What's your top 5?

[removof]

For me it's :

1) Tuktamysheva LP
2) Brown SP
3) Chen SP
4) Brown Gala
5) Smart Diaz RD

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

For me...
1) Guignard/Fabbri FD
2) Smart/Diaz FD
3) Green/Parsons FD
4) Tuktamysheva FS
5) Cain-Gribble/LeDuc FS

 

[el henry]

1. Sinnerman, where you gonna run to?
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I watch the men. Independent of my love for Jason, at this comp difficult to think of another

 

[4everchan]

For me it's more sentimental values here

1) Nathan's comeback after a disappointing SKAM
2)Keegan feeling the love of the crowd, in both good and bad moments
3)Wakaba's return with a big 3axel
4)Mana's comeback skate WOW
5) Conrad doing relatively well in the FP and looking as handsome as ever
honourable mention to Makar's for the most gorgeous ever quad loop jump

 

[Seven Sisters]

I find it hard to believe that no one has yet mentioned Sui and Han. Seeing them live and close up was an incredible treat. The SP is outstanding (the LP somewhat less so, IMHO, due to weird music mix and covers.) The outside-the-program interactions between them were very charming, too

I will also say that though I admittedly love her anyway, Tuktamysheva live actually EXCEEDED my expectations. Practice, SP, LP, it doesn’t matter—she was perfectly Empress-like at all times. Just incredible on-ice presence and may I add, I have sometimes heard folks say that she is slow, lacks ice coverage, has poor spins but—based on what I saw, none of those criticisms are justified.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that CainGribble/LeDuc look significantly better live (at least, here) than they do on video. They have good ice presence, and medaling here, beating all three Canadian teams at home, has to be huge for them. I now find I prefer both CainGribble/LeDuc and Calalang/Johnson to Knierem/Frazier (who I’ve also seen live.)

And Green/Parsons are awesome, just saying. I really can’t imagine that anyone will have a better FD than they do this season. I want to see that at the Olympics.

 

[skylark]

1. Cain-Gribble/Leduc
2. Green/Parsons
3. Smart/Diaz "Zorro"
4. Kostornaia "New York, New York"
5. Nathan Chen - I grokked both programs here.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that CainGribble/LeDuc look significantly better live (at least, here) than they do on video. They have good ice presence, and medaling here, beating all three Canadian teams at home, has to be huge for them. I now find I prefer both CainGribble/LeDuc and Calalang/Johnson to Knierem/Frazier (who I’ve also seen live.)

Yes to all of the above. I've had the advantage and the pleasure of seeing Ashley and Tim at nationals every year, beginning in 2017, their first year, so I've seen what they began with and how they've developed and steadily improved. And they have that ice presence and commitment that is just undeniable.

 

[rain]

1. Piper and Paul's programs
2. Smart/Diaz RD
3. Sui/Han LP
4. Green/Parsons FD
5. Lajoie/Lagha FD

 

[Jaana]

- Sui & Han FS
- Smart & Diaz RD
- Ignatov SP
- Kostornaia New York, New York
- Semenenko FS

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Hmm, this is hard.

1. Sui/Han, SP especially, FS was glorious too
2. Mai Mihara, FS is the better program but I was in tears for both skates + the gala
3. Green/Parsons, FD especially but the RD was also really well done and I was really charmed by their comedy gala EX
4. Liza SP! FS also fun but that SP is entrancing
5. Smart/Diaz both programs

Honorary mentions: Aliona Kostornaia's gala EX, Lajoie/Lagha FD, Guignard/Fabbri FD, Jason SP and exhibition particularly, Nathan Chen's step sequences, Keegan Messing, Cain-Gribble/Leduc, Pavliuchenko/Khodykin, Haein Lee FS.

 

[Jeanie19]

1. Mai Miahara FS. I love it.
2. Makar. SP
3. Jason SP
4. Cain-Gribble/Leduc FS and getting Bronze
5. Sui/Han, FS.

 

[purplecat]

1.Nathan's redemption skates
2.Mai's reemergence on the scene
3.Sui & Han being Sui & Han and bringing the chills
4.Alysa's SP and her joy
5.Jason's SP and his way of movement

Honorable Mention to Kamila and her dominating Grand Prix debut!

 

[ladyjane]

From what I've watched (I haven't watched everything yet, so Liza, Piper and Paul, Charlene and Marco, and the other dancers will have to wait a bit).

