August 15, 2006

Rockstar Recap: Week 7

After watching the stripped down performances this week and then hearing the comments from Supernova, I have a theory.

Supernova did not think it was fun to party with Storm.

There is absolutely no other explanation for how hard they dissed her performance. She changed up "I’ll Survive" and made it her own. It was at least interesting, compared to some of the other performances tonight: Patrice who did no justice to "Message in a Bottle" and Toby who took a Peter Gabriel song and made it into mush as far as I’m concerned.

Supernova raved about Toby and Dave told him he had the performance of the night, until Ryan sang of course. So, to test my theory, I went online and watched part of a reality episode on the Rockstar Supernova website. My theory, from the brief footage I saw, appears to be dead on.

The highlights: Toby and Ryan did plenty of shots and had plenty of gal pals hanging around. Dilana bowled and Supernova was 100% smitten with her bowling ability. She was in the clear and they began calling her "Strike." Where was Storm during all of this?

She was staring into the camera all googly-eyed, going on and on about how she just loves the hot tub because it has such a great view. She was standing in the hot tub, appearing to stroll around in the waters wearing what appeared to be leather underwear and a bustier to match. Did I mention the pigtails? Yeah, she had pigtails. Did I mention she appeared to be completely by herself admiring the view?

It’s sort of like the post I wrote a little while ago about blind dates. You think you’re in love with a voice, an email, an instant message and then you meet the person and you get an entirely different idea about who they are and what your future holds. Supernova has seen the contestants on stage, but partying with them. . . well, that was revealing. And what it revealed is that Storm’s party style doesn’t mesh.

Enough theories. . . onto the recap:

Zayra started the night with an original performance. She toned down her SuperHero-esque look this week and traded it in for a flowing red skirt and black bikini top. Her song was beautiful. It was certainly not Supernova material, but it was beautiful none-the-less. It reminded me of a ballad that Shakira would sing. It won’t get her the job, but it might keep her in yet another week.

Magni showed up looking like he was auditioning for Miami Vice II, but his performance was very good. He performed "Starman". The guys are definitely digging his performances and he is fast becoming a worthy option. (I did not however, get to see his party style and once again question whether a family man with a young child can really do this job.)

Patrice performed a lackluster Sting song and well. . . lacked luster. She started off o.k., but her performance fell flat. It’s very likely she’ll be the next to go.

Lukas sat down to perform this week which bothered Supernova. What bothered me was that despite being grounded literally, he still had enough jerky movements to make you think he just might be seizing. But what bothered me even more tonight was how in a 30 second window, his face went through about 400 expressions. It was very unsettling in a does-he-have-schizophrenia type of way? His version of "Hero" wasn’t enough to impress me this week, and Jason Newsted pointed out that once again, he’s closing his throat or what I like to call "screeching."

Storm got Gloria Gaynor and made the best of it. I’ll say it again-party styles don’t mesh, which means she will not win.

Toby performed "Solsbury Hill" and I thought it was completely dull. He had a redeeming moment at the end where he started drumming like a mad man on some bongo’s (I think. I’m no drumming expert.) I’m waiting for him to wow me the way he did in the early weeks, and I’m just not seeing it.

Ryan performed Phil Collin’s "In the Air Tonight" and did it justice. He made it much harder than the original, and he looked awesome tonight. I much prefer his more natural spiked look to the hoodie mohawk thing he had going on last week. He is a front-runner for sure, especially after all the attention he garnered from the ladies in Vegas. He looked like a typical rockstar, complete with Carmen Electra look-alikes hanging all over him. If only their brains could be as big as their hair. . .

Dilana performed "Cat’s in the Cradle" and was consistently good again. I imagine a Supernova with Dilana up front as one where there will be lots of bowling and more of keeping the boys in line. That’s probably a good thing.

And now for the predictions (that are just about never right):

The encore goes to Ryan.
Bottom three are: Patrice, Zayra, and Toby.

We’ll see. . .

If you watched the show, what do YOU think?