After seeing all the available videos in youtube first comments are;
Davis/White were once again great. High quality of skating. The routine is very beautiful but I my favourite remains the magnificent indian routine.
I'm very happy about Kostner, hope she continues well. The step sequence was great.
Mao...wow it was sad but I'm not so worried because she is capable of going back to the top like Yuna at Worlds.
Kanako MURAKAMI=>a rising star!
PANG/TONG also great skaters with so much higher quality of skating than the other teams. Always a pleasure to see them.
That 's for today, tomorrow I 'm waiting for men, most of all to see the opponents of Brian...

I loved Meryl & Charlie, their programme is really beautiful, very smooth. Caro also did a great job, shes's finally stable and confident with her jumps. Plus lovely dress! Talking about Mao, I'm not so surprised with this performance and scores. She's learning a different jumping technique with Sato, so it'll take time to do the staff properly. I believe she's gonna be better and better with every competition.

Men SP :

1 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 78.04 36.83 41.21 8.18 7.89 8.32 8.36 8.46 0.00 #11
2 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 74.62 36.27 38.35 7.75 7.46 7.71 7.68 7.75 0.00 #12
3 Shawn SAWYER CAN 70.15 36.58 33.57 6.64 6.46 6.79 6.75 6.93 0.00 #7
4 Florent AMODIO FRA 70.01 37.18 32.83 6.57 6.11 6.79 6.57 6.79 0.00 #5
5 Yuzuru HANYU JPN 69.31 37.85 31.46 6.46 5.96 6.36 6.39 6.29 0.00 #6
6 Denis TEN KAZ 68.74 35.67 33.07 6.54 6.32 6.71 6.68 6.82 0.00 #8
7 Ross MINER USA 64.85 34.88 29.97 6.21 5.79 6.07 6.04 5.86 0.00 #2
8 Jialiang WU CHN 64.06 35.48 28.58 5.86 5.43 5.79 5.93 5.57 0.00 #4
9 Takahito MURA JPN 63.20 33.74 29.46 6.32 5.46 6.07 5.79 5.82 0.00 #3
10 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 62.24 30.92 31.32 6.43 6.14 6.07 6.39 6.29 0.00 #9
11 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 55.31 25.38 29.93 6.36 5.61 5.96 6.14 5.86 0.00 #10
12 Jeremy TEN CAN 54.48 26.87 29.61 6.11 5.64 5.93 6.07 5.86 2.00 #1


Danse LP:

1 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 98.24 46.22 52.02 8.71 8.46 8.71 8.79 8.82 0.00 #10
2 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA 83.25 42.67 40.58 6.86 6.57 6.89 6.82 6.79 0.00 #6
3 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 82.88 40.34 42.54 7.18 6.89 7.18 7.18 7.14 0.00 #9
4 Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 78.16 36.85 42.31 7.14 6.79 7.18 7.21 7.11 1.00 #8
5 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 71.75 32.64 40.11 6.86 6.54 6.61 6.79 6.68 1.00 #7
6 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK CZE 69.97 34.16 35.81 6.11 5.71 6.07 6.07 6.04 0.00 #5
7 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN 69.62 34.38 35.24 6.00 5.57 5.96 5.96 6.07 0.00 #4
8 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR 66.28 33.50 32.78 5.50 5.21 5.61 5.71 5.46 0.00 #3
9 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN 59.15 28.65 30.50 5.25 4.82 5.18 5.18 5.14 0.00 #2
10 Dora TUROCZI / Balazs MAJOR HUN 54.72 30.47 25.25 4.32 4.00 4.25 4.46 4.14 1.00 #1

Danse result :

1 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA
165.21 1 1
2 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN
141.57 2 3
3 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA
136.93 5 2
4 Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS
135.05 3 4
5 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
127.43 4 5
6 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Matej NOVAK CZE
115.17 6 6
7 Cathy REED / Chris REED JPN
114.52 7 7
8 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR
109.80 8 8
9 Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG CHN
102.65 9 9
10 Dora TUROCZI / Balazs MAJOR HUN
87.40 10 10


