2025 Grand Prix de France: General Info and Pregame Chat

[TwinnerA]

The NBC listing where I am (Mountain time) says Saturday, October 18 from 1:30-4:00 pm.

No wonder I couldn’t find it. I was looking on the 19th! Thank you.

ETA: My listing for October 18 from 12:30-3:00 pm (Arizona) says Skate America from Lake Placid, NY!

 

[dorispulaski]

In CT,
NBC have "Skate America" on Saturday 3:30 pm - 6:01 pm Eastern time

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

In CT,
NBC have "Skate America" on Saturday 3:30 pm - 6:01 pm Eastern time

Didn't they get the memo that it's France first this year?

 

[dorispulaski]

Apparently not

 

[ramurphy2005]

Apparently not

My mother was watching swimming yesterday, and at least for the on-air promo they had the right event.

As much as I love the cable guide, it's not the first time someone dropped the ball updating something.

 

[CoyoteChris]

In Spokane. its 12:30 to 3 pm. live, NBC rabbit ears, probably Johnny and Tara?????., I have just re-uped Peacock. Dont know which is better...using the app on Roku or just bringing Peacock up on my laptop and plugging it into my telly. One thing is for sure...this comp has lots of my fav skaters....

 

[CoyoteChris]

Entries as of September 29th 2025:

Men:
Mihhail Selevko (EST)
Luc Economides (FRA)
Francois Pitot (FRA) (added July 30th)
Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)
TBA (FRA)
Nika Egadze (GEO)
Gabriele Frangipani (ITA)
Kao Miura (JPN)
Tatsuya Tsuboi (JPN)
Lukas Britschgi (SUI)
Ilia Malinin (USA)
Maxim Naumov (USA)
Andrew Torgashev (USA)

Women:
Niina Petrokina (EST) (WD October 7th)
Clémence Mayindu (FRA) (added September 2nd)
Lorine Schild (FRA)
Léa Serna (FRA) (added July 30th)
TBA (FRA)
TBA (FRA)
Ami Nakai (JPN)
Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)
Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)
Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)
Jia Shin (KOR) (added October 9th)
Young You (KOR)
Livia Kaiser (SUI)
Isabeau Levito (USA)
Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA)

Pairs:
Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore (AUS) (WD September 29th)
Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)
Aurelie Faula/Theo Belle (FRA)
Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev (FRA) (added July 30th)
Megan Wessenberg/Denys Strekalin (FRA) (added September 2nd)
TBA (FRA)
TBA (FRA)
Maria Pavlova/Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN)
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN)
Katie McBeath/Daniil Parkman (USA) (added September 29th)
Audrey Shin/Balazs Nagy (USA)

Dance:
Marie-Jade Lauriault/Romain Le Gac (CAN)
Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA)
Célina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (FRA) (added September 2nd)
Natacha Lagouge/Arnaud Caffa (FRA) (added September 2nd)
TBA (FRA)
TBA (FRA)
Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)
Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin (GEO)
Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)
Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevicius (LTU)
Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA)
Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)

So many of my fav skater to root for......I will become hoarse.

 

[CoyoteChris]

1. Does anyone thing Peacock will chock part of the gala? Maybe i should invest in a VPN.
2. When does Doris sleep?

 

[PaulE]

@CoyoteChris . When I click on the exhibition tile on Peacock, it shows 2h 30m so I assume the whole gala will be shown.

 

[TontoK]

Biggest disappointment: Dance Field. It's full of teams I do not particularly enjoy.

Rooting hard for Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac. Get in here @4everchan - I'm pulling for your Canadians.

 

[TontoK]

McBeath/Parkman now have the Pairs spot.

Looking at the field, there's an outside chance they could medal. I know the PCS isn't competitive with the best pairs yet, but their tech is generally reliable, and this early in the season, being technically reliable may be enough to podium. I mean after Deanna and Max and the Japanese... somebody's got to place third. Why not them?

