2017 Senior Grand Prix Final: GP Predictions Game Round 7

[Debrah]

Men:
1. Shoma Uno
2. Nathan Chen
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Adam Rippon
5. Sergei Voronov
6. Jason Brown

Ladies
1. K. Osmond
2. A. Zagitova
3. W. Higuchi
4. C. Kostner
5. S. Miyahara
6. M. Sotskova

ICE DANCE
I predict very close scores tween each team of ice dance pairings as indicated by my gaps. The gold battle -- Will judges prefer pretty lyrical gliding/musical spinning where boy does most of the basic difficulty, OR intricate,difficult steps, leaps of faith, jaw dropping lifts, tween very best GOE elements along with dynamic, spine-tingling storytelling, interpreted equally by mature balanced partnership of equals, showcasing superior chemistry? I am counting on V/M to gain back some momentum here and still creating surprise happy ending by peaking at O games...

1. Tessa VIRTUE/Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guillaume CIZERON (perhaps even as low as 4th in SD, but will climb to 2nd overall)

A nail biter for Bronze but consistency of Shib sibs will ultimately win the day, if only by a hair...
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE

Wider gap in the race for 5th but this time Euro block component scores for former world champs-Italy#1 versus US#3 will likely carry the day if both teams are clean...
5. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE
6. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES

PAIRS
1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (I am betting on cleanly landed SBS 3lz, etc., and clean 4 throw, while others make mistakes to carry them back up into podium contention).
3. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT (massive component score beats much higher base value Russians by a hair)
4. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV hmmn wake me up while they go, go...
5. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG (They won me over after SA performances...)
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV potential to be 1st or 6th...

 

[LadyB]

Men:
1. Shoma Uno
2. Nathan Chen
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Sergei Voronov
5. Adam Rippon
6. Jason Brown

Ladies:
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Kaetlyn Osmond
3. Maria Sotskova
4. Carolina Kostner
5. Wakaba Higuchi
6. Satoko Miyahara

Pairs:
1. Wenjing Sui / Cong Han
2. Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
3. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov
4. Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
5. Xiaoyu Yu / Hao Zhang
6. Megan Duhamel / Eric Radford


Ice Dance:
1. Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
2. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
3. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
4. Madison Chock / Evan Bates
5. Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
6. Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I made a major mistake when I came to make out my predictions. I copied and pasted from the page where the ISU posts the Provisional Entry Lists. Which, for the GP Final, had the entrants ordered by their qualifying position, rather than the usual alphabetically by country.

And, as a result, I found it very hard to move people!

For Singles and Pairs, the qualifying orders made sense to me, and made no changes for my predictions.

Although, I did toy with swapping the two Japanese girls around in Ladies.

In Ice Dance, I found myself in a quandary. Not over who to win – I think Tessa and Scott will just have the edge over Gabby and Will. And the Shibs should take 3rd. But, I can see any order being possible for the remaining 3 places.

Personally, I think Hubbell and Donohue deserve to be best of the rest. And when I looked at the full GP Series standings, I was pleased to find that of the 3 partnerships, they were ahead on all of the tiebreakers. So, I felt vindicated.

But, of the other two partnerships, I wasn’t sure what to do. Normally, I would choose Cappellini / Lanotte in a heartbeat over Chock / Bates, because I have always preferred Anna and Luca to Madison and Evan. But, I have actually liked the Americans this season.

But, in the end, I went with my heart. And my heart lies with Anna!

(Sorry Ondřej!)

CaroLiza_fan


SENIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL

Ladies

1. Alina ZAGITOVA, RUS
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND, CAN
3. Carolina KOSTNER, ITA
4. Maria SOTSKOVA, RUS
5. Wakaba HIGUCHI, JPN
6. Satoko MIYAHARA, JPN


Men

1. Nathan CHEN, USA
2. Shoma UNO, JPN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA, RUS
4. Sergei VORONOV, RUS
5. Adam RIPPON, USA
6. Jason BROWN, USA


Pairs

1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN, CHN
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV, RUS
3. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT, GER
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD, CAN
5. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV, RUS
6. Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG, CHN


Ice Dance

1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR, CAN
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON, FRA
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI, USA
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE, USA
5. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE, ITA
6. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES, USA

 

[skylark]

Woo-hoo, here we go! :hap57:

