2016-17 GPF Short Dance | Golden Skate

2016-17 GPF Short Dance

dorispulaski

Wicked Yankee Girl
Joined
Jul 26, 2003
Country
United-States
8 - 11 Dec 2016

Senior Short Dance
Friday, December 9, 2016
19:05 UTC +1

Times in other locations
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...=33&p5=248&p6=240&p7=224&p8=286&p9=261&p10=18


Marseille France

Start Order





Entries

1Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR
SD Prince medley, including "5 Women," "Purple Rain" and "Kiss;" choreo by David Wilson, M.-F. Dubreuil, S. Choinard
FD Pilgrims on a Long Journey by Coeur de Pirate, Latch (Acoustic) by Sam Smith; choreo by David Wilson, M.-F. Dubreuil, S. Choinard

Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?38656-Tessa-Virtue-amp-Scott-Moir
CAN
2Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI
SD That's Life, performed by Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z; choreo by Hokuto Konishi, Aye Hasegawa, Serge Onik, Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali
FD Evolution by various artists; choreo by Peter Tchernyshev

Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?37144-Maia-amp-Alex-Shibutani
USA
3Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON
SD Blues: Bittersweet by Lene Riebau, Maxim Illion perf. by Club des Belugas, Swing: Diga Diga Doo by Dorthy Fields, Jimmy McHugh perf. by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; ; choreo by Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil
FD Stillness by Nest, Oddudua by Aldo Lopez Gavilan, Happiness Does Not Wait by Olafur Arnalds; choreo by Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil

Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?51269-Gabriella-Papadakis-amp-Guillaume-Cizeron
FRA
4Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV
SD Blues: "Mercy On Me by Christina Aguilera" by Christina Aguilera and Swing: "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Louis Prima; choreo by Sergei Petukhov
FD Prelude No. 20 by Frederic Chopin, The Four Seasons by Nigel Kennedy; choreo by Sergei Petukhov

Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?50146-Ekaterina-Bobrova-amp-Dimitri-Soloviev
RUS
5Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES
SD Blues: "Bad to the Bone" by George Thorogood, Hip Hop: "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars; choreo by Rohene Ward
FD "Under Pressure" performed by Freddie Mercury and David Bowie; choreo by Christopher Dean

Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?49489-Madison-Chock-amp-Evan-Bates
USA
6Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE
SD Blues: "Feelin' Good" by Nina Simone; Hip Hop: "Hammer Time (Can't Touch This)" by MC Hammer, "Push It," by Salt N Pepa, "Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice, "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot; "Apache (Jump On It)" by Sugarhill Gang; and "Turn Down for What" by DJ Snake & Lil Jon;. choreo. by Samuel Chouinard
FD Love Medley by various artists: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," performed by Bootstraps, "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You," performed by Ingrid Michaelson, "Earned It," by Bootstraps; choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil

Fan Fest: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?42096-Madison-Hubbell-amp-Zach-Donohue
USA
 
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humbaba

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 12, 2004
Looking forward to this competition. Good luck to all the teams. Great skates for everybody!!

:party: :party:
 

NoNameFace

GS given name - Beatrice
Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 12, 2012
:ghug: for clean, fierce competition and no judges games (yeah, I can dream...), may the best team win!

<secretly wishing a good draw for teams with programs I like better>
 

Giselle

Medalist
Joined
Oct 15, 2014
I have to say I like the random starting order! Can't skip group 1 (not that I would want to anyway)!
I do kind of miss Weaver/Poje and Cappellini/Lanotte. I wish there could be 3 groups because these two and either Gilles/Poirier or another russian team would not have looked out of place.

The technical panel :

Referee: Ms. Alla SHEKHOVTSEVA (RUS)
Technical Controller: Ms. Christine HURTH (FRA)
Technical Specialist: Ms. Marie BOWNESS (CAN)
Assistant Technical Specialist: Ms. Judy BLUMBERG (USA)
 

yuna13

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 13, 2014
who has more "power" between the tech controller and the tech specialist? :think:

at least the score will be close unlike nhk sd score.
 

chuckm

Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 31, 2003
Country
United-States
Whoever put together that technical panel must have a wicked sense of humor, or else is just plain wicked.

The main caller is Canadian BOWNESS (favorable for V/M) but if American BLUMBERG disagrees, then the French HURTH settles the dispute (favorable for P/C). If a free-for-all breaks out, then the ever-popular SHEKHOVSTEVA (RUS) steps in.

If BLUMBERG doesn't disagree with calls BOWNESS makes, those calls stand and HURTH can't do anything about it.
 
