I hadn't planned to, but I ended up watching the whole CD last night. I know basically nothing of the technical side of dance so I can't really comment on whether or not I thought the judging was fair, but I did actually find myself enjoying DomShabs more than Davis/White, which I never thought would happen. I do know, though, that this is said to be the weakest part of the competition for Meryl and Charlie, and the strongest for D/S. I enjoyed Virtue/Moir even more, so I was fairly surprised to see them go into second. Still, there's not too much in it between the top few teams, and judging politics aside, I would fully expect at least D/W to pull up in the OD and then V/M will probably reign in the FD. Delobel/Schoenfelder are currently sitting in 6th, which is pretty impressive for their first international competition in what, almost two years? After having a baby? They may have wanted to challenge for a medal but I can't imagine that they'll be too disappointed with their placing.
What actually prompted me to write this post was not the CD, which like I said, I don't really know anything about, but the draw for the OD skate order. I think Cappellini/Lanotte have some sort of curse on them or something. They skated first last night, and despite the fact they're currently sitting in 12th, they're scheduled to skate second tomorrow. Their Italian folk dance is really cute, and I love these two, so I'd like to see them pull up above the Ukrainians and the Zaretskys, who I do not get at all, but I'm not sure if that will happen or not.
Our baby Brit team, Coomes/Buckland, somehow managed to draw to skate 13th, right at the end of group 3. I liked their OD at Euros so hopefully they can skate well. They're obviously only really there for the experience and they seem really excited, which is good. Loved him in the KnC last night shouting out to 'Grandma and Grandad'!
Group 4 is basically Euros all over again, with four of the top five teams skating (Pechalat/Bourzat are in group 5). Not a particularly good draw for the Kerrs. Hopefully they can hold themselves in eighth place, but I wouldn't be surprised to see P/B overtake them. Delobel/Schoenfelder, of course, are a wildcard here. I have heard that their can-can is good, but the judges didn't seem to really go with them yesterday so we'll see.
Probably the team that everybody is waiting to see, of course, is Domnina/Shabalin. I'm so interested to see both their new costumes, and what the judges will do with them. There is also always the chance that the huge controversy surrounding the program will have gotten into their heads, which could definitely affect their performance.
I am a huge fan of Davis/White's OD (isn't everyone?) and would love them to take the lead with it. I haven't seen as much of Virtue/Moir's but what I have seen looks pretty good and I'd be equally happy to see them take the lead. I really cannot get into Faiella/Scali but everyone else in the world seems to adore their program so I'll give it another try, and I love Pechalat/Bourzat as a team but I'm undecided on their program. I'd actually like to see theirs next to the Kerrs, but I also think that it will probably benefit both teams that they're skating in different groups.
Khokhlova/Novitski will probably have been disappointed with their marks yesterday. I honestly don't remember much about their OD in Tallinn. I remember loving their Firebird FD but their OD doesn't seem to have left a mark on me. Then there is Belbin/Agosto. I am kind of indifferent towards these two, I just find them a little bland, but as long as they don't overtake Davis/White and Virtue/Moir, I'll be happy.
I really don't think I'll be able to watch this event live due to school clashing with the time difference, so I'm going to do my best to avoid looking at the results or reading anything about it until I get back Monday afternoon. Whether I will actually manage to do that or not is yet to be seen.
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