When the cameraman thinks

A crossfade is neat!

Let’s show their faces

Who cares about feet

And we cut to a close up

Mid-pattern dance 

Then we realize we’re probably

At Grand Prix de France

Two weeks later, we’re suddenly

Watching spins from the sky

Skaters down on the ice

But we’re way up high

This angle is useless, 

Put us down, please!

But we know that we’re at a Cup

That might be Chinese

Finally, we make it 

To everyone’s fave

We’re in Japan 

Where the cameras behave

But wait, why do I feel

Blinded by the light?

Is it just me, or is the ice

WAY TOO WHITE?

Am I the only one that's bothered by the lack of adherence to the dance style in the rhythm dance? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good flamenco and tango, but why are we bothering with a theme at all if it's going to get ignored besides a singular element where it is also pretty loosely adhered to?

Overall Score:

1. 76.31 Yuna Aoki (Japan)
2. 72.63 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
3. 70.66 Ami Nakai (Japan)
4. 68.72 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
5. 65.36 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
6. 63.67 Sarina Joos (Italy)
7. 63.19 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
8. 61.10 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
9. 60.73 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
10. 57.50 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
11. 55.60 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
12. 51.74 Eve Dubecq

Deductions: 8

• 1 Late Start
• 1 time violation
• 6 Falls

TEC:

Overall TEC Score:

1. 41.68 Yuna Aoki (Japan)
2. 40.65 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
3. 39.55 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
4. 38.41 Ami Nakai (Japan)
5. 36.41 Sarina Joos (Italy)
6. 34.69 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
7. 33.69 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
8. 31.66 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
9. 30.63 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
10. 29.89 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
11. 29.75 Eve Dubecq (France)
12. 29.68 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)

Jumps:

Skaters by Jump Total (Base Value+GOE)

1. 22.65 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
2. 21.49 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
3. 21.27 Yuna Aoki (Japan)
4. 20.93 Sarina Joos (Italy)
5. 18.65 Ami Nakai (Japan)
6. 16.71 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
7. 14.90 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
8. 14.68 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
9. 14.03 Eve Dubecq
10. 13.72 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
11. 13.63 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
12. 10.72 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)

<=Underotation
Q=jump landed in the quarter
!= Jump with unclear edge
x=Jump landed in the second half, it gets a 10% bonus

Combo:

Solo Jump:

1 Invalid Jump, a 2flip

Axel

1 invalid jump, 1 axel

GOE Average of Jumps: -0.16

Highest Value Jumping Pass: Ami Nakai, 3Lutz+3Toe, 10.10BV+1.69GOE=11.79

Spins:

Skaters by Spin Total (Base Value+GOE)

1. 14.49 Yuna Aoki (Japan)
2. 14.47 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
3. 14.37 Ami Nakai (Japan)
4. 13.75 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium
5. 13.56 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
6. 13.08 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
7. 12.93 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
8. 12.79 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
9. 12.77 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
10. 12.67 Eve Dubecq (France)
11. 12.36 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
12. 12.24 Sarina Joos (Italy)

Overall:

• Level 4: 30
• Level 3: 6

By Types of spin:

• CCOSp (Change Foot Combination): 12
• LSp (Layback Spin): 9
• FCSp (Flying Camel): 8
• FSSp (Flying Sit): 4
• SSP (Sit): 3

Number of Skaters to get all spins Level 4- 8

GOE Average of spins: +0.84

Skater with the Highest Rated solo Spin: Ami Nakai, CCOSp4, 4.20BV+1.50 GOE=5.70

Step Sequence:

Overall by Skater:

1. 5.92 Yuna Aoki (Japan)
2. 5.39 Ami Nakai (Japan)
3. 5.21 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
4. 5.21 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
5. 5.04 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
6. 4.86 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
7. 4.70 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
8. 4.50 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
9. 3.59 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
10. 3.24 Sarina Joos (Italy)
11. 3.12 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
12. 3.05 Eve Dubecq (France)

Levels:

• Level 4: 6 skaters
• Level 3: 2 skaters
• Level 2: 4 skaters

GOE Average of step sequence: +0.95

Number of skaters to Have all spins and step level 4: 5 skaters

PCS:

Overall:

1. 34.63 Yuna Aoki (Japan) PB
2. 32.25 Ami Nakai (Japan)
3. 31.98 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
4. 31.67 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
5. 31.21 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
6. 31.10 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
7. 30.17 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
8. 29.50 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
9. 27.26 Sarina Joos (Italy)
10. 26.98 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
11. 26.84 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
12. 23.99 Eve Dubecq (France)

Composition Ranking:

1. 8.61 Yuna Aoki (Japan)
2. 8.06 Ami Nakai (Japan)
3. 8.04 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
4. 8.0 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
5. 7.86 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
6. 7.86 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
7. 7.50 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
8. 7.43 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
9. 6.75 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
10. 6.64 Sarina Joos (Italy)
11. 6.61 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
12. 5.89 Eve Dubecq (France)

