17th Tirnavia Ice Cup | Oct 31 - Nov 2

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I absolutely loved that programme from Madleen PSENNER (ITA)!!!

I normally hate dance music, but this song wasn't so bad.

And I liked her understated red dress.

Such a fun programme.

She goes into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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Was that Miley Cyrus that Shahaf PINCHAS (ISR) was skating to? I don't know the song at all, and it isn't the sort of music that I would associate with her, but it sounded like her voice.

Shahaf as also wearing a red dress, but this was more elaborate than the skater before her.

She had a really weird fall attempting to land one of her jumps.

When she finished, she had an expression that said "what just happened?!"

The twins and their team are having a de-brief at the benches beside the gate. They didn't even go as far as the comfy seats in the results area.

Shahaf goes into 3rd in the FS, and 2nd overall.

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No question over who Hanna Adrienn BRATH (HUN) was skating to. Our first "Voilà" of the day.

She was wearing a very pale (almost white) pink dress.

I think she just successfully attempted to disguise a freak fall as part of her choreography! Because that was a very clumsy looking way of getting into her finishing position.

No deductions. So it worked.

She goes into 2nd position in both the FS and overall.

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Sienna OSUSKA (SVK) was skating to "You're My World". But it certainly wasn't Cilla Black singing. Whoever it was, she has a less harsh voice than Cilla. However, the side-effect of this is that all the life was drained out of the song!

Sienna goes into 2nd in the FS, and the lead overall.

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Emilia Lujza TARABOVÁ (SVK) was skating to what seemed like about a dozen different versions of "Moon River", with stange music at the end.

She was wearing an absolutely gorgeous black dress, with white trim along the neckline. Ahe was also wearing black gloves, and had fien material with sparklies between the end of her sleeve and the gloves.

Although the music was rather surreal, on the whole I enjoyed the programme.

She goes into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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Marie BAUER (AUT) was also wearing a black dress. To be honest, I preferred the one worn by the previous skater.

And she also went into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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I'm not sure what the them of Melisa Aténa ŠPAČKOVÁ (SVK)'s programme was. She seemed to be jumping all around the world. Put it like this, she had Indian sounding music at the start, and Peruvian sounding music at the end, and I don't know what all was in between!

She was wearing a red dress with a diamond cut out on her belly.

I enjoyed it!

She goes into 2nd in the FS, and the lead overall.

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Talk about going from one extreme to the other! Alice LOPES PEDROSO (AUT) went from a fluorescent pink dress yesterday, to a gorgeous black dress with blue trim today! With a gold key on her right shoulder, and a keyhole shaped cutout on her back.

Ooooh. It's a spooky programme.

I absolutely loved that programme!!!

Such a contrast to yesterday's lively programme. The SP was the sort of programme you would expect from a girl from Brazil. This was not. It took me totally by surprise.

She goes into 4th in the FS, and 3rd overall.

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Awwwww. A tiny little girl doing a Michael Jackson programme. "Earth Song", followed by an instrumental section of "Billie Jean", followed by "Smooth Criminal".

Emma GERKE (DEU) was wearing a red jacket with silver épaulettes. And black trousers. All with sparklies over them.

She is a lot happier today than she was yesterday. Big smiles, rather than tears.

And she is right to be happy. That was good.

She goes into quite a big lead in both the FS and overall.

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Iris UMUNDUM (AUT) was skating to "Reflections" by Christina Aguilera. But her costume did not say "Mulan" to me. The colour matched what Mulan was wearing, but it was just a normal figure skating dress, not a hanfu.

But, she skated it well.

She goes into 2nd in both the FS and overall.

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This group starts with back-to-back Italians, then has back-to-back-to-back Czechs, and ends with a German.

First up is Bianca SOCCOL (ITA), who is wearing a black dress with grey areas, and a circle cut out of the back.

Very intense string music.

I loved it!!!

She goes into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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Team-mate Natascha SEEBACHER (ITA) was also skating to intense string music. But, she was wearing a dress where the top half was grey and black, and the bottom half was pink.

She had a stumble on one of her jump landings, but didn't go down.

Awwww. Bianca is sitting with her. And I think Madleen PSENNER (currently 9th in the FS and 10th overall) is standing there too.

Natascha goes into 2nd in bpoth the FS and overall.

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When Klára KINDLOVÁ (CZE) came out wearing a sky blue dress, I would never have imagined that she would be skating to Disturbed's cover of "The Sound Of Silence". After all, the first line is "Hello darkness, my old friend"!

Ah, it looks like she is going to be another skater who doesn't venture further than the bench at the gate. Well, I suppose the next girl is probably a team-mate, so it makes sense for everybody in the team to stay there.

She goes into 5th in the FS, and 3rd overall.

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Adéla ČEŘOVSKÁ (CZE) was wearing an even paler blue dress!

I have no idea what the song she was skating to was, but I loved it. And I loved the skating to.

Ah, Klára and her coach have disappeared. Maybe they aren't team-mates after all.

Adéla does go to the comfy seats in the results area. But she sits at the seat beside the camera, so we are looking at the back of her head.

Her coach doesn't come over with her, as he is seeing to the next girl.

She goes into the lead of both the FS and overall.

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Yep, these two are definitely team-mates. Adéla was cheering Elen KŘIVÁNKOVÁ (CZE) on when she was being introduced.

What is it with the Czech girls and pale blue dresses? Admittedly, Elen's had a lot of white as well.

What a strange medley of songs. "Splish Splash", "Stand By Me" and "Rocking Robin"

That was great!!!

Elen and Adéla are having a right chin-wag afterwards.

Elen takes over the lead of both the FS and overall from her team-mate.

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We finish with our second "Sound Of Silence" of the group. And Leonie Carolin von BUELOW (DEU) is wearing a more appropriate colour for it than Klára KINDLOVÁ (CZE) did. A purple dress.

My initial opinion: I think we have our winner.

She was great!

She does. Both the FS and overall.

Awww, you should have seen her reaction when her FS score was announced and she instantly realised!

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Right, no resurfacing, but we do have a 15 minute break before the boys are due to start.

Ah, to fill in the time on the stream, they're showing the winner's FS again.

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Oops. The three boys are out on the ice already.

I was away for a shave, and didn't notice the time.

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Oliver LEHOCKY (SVK)'s music scared the life out of me when it started! It was a short burst of loud music.

After a couple more bursts, we got some sustained rock music. But then it mellowed for a while. Then went full blast again.

After the initial shock, I loved it! We need more heavy metal programmes!

I should have said, he was wearing black leather trousers, ad black T-shirt, and black leather fingerless gloves. And with his long blonde hair, he just looked like a rock star!

He's frustrated. When he got to the results area, he took his gloves off, threw them on the ground, and just hung his head. After a while, he put on his skate guards.

His coach is now talking to him, while he futters with his gloves, head still down.

When the scores were announced, you couldn't see his face but his hand movements said everything. He was disappointed.

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Lenny GAGNEUX OUAKININE (FRA) was also wearing black. Mostly. Black trousers, black jacket with sparklies and a picture on the back, and a white t-shirt underneath.

He was doing a "Grease" medley. "Greased Lightning" followed by "You're The One That I Want", and then back to "Greased Lightning".

I love "Grease" programmes.

Ach, he fell just as the instrumental bit of "Greased Lightning" was starting. But, on the whole, he was good. And you could see he was thoroughly enjoying himself out there.

No reaction to the scores. I don't think he even heard them. He was too busy looking at something on his coach's phone.

He goes into a massive lead in both the FS and overall.

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