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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Yeah I don't understand the scoring system at all. The Canadians made no mistakes, yet the French passed them with ease. Don't get it at all.
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Notwithstanding the slip up Cizeron made (for which they were properly downgraded), the French program was incredible.
For the entire skate I don't think one could have wedged a slip of paper between them, Cizeron and FB were that much in sync.
Were they "better" than Chock & Bates? Debatable. The score for both nights was basically a tie, but the maths put FB & C first. IMO it came down to the judges tonight preferring a more traditional flowing dance compared to the dramatics of Paint it Black.
As to whether Gilles & Poirier "should" have won. No. Not at all in this competition. Put aside Carol Lane crying and the emotional parts of the Starry Night dance, and it's still a phenomenal program.
To their credit, they have rebuilt Vincent quite a bit from how it originally looked 7 years ago, and even tweaked it from last December. But it has been obvious it cannot overtake the dramatic beats of Chock manipulating her skirt to precision and the fact that entire dance hits the musical cues all the way through.
Same with going against the closeness of FB and C. They are not overtaking that unless someone completely loses an edge or something.
As I say, the judges don't have a button that says "The crowd cried". They are marking a test.
That being said, I assume both top teams skip Worlds this year so Gilles and Poirier should go to Prague and retire as World Champions.