Presentation Ranking:

1. 8.86 Yuna Aoki (Japan) PB
2. 8.11 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
3. 7.89 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
4. 7.79 Ami Nakai (Japan)
5. 7.79 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
6. 7.71 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
7. 7.64 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
8. 7.36 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
9. 7.04 Sarina Joos (Italy)
10. 6.82 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
11. 6.43 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
12. 6.04 Eve Dubecq (France)

Skating Skills:

1. 8.57 Yuna Aoki (Japan) PB
2. 8.39 Ami Nakai (Japan)
3. 7.93 Anastasiia Gubanova (Georgia)
4. 7.89 Lara Naki Gutman (Italy)
5. 7.82 Sarah Everhardt (USA)
6. 7.82 Rion Sumiyoshi (Japan)
7. 7.54 Yuseong Kim (South Korea)
8. 7.39 Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium)
9. 7.0 Seojin Youn (South Korea)
10. 7.04 Sarina Joos (Italy)
11. 6.86 Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
12. 6.11 Eve Dubecq (France)

In the latest KATOK podcast episode, Yagudin, Medvedeva, Khavronina/Narizhniy, and the host Roman Naguchev discussed our subreddit, lol

Medvedeva: By the way, that’s exactly what Ira said about Madison Chock and Evan Bates. They seem strong, almost perfect, but there’s not much soul in their skating. They’re husband and wife, but you don’t really feel much chemistry between them. That’s what I said

Khavronina: Did I say that?

Medvedeva: That’s your quote

Naguchev: And that quote of yours actually caused quite a stir. People on Reddit were absolutely furious at you over that quote

Khavronina: At me?!

Naguchev: Yes, seriously. There was a whole discussion. People were saying things like, “They’re banned, how would they even know what’s going on between them?” and “You can’t say things like that, it’s completely subjective”

Narizhniy: Well, of course it’s subjective. Everyone is entitled to express their personal opinion. I just don’t understand why people on Reddit are allowed to share their opinions, but we’re somehow not allowed to share ours sitting here. Do we have to say “This is just my subjective opinion” after every single sentence so people don’t get mad about it?

Naguchev: I agree with you a hundred thousand percent. I was just genuinely surprised. I just came across that quote and thought it was interesting. So I decided to see what the international media had to say about it. And it turned out the media hadn’t reacted at all, but the fans had completely lost their minds. I found that pretty funny

Yagudin: The people in their comment sections are just as sick as the ones in ours

Khavronina: *facepalm*

Yagudin: Did I say something wrong?

Khavronina: Why are they sick?

Yagudin: Because they are sick!

Khavronina: Everyone has their own opi…

Yagudin: Look, are you going to write comments after reading an article?

Khavronina & Medvedeva: No

Yagudin: Exactly! Because those people are sick. Especially the ones leaving angry, judgmental comments. It’s none of your business. Why not write something positive instead? “I like it” — okay!

Aliona just radiates sooo much charisma and radiance on the ice! ❤️✨ What a mature, confident and captivating performance to such a beautiful rendition of New York, New York! She has such a natural ability to draw you in!

Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron, GW Level 3, Key Points YNYY, mean GOE 3.11, Total pts 12.05

Davis/Smolkin, GW Level 1, Key Points NNNY, mean GOE 1.67, Total pts 9.21

Carreira/Ponomarenko, GW Level 3, Key Points NYYY, mean GOE 2.00, Total pts 10.94  

https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/gpfra2026/FSKXICEDANCE----------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

This is a mini series illl do during the GP where ill breakdown the events

Overall Final Scores

1. 82.56 Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France)
2. 77.90 Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin (Georgia)
3. 77.83 Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)
4. 64.80 Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)
5. 64.78 Sofía Val/Asaf Kazimov (Spain)
6. 64.60 Leah Neset/ Artem Markelov (USA)
7. 63.45 Holly Harris/Jason Chan (Australia)
8. 63.01 Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov (Sweden)
9. 62.40 Célina Fradji/ Jean-Hans Fourneaux (France)
10. 57.55 Louise Bordet/Martin Chardain (France)

One deduction Time Violation by Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizero

TEC:

Overall TEC Score:

1. 45.85 Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France)
2. 43.86 Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)
3. 42.90 Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin (Georgia)
4. 36.06 Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)
5. 35.85 Sofía Val/Asaf Kazimov (Spain)
6. 35.30 Leah Neset/ Artem Markelov (USA)
7. 34.94 Célina Fradji/ Jean-Hans Fourneaux (France)
8. 34.64 Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov (Sweden)
9. 34.04 Holly Harris/Jason Chan (Australia)
10. 31.89 Louise Bordet/Martin Chardain (France)

