The dance party theme seems to be working okay so far. Some programs are more interesting than others. From what I have seen so far, there seems to be more of a heavy 60s emphasis with a bit of rock 'n roll 50s. A few programs were more late 60s to early 70s. Cui/ Rogers and Pate/ Bye were straight 70s. A bit of repeats with some popular 50s and 60s songs. Cui/ Rogers were Jackson 5 influenced. Oona & Gage got it on and kicked it out the arena with James Brown. Oh, my memories of boogeying to James Brown, and to MJ and bros!

Now, where are the Supremes and Gladys Knight & the Pips!?
While Lauriault/ Le Gac are skilled and entertaining, I think it is their veteran status and French + Canadian judges and I.AM clout that has them in first by about 3.4 points.
From what I have seen in the RD, I would have the Browns in first, then Neset/ Markelov, and then L&L. But no chance N/M would be placed ahead of veterans L&L at this stage. While Pate/Bye are good, very creative, and competitive, I think Flores/Desyatov have a lot more potential and range than Pate/Bye. Still, it's a toss-up between these two teams at this stage of F/D's development. Ivan needs his costumes finished and as they fine-tune everything over the course of the season, I think F/D will do well. The road is tough though for F/D as for so many good teams with loads of potential. There simply needs to be more and better competitive avenues and a different structure to provide opportunities to fulfill all these wonderful ice dancer athletes' potential.
I see Morosov/ Chen with the music, but from a far away filming device. They do look good together in this RD. I am curious to see Fabbri/Ayer's RD, as they are slightly ahead of M/C and slightly behind F/D. The scoring is really tight between M/C, F/A, and F/D. By having to skate first, I think F/D have been undermarked a bit. I would have them at least 69+ for their performance.