Growsonwalls February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I immediately downloaded the music Savchenko and Massot skated to: Also Papadakis and Cizeron introduced me to "Happiness Does Not Wait": 1 Link to comment
HartofDixie February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Is their another skater/team using the same music as the Italian team? Link to comment
Shades of Red February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Cindyluwho said: They seem to have fixed the problem. Maybe they were reading this? LOL! I'm glad it's fixed. I know the men are strong when it comes to pairs and ice dancing, but the core strength on the women needs to be recognized! Editing to add : what a gorgeous dress on the Polish ice dancer. Great colour and design. Edited February 20, 2018 by Shades of Red Link to comment
COESpiral February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I love the color of Polish lady's dress. 3 Link to comment
specialj67 February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 This horrid rendition of Young and Beautiful the Polish skaters are using! Blergh! Link to comment
absnow54 February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 The Polish number is so much fun. 1 Link to comment
anniebird February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I don't like costume changes - it's always distracting and it takes me right out of the program. Link to comment
galaxygirl76 February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 The Japanese lady's dress is very pretty. 2 Link to comment
elle February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Were all the lifts and spins, like the combined sit spin (for lack of technical term) added into ice dance in order to make it have more technical elements and be a little less subjective? Some routines have so many lifts and spins, I expect them to break out the jumps soon. 1 Link to comment
COESpiral February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Not!Russian lady decides Victoria's Secret would make her a great skating dress. 1 Link to comment
Shades of Red February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, HartofDixie said: Is their another skater/team using the same music as the Italian team? Here's the second couple using the music. According to Carol, there will be a third one using it as well. Link to comment
anniebird February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Just now, COESpiral said: Not!Russian lady decides Victoria's Secret would make her a great skating dress. I love that dress! 1 Link to comment
galaxygirl76 February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I don't think her hair works with that color dress. 1 Link to comment
ombelico February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said: The Japanese lady's dress is very pretty. The "revealed" version with the cherry blossoms is gorgeous, but I really didn't like the starting version. It looked like she had been rolling around in dirt in a pretty pink dress. Link to comment
MaKaM February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 That dye job is just so cheap looking. I don't mind unusual hair colors, but for the Olympics, make it look like it wasn't done in your bathroom sink at least! Link to comment
sweeks February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 While I like "Exogenesis," it is becoming overused. Between Ashley Wagner's performance last year (which I rather enjoyed) and all of the performances this year, it is getting old. 2 Link to comment
Cindyluwho February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 What was the audience chanting at the end of the Russians performance? Link to comment
MostlyC February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Exogenesis/Muse seem to be all over the Freedance; It's Despacito 2.0! 1 Link to comment
Bama February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 That vagina spin/lift was interesting. All I could think was - that can't be comfortable. 1 Link to comment
AshleyN February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 The Spanish couple's spin was really pretty. I don't think I've every seen that before. 3 Link to comment
COESpiral February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Cindyluwho said: What was the audience chanting at the end of the Russians performance? The Russian fans chant something at the Not!Russian athletes when they get done. In Sochi, it was a constant, never-ending "Roo-see-ya!". It doesn't sound like that's what they're saying this time, but it's still hella annoying. 1 Link to comment
mightysparrow February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 The Spanish couple's skate wasn't particularly innovative, but it was very well done and entertaining. 4 Link to comment
anniebird February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 The Spanish team probably weren't the best technically, but I loved that program! The music really suits them and they looked gorgeous. 9 Link to comment
elle February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 So far I have enjoyed the Polish couple and the Spanish couple. Their routines both had more classical elements to them that is refreshing to see. 1 Link to comment
kittykat February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, MostlyC said: Exogenesis/Muse seem to be all over the Freedance; It's Despacito 2.0! It's the give and take of being able to use music with lyrics. It's made for some truly great/truly awful performances. Link to comment
gatopretoNYC February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I loved the theme of the Cherry Blossoms in the Japanese team's program. I also really enjoyed the Spanish team's Don Quixote. 5 Link to comment
Moxie Cat February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 43 minutes ago, Garden Wafers said: Is that the case? I'm watching the NBC stream and wondered why they'd messed with an otherwise lovely medley Yes, she mentioned it specifically - there's some rule where all music needs to have a discernible beat to it. So they had to have that added in. Tanith went on to discuss how dance teams have music adjusted. Warning, folks: over to NBC now (about 9:40). They are between groups so NBC has skiing on for now. 6 Link to comment
