For someone who only had a baby, what, five minutes ago, she looks
absolutely fantastic.....long blonde hair in a ponytail, sparkly black
dress....he's in tux less jacket, bow tie undone.......Fever.....foxtrot is
the rhythm....very nice deep esges....great unison....Chris is drooling over
Tatiana.....nice lift where he's spinning her....straight line step....nice
unison but slow steps....dance spin....music speeds as they go diagonally
across the rink...Dancing Fool......they stop and dance.....Elvis did it
better.....and the music is cut with pliers.......another lift where he's
doing the whirling around thing....and they finish bang on the music. That
was really really good.....not sure about the DF part. Fever was
better....they seemed to feel it more.....
Marks....Sasha Zhulin got very bad looking.....5.0-5.4 / 5.2-5.7....first
overall.
Drobiazko and Vanagas LTU
Nice sparkly red dress for her....Charleston and quickstep.....he's in black
and white...nice.......oh that was a deeep edge....nice steps.....great
timing with themusic .....pairs spin......with changes of position.....she
chases him across the ice and who wouldn't......straight line step neat as a
pin, twizzles...and faster than the other pair....Dancing Fool
again.......and they are flying......anther whirly lift.....another step
sequece in a dance hold....again neat as a pin.....he goes down on one knee
on presto.....upside dow nlift...and they're done and that was, as Chris
says, just great! Charisma was there, tech difficulty....really liked it!
Choreography that paid attention to the music in every way.....and they just
sold and sold and sold it......not quite Elvis good mind you, but close. And
that pinky red colour really suits her...nice move there where he lifts her
and her legs are going going going......
Marks.....5.4-5.7 / 5.5-5.8
American judge has them second!
Fusar Poli and Margaglio ITA
Good lord that's flourescent yellow! He's all in tails, minus the top hat.
And I like the non pony tail. quickstep..and lots of speed..straight line
step to putting on the ritz....great timing and quick....dance spin...slow
foxtrot nice steps...theycan't take that away from me...brutal recording..
nice move in here where she's in a spreadeagle and he's in a standing
position.....that ends that and back to POTR.....diagonal step
sequence....and they are just flying....lift to end.....and you can
literally see her say take that! And my thoughts on it....you all know that
I'm not the biggest fan of theirs and I still think that she does more than
he does, but that was really good. By far the most pleasing thing I've ever
seen them do, and (gasp) I enjoyed it. Kinda. Not as much as the LTU mind
you, but I think they'll lead by a mile and I think they'll deserve to.
Except for the colour of her dress.....dayglo yellow!
marks....5.7-5.9......oh me....6.0! from judge number 8! and she screams!
one 5.7 2 5.8, the rest 5.9.......Italians erupt!
Grushina and Goncharov UKR
Nice red dress from her....tails from him....foxtrot to quickstep......there
is no back to that dress, and frankly, barely a front.....great
speed.....and they're doing their best to sell it......lift hwere her leg is
around his neck......dance spin with her leg on his shoulder.....into sing
sing sing for straight line step which isn't a mirror image, he looked
slower.......footwork not as intricate as the italians.....diagonal step
sequence......another lift and they are done. Not bad....super expression
says Chris....not sure I enjoyed it that much....as Chris says, it don't
have the pizzazz.
marks....5.2-5.6 / 5.3-5.6 they're 3rd.
Chait and Sahkonovsky ISR
Again, he's in tails, with a pony tail....she's in peach and
sparkles....woeful dress.....quickstep then foxtrot.....sing sig sing
again.....wow....this is fast....and sold......look at her go!.....straight
line step is the 8th wonder of the world....in terms of speed and
difficulty...Bie Mir Bist Du Schon.....I love this song.......dance
spin.....and its' the slow version.....swingy lift....she's got a nice
spiral...music sppeds up........back to sing sing sing.......diagonal
step....good lord...they are flying and covering every inch...sorry 2.5cm of
ice....and they end with a bang! Oh yes says Chris! They had sparkle energy
and pizzazz...and I must agree .....it was superb. The speed, the
difficulty, the speed across the ice. the interpretation....they sold the
whole package and it was incredible.....Chris says the Brit judge told him
she didn't want to be on this panel cause it'd be so hard to choose......
marks 5.4-5.6 / 5.2<!> then 5.6-5.8....they're in 3rd behind the LTU.