Pairs LP :

1 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN 122.27 57.58 64.69 8.25 7.89 7.93 8.25 8.11 0.00 #8
2 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS 113.67 58.81 54.86 6.96 6.71 6.86 7.07 6.68 0.00 #7
3 Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN USA 100.69 52.66 49.03 6.25 5.71 6.25 6.25 6.18 1.00 #3
4 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN 98.43 49.50 50.93 6.50 6.29 6.11 6.61 6.32 2.00 #6
5 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE GER 97.82 53.70 44.12 5.79 5.29 5.57 5.57 5.36 0.00 #2
6 Mylene BRODEUR / John MATTATALL CAN 97.69 52.01 46.68 5.96 5.71 5.75 5.89 5.86 1.00 #4
7 Caydee DENNEY / Jeremy BARRETT USA 97.35 47.42 49.93 6.46 6.00 6.21 6.32 6.21 0.00 #5
8 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN 88.83 46.99 41.84 5.54 5.07 5.11 5.36 5.07 0.00 #1


Pairs Results :

1 Qing PANG / Jian TONG CHN
189.37 1 1
2 Vera BAZAROVA / Yuri LARIONOV RUS
173.83 2 2
3 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN JPN
155.66 3 4
4 Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN USA
154.88 6 3
5 Caydee DENNEY / Jeremy BARRETT USA
152.38 4 7
6 Mylene BRODEUR / John MATTATALL CAN
151.97 5 6
7 Maylin HAUSCH / Daniel WENDE GER
148.31 7 5
8 Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG CHN
138.55 8 8

Our Italian Carolina Kostner wins NHK
After Vancouver, i'm glad to see her smile

sp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5upWmDLSQ
lp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZKeQljDLw&feature=player_embedded

1 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 156.75 74.17 83.58 8.39 7.93 8.36 8.50 8.61 1.00 #12
2 Florent AMODIO FRA 143.76 73.74 70.02 6.89 6.54 7.18 7.04 7.36 0.00 #9
3 Jeremy ABBOTT USA 143.57 67.15 76.42 7.79 7.39 7.64 7.68 7.71 0.00 #11
4 Yuzuru HANYU JPN 138.41 72.57 65.84 6.64 6.32 6.68 6.71 6.57 0.00 #8
5 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL 134.10 74.26 59.84 6.21 5.46 6.25 6.07 5.93 0.00 #2
6 Takahito MURA JPN 128.65 69.03 59.62 6.39 5.32 6.14 6.00 5.96 0.00 #4
7 Jialiang WU CHN 125.52 66.72 58.80 6.00 5.68 5.86 6.04 5.82 0.00 #5
8 Shawn SAWYER CAN 123.65 57.45 67.20 6.64 6.64 6.71 6.86 6.75 1.00 #10
9 Jeremy TEN CAN 122.00 61.20 60.80 6.11 5.68 6.29 6.14 6.18 0.00 #1
10 Ross MINER USA 121.77 59.49 62.28 6.29 6.21 6.14 6.36 6.14 0.00 #6
11 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE 119.23 57.81 62.42 6.14 6.11 6.14 6.39 6.43 1.00 #3
12 Denis TEN KAZ 102.94 45.16 60.78 6.25 5.96 5.82 6.29 6.07 3.00 #7
Belle remontée de Florent !
Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN
234.79 1 1
2 Jeremy ABBOTT USA
218.19 2 3
3 Florent AMODIO FRA
213.77 4 2
4 Yuzuru HANYU JPN
207.72 5 4
5 Shawn SAWYER CAN
193.80 3 8
6 Takahito MURA JPN
191.85 9 6
7 Jialiang WU CHN
189.58 8 7
8 Kevin VAN DER PERREN BEL
189.41 11 5
9 Ross MINER USA
186.62 7 10
10 Adrian SCHULTHEISS SWE
181.47 10 11
11 Jeremy TEN CAN
176.48 12 9
12 Denis TEN KAZ
171.68 6 12

Kevin fifth place! Wow well done!

