Johnny Weir -
He is my all time favorite skater , far above all the others. I do believe if he shows his real talent in a competition, he can beat everyone.
Usually, I watch figure skating as an entertainment more than competition but for him, I also care about the competition.
I didn't expect his win in this competition because this season, I thought he was not in his best form because of his depression from many things.
Besides he created both new programs with new style with new choreographer in a short period of time and I thought he took a big risk.
It's good to challenge something new and he did really good job this season. But to change the style , it usually takes a lot of time to get it.
Johnny is a very talented person and an amazing quick learner, but even him, I think would need at least more than 1 year .
But he received 8th in the placement and I thought it's not bad in this situation.
Personally, I was not so crazy about his SP " King of Chess." because it was not magical and it was athletic style program .
I understand why he didn't receive high PCS this season. But his skating is still gorgeous and much more inspired than others for me.
But he received over 36 in this competition, so it was nice ! He made one mistake , one of his triple jump, but overall, I thought it was great. Especially I loved his ending expression. So Cute !!!
As for Free Skate,
I thought his FP music didn't bring any good vibe for him . It's a beautiful music and I liked many of the Choreography in it but this dead ending theme is absolutely sad and negative and I supposed it was bad luck music.
I believe music influences one's mind , especially Johnny is a true artist and he always feels with music while he is skating.
Something positive, exciting music usually brings good luck.
So I think King of Chess music was good choice even if I was not crazy for it. Actually, with the program, he skated perfectly most of the events this season.
He said about his FP,
"I tried and tried and tried with this number – the music is beautiful, my costume is beautiful, the actual program is beautiful – but there's something that's not clicking and I'm not feeling it in my heart, so when I go out there to perform, it's like 'Oh, this again."
and I really understand it.
It was really weird for me he couldn't jump well with this program all this season .
He is not only an incredibly artistic skater but he is also the highest quality jumper.
He is not only an incredibly artistic skater but he is also the highest quality jumper.
What I was glad the most was he finally did great 3A-3T in his first jump ! 3A-3T was
originally his best jumps since I saw him in Otonal. But he had been struggling with the jumps this season with this program. So it was nice ! I love his 3A-3T combination.
originally his best jumps since I saw him in Otonal. But he had been struggling with the jumps this season with this program. So it was nice ! I love his 3A-3T combination.
And his first 4 jumps looked perfect and I thought it was great .
If he skated perfectly, it was supposed to be scored over 80 in TES . But from the middle of the program, his two triple jumps became double and 3A became 1A. and there were not enough combination jumps.
For art part, I thought Nationals was more inspired and straight line foot work also Nationals was the best.
He looked tired from the middle of the program. I think one of the reason he struggled was lack of energy and stamina.
Honestly , I was not disappointed with the result because he sounded fine. He is a honest person who doesn't hide his emotion.
Also being positive and optimistic is very good to attract good luck .
Nothing will bring any good luck into our life if we are complaining and pay attention at negative things. Ha ha, It's difficult being positive all the time though.
Nothing will bring any good luck into our life if we are complaining and pay attention at negative things. Ha ha, It's difficult being positive all the time though.
I'm a huge Johnny fan and my point is always whether he is happy or not.
No matter what placement he received, if he is fine, I'm fine. Because it's Johnny's life, not mine.
No matter what placement he received, if he is fine, I'm fine. Because it's Johnny's life, not mine.
I already knew he is the most impressive gorgeous skater, and I do not measure skaters with the score. And I don't think gold medalist is always the best skater. Especially with that scoring system, skaters have to skate based on it.
Of course If Johnny won at the competition, I will be really happy because he is happy.
My husband and I feel he is like our own son.
My husband and I feel he is like our own son.
Daisuke Takahashi -
He was fabulous ! I liked both of his programs this season and his SP music is my favorite . For performance, I prefer his FP phantom of opera. His skating made me feel really good because he is very energetic, speedy , dynamic but also elegant and artistic. Also his expression is so natural.
