1998-98 Professional Comp Results

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1997-98 Professional and Pro-Am Competitions

 

Ultimate Four
April 23, 1998 Binghamton, NY

 

Skater

Program

SP

FS

Final Place

Todd Eldredge

Les Miserables, Mare Calmo Della Ser”

1

2

1

Kurt Browning

"Antares"

4

1

2

Ilia Kulik

Pagalucia

 

3

3

3

Alexei Urmanov

2

4

4

Michelle Kwan

(Rachmaninov)Piano Concerto No.3 “Dante’s Prayer”

1

1

1

Maria Butyrskaya

"Fever" "Adagio"

4

2

2

Irina Slutskaya,

2

3

3

Yuka Sato

3

4

4

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Hershey's Pro Am Figure Skating Challenge
April 17, 1998 Springfield Civic Center ,Springfield, Massachusetts

Team 2: 434.75 Team 2: 431.30 (no individual scores given)

Short Program- Eligible Skaters Only

Team 1 - 85.10

Skater

Program

Michelle Kwan

(Rachmaninov)Piano Concerto No.3

Micheal Weiss

"Bagdad"

Nicole Bobek

"Zorba the Greek"

Team 2 86.05

Skater

Program

Todd Eldredge

Les Miserables

Tonia Kwiatowski

Madame Butterfly

Timothy Goebel

?

Artistic Programs

Team 1 346.20

Skater

Program

Rudy Galindo

Villiage People Medley

Ina & Dungjen

Madame Butterfly

Viktor Petrenko

Beatles Medley

Nicole Bobek

I Will Survive/Natural Woman/Respect"

Micheal Weiss

Doors Medley

Michelle Kwan

"Dante's Prayer"

Team 2: 348.70

Skater

Program

Punsalen & Swallow

"Love is A Many Spendored Thing/That's Life"

Nancy Kerrigan

"Together Again"

Meno & Sand

I'll Make Love to You

Timothy Goebel

Arabian

Todd Eldredge

Mare Calmo Della Ser

Tara Lipinski

"Gliding/If You Believe"

Exhibtions:

Scott Davis: Stray Cat Strut
Ilia Kulik Pagliacci

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World Professional FS Competition
April 10, 19981 Jaca, Spain

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Sebastien Britten

Denise Biellmann

Shishkova/Naumov

Eric Millot

Olga Markova

Leonova/Khavalko

Craig Heath

Elizabeth Manley

Urbanski/Marval

Petr Barna

Susan Jackson

Menzies/Bombardier

Oleg Tataurov

Christa Gossard

Seybold/Seybold

Zuzanna Szwed

Tovi and Naylor

*

Charlene Van Saher

* Josef Sabovcik withdrew after the technical program with an injury.

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Great Skate Debate II
March 27, 1998
Chicago, IL

Place

Skater

Program

Arena

Home

Average

1

Kristy Yamaguchi

"Trouble"

9.78

9.66

9.72

2

Rory Flack Burghard

"Think"

9.57

9.48

9.52

3

Katia Gordeeva

"3 Preludes"

9.34

9.64

9.49

4

Katarina Witt

"This is a Man's World"

9.39

9.55

9.47

5

Caryn Kadavy

"Climb Every Mountain"

9.41

9.5

9.45

6

Yuka Sato

"That Girl"

9.46

9.4

9.43

7

Denise Bielman

Samba

9.15

9.5

9.32

8

Rosalynn Sumners

"Sweet Rosalynn"

9.2

place

Skater

Program

arena

Home

Average

1

Scott Hamilton

The Show Must Go On

9.93

9.84

9.88

2

Kurt Browning

Antares

9.72

9.76

9.74

3

Paul Wylie

Go the Distance

9.79

9.65

9.72

4

Rudy Galindo

Village People Medley

9.79

9.62

9.71

5

Brian Orser

Story of My Life

9.67

9.33

9.50

6

Joe Sabovcik

Slow & Easy

9.62

9.27

9.44

* Standings changed a bit after West Coast vote--puting Katia Gordeeva and Paul Wylie in second place.

