Alicia FABBRI / Paul AYER (CAN) | Ice Dance Rhythm Dance | NHK Trophy 2025 | #GPFigure

And now to the Canadian team, Alessia Fabri and Paul Ayer. I've enjoyed performing this rhythm dance already this season. Bombastic, go to the track. Mr. Bombastic. We were the bombastic, romantic, fantastic lover. I call you Mr. Bombastic. Tell me you're fantastic. Touch me now and I'll purchase a Mr. Row. Like that of two teams before them, opening with the twizzle element. Alessia and Paul showcasing the most ice coverage in the element thus far. Non-touch step sequence. One of the quad elements, working the edges to ensure they achieve as many cleanly called turns as they can. Bombastic, touch me now and I'll purchase a Mr. Bombastic. Tell me you're fantastic. Touch me now and I'll purchase a Mr. Bombastic. That of the happy dance type step sequence. Don't forget turns there. That racket for Paul. What would I say, more hot for him? Back rocker for Alessia. Time to turn the final of the difficult turns, followed by the helicopter movement to signal the end of that element. Alessia Fabi and Paul Ayer from Canada. Such an engaging team. A little stumble at the start of the choreo rhythm sequence and interestingly that has had an exclamation mark from the technical panel. How that will be reviewed and indeed four of the five elements for Alessia and Paul currently being reviewed by the technical panel here as they ascertain the levels and the requirements for that, the choreo element. But I think you can really sense the difference there in the teams that have had the outings competitively. Alessia and Paul looking comfortable with this material. Indeed this, the rhythm dance, something that they described as feeling natural to them as performers. There'll be a stark contrast to their free dance, which we will see tomorrow. Roman Aganawa seems satisfied. You see pretty epic performance capabilities there. Falling leaf, difficult entry into the twizzles. And as I say, as you get the reference point for the panel rink side, you see how much ice was covered here compared to the first two teams. And they're allowed to stop within the non-touch step sequence to really try to push the component scores, the presentation and the composition. As they work through the twizzle, one of the difficult turns, they can help to push the level up and level two assigned to both Alessia and Paul as we see the rotational lift. Team so invested as we look through the choreo rhythm sequence. And fortunately for Alessia and Paul, the requirements have all been fulfilled in that element. The judges able to give a good grade of execution. Throughout the season, we've seen some couples really struggling with the call on that choreo rhythm sequence. Coming out unscathed there. Their highest this season at the Challenger event was 67.84 in their rhythm dance. Coach Homan seems more satisfied with the 68.53 than the skaters. Slot into third, just over a point underneath the Japanese team.