Battle of the Blades - week 4

This week the competition had a country western theme and included vocal perfomances from two competitors - Theo Fleury and Shae-Lynn Bourne. After last week where two of the better skaters finished at the bottom and P.J. and Violetta were eliminated, there is likely no such thing as a favourite. The competition is much closer this season.



Kyoko Ina and Kelly Chase

OMG Kelly is wearing black vinyl chaps. They attempt a throw double-loop, but Kyoko put a hand down on the landing. Kelly is out of sync at times through the program. It has issues and sure enough they have to skate again on Monday.

Jamie Salé and Theo Fleury

Jamie and Theo are skating to an original song, written and performed by Fleury called, "As the Story Goes." The pair skate strongly again but then Theo pulls out a shocker by suddenly flying into the air, and attempts an axel. He two foots the landing but everyone including the judges were thoroughly impressed. This pair isn't going anywhere this week.

Katia Gordeeva and Valeri Bure

Trough the first few weeks of the competition Katia and Val have had strong support from the judges but not the viewers and have gone to the Monday night skate off twice. This week the pair is skating to "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum. Their speed and grace are outstanding and finished with 17.7 scores from the judges. Did I mention they pull off a double-twist. Very impressive.

Isabelle Brasseur and Todd Warriner

Izzy and Todd skated to Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Lookin' Out My Back Door." It's a cute performance with quite a few tricks. The highlight is a spin with Isabelle upside down. Todd has one arm holding Isabelle's hand. Todd's other hand is between Brasseur's skates while her free arm is at her side. Tricks can keep you alive.



Shae-Lynn Bourne and Patrice Brisbois

Shae-Lynn and Patrice skated to Don Mescall's "All Over Again", but Don and Shae-Lynn have recorded it as a duet. Bourne said she was inspired to try something new after watching all of the NHLers step out of their comfort zone. She is an incredible performer and super competitive. It was another graceful, beautiful performance but as Sandra Bezic points out it wasn't really country. As a result they are in Monday's skate off against K & K. But on Monday night Kyoko and Kelly land their double-loop throw clean which means Shae and Patrice are gone.

Then the surprise news is that next week is second chance Sunday. Bourne and Brisebois and the three other pairs who have already been iced: Christine “Tuffy” Hough-Sweeney and Russ Courtnall, Anabelle Langlois and Georges Laraque, Violetta Afanasieva and P.J. Stock will return to the ice for a Halloween-themed performance. The two pairs receiving the highest scores from the judges and the most audience votes will move on to Monday’s show where they will skate for the chance to get back into the competition.