Ice Wars 2002 Spoilers
Spoilers are courtesy Nancy, who called me from the competition.
Thanks so much Nancy! =)
11/15 - adding a few spoilers here and there from other reviews:
Kurt skated to the song from the end of Gotta Skate ("It's So Good
To Be Alive") in a more expanded form, wearing the costume from
Guitar. Unfortunately, it seems like he was really tired for this
event and his jumps weren't entirely on. He did 3-sal, a couple
2-axels, apparently a 3-2 combo...some "unique" footwork...he was
scored in the 9.7 range...
For his second program, he did the old version of Crash from CSOI,
in the same costume as CSOI (red pants, yellow tank top, purple outer
shirt). Apparently they had prerecorded him backstage and before the
program, he was mimicking himself on the screen and joking around and
entertaining the audience. Nancy said that his jumps were pretty
wonky in this program. Apparently he did the roll on the ice and then
up into a jump twice, and instead of doing a bunch of those foot
slides at the end, he only did 1 or 2, some footwork, and then just
stopped...he got 9.8's and 9.9's for this program...
Kurt was matched up against Scott. Scott skated to Figaro for his
first number, and the golf number for the second one and got 10's.
Apparently one of the standout performances of the evening was
Ilia, who landed 3-axel, 3-lutz, combos... he did a "beautiful new
classical program" and Rubberband Man. He was matched against Brian
B. whose second program was "Hernando's Hideaway" (in pinstriped suit
and hat, using a cigar as a prop), and was rather short, but in which
he did land a 3-2-2 combo, as well as the tano lutz. (Nancy said he
did one in each program). Brian beat Ilia in their matchup.
side note here...Tara may have been matched against Maria and
Surya matched against Nicole....I'm trying to verify this now.
Tara and Surya were matched against each other and it sounds like
Tara may have reinjured her hip. Nancy said that she did a 2-axel,
and then maybe a 3-toe, and when she came down it seemed like she
pulled something in her hip - she barely made it through the rest of
her program (was grimacing in pain). She said that at the end of the
program, Tara grabbed her hip and almost dragged her leg off the
ice... in the second program, apparently she fell on a triple, and
didn't jump afterwards. Her first program was to "Paint it Black"
Nancy says Surya did really well and her jumps were really
on... her first number was a "beautiful ballad" which was slower, more
extension, etc, but she only got about 9.6-9.7 while Tara got 9.8-9.9
(go figure). Her second number was to "I Will Survive", in which she
did some "tumbling" like cartwheels, etc.
Nicole apparently did quite well, maybe only one fall, while Maria
had some good jumps and a good program as well... I'm not actually
sure who won this one... Nicole skated to a medley from "Mamma Mia"
for her first program. Maria skated to an "Arabian-themed program
... with lots of hand movements" for her second program.
Obviously, the US team won.
Judges Nancy noticed were Kerry Leitch, Lyndon Johnston, Jo Jo
Starbuck..she thinks the rest might have been new judges? LVKurt2 on
skatingforums.com also remembers Frances Dafoe as a judge.
That's all I've got from Nancy - I have to thank her again for
calling me and taking the time to give me all these results =).
Don't forget, Ice Wars airs 11/30 from 8-10PM EST on CBS.
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