Well, that was interesting.
The SP was definitely much better than the FS. I would say the best FS here was Frovola. Her music fit her well, the choreography was nice, I saw many improvements and she’s doing really well.
Kamila’s Bolero is honestly just a terrible program to me. The music is not good and does not fit Kamila. The choreography is not good and she’s not performing it well at all. It’s a bunch of random skating and random movements to some random music. I don’t understand how she could score 148+ with 3 falls, +REP on Lutz, completely missed a 3-3, and that program. I got the best impression I’ve ever gotten from Kamila in the SP. Daniil did a great job choreographing it and playing to her strengths. She skated it so beautifully and I saw so many improvements in her musicality and interpretation. The FS shows all of her weaknesses in musicality, interpretations, choppy steps, and stiff movements. She should definitely be third here. I can understand why she got the highest PCS in the SP (still WAY too big of a gap) based on the program she had and what she showed, but here she should absolutely be behind Daria, Frovola, and perhaps others too.
Battle of the Romeo and Juliets!
Congrats to Sasha! Not a perfect skate, but she got the job done and I love how quickly and how well she’s adjusting to her new coaching change. It seems like her and Plushy are a good team. Yesterday I said that she just needs one or two good competitions to get momentum back on her side and she’s doing it! The destiny is truly in her hands. The judges help her a lot when she lands her jumps. 164 is a ridiculous score for 2 falls and a poor program. I still don’t get this program for her but in some areas I’m definitely seeing improvements regardless of how much I dislike this program. Same as SP, she’s holding out her lines and executing her choreography in a smoother way. Overall just slightly more visually appealing skating from Sasha. Impressed by any visual improvements considering it’s only been a few months.
Daria was so lovely. Once again I’m feeling sad because her program is just so subpar compared to her skating quality. Why does Daria have the same music and theme as Sasha for R&J? If anything, Daria doing R&J should be much more like Aliona’s. She’s not a heavy or dramatic or powerful skater. She’s so light, her movements are beautiful and fluid. She’s musical and her performance quality is improving each time I see her. This is the best she’s ever performed program, but it’s still a poor program. Daria is in a tough position where she is really being held back in PCS in favor of Kamila. I don’t really understand because even though they both have poor programs for the FS, Daria’s strength in skating skills and all of the performance and composition categories really shined over her teammate here. Obviously today she should’ve had higher PCS than both Sasha and Kamila. If they were handed out just a little more fairly, Daria would’ve been second, as she deserves to be (IMO)
Stasya did what she could today but it was definitely less impressive than the SP. Still happy to see her working hard and performing.
