Here is my prediction
US Nationals
1. Jeremy Abbott
2. Adam Rippon
3. Johnny Weir, who will make a surprise comeback when he realizes without skating he's not famous enough for a reality show
There's an outside chance Evan will realize without skating he's not famous enough, either, but I think there's only about a 25% chance of that. If he does return, push everyone down a notch.
Worlds.
6th--Adam Rippon. Good result for the youngster!
5th--Johnny Weir. A good result for the oldster, and also good enough to get him to perform a Lady Gaga routine in the exhibition, which is really why he's here.
4th--Jeremy Abbott. He won the long program, and it's really great he came up from his 16th place short program.
3rd--The Japanese boy who was cheated in the Olympics. Kozuka, I think his name is. He was like in 8th, but he should have been a few higher. It could be a number of other people (Verner, Dennis Ten, etc.), but I like him, so I'll go with Kozuka.
2nd--Takahashi. Some little mistake will keep him off the top of the podium.
1st--Patrick Chan. The transitions! The clean lines!The flow across the ice! He'd win by even more points if he didn't fall those times. Someone get Scott Hamilton a tranquilizer!
If Evan or Evgeni show up, put them in 2nd and push everyone else down.
You're predictions are fun
Definitely Rippon or Abbot for the national title. If Abbot makes no mistakes it will be him for sure, especially if he does a quad.
I see Evan making a suprise show at nationals more than Johnny but I really don't expect either of them to show. Even though Evan says he doesn't think he's peaked, I sort of think he has. Johnny, too. I'd leave on a high note if I were Evan but we'll see.
I wonder what everyone thinks about Brandon Mroz? He had such a tough year last year after making that splash with the silver medal at 2009 nationals. Are people writing him off? I haven't heard anything about him for AGES.
I can't bet on Chan for the world gold. He also makes to many little mistakes. However, he's a contender. I hope both he and Takahashi are on the podium in any case.
You forgot Joubert. (Or did you?) I would not bet against him. He seems to be rejuvenating himself and working hard. We'll see how he does at the GP but I would think he's a factor for gold.