Many interesting entries here. I look forward to getting to know some of these skaters as I've never heard of them or they're a new pairing - Piegad/Strekalin, Chernyshova/Windsor, Fabbri/Ayer, Van Rensburg/Steffan and others.
It'll be interesting to see former juniors on senior GP for the first time - Gogolev, Chiu, Tsuboi, Shaidorov, Kapeikis, Levandi, Pinzarrone, Levito, Thorngren... Especially happy to see entered the two US girls, Wesley and Nina Pinzarrone, who already caught my eye in juniors last season. Is Canada's Kaiya Ruiter still too young to enter senior GP?
Also, it's going to be fun to watch the skaters from minor skating countries - the Crafoords for Sweden and both Australian pairs, both Finnish ID teams (I know Finand has an ID tradition, but they haven't made it to GP recently), the Nosovitskyis for Israel, Britschgi and Newberry and Carillo, Sauter, Van Zundert and Kitromilis and Yi Zhu...
Glad to see the return of the veterans - Chock/Bates, Gilles/Poirier, Guignard/Fabbri, Muramoto/Takahashi, Peng/Jin, Boyang, Gabby Daleman, and Bradie.
Good to see Knierim/Frazier continue.
Glad to see both Bradie and Rika K getting two GP.
Strange approach by Japan Federation in sending Kao to one GP but Shun to two as they both gained big medals last season, and were fairly comparable.
I am sad to see Papadakis/Cizeron take a break, and astonished to see Jason do the same (I was totally not expecting Jason to skip the fall events). Mariah Bell's absence came as a surprise, too.
That all said, I hope I'll be able to watch on screen. I'm 90% sure I won't go to France to cheer for Sota (and others). It's too expensive for me if one wants to make it a proper holiday, and with good seats (I'm not a fan of sitting in top rows... I can watch a screen at home for free), plus the uncertainty re. covid restrictions and my domestic inflation situation in the autumn. Come to think of it, it's also uncertain if I'll be able to watch on TV. My national channel covered the GP in the last two seasons and they were doing a good job, but now they have announced sports coverage cuts. If Eurosport gets the rights, I'll need to learn to use a VPN as they're unwatchable... or maybe try the trial Player period if there's still one, and if the commentary is absent.
I sincerely hope they'll make the most of it.
I also hope Fabbri/Ayer will make the best of it since I think they have really good potential!
But it's also the Austrian Challenger on the same weekend, so I'll probably go there instead since altogether it's much cheaper and the fields will probably be larger than at GP - so more skating for less money.
