Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund, who participated in the IEM Rio Major showmatch in November, is set to join the server once more.
BLAST has announced the lineups for the upcoming showmatch between France and BLAST Dream Team, the latter of which was drafted by viewers at home.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| Showmatch CS | ||
| 21/05/2023 | France 15:00  BLAST Dream Team | Match |
The two squads' best-of-one bout will be played on stage in front of the Accor Arena, with the fixture, set to take place on Nuke, scheduled to begin at 15:00 ahead of the grand final between Vitality and GamerLegion.
A notable feature of the showmatch is that viewers are able to directly influence in-game settings via an online voting system. This includes halving the bomb timer from 40 seconds to just 20 seconds, introducing infinite grenades, and forcing the players to play with an inverted mouse setting.
Cédric "RpK" Guipouy, who was announced as a member of France alongside Richard "shox" Papillon and Audric "JACKZ" Jug in a preview of the showmatch on BLAST's website, is set to return to the server for the first time in over two years. The Frenchman was benched from Vitality in April 2021, before going on to retire for the final time in September of that year.
Also joining the French-only roster is Kenny "kennyS" Schrub, who announced his retirement from competition on stage just before Vitality's semi-final affair versus Apeks on Saturday. The Frenchman leaves Counter-Strike with 11 LAN victories and a Major trophy, as well as being recognized as a top-20 player on five separate occasions.
Read more kennyS announces retirement from competition Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev headlines the BLAST Dream Team, and the Ukrainian superstar was spotted in the crowd throughout Saturday's semi-finals. The 25-year-old narrowly missed out on a spot in the BLAST.tv Paris Major playoffs after Natus Vincere were defeated by FaZe in a hard-fought three-map series in the 2-2 pool of the Legends Stage.
GeT_RiGhT, who participated in the IEM Rio Major showmatch back in November, will once again take to the stage to help out the BLAST Dream Team. The international roster will be looking to upset the French crowd early ahead of Vitality and GamerLegion's grand final brawl at 17:00 .
France has the following roster:
Richard "shox" Papillon
Whilst BLAST Dream Team consists of:
Owen "smooya" Butterfield
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
Martin "STYKO" Styk
Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy 
Age: 33 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 1497 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Owen 'smooya' Butterfield 
Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 924 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund 
Age: 32 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1747 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Richard 'shox' Papillon 
Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 2066 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 
FaZe #3 
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström 
Apeks #19 Martin 'STYKO' StykJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadTim 'nawwk' Jonasson
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski 
Jakub 'kuben' Gurczyński 
Cai 'CYPHER' Watson 
Age: 20 Team: Into the Breach Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 499 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.71 
France Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyAudric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
BLAST Dream Team Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldCai 'CYPHER' WatsonOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievMartin 'STYKO' Styk France Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyAudric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' Papillon 
Vitality #1 Dan 'apEX' MadesclairePeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenEmil 'Magisk' ReifMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Danny 'zonic' Sørensen 
GamerLegion #22 Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand
Mihai 'iM' Ivan
Nicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Ashley 'ash' Battye 
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
Age: 26 Team: Falcons Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1494 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 Martin 'STYKO' Styk 
Age: 27 Team: Apeks Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1784 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 
Natus Vincere #4 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi Andrey 'B1ad3' Gorodenskiy Audric 'JACKZ' Jug 
Age: 30 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1180 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev 
Age: 25 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.24 Maps played: 1681 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.63 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub 
Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1976 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.63
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