2025 Canadian Nationals: SR Rhythm Dance | Jan 18, 2025 | Golden Skate

2025 Canadian Nationals: SR Rhythm Dance | Jan 18, 2025

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2025 Canadian Nationals Skating Championships
January 14-19, 2025
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Laval, QC
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Rhythm Dance
Saturday, January 18, 2:20 pm



Time in other places

Starting order

Éliane Foroglou-Gadoury / Luke Anderson QC 1
Alisa Korneva / Kieran MacDonald ON 2
Jamie Fournier / Everest Zhu QC 3
Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz AB/NT/NU 4
Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers ON 5


Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont ON 6
Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer QC 7
Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac QC 8
Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha QC 9
Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier ON 10

Music selections : thank you @dorispulaski and @saine for your incredible help !
 
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No.
Names
Section
Challenge Placing

1. Jamie Fournier / Everest Zhu QC (Challenge 3rd)
RD
: "Back Street City Lights" by Carl Douglas; "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas; "Blue-Eyed Soul" by Carl Douglas
FD: "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" performed by Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell; "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" performed by Taron Egerton; "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)" performed by Taron Egerton, Kit Connor

2. Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz AB/NT/NU (Challenge 2nd)
RD
: "Stayin' Alive" by Avu Chan; "Stayin' Alive" by Bee Gees; "You Should Be Dancing" by Bee Gees
FD: "Dance Me to the End of Love" (Feat. London Contemporary Orchestra) by Douglas Dare; "Redwoods, Chapter 4" by Jason Chin; "Dance Me to the End of Love" (Feat. London Contemporary Orchestra) by Douglas Dare

3. Alisa Korneva / Kieran MacDonald ON (Challenge 4th)
RD:
"Do You Love Me" by The Contours; "Just One Look" [Single / LP Version] by Doris Troy; "Land Of 1000 Dances" by Wilson Pickett
FD: "I Choose You" by Forest Blakk

4. Éliane Foroglou-Gadoury / Luke Anderson QC (Challenge 5th)
RD
: "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer; "Last Dance" by Donna Summer
FD: "My Way of Life" by Frank Sinatra; "Steppin' Out With My Baby" by Doris Day; "My Way" by Frank Sinatra

5. Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers ON (Challenge 1st)
RD:
“Slippery When Wet” by The Commodores; “Brick House” by The Commodores
FD: "Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky

6. Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer QC (Bye)
RD
: "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley, "Suspicious Mind" by Elvis Presley, "Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis Presley
FD: "This Is a Man’s Man’s Man’s World/" by James Brown, "You Don’t Own Me" by Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Black Canary, Brenna Whitaker; choreo by Zachary Donohue (FD), Marie-France Dubreuil (RD)

7. Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier ON (Bye)
RD
: "I Get Around" by The Beach Boys; "California Girls" by The Beach Boys; "Wipeout" by The Surfaris
FD: "Air On the G String" by LIBERA, Robert Prizeman; "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Annie Lennox; "Tango On the G String" by Rob Colling; "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Annie Lennox; choreo by Juris Razgulajevs, Carol Lane, Alexandra Crenian (RD)

8. Nadiia Bashynska / Peter Beaumont ON (Bye)
RD:
"Lady Marmalade" by Labelle, Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan; "Le Freak" by Chic, Nile Rogers
FD: "Samba 51BPM" by WATAZU, Jao Geralderry; "The Bass (Chacha)" by WATAZU; "Rhythm Only Come Closer To Me" by Walter Laird & Nico Gomez, Oswaldo Ferres; "Call Me Manny" by Justin Hurwitz; choreo by Carol Lane; Juris Razgulajevs; Alexandra Crenian

9. Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac QC (Bye)
RD
: "Rich Man's Frug" by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields & Christina Applegate, 2005 Broadway Revival Cast; "Rich Man's Frug" by Fosse Ensemble, Original Broadway Cast of Fosse
FD: "Man with a Harmonica" by Ennio Morricone; "Lone Rider" (Spaghetti Western soundtrack) by Stephan Sechi, Hollywood Film Music Orchestra; "For the Love of Gold" (Spaghetti Western soundtrack) by Stephan Sechi, Hollywood Film Music Orchestra; "Devil Got You Beat" by Blues Saraceno; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer, Samuel Chouinard, Samuel Chouinard

10. Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha QC (Bye)
RD: Austin Powers soundtrack; "Soul Bossa Nova" by Quincy Jones and His Orchestra: "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind & Fire; "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions
FD: "The Sound of Silence" by Disturbed, Paul Simon; "Murky Solitude" by Karl Hugo; "The Sound of Silence" by Disturbed, Paul Simon; choreo by Romain Haguenauer
 
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it was a very rare picture from his Instagram stories and I did actually saved it
 
I love Nadiia & Peter and their originality and unique choices and I expect to see much better skating now that they are healthy again. Will it be enough to overtake Lily & Nathan who have posted better numbers so far. Lily reminds me of a tinier, feisty Madison Hubbell and Nathan has a bit of the flash of Zach Donohue or coach Scott Moir. Could this be the year for IAM Ontario to make a splash?
 
I do miss the Danadians and wonder what they are doing but i guess life goes on. I am really interested in the third sport who will get it. I am hoping Piper and Paul will get it together here. I just don't understand why the judges give so much credibility and marks to Chock and Bates. They are good but not great. Perhaps dance is in a bit of a lull without Russia and no "super great team". LALA I think will do well but not as well had they been healthier early on. The top five Canadian teams are very good just none of them have fully hit their stride. Even Gilles and Porier; I hope their patience and uniquness will garner them at least an olympic bronze.
 
I really want to see a clean competition from Piper and Paul. I think they need it, after the two uncharacteristic glitches so far this season.

I want to see what Marjorie and Zach have done with their rhythm dance, since I think it's their weakness this season (and surely their very experienced coaches must see that, too). I almost wished they'd scrap it completely and start over, but I don't think they had time. The Austin Powers section was the better part, with the second 70s disco section blah (horrible music choice). They had tons of momentum heading into this season but have been severely hampered by injury and a less than standout RD (they are fortunate that the only standout rhythm dance among the top teams is from Piper and Paul and everyone else is likewise just ho-hum at best). I really would like to see them competing for a spot on the world podium this season.

Third should be an interesting fight. I can't say I'm really pulling for one team over the other between Fabri/Ayer and Lauriault/Le Gac. They international judges have hated both of these teams' FD so far this season. While they've had a lot of errors, Lauriault/Le Gac's moves ahead by a hair, for me, I think because at least it's memorable. For the life of me I can't remember a single thing about Fabri/Ayer's. Too bad, because their RD has been scoring very well.

I"ve been disappointed in Bashynska/Beaumont this season. They just seem to be floundering, and I thought they might be challenging (and perhaps even beating) the two teams ahead of them as early as this season.

As much as I love several of these teams, is it terrible that I'm hoping (but not expecting) to be surprised by some new blood?
 
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