Guest February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 4 hours ago, HartofDixie said: Even though the book was more about gymnastics "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" did include skaters and their eating disorders. Christine Brennan wrote a book that talked about eating disorders and other behind the scenes skating stuff, but I cannot for the life of me remember the name of it now. 6 hours ago, legaleagle53 said: Oh, I don't know -- I thought the compulsories were a wonderful round of the competition that emphasized the fact that Ice Dancing actually has its roots in ballroom dancing. I for one would love to see the compulsories reinstated. I think in general overall skating quality has gone down since they got rid of compulsory eating across the disciplines. 4 hours ago, Crs97 said: Here is my unpopular opinion that might get me kicked out of here: I didn’t have a problem with Tara winning gold in Nagano. Both skated very, very well, but Michelle was a little tentative and Tara was fearless. It could have gone either way that evening. IMO Michelle peaked too early, skating perfectly at Nationals. I was there, and she was sublime. She lost just a little at the Olympics, and unfortunately it was just enough. I’ll take it a step further. Michelle was the most overrated skater of our time. She was excellent, but she wasn’t God’s gift to ice skating. Every time she lost it was spun that she should have won, when really she just needed to get over herself. Link to comment
Bama February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 So. I'm watching on the NBC app so I get to hear/watch the emcee try to hype the crowd and have dance contests etc. The emcee keeps screaming "SHOW ME YOUR MOVES" but it totally sounds like she is saying "SHOW ME YOUR BOOBS" and it throws me every time. Also, the DJ in there LOVES "Come On" by One Direction - they play it every single break. 1 Link to comment
displayname February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, deaja said: I’ll take it a step further. Michelle was the most overrated skater of our time. She was excellent, but she wasn’t God’s gift to ice skating. Every time she lost it was spun that she should have won, when really she just needed to get over herself. I'll take it a step further. I think that era of figure skating is pretty over-rated. I just want to mash up the freedom of artistic choices they had back then with what we have now, but the current era is more interesting. 1 Link to comment
Popular Post Bama February 20, 2018 Popular Post Share February 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, deaja said: I think in general overall skating quality has gone down since they got rid of compulsory eating across the disciplines. I thought the "Tortilla and Dean" auto-correct was my favorite but this might be the best just because of the context. Compulsory Eating While Ice Skating - AWESOME. 28 Link to comment
Moxie Cat February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Yes, compulsory eating! Give some of these ladies a cheeseburger! "Ooh....cheese!" "It's the weekend, I can pig out if I want to!" 9 Link to comment
kittykat February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bama said: I thought the "Tortilla and Dean" auto-correct was my favorite but this might be the best just because of the context. Compulsory Eating While Ice Skating - AWESOME. Twizzles while eating twizzlers. I think we're on to something here. 21 Link to comment
mtlchick February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 1 minute ago, kittykat said: Twizzles while eating twizzlers. I think we're on to something here. I'm shocked that Twizzlers has not jumped on the opportunity to make an ad about it...maybe we should get the Shib Sibs on this. 18 Link to comment
Bama February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Canadian James Bond here is quite the looker. 4 Link to comment
Cindyluwho February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Love Piper and Paul's James Bond routine! Love her dress! 1 Link to comment
Guest February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I’d be really embarrassed by my lack of proof-reading, but I’m laughing too hard, particularly at Twizzlers while Twizzling. Link to comment
Minneapple February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Moxie Cat said: Yes, compulsory eating! Give some of these ladies a cheeseburger! "Ooh....cheese!" "It's the weekend, I can pig out if I want to!" Man I finally found an Olympic competition I'd win! Throw in snarking at figure skaters while eating and bam, instant gold medal. ETA: Loved the James Bond routine. And her dress! The outfits tonight in general have been way better than they were last night. Edited February 20, 2018 by Minneapple 3 Link to comment
Shades of Red February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 (edited) Piper and Paul's last spin/lift - WOW! Edited February 20, 2018 by Shades of Red 3 Link to comment
HartofDixie February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I can’t believe they are skipping Piper & Paul! Link to comment
AshleyN February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 (edited) That's a gorgeous dress on Piper Gilles. Neat idea for a program too, and that last lift was kind of nuts. Edited February 20, 2018 by AshleyN 3 Link to comment
anniebird February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Cindyluwho said: Love Piper and Paul's James Bond routine! Love her dress! What are you watching? NBC isn't showing anything. Link to comment
Moxie Cat February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 ????? No skating on either NBC or NBCSN yet! Link to comment
mtlchick February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Piper and Paul's coach is one of the CBC commentators. You couldn't see her face, but by the sound of her voice she was bursting with pride. 2 Link to comment
Irlandesa February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 Ugh. I hate that I'm missing these. I know they're streaming but I'm baffled why NBC /NBCSN would choose to show a training run over live ice dancing. 7 Link to comment
COESpiral February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I was going to say...where was Piper and Paul?? NBC is just showing us fluff pieces that no one wants to watch. 1 Link to comment
MaKaM February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 1 minute ago, anniebird said: What are you watching? NBC isn't showing anything. The app with the aussie lady. Link to comment
Cindyluwho February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 1 minute ago, anniebird said: What are you watching? NBC isn't showing anything. Canadian feed on TSN. Link to comment
Bama February 20, 2018 Share February 20, 2018 I'm watching on the NBC app. That was my favorite FD of the night so far. Really original and cool yet still beautiful and graceful. Link to comment
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