Rockstar Elimination: Week 9
Lukas got to perform tonight with Supernova. I like him a whole lot better when he has sunglasses on. Then I don’t have to watch those freaky eyes of his. Have you noticed that when Lukas sings, the girls in the audience sort of laugh? When Toby sings, they don’t laugh. They turn on their best bedroom eyes and roll with the music. Lukas is never going to be that hot rock star that drives the girls crazy. Not. Gonna. Happen. I really can’t stand him. When they said his name tonight as the contestant who gets to sing with Supernova, I may have gagged a bit. And seriously Lukas, keep that tongue parked in the garage. Gross.
The encore returned this week and Toby got it. I told you he’s back. He’s baaaccckkk. I really think he’s going to be the guy. I called it the first time I saw the show, and I’m calling it again. Toby is going to win. He worked the audience and involves the audience, never loses his vocals when he’s entertaining, and he’s got the ladies drooling. Unlike the other guys he doesn’t look like he’s going to pop a blood vessel. He’s relaxed and just naturally good. The only thing bugging me is the obvious make-up lessons he’s been taking from Lukas. You don’t need the eyeliner Toby. You really don’t.
All the rockers were in the bottom three at some point during the night and Magni was the only one still sitting. I’m telling you, his sense of humor paid off. That, and his "I Alone" performance was very good.
Ryan landed himself in the bottom three and performed a song by "The Who" and became a little trite with his jungle gym climbing antics. It wasn’t smooth when he climbed onto the speakers; it just looked stupid. He seemed sloppy tonight, and I’m thinking that "Teenage Wasteland" should have more appropriately been called "Ryan Wasted" because he certainly seemed like he was.
Storm performed "Helter Skelter" and seemed truly happy for the opportunity to finally perform a song of her own choosing, a song that she could really rock. I wasn’t a big fan of the performance but she did better than Ryan. What’s up with all the contestants leaping into the audience and carving a path through them all the time? Stay on the stage; real rockstars don’t walk through the crowds.
Dilana sang "Psycho Killer" and dedicated it to herself. Did you see the devil horns she wore tonight before her performance? Yep, see. . . I was right about Toby coming back and kicking butt, and I was right about Satan’s spawn. I thought Dilana was pretty boring. All three of them were pretty darn pathetic if you ask me. Uninspiring, dull, yawn. . .
And then a total shocker: Ryan goes home. WHAT? I really did not expect that at all. It certainly keeps things interesting: three guys, two gals. . . the last two weeks will certainly keep you guessing.
My guess? Toby is a lock. . .
which means you can probably count on him having a plane ticket home next week.
Rockstar Recap: Week 9
This week the contestants performed songs that the fans chose. The performances were overwhelmingly good tonight. Before the performances kicked off we saw Dilana behaving like a typical rockstar, what with the throwing of a glass bottle and everything. A piece nicked Magni in the head and drama ensued. Magni was fine, but Dilana bawled her eyes out and went to a deep dark place. Her crying sounded a lot like her singing if I’m being honest. It was pretty disturbing.
Onto the performances:
Lukas started off the night with "Lithium". I just can’t stand him. Dilana’s performance of "Lithium" weeks ago far surpassed this performance. He also altered the song’s lyrics and added a few too many "yeah’s" for my taste. I’m convinced that if you take off all that make-up and cut his hair and remove the goop. . . you’d have a 12-year old wanna-be. I’m not impressed and am HOPING Lukas will be in the bottom three and go home already.
Magni performed "I Alone" and it was awesome. Even without the performance, I hope that people go and vote for him. His sense of humor alone deserves it. He stated that he’s "better looking than Toby," "Lukas, COME ON!" and that "just because Ryan is American doesn’t mean he has to get all the US votes". He did after all, "learn to speak English" and quite well. He left the hat and the nose-butting at home and I was impressed. I fear that if he’s in the bottom three, he’ll go home due to the sheer number of times he’s been there. I’m hoping I’m wrong.
Ryan entertained with "Clocks". He started by playing the piano, then jumped on top of the piano, then jumped off the piano with a wired microphone that had me a little worried, and finally slid back across the piano to finish playing the song. He was exciting to watch and took the whole singing on a piano thing to a completely new level. I think his performance was the best.
Storm reluctantly sang "Bring me to Life" by Evanescence and she did a nice job with it. Her mistake was asking Toby to back her up. He stole some of her fire. That could be because I for one, much prefer watching him perform over her. Sometimes her facial expressions give you the impression that she just smelled something really off. After her performance, Gilby made some comment about how Jill’s performance of that song was memorable and I was like, "Huh, who’s Jill? Oh YEAH, the be-bopping blonde girl. . ." Yeah, I don’t agree with Gilby at all, and I’m back to the whole "Storm’s party style doesn’t mesh with Supernova’s" and because of that she will not win.