 

[4everchan]

Looking at the field, there's an outside chance they could medal. I know the PCS isn't competitive with the best pairs yet, but their tech is generally reliable, and this early in the season, being technically reliable may be enough to podium. I mean after Deanna and Max and the Japanese... somebody's got to place third. Why not them?

yay for Marie-Jade and Romain. I just don't know what shape they will be in... new RD for these two as well.

Regarding pairs. I have your guys in 4th or 5th... I think the Hungarians are pretty hard to beat as they are also a solid technically team but not fabulous PCS. So it will just be who can land the stuff.

 

[TontoK]

yay for Marie-Jade and Romain. I just don't know what shape they will be in... new RD for these two as well.

Regarding pairs. I have your guys in 4th or 5th... I think the Hungarians are pretty hard to beat as they are also a solid technically team but not fabulous PCS. So it will just be who can land the stuff.

Your prediction for McBeath and Parkman is reasonable. There's a clump of pairs that are pretty good, but they lack either international experience or consistency. It makes that third placement a wildcard. I'm hoping they hold it together a bit better than most and sneak away with a medal. It's wishful thinking, but I don't mind that. I like this pair, and I think they'll be around a while.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

I'm not sure where to place the Hungarians in this since we haven't seen them this season yet after their WD from Kinoshita Group Cup. I'd have McBeath/Parkman on the podium.

 

[dorispulaski]

With pairs there is always a possibility that a WD signals an injury, so prediction game players should take that into account when deciding where to place the Hungarians, I think.

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

With pairs there is always a possibility that a WD signals an injury, so prediction game players should take that into account when deciding where to place the Hungarians, I think.

And if I remember correctly they were troubled by injury for all of last season...

 

[AlexRus]

ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix de France 2025 Angers / FRA
17 Oct - 19 Oct, 2025

In order of Personal Best, * - unofficial best if no oficial.

Men
No. Name Nation Score
1 Ilia MALININ USA 333.76
2 Adam SIAO HIM FA FRA 306.78
3 Kao MIURA JPN 281.53
4 Lukas BRITSCHGI SUI 274.09
5 Nika EGADZE GEO 266.90
6 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 251.59
7 Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN 251.52
8 Andrew TORGASHEV USA 246.58
9 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 245.06
10 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA 236.87
11 Francois PITOT FRA 229.44
12 Maxim NAUMOV USA 227.17

Women
No. Name Nation Score
1 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 236.09
2 Young YOU KOR 223.23
3 Chaeyeon KIM KOR 222.38
4 Isabeau LEVITO USA 215.74
5 Elyce LIN-GRACEY USA 213.33
6 Jia SHIN KOR 212.43
7 Rion SUMIYOSHI JPN 209.59
8 Ami NAKAI JPN 206.04
9 Livia KAISER SUI 194.72
10 Lorine SCHILD FRA 183.86
11 Lea SERNA FRA 181.55
12 Clemence MAYINDU FRA 155.80

Pairs
No. Name Nation Score
1 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 226.05
2 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN 221.56
3 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 204.60
4 Katie MCBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA 187.89
5 Camille KOVALEV / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 179.85
6 Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY USA 170.21
7 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 154.69
8 Megan WESSENBERG / Denys STREKALIN FRA 127.89

Ice Dance
No. Name Nation Score
1 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 223.24
2 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 219.07*
3 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 215.19
4 Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN GEO 203.39
5 Allison REED / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 203.37
6 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC CAN 197.90
7 Eva PATE / Logan BYE USA 191.20
8 Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 190.86
9 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 173.52
10 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 165.37

 

[TwinnerA]

I did see that the Peacock stream is supposedly to remain available for 72 hours this season.

 

[Jeanie19]

I did see that the Peacock stream is supposedly to remain available for 72 hours this season.

I hope so.

 

[meem]

1. Does anyone thing Peacock will chock part of the gala? Maybe i should invest in a VPN.

I haven't seen that word, "chock" in ages. It was quite the buzzword back in the '90s. I wonder what Michael Chock is doing today?