Back after the next group
Delobel and Schoenfelder FRA
She's in blue...no sleeves and gloves.......he's in
tails....Unforgettable......smooth deep edges...nice flow across the
ice....more laid back and relaxed than the others......far apart on straight
line step and it's quite slow or looks it, but J&C are raving about their
nice soft knee bend.......dance spin......quickstep....they look as if they
should be selling it, but I'm not so sure that they are.......the crowd are
clapping along......nice steps again....lift where her leg is around his
neck.....and they're done.....not sure if it's the lights or not but her
hair has a definite purple tinge to it......closeups make me think that it's
just really really black......Joanne thinks that they lost it around the
quickstep....they didn't feel the music she says....
Marks...5.1-5.3../ 5.0-5.3...they're in 6th and will hold their place.
Lobacheva and Averbukh RUS
She's in red...devil red one might say and the dress is halter necked
sleeveless with gloves.....he's in a sports jacket with sequins on the
collar...white shirt.....she's got her hair up in
ringlets......yeah.....dance spin after steppy steps.....kinda schmoosey
music......cut your hair man.....straight line step.....great
timing.....shave your goatee man.....Dancing Fool again......you can guess
what I'm thinking.......he's making lots of eyes at the judges, she's not.
..they move diagonally across the ice......lots of turns and running steps.
wicked hard lift....and the ending is a kinda somersaulty affair which I
have to say I was underwhelmed by. It's as if they are doing it, but they're
dragging it out slowly to finish on time....now, I know it's probably really
hard and all, but that's what it looks like to me. Oooh...looks like he
slipped a little on the straight line step?....Chris laments the lack of
pizzazz....he'd have it behind the Lithuanians and the Israelis......
marks.....love the hat Natalia.....5.6-5.8.....5.7-5.8....all have them in
second and they're ahead of the Lithuanians
Winkler and Lohse GER
I've got my drool bucket all handy....Hot Honey Rag...nah, too
easy......she's in a wine flapper dress...complete with hat, not a good
look........and they somersault her.......he's in tails with red
lining.....man wash your hair! please! great interpretation......dance
spin.......she pulls her hat over her head.....get rid of it girl! Really
ahrd straight line step in perfect time! That was great! Dancing on the spot
as they prepare to go across the rink.....Cabaret now.......great edges!
....and he goes under her leg......crowd clap.....love the
timing!.....another upside down swingy lift and that was fantastic!....not
sure about his tails....they flapped about quite a lot and were a little
distracting.....they kept drawing my attention.....ahem....moving right
on.......that somersault at the start was great and Joanne and Chris are in
raptures......they're reshowing the straight line step and it was so hard!
And yet neat as a pin and spot on timing wise although Chris points out that
they did drift apart a little.
marks.....5.3-5.6....I hear whistles......5.4-5.7....a 3rd 2 4th the rest
5th and that's where they are, no movement.
Annisina and Peizerat FRA
He's in classic tails...she's in a multicoloured sparkley yoke...the only
good thing to be said is that its not Barbara's dress...slow song to
start......great lift!.....right on with the music.....dance spin..... with
multiple change of position.....Dancing Fool AGAIN!.....cut with
pliers....not as much energy it looks like to me....they dance o nthe spot,
then go across the rink.....straight line step...looked like they lost time
even I could see they were a ways apart and it didn't look as much as some
of the others we;ve seen,...flashy ending. ...Chris says it wasn't as
difficult as some....Joanne bluntly says it wasn't up to much....messy is
the word she uses.....Chris predicts second and I agree....I don't think
we;ll see sixes that's for sure!.....
marks...long wait....5.6-5.8......5.7-5.9....they're in second, two judges
have them in 3rd....EST has them in first......the Italians let loose.
Denkova and Staviski BUL
EEEK!!! She's got a grassy green skirt which matches his top. Her top is
pinky lilac....which may explain the pink panther music which Chris tells us
will turn into the jungle book.....does this mean I should be grateful he's
not in a loincloth......dance spin nice....great edges in the straight line
step...........music changes to quickstep, I wanna be like you.......very
fast energetic footwork........he's working hard......they're really
moving.....lifty spin to end....
marks....5.0-5.5 / they'll be behind the UKR.....5.0-5.5....they're 8th.
Aside from ties being broken there's no change down to 16th place.