Toby channels Billy Idol really well. He sang "Rebel Yell" and made me a believer once again. He faded a bit in weeks past, but he’s coming back. I am really thinking it’s going to be down to Ryan and Toby. The most disturbing part of his performance was Lukas’s tongue. They showed the other contestants during Toby’s performance, and Lukas was apparently having a tongue seizure or something. It wasn’t pretty. Towards the end of the performance, Toby pulled a bunch of girls up on stage with him which had to give the aging Supernova guys some ideas. Toby may be their only hope for getting girls to their shows who are under the age of 50. He’s a front runner for sure.
Dilana got out her frustrations with "Mother, Mother". I really hope she got it out of her system. She’s not pleasant to watch when she’s "troubled." Her hair made me think that she probably hasn’t bathed in a while; and I was half expecting a bird to fly out with all that hair whipping she was doing. I think she lost a lot of credibility with all the drama from the past week or two and I think her star is starting to fade.
Bottom three: Lukas, Storm, and Dilana
Encore (if they have one): Ryan, yet again.
Until tomorrow. . .
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Rockstar Elimination: Week 8
I don’t know if Dilana has bird flu from those feathers being fused to her lashes or what, but she was pretty rude to Ryan. She basically told him that his performance would have been nothing without the house band. The house band is great, no argument there. But without Ryan’s song, they wouldn’t have had anything to play now would they? I thought Dilana was a bit out of line.
She was also out of line during the interviews. Dilana trash talked EVERYONE and it made her look scared and unsure of herself. Someone give her a vaccine or something. That bird flu is nasty.
Forget seeing Storm fight Ryan for music. I have a feeling Dilana and Ryan are going to be going to (at least) verbal blows again very soon.
And onto the performances. . .
Supernova performed a really good song tonight. With Toby fronting the band, it was nothing short of incredible. The best part of the entire performance though, is something that wasn’t even there. . . no Big Daddy Kane dancers. Supernova, you got the message, LOUD AND CLEAR. I thank you, we all thank you.
I got it all wrong when it came to the bottom three, and there wasn’t even an encore tonight. What was up with that? Magni performed "Fire" and showed up without the mushroom hat. He is totally reading my blog right? Let’s test the theory. Magni, you would love totally awesome wearing a loud Hawaiian shirt next week. Think it will happen? He did a great job with the song and jammed on his guitar throughout the performance. There was no way he was going home, at least not tonight. The only thing I’m not liking about him is how he sort of nose-butts the microphone. He really needs to work on distancing I think.
Patrice sang "Middle of the Road", but her fate was sealed before she even started singing. Four times in the bottom three is the equivalent of an instant plane ticket home. Patrice was the only one I got right for the bottom three; and she was sent packing. She seems like a really nice person and all, but she just wasn’t right for this band and there was no point keeping her around any longer. She sang "Middle of the Road", but she’s only ever been as good as the middle of the pack for this group.
Toby being in the bottom three completely surprised me. He’s back people. The real Toby, the good one, the one who knows how to perform so start voting for him. He sang "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots and easily kept himself in the running. I have a feeling Toby’s back to stay, and as Outkast says, "I like the way you move." Keep it up Toby.
I have a feeling that at least one contestant will have a shiner next week. To be a fly on the wall in that house this week. . .
Dilana better lock her bedroom door. Get some rest girl and stay away from the birds.
Rockstar Recap: Week 8 and “Wrong Sauce”
Filed under: Rockstar
The season finale is September 13th and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit happy about it. As soon as the show begins its air time, googlers and yahooers from far and wide start coming under the search terms, "Rockstar Recap." It stresses me out. Sure, I love the extra visitors (who will probably just all go away in a few short weeks when this is all over), but I just want to make it clear that I have two kids and sometimes don’t get to watch the TIVO version of my show until VERY late at night. That, and the fact that I write a RECAP, not a psychic prediction so as the show begins for you. . . it’s beginning for me too.
Moving right along.
Patrice started off the show with an original performance. It was the most spirited I’ve seen her in a long time. The song was really pretty good. But she will definitely be going home this week. No doubt about it.
Magni performed "Smells like Teen Spirit" and brought down the house. I liked everything about this performance, with the exception of his hat. It made him look more like a rotten mushroom head. Lose the hat Magni-the stage lights look cool reflecting off your bald head. Really.
Ryan was awesome. He performed an original song that I could totally hear Supernova playing. I could hear it on the radio immediately. However, his description left a lot to be desired. When the Supernova guys told him they liked his song, he said something like, "Yeah, it’s about the end of the world. Some people will be in church; some people will be screwing." Great description Ryan. That was eloquent, romantic even. Someone should just tell him to keep his mouth shut because he also attributed his good performance to the fact that "I got laid dude." Good for you Ryan.