Men
1. Nathan CHEN (USA) :luv17:
2. Shoma UNO (JPN)
3. Adam RIPPON (USA) :luv17:
4. Mikhail KOLYADA (RUS)
5. Jason BROWN (USA)
6. Sergei VORONOV (RUS)


Ladies
1. Wakaba HIGUCHI (JPN)
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND (CAN)
3. Alina ZAGITOVA (RUS)
4. Satoko MIYAHARA (JPN)
5. Carolina KOSTNER (ITA)
6. Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS)


Pairs
1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN (CHN)
2. Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT (GER) :luv17:
3. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS)
4. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD (CAN)
5. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV (RUS)
6. Xiaoyu YU/ Hao ZHANG (CHN)

Dance
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON (FRA) :luv17:
2. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES (USA)
3. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR (CAN)
4. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI (USA)
5. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (USA)
6. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE (ITA)

The ice dance teams and their dances are all so close, in my mind, that I decided to throw in a monkey wrench or two. I'd enjoy seeing this part of the competition being less predictable, so here goes.

In all the disciplines, I have a hunch the judges could be making adjustments in their thinking about PCS marks. It could be wishful thinking on my part! but this is for fun, so why not.

 

[tulosai]

Men
1 Nathan CHEN
2 Shoma UNO
3 Mikhail KOLYADA
4 Adam RIPPON
5 Sergei VORONOV
6 Jason BROWN

Ladies
1 Alina ZAGITOVA
2 Carolina Kostner
3 Wakaba HIGUCHI
4. Maria Sotskova
5 Katelyn Osmond
6 Satoko MIYAHARA

Pairs
1 Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2 Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
3 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
4 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
5 Xiaoyu YU / Hao ZHANG
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV

Dance
1 Virtue/Moir
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4 Chock/Bates
5 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE
6 Hubbell/Donohue

 

[NYscorp6]

My Grand Prix Final Predictions:

LADIES
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Satoko MIYAHARA
5. Kaetlyn OSMOND
6. Maria SOTSKOVA

MEN
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Adam RIPPON
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Jason BROWN

ICE DANCE
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guilliaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE/Scot MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES
6. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE

PAIRS
1. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN
2. Aliona SAVCHENCKO/Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD
5. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV
6. Xiaoyu YU/Hao ZHANG

Good luck everyone!

 

[nikki51]

LADIES:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND
3. Wakaba HIGUCHI
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Maria SOTSKOVA
6. Satoko MIYAHARA


MEN:
1. Shoma UNO
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Sergei VORONOV
5. Adam RIPPON
6. Jason BROWN


PAIRS:
1. Wenjing SUI/ Cong HAN
2. Evgenia TARASOVA/ Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Meagan DUHAMEL/ Eric RADFORD
4. Aljona SAVCHENKO/ Bruno MASSOT
5. Xiaoyu YU/ Hao ZHANG
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA/ Fedor KLIMOV

ICE DANCE:
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/ Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE/ Scott MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/ Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL/ Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK/ Evan BATES
6. Anna Cappellini/ Luca LANOTTE

 

[sequinsgalore]

Men
1. Nathan Chen USA
2. Shoma Uno JPN
3. Mikhail Kolyada RUS
4. Sergei Voronov RUS
5. Adam Rippon USA
6. Jason Brown USA

Ladies
1. Alina Zagitova RUS
2. Satoko Miyahara JPN
3. Wakaba Higuchi JPN
4. Carolina Kostner ITA
5. Kaetlyn Osmond CAN
6. Maria Sotskova RUS

Pair
1. Wenjing Sui / Cong Han CHN
2. Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov RUS
3. Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford CAN
4. Aljona Savchenko / Bruno Massot GER
5. Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov RUS
6. Xiaoyu Yu / Hao Zhang CHN

Ice Dance
1. Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir CAN
2. Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron FRA
3. Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani USA
4. Madison Chock / Evan Bates USA
5. Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue USA
6. Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte ITA

 

[change of edge]

LADIES

1. Wakaba HIGUCHI
2. Alina ZAGITOVA
3. Carolina KOSTNER
4. Kaetlyn OSMOND
5. Maria SOTSKOVA
6. Satoko MIYAHARA

MEN
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Adam RIPPON
5 Jason BROWN
6. Sergei VORONOV


ICE DANCE
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE/Scot MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES
6. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE

PAIRS
1. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN
2. Aliona SAVCHENCKO/Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD
5. Xiaoyu YU/Hao ZHANG
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV

 

[teamgoldengeese]

Here goes nothing! Taking a lot of chances here so this is more what I hope will happen than anything ...