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Giselle

Medalist
Joined
Oct 15, 2014
it's debatable IMO. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong but the technical specialist calls the level of each element. When the tech specialist & assistant tech specialist disagree on the level, the tech controller steps in decides on the call. So the tech controller "supervises" the 2 Technical Specialists but doesn't really make the call unless asked to.

I did a quick google search and Christine HURTH and Marie BOWNESS were the technical controller and technical specialist this year at Nebelhorn Trophy.
 

4everchan

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 7, 2015
Country
Martinique
while looking at the tech panel is always interesting, let's hope that the team that skates best wins.
 

SarahSynchro

Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 7, 2014
Country
Canada
Chock and Bates skate first AGAIN?! This draw procedure hasn't been in their favour so far this season.
 

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 27, 2009
Chock and Bates skate first AGAIN?! This draw procedure hasn't been in their favour so far this season.

Well the Shibutanis had to skate first at both their GP events. Much better draw for them here though.
 

Heleng

Medalist
Joined
Dec 29, 2014
Country
United-States
Well the Shibutanis had to skate first at both their GP events. Much better draw for them here though.

Yes, lol! Although the teams that most expect will be top two, P/C and V/M, are in the first group, so it will be very interesting how or whether skate order affects the judges' placements.
 

Giselle

Medalist
Joined
Oct 15, 2014
So TSL says that assistant tech specialist (Judy Blumberg) swings the vote. I don't think that's true, it's the tech controller that has this power right?

Anyway, technical panel aside, I hope we'll have a great competiton and the best team will win! I love both V/M and P/C (yes it's possible!). I prefer V/M's SD but P/C's FD.

The most important thing is that we will have a new GPF champion :biggrin: Neither V/M or P/C have ever won the GPF!
 

maddiesparks

Rinkside
Joined
Nov 25, 2016
So TSL says that assistant tech specialist (Judy Blumberg) swings the vote. I don't think that's true, it's the tech controller that has this power right?

Anyway, technical panel aside, I hope we'll have a great competiton and the best team will win! I love both V/M and P/C (yes it's possible!). I prefer V/M's SD but P/C's FD.

The most important thing is that we will have a new GPF champion :biggrin: Neither V/M or P/C have ever won the GPF!

I thought that both ATS or the TC could ask for a review of an element if they weren't 100% on the TS's call and then it's majority rules (?)

I'm also loving VM's SD and PC's FD. :) I do think VM might have a slight edge because their FD has been getting stronger throughout the season, and while PC's SD is lovely, it's a little forgettable (to me, at least).
 

alain06fr

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 4, 2015
So the four represented countries got the Referee and all Technical experts seats.
When I saw the Tech Specialist was canadian and Tech Controller was french, well.... I found it quite ... interesting. Is there any connection with those debates about NHK SD scores? Honestly, I don't know. May be. May be not.

As 4everchan said, and I fully agree with him, let's concentrate on the performances. At this moment of the season, most of the programs are almost finalised (well, not 100% as changes will be introduced for Europeans/4C and Worlds). I really expect all teams to perform very well their programs so we'll have a lot of fun, judges won't have to fight to assign levels or GOE and the competition will be really exciting. In the end, we want the couple performing the best at GPF to win whoever it is.
 

alain06fr

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 4, 2015
Whoever put together that technical panel must have a wicked sense of humor, or else is just plain wicked.

haha, LOL... very good point indeed! Let me see... Personally, I would gladly opt for the wicked sense of humour :laugh:
 

Giselle

Medalist
Joined
Oct 15, 2014
So the four represented countries got the Referee and all Technical experts seats.
When I saw the Tech Specialist was canadian and Tech Controller was french, well.... I found it quite ... interesting. Is there any connection with those debates about NHK SD scores? Honestly, I don't know. May be. May be not.

What do you mean about the connection with the NHK SD scores?

The Technical Specialist for NHK is not judging here. It was Andrzej DOSTATNI who has a reputation for being pro-Igor. I also remember that at the time he was often blamed for Delobel/Schoenfelder's numerous 4th place finish during the first years of COP (he was technical Specialist at 2005 Worlds, 2006 Olympics, 2006 Worlds for example).
 

alain06fr

On the Ice
Joined
Jul 4, 2015
What do you mean about the connection with the NHK SD scores?

Was just thinking about some endless discussions in various forums and emails about some SD scores, mostly related to level assignment.
As for Andrzej DOSTATNI, I was not aware he has the reputation for being pro-Igor Shpilband... Interesting indeed
 
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