Anyone else hope that X/Y being set in France (Fantina a famous coordinator being French, maybe Kalosian) and GameFreak noting the games' focus on beauty that maybe Contests could return???

I miss contests, although I like Hoenn-style ones more than the dance focus of Super Contests of Sinnoh (although Tierno's description immediately made me think of Super Contests).

Also concerning the anime, I loved Contests in the anime, it was a nice mix-up/distraction from from Ash's Gym challenges and I'd much rather have a handful of episodes devoted to Contests/Grand Festival than a bunch of useless fillers that accomplish nothing.