2025 Canadian Nationals: SR Pairs' Short Program | Jan 17, 2025

[4everchan]

2025 Canadian Nationals Skating Championships
January 14-19, 2025
Place Bell

Laval, QC​

Official site

Full schedule (including juniors and synchro)
Starting orders and results


Skate Canada will stream all events on their site/dailymotion as usual.

English - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9bykcq
French - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9byk5e

Pairs's Short Program
Friday, January 17, 8:35 pm

Time in other places

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Starting order


Cristina Lyons / Marty Haubrich ON 1
Fiona Bombardier / Benjamin Mimar ON 2
Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran Thrasher ON 3

Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier QC 4
Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud ON 5
Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps QC 6

Music selections : thank you @dorispulaski and @saine for your incredible help !

 

[dorispulaski]

Senior Pairs Entries​

No.

Names

Section

Bye/Challenge

1. Fiona Bombardier / Benjamin Mimar ON (BYE)
SP: "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone
FS: "Epilogue" (La La Land soundtrack) by Justin Hurtiz; "City of Stars" (La La Land soundtrack) by Ryan Goseling, Emma Stone; choreo by Julie Marcotte

2. Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran Thrasher ON (BYE)
SP: Amelie soundtrack by Yann Thiersen
FS: "Since I've Been Loving You" by Led Zeppelin, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant; choreo by Julie Marcotte

3. Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier QC (BYE)
SP: "Separate Ways (Stranger Things)" by Journey and Steve Perry
FS: "Elevation" by U2; "Elevation* (escalation mix); "Elevation" (Album: Vintage Café Vol.3 Lounge & Jazz Blends); choreo by Mark Pillay, Paul Boll (SP), David Wilson, Sandra Bezic (FS)

4. Cristina Lyons / Marty Haubrich ON (Challenge 1st)
SP: "Hold Back the River" by James Bay
FS: "Where's My Love" by SYML

5. Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps QC (BYE)
SP: "Crazy in Love" (remix) by Beyoncé
FS: "Siren's Song" by Andrea Knux; "Mobula Rays" by David Flemming, Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea; "Lux" by Ryan Taubert; "The Blue Planet" by David Flemming, Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea

6. Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud ONT (BYE)
SP: "Sing Sing Sing" by Louis Prima
FS: "Tango Jalousie" by Jacob Gade; "Scent of a Woman" by Thomas Newman; "Tango Jalousie" by Jacob Gade; choreo by Maddison Hubbell, Adrian Diaz, Jean-Luc Baker, Olivia Smart, Alison Purkiss

 

[4everchan]

I'm such a fan of Lia and Trennt's tango... And usually, not so much a fan of Purkiss's work..
Well, seeing how the cream of ice dancers worked on this, it is not surprising it is so well made...

 

[rain]

I'm such a fan of Lia and Trennt's tango... And usually, not so much a fan of Purkiss's work..
Well, seeing how the cream of ice dancers worked on this, it is not surprising it is so well made...

I love both of their programs this season. I'd really like to see them skate well.

I'll be very interested to see how Bombardier/Mimar stack up against Laurin/Ethier.

I want to see Deanna/Max show up here strong. The international field is so much deeper now, and they need to show they're still in the mix.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

I want to see Deanna/Max show up here strong. The international field is so much deeper now, and they need to show they're still in the mix.

Their practices have been going really well from what I've heard. Very excited to see them back in action tomorrow!

 

[Skater Boy]

I am hoping for some strong skates in part because we have been let down by the singles skaters for a few years Tings don't look much better. I think Deanna and Max though they tend not to get the respect of say the Japanese are in the mix for a medal. They just don't have the best artistry/programs or tricks. However, all the top teams right now are good but not great. If you had the 3 Russians who were not the best we have seen from Russia from the 2022 olympics and the Chinese they would kill the current top teams. Remember even the Japanese were still not in the top 4 or 5 teams and Alexa and her partner woudl at best be fourth. Skating is not what it used to be. At least right now in pairs and I would say dance too. Sorry Chock and Bates do not even belong in the same league as so manh of the world medallists from past and not just gold. Teams who never had a world title likeUsova and Zhulin were better or more impactful. It is sad that Trennt and Lia showed such promise two years ago and now will struggle to stay in the top 8 maybe even ten. They risk being passed by all the Americans, Italians not to mention the other medal contenders. Hopefully we can see some strong skates. But even if you don't like Deanna andMax's programs they have a shot at a world medal.