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World Professional Competition
December 12-13, 1997
MCI Center, Washington DC

Skater

Program

Score

1

Kristi Yamaguchi

Louis Armstrong Medley, "Trouble"

197.6

2

Katia Gordeeva

"Smile" (Brazilian) Bachiana #5

195.5

3

Denise Biellmann

"La Walley, "Istanbul"

195.3

4

Nancy Kerrigan

"Where Did the Feeling Go?" Lament/ Women of the Sidhe -River Dance

194.4

5

Josee Chouinard

"Downtown" "The Sweater"

193

6

Oksana Baiul

"Possession" "All That Jazz"

192.8

Skater

Program

Score

1

Kurt Browning

Antares, "Brick House"

198

2

Brian Boitano

"Piano Concerto", "Shenandoah"

196.9

3

Rudy Galindo

Dancing with Myself""Send in the Clowns"

196.5

4

Viktor Petrenko

Romeo & Juliet, Beatles Medley

194.2

5

Eric Millot

Minnie the Mooch, "Out There"

194.1

1

Kovarikova & Novotna

`Un Sospiro.

197

2

Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler

"Emotional Girl" That's the way I like it"

196

3

Elena Leonova and Andrei Khvalko

195.3

1

Roca & Sur

"If You Go Away""Maria

197.6

2

Maia Usova & Alexander Zhulin

"Tango" "Love Story"

197

3

Amy Webster & Ron Kravette

"West Side Story""On My Own"

194.1

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Canadian Professional Championships
December 5th & 6th, 1997
Memorial Auditorium, Kitchner, Ontario.

 Men

Place

Skater

Programs

Score

1

Kurt Browning

"Antares" "Are You Lonesome Tonight

197.5

2

Brian Orser

La Vie En Rose" The Story of My Life

196.2

3

Rudy Galindo

"Morning Has Broken" "Send in the Clowns'

195.4

4

Gary Beacom

Leonard Cohen, "Loves You Too"

96.4

5

Joseph* Sabovck

"Alone you breathe"

96.1

Joseph withdrew after the first program due to illness

Ladies:

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Josee Chouinard

"Downtown" "Sweater"

2

Caryn Kadavy

"Climb Every Mountain" "Foolish Games"

3

Yuka Sato

"Dance of the Sugar Plum Faeries""That Girl"

4

Rosalynn Sumners

"You Can't Take That Away from Me", "Mouth"(?)

193

5

Elizabeth Manley

"L-O-V-E" "Cowboy Sweet heart"

Pairs Finals

Place

Skaters

Program

Score

1

Brasseur & Eisler

Sentimental girl", "Celebration/ That's the way I like it"

196

2

Underhill & Martini

. "Concerto in F "Way Over Yonder"

195

3

Novotny & Kovarikova

"Un sospiro", "Time to say goodbye"

194.4

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US Open Pro
November 29-31, 1997 Cincinnati, OH

Masters Cup:

Skater

Programs

Score

1

Liz Manley

"L-O-V-E", "Cowboy Sweetheart"

274.9

2

Karen Preston

"Canon" "Trouble"

270.1

3

Lisa-Marie Allen

"La Violetra", Broadway

269.7

4

Rory Flack Burghart

"Jazz hop", "Here comes the sun"

268.5

5

Charlene Wong

Natalie Cole medley, "The air that I breathe"

267.0

6

Cindy Stuart

"Silencers", "My Cherie's Eyes"

263.0

Skater

Program

Points

1

Josef Sabotvcik

"Alone You Breath" "Angel Song"

275

2

Rudy Galindo

"On Golden Pond" "Send in the Clowns"

272

3

Petr Barna

"Smile"

271.4

4

Doug Mattis

"Nightmare/It's No Good" "Carmen

269.5

5

Gregor Filipowski

"Stranger in a Car", "Pefect Day"

266.9

6

Scott Williams

"Kiss", "Smells like Teen Spirit"

263.5

Skater

Program

Points

1

Elena Leonova-Andrei Khvalko

"Cafe Euro""Listen to your heart"

276

2

Radka Kovariklova-Rene Novotny

"Un sospiro", "Time to say goodbye"

272.9

3

Anita Hartshorn-Frank Sweiding

"Voices" "1492"

272.3

4

Natalie Seybold-Wayne Seybold

"Because You Loved Me"

