before the competition even begins, everyone knows that their music was mostly not Australian aboriginal . Though they started out saying the dance was Australian aboriginal ,after the objections, they said it wasn't , but just an imagined , generic, any-old aboriginal dance. But that would not be within the rules set down for the OD.

The judges would not have been able to ignore all this if they wanted to claim any credibility.

So D/S would be starting out with at least 2 strikes against them before they ever took the ice..hardly fair to them.

Face2Mac · Feb 19, 2010

And here I was telling my husband if they perform this program and win their was going to be a epic fight in figure skating of grand proportions.

Tesla · Feb 19, 2010

Oh man, the message board meltdown would've been epic! And awesome!

colleen o'neill · Feb 19, 2010

F2M, ..Oh, I kno-o-ow. But both the ISU and the IOC would not have been pleased . Those arguing against the inclusion of Ice Dance in the Olympics would have had a field day.

Mafke · Feb 19, 2010

Tesla said:
Oh man, the message board meltdown would've been epic! And awesome!

I somehow don't think we're going to avoid that no matter what happens.

viv · Feb 19, 2010

In which year was Folk Dance a required OD for the last time? Do they have an old program they could go back to?

lmarie086 · Feb 19, 2010

viv said:
In which year was Folk Dance a required OD for the last time? Do they have an old program they could go back to?

The 07/08 season was the last time the Folk Dance was the theme for the OD. DomShabs did a Russian dance (that I personally did not care for, but it fit the rules and didn't create such a fuss politically).

beep_beep · Feb 19, 2010

lmarie086 said:
The 07/08 season was the last time the Folk Dance was the theme for the OD. DomShabs did a Russian dance (that I personally did not care for, but it fit the rules and didn't create such a fuss politically).

Isn't that the cossak program that probably started to ruin Max's knee?

viv · Feb 19, 2010

beep_beep said:
Isn't that the cossak program that probably started to ruin Max's knee?

Then I hope it doesn't harm him any further. I think they better do that than the aboriginal, though.

Lucky Star · Feb 19, 2010

They didn't change the program, they just changed a piece of music in the middle

Tesla · Feb 19, 2010

Mafke said:
I somehow don't think we're going to avoid that no matter what happens.

Oh man, I cannot wait for the epic ice dancing meltdowns! "My favorite didn't win! Figure skating is fixed!" B/A and D/W are my favorites and would be over the moon with medals for them, but you know? I'm ok with whomever wins. Even V/M. In fact, I'll be shocked if V/M don't win. Not a fan though, but I won't be rending garments and cursing the heavens if they win. I'm just looking forward to the meltdown! (I'm sorry moderators. I just find all this overwroughtness to be so funny! It's like it's the end of the world or something.)

aftertherain · Feb 19, 2010

Alatariel said:
I certainly hope they change it for one reason only - the way Russians are being treated these days, they'll get disqualified or something for it.

I didn't know Plushenko competed in the pairs', womens', and ice dancing events as well.

mycelticblessing · Feb 20, 2010

viv said:
In Eurosport Olympic news they just had an interview with Domnina&Shabalin; I only heard the last moments of it. At the end the Eurosport commentator (German Eurosport) said, that "the World Champions are the favourites for the Olympic title, also because they will not show the Aboriginal OD in Vancouver".

Did I miss something? It's the first time I hear that they changed their OD, but I didn't have much time to visit the forums in the last days. Does anybody know more about it? Is it true? If it is, what is their new OD?

Echt? I haven't heard anything about it either. I did read a funny article about D/S new OD on Mr Zamboni Man's blog, but that was just for laughs! (I hope)

viv · Feb 20, 2010

mycelticblessing said:
Echt? I haven't heard anything about it either. I did read a funny article about D/S new OD on Mr Zamboni Man's blog, but that was just for laughs! (I hope)

Well as I switched off the sound during the commercial break and went to the kitchen for a moment, I only heard the last bit of it. But yes, that's what the commentator said. Tomorrow night we will know more.

Joesitz (RIP) · Feb 20, 2010

I think they are exploiting a small ethnic group with a comedy when they do not know how to dance it seriously.

It may open the doors to give rise to comedies about Kurds, Hebrews, and Persians, and all those native S.Americans Are you ok with this kind of humor?

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