1. Jason's SP
2. Ashley and Timothy's FS (although I was pretty impressed by their SP as well).
3. Sui and Han's SP
4. Minerva Fabienne and Nolan's SP
5. Evgeni Semenenko's FS

 

[Mauvedreamer]

Mai Mihara SP and FS
Haein Lee FS
Daria and Denis SP
Kamila's FS
Russian ice dance team (not Davis Smolkin) the other guys. SP and FD

 

[Wilhelmina]

1. Smart/Diaz FD + medalling
2. Green/Parsons FD, looking forward to seeing it again
3. P/K SP, even with errors
4. Nathan's FS
5. Hase/Seegert SP

 

[skylark]

Hmm, this is hard.

1. Sui/Han, SP especially, FS was glorious too
2. Mai Mihara, FS is the better program but I was in tears for both skates + the gala
3. Green/Parsons, FD especially but the RD was also really well done and I was really charmed by their comedy gala EX
4. Liza SP! FS also fun but that SP is entrancing
5. Smart/Diaz both programs

Honorary mentions: Aliona Kostornaia's gala EX, Lajoie/Lagha FD, Guignard/Fabbri FD, Jason SP and exhibition particularly, Nathan Chen's step sequences, Keegan Messing, Cain-Gribble/Leduc, Pavliuchenko/Khodykin, Haein Lee FS.

Can you give a link to the gala?

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Can you give a link to the gala?

Unfortunately the complete gala video the ISU posted seems to be blocked in the USA, though while I was still in Canada I noticed it was available. However I did find a links to several individual skates on one youtube channel (though I'm VERY disappointed none seem to have popped up for Green/Parsons and Smart/Diaz, both of whom did comedy routines, or Pavliuchenko/Khodykin's zombie program)

Aliona Kostornaia EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaPDc1Folwk
Sui/Han EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiqa6gyyCRM
Mai Mihara EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPAz7QZvrVc
Jason Brown EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgkYlPHGmQ
Keegan Messing EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkVy0dhRR4
Kamila Valieva EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3X-iq-LdGQ
Nathan Chen EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emJMJ5QbvcU

 

[lesnar001]

1) Kamila's SP, LP, Exhibition (Unbelievably impressive and totally captivating - and at this early point in the season!)
2) Mai Mihara's SP, LP, Exhibition (Gentle and delicate, she also captivated me every step of the way. Like others, I got emotional too.)
3) Liza T's LP (Wowee! She really sold this program, and I'm buying it 100%!)
4) Aliona's SP (I think this program is such a great vehicle for her artistically.)
5) Jason Brown's SP (Remarkably innovative choreography - and with the refined talent to carry it off perfectly.)

 

[skatemd1]

I find it hard to believe that no one has yet mentioned Sui and Han. Seeing them live and close up was an incredible treat. The SP is outstanding (the LP somewhat less so, IMHO, due to weird music mix and covers.) The outside-the-program interactions between them were very charming, too

I will also say that though I admittedly love her anyway, Tuktamysheva live actually EXCEEDED my expectations. Practice, SP, LP, it doesn’t matter—she was perfectly Empress-like at all times. Just incredible on-ice presence and may I add, I have sometimes heard folks say that she is slow, lacks ice coverage, has poor spins but—based on what I saw, none of those criticisms are justified.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that CainGribble/LeDuc look significantly better live (at least, here) than they do on video. They have good ice presence, and medaling here, beating all three Canadian teams at home, has to be huge for them. I now find I prefer both CainGribble/LeDuc and Calalang/Johnson to Knierem/Frazier (who I’ve also seen live.)

And Green/Parsons are awesome, just saying. I really can’t imagine that anyone will have a better FD than they do this season. I want to see that at the Olympics.

Agree about Green/Parsons, also love Smart/Diaz this year. My two favorite free dances, by far.

 

[skatemd1]

1. Green/Parsons FD - the best of this season, deeply moving and so, so creative
2. Smart/Diaz FD - loved it from start to finish, huge Zoro fan now
3. Green/Parsons RD - pure fun to see hip hop done that well on ice
4. Smart/Diaz RD - terrific performance from start to finish
5. Nathan Chen (both programs) - great to see him return to form

 

[skylark]

Unfortunately the complete gala video the ISU posted seems to be blocked in the USA, though while I was still in Canada I noticed it was available. However I did find a links to several individual skates on one youtube channel (though I'm VERY disappointed none seem to have popped up for Green/Parsons and Smart/Diaz, both of whom did comedy routines, or Pavliuchenko/Khodykin's zombie program)

Aliona Kostornaia EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaPDc1Folwk
Sui/Han EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiqa6gyyCRM
Mai Mihara EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPAz7QZvrVc
Jason Brown EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAgkYlPHGmQ
Keegan Messing EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkVy0dhRR4
Kamila Valieva EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3X-iq-LdGQ
Nathan Chen EX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emJMJ5QbvcU

thank you for these! Did (ahem ... bronze medalists) Ashley & Tim skate in the gala? The P/K zombie program sounds very fun.