269.8

5

Elena Valova-Oleg Vasiliev

The goal", "None but the lonely heart

265.8

6

Natalia Mishkutionok-Craig Shepherd

Ben-Hur", "Polovitsian Dances

253.1

Skater

Program

Points

1

Susanna Rahkamo-Petri Kokko

"Beyond the Invisible"

275.6

2

Maia Usova-Alexander Zhulin

"La belle dame sans regrets", "Love Story"

273.4

3

Amy Webster-Ron Kravette

Jets Song", "Phantom of the opera"

269.6

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Ice Wars
Albany, Nov. 15, 1997

Air Date: CBS Nov 27 2:30-4, Nov. 28, 9-11 pm

(Marks were awarded on a 6.0 scale, with technical and artistic marks for the first program and a single mark for the second. The two marks for the first program were divided by four, then added to the second score to produce the total; therefore, the second program was worth twice as much as the first.)

Place

Team/Skater

Program

Score

1

World

258.79

1 (among men)

Viktor Petrenko

"Duango" 2nd "Girl, Dizzy MissLizzy"

43.77

2

Jozef Sabovcik

"The Secret Garden"

43.5

3

Kurt Browning

" I'm No Longer Sleeping" "Are You Lonesome Tonight"

43.25

1 (among ladies)

Katarina Witt

"This is a Man's World" "Man of La Moncha"

43.02

2

Yuka Sato

Classical, "Home Again"

42.85

4

Oksana Baiul

"Color of the Night:"All that Jazz"

42.4

Place

Team/Skaters

Programs

Score

2

USA

255.62

3

Brian Boitano

"Shaft" "Shenandoah

43.42

5

Paul Wylie

"Summon the Heroes" "Sleepers"

42.95

6

Rudy Galindo

"Ice Castles "Sounds of Silence"

42.85

3

Caryn Kadavy

Foolish Games""Mambo Italiano"

42.55

5

Nancy Kerrigan

Boy Like That" "God Bless the Outcasts"

41.95

6

Rosalynn Sumners

"Sweet Rosaline" "Mouth"

41.9

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Challenge of Champions
Tampa, Fl Nov. 8, 1997

Air date: Jan, 3 1998, 4-6PM; Mar. 7 1998, 3-4:30PM; on ABC Wide World of Sports

Men:

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Paul Wylie

"Sleepers"

98.1

2

Viktor Petrenko

"Tosca"

97.5

3

Rudy Galindo

"Morning Has Broken"

97.3

4

Gary Beacom

"Please don't Let Me be Misunderstood"

96.7

Ladies:

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Denise Biellmann*

"La Wally"

98.1

2

Kristi Yamaguchi*

La Cumparsita

98.1

3

Yuka Sato

Classical

96.8

4

Ekaterina Gordeeva

3 Preludes

95.7

* tie broken by Artistic Mark

Pairs

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Brassier & Eisler

"Because You Loved Me"

97.9

2

Kovarikova and Novotny

Carmen

96.9

*Urbanski & Marval withdrew

Dance:

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Usava & Zuhlin

"Love Story"

98.5

2

Roca & Sur

"Time to Say Goodbye"

97.8

3

Webster & Kravette

"The Jet Song"

96.9

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Ladies Professional Figure Skating Championships
Finals- Pensacola, FL Nov. 7, 1997

Air Date: Jan 3 CBS

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Caryn Kadavy*

"Climb every Mountain" ""Mambo Italiano"

115.1

2

Josee Chouinard*

115.1

3

Yuka Sato

114.9

4

Oksana Baiul

"All that Jazz"

114.5

5

Denise Biellmann

"Summertime"

112.1

6

Katarina Witt

"Man of La Moncha""This is a Man's World"

111.6

7

Rory Flack Burghardt

"Step on Step""Because You Love Me"

110.5

8

Karen Preston

109

* Tie broken by artistic mark

 

Ladies Professional Figure Skating Championships
Round 1 - Boise, ID Nov 1-2

The top 4 from each group went on to Finals

Group A

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Caryn Kadavy

"Foolish Games"

115.7

2

Rory Flack- Burghart

Jazz hop; "I believe in You & Me"

114.3

3

Yuka Sato

"Home Again""Higher"

114

4

Karen Preston

"Pacabel Canon"

112

5

Rosalynn Sumners

"You Can't Take That Away From Me"; My Valentine

111.5

6

Elizabeth Manley

"Fly" "Rolling on the River"

110

Group B

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Josee Chouinard

""Downtown"Any Man of Mine'

116

2

Oksana Baiul

"Possesssion";

115.5

3

Denise Biellmann

"La Walley" "Instanbul"

114.8

4

Katarina Witt

"Don't Cry For Me"; "I am WOndeirng

113

5

Charlene Wong

The Very Thought of you

111.1

6

Marina Kiellman

"They're Playing Our Song" "Interview with a Vampire"

109.5

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Northwestern World Team Championships
Milwaukee, WI, October 31, 1997

Aired on CBS Dec 13 Dec 20 Dec. 27

Place

Team/Skater

Program

Score

1

Canada

588.6

1

Kurt Browning

Serenade to Sonia "Summertime"

99.1

3

Josee Chouinard

"Any Man of Mine" "Poem"

97.1

2

Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler

"Please Clarify" 'Miss Otis Regrets"

97.8

2

USA

586.1

2

Paul Wylie

"On the Waterfront""Go the Distance"

98.2

1

Kristi Yamaguchi

Hijo de la Luna" "La Cumparsita "

98.4

4

Calla Urbanski & Rocky Marval

Batman" Trouble"

97.2

3

Europe

583.9

3

Jozef Sabovcik

"Alone You Breathe" The Angel Song"

97.8

2

Katarina Witt

"Evita" "I Am Wondering

97.2

3

Radka Kovarikova and Rene Novotny

"The Cobbs" "Carmen"

97.6

4

Russia

583.1

4

Alexandre Fadeev,

"Oblivion" "Surrender to Me/Wild in the Country/Don't be Cruel

97.2

4

Ekaterina Gordeeva

"Smile" (Brazilian) Bachiana #5

96.2

1

Elena Bechke & Denis Petrov

"Lady & the Hooligan""Romance"

98.7

Browning lifts Canada to team championship

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1997 Battle of the Sexes
Las Vegas, NV, October 25, 1997
Airdate- FOX - January

MC - Scott Hamilton

 Men's Captain: Kurt Browning - Women's Captain - Katarina Witt

There was a spin off between Katia Gordeeva and Brian Orser--won by Katia. Jump off--triple loop between Caryn Kadavy and Joe Sabovcik--won by Caryn

 

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Women

398

1

Caryn Kadavy

"FoolishGames""Mambo Italiano"

99.6

1

Katarina Witt

I am Curious" "This is A Man's World"

99.6

3

Katia Gordeeva

"3 Preludes" ""Smile""

99.1

4

Nancy Kerrigan

"Boy Like That" "Together Again

98.9

2

Men

397.8

1

Kurt Browning

"Casablanca" "Here I am"

99.7

2

Josef Sabovcik

"Rock Me" War

99.5

3

Brian Orser

" I Get A Kick Out of You" "3 Hours Past Midnight"

99.3

4

Viktor Petrenko

"Beatle Medley" "I'm Too Sexy

99.1

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1997 Anastasai US Professional Competition
San Jose, October 18, 1997
Air Date: November 1, ABC

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Viktor Petrenko

Romeo & Juliet "Duango"

196

2

Rudy Galindo

"Ice castles" "Brady Bunch"

195.5

3

Brian Boitano

Piano Concernto "Shenandoah"

194.7

4

Eric Millot

"Hunchback of NotreDame"

194.2

5

Paul Wylie

"On the Waterfront""Go the Distance"

193.3

Place

Skater

Program

Score

1

Kristi Yamaguchi

Louis Armstrong Medley "Teach Me How to Shimmy"

196.7

2

Denise Biellmann

"La Walley""Istanbul"

194.5

3

Nancy Kerrigan

"Indian in the Cupboard" "God Bless the Outcasts"

194.1

4

Ekaterina Gordeeva

"Umbrellas of Cherbourg " "Smile"

193.3

5

Caryn Kadavy

"Climb Every Mountain"

192.3

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 1997 Nice N Easy Figure Skating Classic
Ocean Center Daytona Beach, Florida
October 4-5, 1997

Airs December 28, ABC

 

Place

Team

First Round Point

Second Round Points

Total Points

1

Men

175.70

355

530.90

2

Ladies

175.7

350.4

526.10

Skater

Programs

Technical Program

Artistic Program

Todd Eldredge

 

Walk on the Wild Side, Close Every Door

Technical: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.0

Technical: 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 Artistic: 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Rudy Galindo

 

"The Sounds of Silence" "On Golden Pond"

Technical: 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 Artistic: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.6

Technical: 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.0

Dan Hollander

 

"From the Hip/determination" "Tappin with Bob"

Technical: 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 Artistic: 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7

Technical: 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.0 5.9

Michael Weiss

 

Bagdad, Beethoven Medley

Technical: 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0

 

Technical: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.8 Artistic: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.0 5.8

Paul Wylie

 

Go the Distance, How Bout You?

Technical: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.7 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9

Technical: 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8

Pusalen & Swallow

 

Technical: 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7 Artistic: 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.7

Technical: 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.7 Artistic: 5.9 5.9. 5.9 5.9. 5.9 5.9 6.0

2nd

 

Ladies

175.70

350.40

Nicole Bobek

 

St. Louis Blues, Cirque de Soleil

Technical: 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.5 Artistic: 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8

Technical: 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.6 Artistic: 5.9 5.8 5.8 5 .8 5.9 5.8 5.8

Caryn Kadavy

 

Foolish Games

Technical: 5.6 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 Artistic: 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9

Technical: 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 Artistic: 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9

Michelle Kwan

 

"Piano Trio #2" On My Own

Technical: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Technical: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.9 Artistic: 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

 

Tara Lipinski

 

"Anastia", "Reach"

Technical: 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 Artistic: 5.9 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.8

Technical: 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 Artistic: 6.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8

Rosalynn Sumners

 

My Valentine"Beautiful Goodbye"

Technical: 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.8 Artistic: 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8

Technical: 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.6 Artistic: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7

Ina & Dungjen

 

"Zorba the Greek

Technical: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 Artistic: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9

Technical: 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.6 Artistic: 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.8

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Legends Professional Figure Skating Competition
Sept 20-21, 1997 , Little Rock, AK
Aired Oct. 97 by ESPN

Place

Name

Programs

Score

1.

Rudy Galindo

Ice Castles, Brady Bunch, On Golden Pond

146.6

2

Robin Cousins

The Way We Were, Ain't That A Kick in the Head, Busy Being Blue

145.7

3

Brian Orser

I Get a Kick out of You, The Story of My Life, La Vie ein Rose

144.2

4

Joe Sabovcik

Heaven Can Wait, Trapped, Secret Garden,

142.8

5

Scott Williams

Bolero, Sweet 16 Bars, Smells Like Teen Spirit

140.4

Ladies:

Place

Name

Programs

Score

1.

Dorothy Hamill

 

La Paquita, Tears Don't Care, Smile/LOVE

147

2

Denise Biellmann

Istanbul, La Wally, Down in the Hole

145.6

3

Caryn Kadavy

Foolish Games, One More Try, Mambo Italiano

145.1

4

Lisa Marie Allen

First Impressions, Song Instead of A Kiss, Smoke Rings

142.3

5

Rosalynn Sumners

Valentine, The Wedding Song, Beautiful Goodbye

140.8

Pairs:

Place

Name

Programs

Score

1

Hartshorn/Sweiding

Voices, Mustang Sally, 1492

147.2

2

Valova/Vasileev

None but the Lonely Heart, All Shook Up, The Goal

145.4

3

Starbuck/Shelley

The Girl Hunt Ballet, Embraceable You, We're a Couple of Swells

143.5

4

Karakova/Novotny

The Corrs, Still in Love, 18th Variation

142.2

Dance:

Place

Name

Programs

Score

1

Usova/Zhulin

Love Story, La Belle Dame Sans Regrets, Falling Leaves

147.5

2

Rahkamo/Kokko

Love Don't Come Easy, La Strada, Beyond the Invisible

146.2

3

McDonald/Smith

Number 1 Krush, You Don't Know Me, Give Me One Reason

144.5

4

Bestamianova/Bukin

Romeo & Juliet,The Witch, Guita

141.5

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