Music: {allcanada} Battle of the Blades Week 5: Oh, the horror!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

{allcanada} Battle of the Blades Week 5: Oh, the horror!

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They say figure skating is all about grace, but it was a couple of monsters who stole the show on Sunday's Battle of the Blades.

No, Georges Laraque wasn't one of them. Though the gentle giant did make a return in an episode that was special because a) it had a Halloween theme that it went overboard with (even the cast's kids joined them on ice in full costume, which was at once cute and awkward), and b) it was Second Chances Week.

The four couples who had been eliminated in the first weeks of CBC's BotB came back to perform Halloween routines in hopes of getting enough votes to weasel their way back onto the show. The winner will be revealed on Monday's results episode - and I'm pretty sure those aforementioned monsters won't be gravely disappointed ...

Christine Hough-Sweeney & Russ Courtnall

Aside from the fact that Russ made it look like Tuffy was levitating by balancing her on his knees, there wasn't anything all that eerie or Halloweenish about their performance to CCR's I Put a Spell on You. Well, except for that one lift where Tuffy, as judge Jeremy Roenick (who had apparently borrowed a costume from The Hilarious House of Frightenstein's Grizelda) pointed out, came awfully close to slamming her head on the ice. Now THAT'S scary.

Score: 17.2

Anabelle Langlois & Georges Laraque

While Russ and Tuffy just come close to injuring themselves, Georges and Anabelle actually do. After reuniting for this week's special performance, the duo wound up back in hospital, this time so Anabelle could get stitches for a gash that occurred when she slipped from Georges' grasp. (Isn't "protect the girl" the No. 1 rule of pairs skating? Just saying.) They still lived on to perform, and between their dangerous history and Georges' devil horns and red eye shadow, they win for scariest routine of the night hands down. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean they got a high ...

Score. 17.0

Violetta Afanasieva & PJ Stock

Dressed to impress in ancient Marie Antoinette garb (for her) and a ruffled ensemble (for him), this returning pair took their vampire theme so far that it appeared the life had been sucked right out of their routine. Impressive lifts aside, PJ and Violetta's supposed comeback was about as thrilling as watching Edward and Bella stare blankly into each other's eyes.

Score: 17.3

Shae-Lynn Bourne & Patrice Brisebois

They did the mash. (The monster mash.) The monster mash. (It was a graveyard smash.) And it caught on in a flash - more so than any other routine of the night, or of the season for that matter. Patrice and Shae-Lynn's let-us-back-into-the-competition plea - complete with zombie costumes and moves that were as stiff as The Situation's abs - wasn't technically challenging, but it had more treats than tricks, and was therefore perfect for this occasion. They earned the first 6.0 of the competition (from witch judge Sandra Bezic herself), as well as (let's hope) a chance to come back from the dead.

Score: 17.7