August 1, 2006

Rockstar Recap: Week 5

No, I didn’t forget Week 4. It’s week 5 and last week I was apparently forgetting the first week, so I named my recap Week 3. Week 3 is Week 4 and now we’re Week 5. Got it? Good.

Patrice kicked off the night. You know it’s not good when the only thing you remember about her after the show is her hair. What was up with that hair? While I liked the fact that she changed it up, Dave is right. In front of Tommy Lee, she sort of disappeared. What did she sing anyway?

Josh was next and showed that this was the week for the vanilla boys. He was totally awesome. He came out with a bluesy-reggae Santeria by Sublime and he "crushed it" good. I still don’t see him fronting Supernova; but I at least like his music and think he’ll do something after this is all over. To be honest, I’m more likely to buy his album doing that kind of music than what I think Supernova is going to do.

Dilana is obviously a favorite of the boys’. You can tell just by looking at their faces when she sings. She did rock it with "I can’t get enough of your love," but I prefer her softer side. Although her performance was good tonight, all I could think about is that she really needs to stop smoking or at least sounding like she does.

Toby has gone down a notch in my book. Sure, he’s still easy on the eyes and all; but this week I checked out his "space" on the website and found this. He has a typical rockstar mentality and the drinking habits to prove it apparently. Although I like his voice a lot, I think he’ll end up in rehab if he gets picked for the gig.

Zayra showed up in true Super Hero style once again. This week she was more Wonder Woman meets Victoria’s Secret. Tommy even invited her to wrestle in his room, which was just wrong. She is proving that being off key and dressing like a deranged super hero is her thing, and it really doesn’t work. Sure, she’s good comic relief for everyone. There’s no denying she’s entertaining in a "need to look away" sort of way, but she really does need to go.

Magni did Cold Play tonight, and while the guys were thrilled with the performance, they must have heard something I didn’t. I like Magni as a person. He seems like a real sweetheart, but I’m not loving his performances that much. Maybe it’s just that I can’t imagine him fronting Supernova. He’s too clean cut. But tonight, he did Cold Play’s song exactly as they do it and didn’t change it up at all. Without changing it up, I thought it was pretty dull and not nearly as good as the original.

Ryan is who I’m calling to get the encore this week. He tore it up on a baby grand while singing the hell out of REM’s "Losing My Religion." He was incredible and if he doesn’t get the encore I will be shocked. He showed himself as a real contender this week, and I look for him to go far if he keeps it up. After he performed, Tommy told him that singing that song will "definitely get him laid," proving once again that Rockstar is not a family show and why I’ll never be able to live blog it as long as my daughter is a night owl. I so do NOT want to be explaining that terminology to a 5-year old.

Lukas is just scary. He’s got a screechy voice, scary red eye shadow, and despite the horror of it all. . . he’s getting predictable and boring. After Ryan’s beautiful piano performance, he looked cheap and amateur. I predict he’ll be in the bottom three this week.

Storm showed once again why she’s a front-runner tonight. She lost the drama, and did a classy performance of "Changes." There were no frills, but she put her voice on display and it worked. If the encore doesn’t go to Ryan, it will go to her.

Dana has been doing some great singing, but I can’t help feeling like she’s a pretender. She’s trying to be "bad." She’s trying to play the part of the rockstar when she really doesn’t have it. There’s no way she will get this gig. She’ll go home within the next few weeks for sure, once the really bad ones have been weeded.

Jill. . . I almost forgot her. Horrendous. Dave Navarro described her performance as the one when everyone will get up to go to the bathroom and get a drink. Yep, that pretty much sums it up. From the kitchen I could tell she was oversinging her song and making a complete mess of it. She lost Gilby’s respect last week and everyone else’s as well.

Bottom three predictions: Jill, Zayra and Lukas. . . Jill goes home. Why not keep the super hero around for another week? At least she’s more entertaining than watching Jill flip her hair around!

Encore goes to Ryan.