 

[4everchan]

The sport goes in cycles. I actually preferred the 2018 crop of pairs to the 2022. The 2026 group doesn't seem as great but it happens. Same with dance. I'll give you that but world and Olympic champions get their titles by skating better than their opposition. They do not get their awards by being compared to the best skaters of previous generations. I think it's fair to say that some cycles are better than others but it could get disrespectful to keep pouncing on the current crop of talents by saying that they are not that great etc.

Btw, I disagree that Deanna and Max do not have great tricks. Their twist is top notch. Their lifts are unique, innovative and spectacular. Their death spirals are unmatched in difficulty and execution and even better than anything i have seen from former Russian and Chinese stars.

They need to improve jumps and throws and they have done so and they are world champions because they landed their tricks last year. There are four or five teams that can be on top of the world this year and it will come down to who has landed everything.

 

[dorispulaski]

Yes, exactly.

And in each era, especially in dance, rules are very different. Each world championship team wins under the rules in place in their time, not those in other eras.

In our era lifts are much more important than they were in the 1980's. & 90's.

Also all those choreo skills reward creativity, something not explicitly scored in most eras.

Meanwhile, timing, which was hyper important in the 20th century up through 2014 has been increasingly devalued so that it is mostly the older teams that consistently skate to the beat rather than the melody.

 

[rain]

The sport goes in cycles. I actually preferred the 2018 crop of pairs to the 2022. The 2026 group doesn't seem as great but it happens. Same with dance. I'll give you that but world and Olympic champions get their titles by skating better than their opposition. They do not get their awards by being compared to the best skaters of previous generations.

I think some people have rose-coloured glasses. I would hardly call the Shishkova/Naumov, Totmianina/Marinin, Woetzle/
Steuer eras of pairs anything to write home about. In fact, I far prefer the crop we have now. All the above mentioned were boring as dirt, there was no depth to the field at all, and no originality.

The same goes for the current crop of ice dancers. I think the depth and talent in the field is tremendous, with a large number of teams I enjoy watching on any given day (though maybe not so much in the RD this year, but that's more the fault of the officials who decided on the theme). I may be frustrated with Maddie and Evan getting gifted marks and titles I don't necessarily think they've always earned, but they are a memorable and good team.

And no, I don't miss the current day Russians, in any discipline. And apparently we're going to see them soon enough anyway.

 

[4everchan]

Are you folks ready?

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

TOTALLY READY It's 2:30 AM here and I am wide awake, more or less

 

[auser]

Are the commentators audio and visual slightly out of sync on the stream, or am I buzzed from my two sips of wine and watching synchro?

 

[4everchan]

Fiona's wrist is taped

 

[withwings]

I have to admit that really am not a fan of Kirsten commenting

 

[NanaPat]

I have to admit that really am not a fan of Kirsten commenting

I don't mind what she says, but I don't like her voice.

 

[auser]

I have to admit that really am not a fan of Kirsten commenting

I think Ted said previously that you could switch the ear bug thing from English to French commentary?

 

[rain]

Well she was solid as a rock. She's such a star.

Their triple twist was tiny — hopefully they can get more height.

 

[withwings]

Fiona and Benjamin have a spark!... such an improvement since I saw the last time...!

 

[saine]

Did Kieran just lose his belt?

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

...it wouldn't be Canadian Nationals without a random costume malfunction (that will result in a deduction). I'm not sure if it was a bootstrap or a belt, it was a belt, but Kieran did well to skate through the distraction.

Kieran's lucky he didn't lose his pants