Calgary: Canadians would likely be watching prepared mice skating on the grounds that they adore the action to such an extent.

Four seasons in, Battle of the Blades is over for an alternate run of "sequins and sweat" on CBC. Sunday night's two-hour debut presented this season's eight couples. Obviously, that won't fill 120 minutes of prime-time survey, so there's likewise a think once again at the hits and misses of the first three seasons.

We should meet in the not so distant future contenders:

Oksana Kazakova and Vladimir Malakhov: she won gold in sets at the 1998 Olympics; he has a gold award, too, and in addition a World Championship and a Stanley Cup.

Marie-France Dubreuil and Mathieu Dandenault: the five-time Canadian National Ice Dance champ took keep going season off, yet is once again for her third go on BOTB, while Dandenault has a trio of Stanley Cup wins with the Detroit Red Wings.

Jessica Dube and Brian Savage: she's a three time Canadian Pairs champ (whose tenderness covers press quality," as per Sandra Bezic), while Savage is a 12-veteran of the NHL who has worn the Team Canada shirt four times.

Sinead Kerr and Grant Marshall: the seven-time British Ice Dance champ is new to the arrangement, while Marshall has posted two Stanley Cup wins in his 700 vocation diversions in the NHL.

Marcy Heinemann and Mike Krushelnyski: she's a two-time U.S. Sets medalist who is again for her second season on BOTB; he's played with any semblance of Wayne Gretzky and Jari Kurri on the path to three Stanley Cup wins.

Amanda Vera and Scott Thornton: Evora, the first Filipino-American to contend in the Winter Olympics, is a two time U.s. Sets silver medalist, while Thornton has scored 1,459 punishment minutes throughout his 17-year vocation in the NHL.

Violetta Afanasieva and Jason Strudwick: Afanasieva is again for her third shot at the title on BOTB, this time combined with Strudwick, "a shepherd who dealt with the herd," throughout his 14 years in the NHL, as per Ron Maclean.

Shae-Lynn Bourne and Anson Carter: she is "generally venerated" for her abilities in ice moving (as prove by her World Championship and three outings to the Olympics, while he has logged time with six groups throughout his 16 years in the NHL.

There are updates on the judging board, as well. Kurt Browning is assuming twofold job. Notwithstanding co-hosting with Ron Maclean, Browning will now be on the judging board. So will previous contender (and Season 1 champ with now-spouse Craig Simpson) Jamie Sale. Their partner on the board will be previous NHler P.J. Stock, who was wiped out third on Season 2 of BOTB.  Bezic won't be judging this season. Rather she will go about as guide to the contenders and is additionally assuming official maker callings.

Also, the one-hour scenes on Sunday will typify both exhibitions and end. One week from now, however, will be a full two hours as the eight couples contend live despite anything that might have happened before. What's not evolving? Actually, the top prize is still $100,000 for the victors' philanthropy. Furthermore the most tough guys will struggle mightily as they try to master those toe picks.