I read somewhere that the ladies were all over the place and that it wasn't spectacular. I still have to see it myself!

As for Carolina I just saw her sp program! Definitely going to download the music from her program, but she's too "nice"in this program I miss the temper!

Daisuku did very well! Love both his new programs

I was shocked how good moves had Daisuke Takahasi on his SP (Mambo rhythms) his not my favourites, but I really enjoyed watching it, and his steps was full of good vibrates
His LP wasn't so perfects he had problems with jumps.

Jeremy Abbott - not my fav. too but It was pleasure to watch his LP, beautiful piruettes, good shape of body lol, and music so gentle. On SP he missed one element - Flaying Sipn! and he got 0 points.

I like Kevin van der Perren choreography to Mummy - and he had great 4T. He wasn't my fav also, but all tree men surprised me - their performances - was really nice to watch, so it's meen I'm not so prjudice lol

Adrian Schultheiss - sorry for him, he had to many mistakes, and to many double jumes.
Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) - he is strong, he can jump 4T, and he had good interpretations.

Ladies:

1. Carolina Kostner - as usually, in SP great, on FP - jumps was the problem lol. She didn't have any F or Lz so it could be a problem on WC.
2. Racheal Flatt - she had many jumpes but with bad quality. I don't like her components
3. Kanako Murakami (JPN) - she is funny girl, I like her Jumping Jack, she is like a funny bee, and she entertain audience.
4. Kiira Korpi - ohhhhhhh nnoooo she had sweet face and she had Somewhere Over the Rainbow music, it's too sweets to me (I'm diabetic) byt the judges didn't buy it nither.
5 Ashley Wagner - another not my fav, but with the nice surprised on SP, she really feels the dance.
6. Elene Gedevanishvili - the SP was a disasters, I couldn't belive what is happening with her. And the 180 degree different Elena on her FP Phantom of the Opera by Andrew she made all jumpes T, Lz, Lo, S, A -Bravo for her FP she got many points and she was 3-rd.

1. Q. Pang/ J. Tong - of course they won, but they had a troubles too
2. Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larinov - Enjoye enjoye and one more time enjoye
3. Narumi Takahaski / Mervin Tran - 2 falls but they mange got 3rd position


1. of course they are the best the best the best - M. Davise and Ch. White - hard calsical music, and mature performance.
2. Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje - more show then heart touching style. Sparkling Diamonds, Come What May,El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge soundtrack)
Controversial for me:
3. Maia Shabutani i Alex Shabutani - why ? of course they had nice, gentle, slow FD - Smile i Let's face the music and Dance - beautiful, good choreography, not dangerous elemnets, but I think the russian Elena Ilinykh i Nikita Katsalapov - had more dificulte music, very clasical like old russian school. It was hard to interpretated for ordinare ppl I will said it was for connoisseur

Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte - very sensual FD - but the lift was weird, or not lift because Luca didn't hold Anna so she back on the ice.

My conclusion from men;
Florent Amodio did a great job. I enjoyed very much the free program, very unique and different from the usual. Loved the circular steps. The only disadvantage(?for me?) is that he has many songs and they couldn't fit all together.
Jeremy Abbott; loved the free program. Nostalgic, sensitive with nice choreography. The short....well...I think Brian's flamenco is way better.
Daisuke; I'm a little bit confused with my feelings. He is one of the best skaters with #1 skating skills and he skates really fast. On the other hand his programs this season are not like last season's programs. Maybe I loved very much last year's free and it's difficult to love this one. Or maybe I was affected by my mother who went away the room when she watched the fist seconds of Daisuke's SP while I was laughing with her reaction. But the second part of his SP was nice, just the first part is little bit strange
Kevin; I'm a fan of Kevin and I was dissapointed by his SP which I like very much but in the free luckily he was better with his jumps. The only thing is that in the second part of his free he seems very tired but it's expected since he is 28.

That's all! I'm sure that in the future all programs will be better and we will get used to them.

OMG - I'm so behind...I don't know why but I can't really get into this season.
Thanks for sharing your impressions girls!