Ladies:
1. Wakaba HIGUCHI
2. Alina ZAGITOVA
3. Kaetlyn OSMOND
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Maria SOTSKOVA

Men:
1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Sergei VORONOV
5. Adam RIPPON
6. Jason BROWN
(Mostly I'm just hoping everyone stays intact )

Pairs:
1. Aljona SAVCHENKO/Bruno MASSOT
2. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN :luv17:
3. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD
5. Xiaoyu YU/Hao ZHANG
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV

Dance:
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE/Scott MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE
5. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE
6. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES

 

[Skategmt]

Men
1. Shoma UNO
2. Mikhail KOLYADA
3. Nathan CHEN
4. Sergei VORONOV
5. Adam RIPPON
6. Jason BROWN

Ladies
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Carolina KOSTNER
3. Kaetlyn OSMOND
4. Satoko MIYAHARA
5. Wakaba HIGUCHI
6. Maria SOTSKOVA

Pairs
1. Wenjing SUI/ Cong HAN
2. Aljona SAVCHENKO/Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Xiaoyu YU/Hao ZHANG
5. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV

Dance
1. Tessa VIRTUE/ Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guillaume CIZERON
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE
5. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE
6. Madison CHOCK/ Evan BATES

 

[Caustica]

Men
1. Nathan Chen
2. Shoma Uno
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Sergei Voronov
5. Adam Rippon
6. Jason Brown

Ladies
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Wakaba Higuchi
3. Satoko Miyahara
4. Kaetlyn Osmond
5. Carolina Kostner
6. Maria Sotskova

Pairs
1. Sui/Han
2. Savchenko/Massot
3. Tarasova/Morozov
4. Yu/Zhang
5. Stolbova/Klimov
6. Duhamel/Radford

Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Papadakis/Cizeron
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Hubbell/Donohue
5. Cappellini/Lanotte
6. Chock/Bates

 

[LKGwennire]

Goodbye, first place overall. :sad21: It was nice to meet you. (Those bonuses are going to be so tough)
Now I'm off to sleep

Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Papadakis/Cizeron
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Hubbell/Donohue
5. Chock/Bates
6. Cappellini/Lanotte

Ladies
1. Miyahara
2. Zagitova
3. Higuchi
4. Osmond
5. Kostner
6. Sotskova

Men
1. Uno
2. Chen
3. Kolyada
4. Rippon
5. Voronov
6. Brown

Pairs
1. Sui/Han
2. Duhamel/Radford
3. Savchenko/Massot
4. Tarasova/Morozov
5. Yu/Zhang
6. Stolbova/Klimov

 

[Shoma One]

MEN:
1) Shoma Uno (You Are The Only ONE )
2) Nathan Chen
3) Adam Rippon
4) Mikhail Kolyada
5) Sergei Voronov
6) Jason Brown

LADIES:
1) Satoko Miyahara
2) Alina Zagitova
3) Maria Sotskova
4) Wakaba Higuchi
5) Kaetlyn Osmond
6) Carolina Kostner

PAIRS:
1) Sui/Han
2) Savchenko/Massot
3) Tarasova/Morozov
4) Yu/Zhang
5) Stolbova/Klimov
6) Duhamel/Radford

DANCE:
1) Papadakis/Cizeron
2) Virtue/Moir
3) Shibutani/Shibutani
4) Chock/Bates
5) Cappellini/Lanotte
6) Hubbell/Donohue

 

[Puchi]

Ladies:

1. Kaetlyn OSMOND
2. Wakaba HIGUCHI
3. Alina ZAGITOVA
4. Satoko MIYAHARA
5. Carolina KOSTNER
6. Maria SOTSKOVA

Men:

1. Nathan CHEN
2. Shoma UNO
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Adam RIPPON
5. Jason BROWN
6. Sergei VORONOV

Pairs:

1. Wenjing SUI/ Cong HAN
2. Aljona SAVCHENKO/ Bruno MASSOT
3. Evgenia TARASOVA/ Vladimir MOROZOV
4. Meagan DUHAMEL/ Eric RADFORD
5. Xiaoyu YU/ Hao ZHANG
6. Ksenia STOLBOVA/ Fedor KLIMOV

Ice Dance:

