American commentators(for their commenting abilities):
Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir, Scott Hamilton.
Smaller European feds (choose based on the skaters representing those feds, current and/or retired, not on the country itself):
Czech Republic
Italy
Sweden
Love: Czech Republic -- Tomas and Michel
Like: Italy -- Stefania/Ondrej
Lose: Sweden -- Majorov
Partner Switches (put two in one category): Yankowskas/Coughlin, Denney/Coughlin, Zhang/Bartholomay, Donlan/Bartholomay
Love: Satoko
Like: Rika
Lose: Kanako(again, sorry girl)
Men's SP Programs Choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle:
Patrick's Elegie, Yuzuru's PW, Joshua's Give Me Love.
how dare you
And a tough on from you too. I like them all, so this is hard, but..Okay since Mao's coming back, let's look back at her programs
Nocturne (2014), Swan Lake, Clair De Lune
Backflips!
Ricky Dornbush, Brendan Kerry, Doug Mattis
Can't believe I'm saying the following, butt
Love: butt spins
Like: bad biellmans
Lose: horrible illusions (how dare they even include them)
Jump 'features':
super scrunched up shoulders in the air, turning head as far to the side as humanly possible, pitching forward upon the landing
Love: turning head
Like: scrunched up shoulders
Lose: forward landing
Actual jump features: lots of height, great extension on landing, arm variations
Love: Unusual spins
Like: Speed
Lose: Good positioning
Spread eagles, hydroblades, ina bauers
Love: Bauers (but you have to hold them!)
Like: Spread eagles
Lose: hydros
Biellman variations: Yulia's extended Biellman, Zijun's one-handed Biellman, Caroline Zhang's pearl spin (I classify that as a Biellman, even if she can't do it anymore...)
Love: boot covers(meh)Tacky costuming choices: gloves that don't really go with the costume, boot covers, illusion fabric that's too different from the skin tone
Love: BrianKori Ade, Brian Orser, Yuka Sato.
Love: Pearl spin
Like: Hyper-extended biellman
Lose: One-handed biellman
Kori Ade, Brian Orser, Yuka Sato.