well might as well give this a go
ladies
1. Sakhanovich
2. Medvedeva
3. Higuchi
4. Sotskova
5. Nagai
6. Nakashio
(dream podium: Higuchi, Nagai, Nakashio but lol)
mens
1. Uno
2. Petrov
3. Jin
4. Lee
5. Yamamoto
6. Sadovsky
(dream podium: Uno, Petrov, Yamamoto. more likely than ladies that's for sure)
I think so. Even there was a major broad cast in Japan for Nagoya TV Cup, ISU still managed to live-stream the entire event on youtube. Otherwise, I will join spamming them!
Based on the 4th Russian Cup it is very likely to be the same placement:
Serafima
Evgenia
Maria
I found Serafima had much better flow and did better in this event than her JGP events.
I am also happy Maria is very much back to her game.
With people stating from the practice reports of Maria having multiple falls you might be right. Though I believe Evgenia with be Serafimas competition for gold.