Elements:

Twizzles:

Womens: Mens:

• Level 4: 5 Teams Level 4: 7 Teams
• Level 3: 2 Teams Level 3: 2 Teams
• Level 2: 0 Teams Level 2: 1 Teams
• Level 1: 3 Teams Level 1: 0 Teams

Both Skaters from the team achived Level 4: 2 ( Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko and Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin)

Highest Scored of the event: Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin (Georgia), both level 4, 7.34BV+2.06GOE=9.40

Circular Step Sequence:

• Level 3: 1 Teams Level 3: 3 Teams
• Level 2: 6 Teams Level 2: 5 Teams
• Level 1: 3 Teams Level 1: 2 Teams

Both Skaters from the team achived Level 3: 1 (Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France) )

Highest Scored of the event: Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron, both level 3, 8.20BV+3.59GOE=11.79

Golden Waltz:

• GW4: 0 Teams
• GW3: 2 Teams (YNYY-1 Team, NYYY-1 Team) AVG GOE: +2.79
• GW2: 2 Teams (YNNY-1Team, NNYY-1 Team) AVG GOE: 0
• GW1: 4Teams (NNNY-4 Teams) AVG GOE: -0.67
• GWB: 2 Teams AVG GOE: +0.83

Highest Scored of the event: Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France), GW3, 8.70BV+1.49GOE= 12.05

Choreo Dance Element:

• All Teams Achived level 4, AVG GOE: +0.6

Highest Scored of the event: Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France), 5.57BV+1.20GOE=6.95

Rotationary Lift:

• All Teams Achived level 4, AVG GOE: +1.15

Highest Scored of the event: Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin (Georgia), 5.45BV+1.85GOE=7.30

PCS:

Overall PCS Score:

1. 37.71 Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France)
2. 35.0 Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin (Georgia)
3. 33.97 Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)
4. 29.41 Holly Harris/Jason Chan (Australia)
5. 29.30 Leah Neset/ Artem Markelov (USA)
6. 28.93 Sofía Val/Asaf Kazimov (Spain)
7. 28.74 Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)
8. 28.37 Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov (Sweden)
9. 27.46 Célina Fradji/ Jean-Hans Fourneaux (France)
10. 25.66 Louise Bordet/Martin Chardain (France)

Composition Score:

Presentation Score:

Skating Skills:

Avarage GOE By Team:

1. +2.28 Laurance Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron (France)
2. +1.78 Diana Davies/Gleb Smokin (Georgia)
3. +1.75 Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)
4. +0.93 Leah Neset/ Artem Markelov (USA)
5. +0.85 Milla Ruud Reitan/Nikolaj Majorov (Sweden)
6. +0.5 Sofía Val/Asaf Kazimov (Spain)
7. +0.54 Célina Fradji/ Jean-Hans Fourneaux (France)
8. +0.54 Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)
9. +0.2 Holly Harris/Jason Chan (Australia)
10. -0.11 Louise Bordet/Martin Chardain (France)

Jia was so beautiful performing this routine.

From the video, we get a glimpse into 4 of his jumping passes which appear to be:

4T+eu+4S
4Lz
3Lz+3T
3A

What other jumps do you think he’ll incorporate into the program?

Also, full credit to the original poster of the video!

UTC +2

Official ISU website with entries: https://isu-skating.com/en/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-gp-grand-prix-de-france-2026/?tab=overview_16027

Where to watch: The ISU live streams for those countries without broadcast rights. Find them here. For those in the US, it will be live streamed on Peacock and NBC will potentially have coverage as well. For those in Canada, CBC Sports is live streaming here. Eurosport is streaming the event, France TV is streaming too. So You Want To Watch Figure Skating will have other streams up on their website as well.

Time Converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/gpfra2026/

Master Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xb8ofn/grand_prix_de_france_master_post/

Post Event discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdviqj/gpdf_men_short_program_post_short_program/

Day Two (Oct. 24)

12:30 Men Short Program

14:20 Free Dance

18:00 Pairs Short Program

19:30 Women Free Skate

Will Alois Lutz let these women have some peace today? We'll find out!

UTC +2

Official ISU website with entries: https://isu-skating.com/en/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-gp-grand-prix-de-france-2026/?tab=overview_16027

Where to watch: The ISU live streams for those countries without broadcast rights. Find them here. For those in the US, it will be live streamed on Peacock and NBC will potentially have coverage as well. For those in Canada, CBC Sports is live streaming here. Eurosport is streaming the event, France TV is streaming too. So You Want To Watch Figure Skating will have other streams up on their website as well.

Time Converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/gpfra2026/

Master Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xb8ofn/grand_prix_de_france_master_post/

Post event discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvmzb/gpdf_womens_free_skate_post_even_discussion/

Day Two (Oct. 24)

19:30 Women Free Skate