Storm wanted to literally fight Ryan for the original performance but ended up backing down when the other contestants encouraged her to let Ryan have it. Instead she wound up with "Cryin’" by Aerosmith. She did a really nice job, but I would have liked it so much more to see her go a few rounds with Ryan who looked completely bewildered at the possibility of sparring with Storm. Who wouldn’t? She looks tough and she’s 7′ 2" or something insane like that. My only criticism of her performance is that like Magni in weeks gone by, I was starting to fear that she was going to pop a major blood vessel in her forehead.
Dilana has been growing on me in recent weeks. Tonight changed that. First, she ran around the pool naked in order to sing, "Every breath you take". That’s all fine and good, and it shows you have guts (It also shows other "things" but we won’t go there). But I was not impressed with the way she sang the song one bit. I was also distracted by what appeared to be bird wings that were affixed to her eyelids. Very odd. Because they were bright pink, from a distance, it made her appear as if she had eyelid surgery gone wrong. Tommy Lee, where was your "wrong sauce" comment tonight? And one last thing, Dilana singing "Every breath you take" was like watching The Killers sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." It didn’t work for me. Then again, she sang it for her Mom. The same Mom she hasn’t spoken to in years, so she got you on the whole sympathy vote thing.
Toby renewed my interest again. I’ve been waiting for him to do this. He changed up "Layla" and I loved the harder arrangement. I know what you’re thinking, but don’t even go there. I was liking his performance even before he disrobed from the waist up. He also had "EVS" written on his chest which he says is Australian for "Whatevah". That happens to be one of my most favorite words. Way to go Toby.
Lukas performed the one Killers song that I don’t particularly care for. I didn’t like his performance at all. I liked the fact that he was wearing sunglasses because I wasn’t subjected to his insane- asylum-darting eyes. But then he flung the glasses off his head in a ballet sashay meets freaky move that was marinated in "wrong sauce." It also occurred to me that Lukas really needs to take up some endurance training. Maybe he intends to sound breathless, but he sounds more like he’s going to keel over instead. I’ve also decided that it’s that smile with his eyes closed, head tilted to the side, where he sort of emits screechy sounds that really bothers me. I want Lukas to go home in the worst way. I really do.
Bottom three: Patrice, Lukas and Dilana (I’m going totally on who I think deserves to be there. I don’t think Dilana will actually end up there, but I believe she should.)
Sayonara: Patrice
Encore goes to Ryan, yet again. He’s becoming a bit of a front-runner, no?
Rockstar Elimination: Week 7
My predicting skills are getting better, don’t you think? Ryan gets the encore; I nail two out of three for the bottom three. . . I didn’t see Zayra going home before Patrice though.
There were some unusual tidbits about the show tonight.
- Supernova did their first live performance tonight. They chose Dilana to front them for the song and she did a great job. The song had the ability to be a little catchy. . . right up until the dancers came on stage that had to be loaners from Sir-Mix-A-Lot. What was up with THAT? Has any rock band ever had dancers like that? EVER? Maybe I’m naive, but I always thought they saved the girls for AFTER the show, not during. I thought that was Super Tacky, Supernova. It may be eye candy for you, but it confuses the heck out of your audience.
- Have you ever noticed how singers who have accents lose their accents when they sing? Have you noticed that Zayra doesn’t lose hers when she sings? It’s sort of odd. The really odd thing is that although she is from Puerto Rico, she sounds like she has more of a Russian accent. Very odd, but I’m sure we’ll be seeing her. . . eventually.
- Magni performed "Creep" tonight and I thought it was a little odd that he seemed so sad. He sort of teared up at the end of the performance or it at least looked like he did. Then, he looked over to the other contestants and Dilana and Storm were just bawling. Last night, Magni said he didn’t remember much of what happened when he was in Vegas. Do Storm and Dilana know something? Why did he sing "Creep" with such feeling, such emotion and tear up at the end? Was it simply that moving of a performance, or did something happen in Vegas that he’s hoping will stay in Vegas? Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the rockstar mansion. I wonder how his wife feels about how he had Patrice camped out on his lap with his arms around her at the end of the show. If he was my husband, I’d be slightly disgruntled as in "you can find all your clothing and worldly possessions in our front yard MISTER".
And that wraps up this weeks Rockstar Supernova. See all you crazy googlers next week! Thanks for stopping by!
I know I don’t usually talk about any other TV shows but I am also a bit obsessed with Project Runway. I’ve got an "OH NO THEY DIDN’T" for them this week. People, I know Alison’s design was bad, but it was her second design. She gave it her all and she DOES have talent. I am simply in awe that Vincent was declared "in" instead of her. Of course, producers do have a say in the judge’s decisions and Vincent is certainly more controversial than sweet, normal Alison. NOT FAIR!
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