1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/ Guillaume CIZERON
2. Tessa VIRTUE/ Scott MOIR
3. Maia SHIBUTANI/ Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL/ Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK/ Evan BATES
6. Anna CAPPELLINI/ Luca LANOTTE

 

[Astrid56]

Men
1. Nathan CHEN (USA)
2. Shoma UNO (JPN)
3. Mikhail KOLYADA (RUS)
4. Adam RIPPON (USA)
5. Jason BROWN (USA)
6. Sergei VORONOV (RUS)

Ladies
1. Alina ZAGITOVA (RUS)
2. Satoko MIYAHARA (JPN)
3. Wakaba HIGUCHI (JPN)
4. Carolina KOSTNER (ITA)
5. Kaetlyn OSMOND (CAN)
6. Maria SOTSKOVA (RUS)

Pairs
1. Aliona SAVCHENKO/Bruno MASSOT (GER)
2. Wenjing SUI/Cong HAN (CHN)
3. Evgenia TARASOVA/Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS)
4. Meagan DUHAMEL/Eric RADFORD (CAN)
5. Ksenia STOLBOVA/Fedor KLIMOV (RUS)
6. Xiaoyu YU/Hao ZHANG (CHN)

Dance
1. Gabriella PAPADAKIS/Guillaume CIZERON (FRA)
2. Tessa VIRTUE/Scott MOIR (CAN)
3. Madison CHOCK/Evan BATES (USA)
4. Maia SHIBUTANI/Alex SHIBUTANI (USA)
5. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE (USA)
6. Anna CAPPELLINI/Luca LANOTTE (ITA)

 

[MIM]

Ice Dance
1. Virtue/Moir
2. Papadakis/Cizeron
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Hubbell/Donohue
5. Cappellini/Lanotte
6. Chock/Bates

Ladies
1. Miyahara
2. Zagitova
3. Higuchi
4. Kostner
5. Sotskova
6. Osmond

Men
1. Chen
2. Uno
3. Kolyada
4. Rippon
5. Voronov
6. Brown

Pairs
1. Sui/Han
2. Savchenko/Massot
3. Stolbova/Klimov
4. Tarasova/Morozov
5. Yu/Zhang
6 . Duhamel/Radford

 

[CuriousQuip]

Men:

1. Shoma Uno
2. Nathan Chen
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Adam Rippon
5. Sergei Voronov
6. Jason Brown

Ladies:

1. Alina Zagitova
2. Wakaba Higuchi
3. Carolina Kostner
4. Kaetlyn Osmond
5. Maria Sotskova
6. Satoko Miyahara

Pairs:

1. Sui/Han
2. Tarasova/Morozov
3. Duhamel/Radford
4. Savchenko/Massot
5. Yu/Zhang
6. Stolbova/Klimov

Ice Dance:

1. Virtue/Moir
2. Papadakis/Cizeron
3. Shibutani/Shibutani
4. Hubbell/Donohue
5. Cappellini/Lanotte
6. Chock/Bates

 

[casualfan]

MEN
1. Shoma Uno
2. Nathan Chen
3. Mikhail Kolyada
4. Adam Rippon
5. Sergei Voronov
6. Adam Rippon

LADIES
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Wakaba Higuchi
3. Kaetlyn Osmond
4. Satoko Miyahara
5. Carolina Kostner
6. Maria Sotskova

PAIRS
1. Sui / Han
2. Savchenko / Massot
3. Tarasova / Morozov
4. Stolbova / Klimov
5. Duhamel / Radford
6. Yu / Zhang

ICE DANCE
1. Papadakis / Cizeron
2. Virtue / Moir
3. Shibutani / Shibutani
4. Hubbell / Donohue
5. Cappellini / Lanotte
6. Chock / Bates

 

[Nika09]

Ladies:
1. Alina ZAGITOVA
2. Kaetlyn OSMOND
3. Maria SOTSKOVA
4. Carolina KOSTNER
5. Satoko MIYAHARA
6. Wakaba HIGUCHI

Men:
1. Shoma UNO
2. Nathan CHEN
3. Mikhail KOLYADA
4. Adam RIPPON
5. Sergei VORONOV
6. Jason BROWN

Pairs:
1. Wenjing SUI / Cong HAN
2. Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV
3. Aljona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT
4. Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV
5. Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
6. Xiaoyu YU/ Hao ZHANG

Dance:
1. Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
2. Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
3. Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
4. Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
5. Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
6. Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE