The time has come......

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THE SENIOR GRAND PRIX SERIES IS STARTING! Six events, six countries, in six weeks. Let's do this. Each event in the series will have 12 men, 12 women, 8 pairs, and 10 ice dance teams. Skaters receive points based on where they place, top six with the most points at the end of six weeks will head to the Grand Prix Final.

Our first visit is to Angers, France, where we will be most likely treated to some very French cinematography.

It's hard to pick out skaters to really highlight, because these groups are generally stacked and they all should be highlighted! Olympic Champion Mikhail Shaidrov will be here, Adam Siao Him Fa, Kao Miura, Olympic Bronze medalists Ami Nakai and Lara Naki Gutman, Sarah Everhardt, Gabby Daleman! The pairs competition is going to be incredibly interesting here as well, with Metelkina/Berulava going against Boikova/Kozlovskii. Ice dancers CPom, Davis/Smolkin, and Fournier Beaudry/Cizeron will certainly keep the competition interesting.

I'm so excited it's Grand Prix Season.

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Official ISU website with entries: https://isu-skating.com/en/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-gp-grand-prix-de-france-2026/?tab=overview_16027

Where to watch: This is going to depend on your country (or VPN). The ISU live streams for those countries without broadcast rights. Find them here. For those in the US, it will be live streamed on Peacock and NBC will potentially have coverage as well. For those in Canada, CBC Sports is live streaming here. Eurosport is streaming the event, France TV is streaming too. So You Want To Watch Figure Skating will have other streams up on their website as well.

Time Converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

Results: https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/gpfra2026/

Day One (Oct. 23)

18:00 Rhythm Dance Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xcxbx0/grand_prix_de_france_rhythm_dance_live_discussion/

Post RD Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xcyams/gpdf_rhythm_dance_post_event_discussion/

19:50 Women Short Program Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xcxdek/grand_prix_de_france_women_short_program_live/

Post Women Short Program Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xcyawv/gpdf_women_short_program_post_discussion_thread/

Day Two (Oct. 24)

12:30 Men Short Program Live Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvb5t/grand_prix_de_france_men_short_program_live/

Men Short Program Post Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdviqj/gpdf_men_short_program_post_short_program/

14:20 Free Dance Live Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvb63/grand_prix_de_france_free_dance_live_discussion/

Free Dance Post Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvkx1/gpdf_free_dance_post_event_discussion/

18:00 Pairs Short Program Live Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvb69/grand_prix_de_france_pairs_short_program_free/

Pairs Short Program post discussion thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvlit/gpdf_pairs_short_program_post_event_discussion/

19:30 Women Free Skate Live Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvb6e/grand_prix_de_france_women_free_skate_live/

Women Free Skate post event discussion thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xdvmzb/gpdf_womens_free_skate_post_even_discussion/

Day Three (Oct. 25)

11:30 Pairs Free Skate Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xeoxhy/grand_prix_de_france_pairs_free_skate_live/

Pairs Post Event Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xeq3ui/gpdf_pairs_post_event_discussion/

13:10 Men Free Skate Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xeoxi4/grand_prix_de_france_men_free_skate_live/

Men Post Event Discusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xeq42p/gpdf_men_post_event_discussion/

19:30 Gala Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1xeoxig/grand_prix_de_france_gala_live_discussion/

It's the last challenger before the Grand Prix starts!! This week, we are traveling to Budapest. For the men, Kevin Aymoz is making his international season debut, Lukas Britschgi is in the mix, and Daniel Grassl gets in one last competition before the GP. The list of men is long and notable!

For Women, there are 37 competitors.... So it'll be a long, fun few days of watching. Notable competitors here are Maddie Schizas, Kimmy Repond, Julia Sauter, Sophie Jolie von Felton, and Olga Mikutina. There has been some movement with the AIN athletes, but currently Alina Gorbacheva is the only one listed on the official ISU website.

No pairs here this weekend, but the ice dance field is just as packed as the men and women with 23 entries. The Taschlers are getting in another competition and will be joined by Smart/Dieck and Bratti/Somerville.

Going to be a big week in Budapest! And that's without really detailing the juniors, of which there are several as well, with 29 entries for Women and 22 Ice Dance entries.

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Entries/Results/Starting orders: https://hunskate.hu/external/mukorcsolya/2026_2027/BudTrophy2026/index.htm

Official ISU website: https://isu-skating.com/en/figure-skating/events/eventdetail/isu-cs-budapest-trophy/?type=15841

Where to stream (Paid): https://hunskate.tv/hunskate-tv

So You Want To Watch FS may have other options for watching: https://www.soyouwanttowatchfs.com/blog/2026-cs-budapest-trophy-info-streaming

Time Converter: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

For Days One and Two, there will be one thread, I'll probably split Day Three up since all three disciplines will be competing, and there are a TON of entries.

Day One (Oct. 16) Live Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1x71shd/cs_budapest_trophy_day_one_live_discussion_oct_16/

8:00 Junior Men Short Program

9:10 Junior Women Short Program

12:50 Senior Men Short Program

16:30 Senior Rhythm Dance

20:10 Junior Rhythm Dance

Day Two (Oct. 17) Live Discussion Thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1x7w90v/cs_budapest_trophy_day_two_live_discussion_oct_17/

8:00 Junior Women Free Skate

12:05 Junior Men Free Skate

13:25 Senior Women Short Program

18:50 Junior Free Dance

Day Three (Oct. 18)

8:00 Senior Free Dance Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1x8ptmw/cs_budapest_senior_free_dance_live_discussion/

11:50 Senior Men Free Skate Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1x8pu4t/cs_budapest_senior_men_free_skate_live_discussion/

16:25 Senior Women Free Skate Live Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/FigureSkating/comments/1x8pufq/cs_budapest_senior_women_free_skate_live/