Umberto Gaudino - Lousie Heise, DEN, dance the second round Jive in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA, dance the second round Paso Doble in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
With 195.76 points out of a possible 200 over all five dances, Aniello and Khrystyna left the runners-up Andrey Kiselev - Anastasia Balaeva, RUS, more than 10 points behind. A landslide!
Final Round Scores – 2013 GS Latin Cambrils | ESP
Couple |
Samba |
Cha Cha |
Rumba |
Paso Doble |
Jive |
Total Points |
|
Langella – Moshenska, ITA |
39.38 |
39.25 |
39.13 |
38.75 |
39.25 |
195.76 |
1 |
Kiselev – Balaeva, RUS |
37.38 |
37.38 |
36.25 |
36.38 |
36.88 |
184.27 |
2 |
Goffredo – Matus, MDA |
36.25 |
36.63 |
37.25 |
36.13 |
36.13 |
182.39 |
3 |
Gusev – Cherevichnaya, RUS |
35.75 |
36.50 |
34.00 |
34.50 |
34.13 |
174.88 |
4 |
Nikolaev – Ziuziukina, RUS |
34.50 |
34.25 |
35.25 |
33.88 |
34.13 |
172.01 |
5 |
Simachev – Klokotova, RUS |
35.13 |
34.88 |
33.50 |
33.88 |
33.38 |
170.77 |
6 |
Maybe we should expect slightly less points being awarded to all finalists in the Hong Kong GrandSlam. Why? Cambrils was the Latin premiere for the Judging System 2.0, a system that has 12 adjudicators award from 1 to 10 points for the four Programme Components (Technical Quality, Movement to Music, Partnering Skills, Choreography and Presentation).
As it goes with most scales that get introduced, they need to get calibrated. Surely, the adjudicators in Hong Kong are aware that by continuing to award too many 10s – or very high grades in general – they will eventually run out of margin for what should ultimately be elusive: absolute perfection.
Timur Imametdinov - Ekaterina Nikolaeva, RUS, dance the second round Cha Cha Cha in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Aniello Langella -- Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA, dance the second round Samba in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Yury Simachev - Anastasia Klokotova, RUS, dance the second round Samba in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Roman Gerbey - Vera Bondareva, UKR, dance the first round Jive in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Marts Smolko - Viktorija Puhovika, LAT, dance the first round Paso Doble in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Adam Lu - Angela Yang, TPE, dance the first round Paso Doble in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Fedor Poliansky - Dina Akhmetgareeva, RUS, dance the first round Paso Doble in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.
Hin Hong Lam - Chloe Ho, HKG, dance the first round Rumba in the 2013 GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong, HKG, on 11 May.