I know how his pressure was so huge , competing in his home country. I think worlds is different from Grand Prix competitions.
I almost cried seeing him start to cry just after he finished the program. I've never seen him crying and showing his emotion so it was very exciting and wonderful !
He got big ovation after he finished it, like he was the winner !! Actually he got on the top place for the FS.
Stephane Lambiel -
I loved both of his programs. In SP, he was struggling with his first jump and fell. But I thought the choreography , his arm and body movements were excellent as usual.
Especially last part of his straight line footwork was wonderful !!!
For his FP flamenco, he made some mistakes with his jumps but it didn't bother me. I love the music ,choreography, and everything that he did in it . He is so creative and artistic and speedy !! His creative unique spin was excellent as usual. It was a lot of fun !
Brian Joubert -
I thought he skated very clean with both programs and did very good performance. I usually got bored with his skating but for his FP in this competition was great. His movement was simple, not creative and not complicated and not deep as usual but his expression was natural, he knows how to use basic arm and body movement .
Very good performance. He is not an artist but I think he is the best athletic skater right now. It's good for him he finally deserved the gold medal.
Emanuel Sandhu -
The broadcast didn't show his programs, but I watched his SP and I loved it.
He finally landed his 4T-3T perfectly in his first combination jump, it was great !!! But fell from his 3A and received low scores. But I thought his dancing, expression and movement were fabulous especially the way he uses his finger tips is like a magic ! I didn't agree with his PCS. It should be higher.
Nobunari Oda -
Broadcast didn't show his performance but I've heard that he did 3-3-3 combination jumps in his FP. I'm not a fan of his skating so I didn't see both of his programs but I've never seen someone did 3-3-3 , so that sounds very amazing. But he was deducted for one of his 3-2 combination jump again and received 74 TES.
Maybe he was nervous. But I think he improved a lot in his component since this season, and I feel sorry for him, he couldn't show his best performance in it. But I like his cheerful friendly personality . I hope he will skate well next season.
Overall , I really enjoyed with this competition. Daisuke and Stephane's performances were the most impressive in this competition. And of course Johnny.
I love artistic style skating and not interested in athletic style skaters. so that's all my impression.
Johnny is special for me so I always enjoy with his skating whether he was in top form or not and Johnny, Daisuke, Stephane, I watched them over and over and again.
Johnny is special for me so I always enjoy with his skating whether he was in top form or not and Johnny, Daisuke, Stephane, I watched them over and over and again.
For Ladies,
I loved Miki's SP and Mao's both programs and Yu na's SP. Those three girls are really great, especially TE parts are very high level.
I'm very happy Miki won this competition. Her shoulder injury was not recovered and after hearing Miki's practice was not going well, and Mao sounded very strong and super confidence and ready to get gold in the Japanese sport news, I thought it will be Mao's victory . So I didn't expect Miki's win.
Miki Ando -
I thought Miki's SP was really powerful and elegant. I really loved her expression and the way how she used her arm and finger tips are so artistic. The straight line foot work looked very complicated and difficult but she did really good job.
I think no other ladies did such a difficult foot work. It looked like men's food work. In her LP, she looked very nervous, and looked she was not feeling with music but landed all the jumps and did clean program. It's was also really wonderful to watch her showing her emotional feeling and excitement at Kiss & Cry.
Mao Asada -
Last season, I was not crazy about her skating but since this season, I thought she improved a lot especially her art part. I especially loved her ballet style SP. I love the music ! Her skating is so smooth and something interesting.
She made a mistake at one of her jump and received 5 placement in SP, but she was really amazingly strong , she came back in LP and beat Yu Na and received 2nd placement at the end. I think if she did clean program for both programs, she would win unless Miki did clean quad.
Yu na Kim -
I know she is a elegant ballet style skater , however I've never impressed with her skating . I don't know why ? Maybe I can't see her own style of skating. But in this competition, I thought her SP was wonderful !
Great music choice and her first combination jumps was very powerful and excellent landing. and her arm movement had impact in it.