Ok, back for the dancers now - ready to get horrified by some ugly costumes. 

One garish costume spotted already... 

Jessica PALFREYMAN / Charlton DOHERTY

Are we getting R&J? 

why is it cool to skate with dishevelled hair? 

the twizzles weren't quite on

lovely costumes - but they were a give away. Good for them, I suppose. 

The music is meh 

Ok, they never contended for anything ambitious, I suppose.  

Okay, Russian test skates done for today, time for Dance. 

What is this top, omg.

Yana BOZHILOVA / Kaloyan GEORGIEV

twizzles slow but quite good

got sidetracked by the cats. so no idea how they skated overall 

Group 1

 

1. Jessica PALFREYMAN / Charlton DOHERTY - AUS

FD Romeo et Juliette (musical soundtrack) by Gerard Presgurovic, performed by Damien Sargue; choreo by Mark Hanretty

 

2. Yana BOZHILOVA / Kaloyan GEORGIEV - BUL

FD Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (soundtrack) by Michel Legrand; choreo by Matteo Zanni

 

3. Gioia PUCCI / Kevin OJALA - EST

FD Malaguena performed by Raul di Blasio; choreo by Lea Rand, Irina Shtork, Taavi Rand

 

4. Karina SIDARENKA / Maksim YALENICH - BLR

FD: Horchat Hai Caliptus by Ishtar, Pistolero by Juno Reactor; choreo by Alexander Tolstik, Olga Fomenko

 

Neon dress for Malaguena ... that's a new one  ...

Gioia PUCCI / Kevin OJALA

there's that blinder

couldn't you find a proper RED dress for Malaguena? 

good spins

slow on the ice, but have some redeeming features. The lifts aren't that bad... 

Not sure what to make of this dress...

Karina SIDARENKA / Maksim YALENICH

That's a pretty off-putting dress as well. Why can't they choose simple and elegant things? 

they look a bit clumsy as if they'd only started skating together. It could well be the case though... 

oops. 

 

Apparently, Mitsuki said that his ambition is to get to the JGPF in order to skate in the same competition with Yuzu... 

Group 2

 

5. Loica DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER - FRA

FD Light of the Seven by David de Miguel, Strange by Apollo Geeze; choreo by Karine Arribert-Narce

 

6. Valerie TAILLEFER / Jason CHAN - CAN

FD: Closer Than Sister (from "Penny Dreadful" soundtrack) by Abel Korzeniowski, A Boat to Argentina by Amand Amar; choreo by Shae Zukiwsky

 

7. Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV - UKR

FD Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen; choreo by Maria Tumanovskaia-Chaika, Anaida Koniar

 

8. Emma GUNTER / Caleb WEIN - USA

FD "I Give Up" by Elija Bossenbroek, "Crimson Sky" by Calm Music for Studying; choreo by Natalia Korikvoa, Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak

 

9. Charise MATTHAEI / Maximilian PFISTERER - GER

FD Blackheart (from "Skyworld") by Two Steps from Hell, Winterspell (from "Skyworld") by Two Steps from Hell; choreo by Stefano Caruso, Barbara Fusar Poli, Andreas Fischer

 

Some subdued costumes here. Well, the tops could still meet my expectations... 

That black and white ensemble.... she looks like she is showing her ass because all the strips don't cover it enough.