Rock Star: Supernova – Round of 6 Results
Thankfully, we put Dilana’s bad week behind us last night. Well, we almost did. We brought it right back up again in the opening video package, before asking her about it in the interview section, and before bringing it back up yet again when she hit the bottom three. But NOW we’re past it for sure, until next week’s well-scripted “great comeback” comments from the band and Dave. (That’s just my prediction there.)
Supernova chose Lukas to play with them last night. As usual, the lights got cranked up and the video got processed to look like film. I think the song might have been OK, but I couldn’t understand a single word Lukas sang. He was so busy growling out the lyrics that they were impossible to make out.
Tommy Lee wore his shirt during the performance, which I thought was weird. As it turns out, the producers had to force him to wear it. Something about not showing pierced nipples on TV. . .
Toby got the encore, even though I thought there were at least three stronger performances the previous night. But, hey, the band is impressed with a guy who can pull up the audience hotties onto the stage with him.
Over the course of the overnight voting, everyone but Magni found their way into the Bottom Three, leading to one of the biggest mathematical blunders in reality TV since Ryan Seacrest couldn’t figure out where the comma was in the vote difference between Ruben and Clay. Brooke Burke said that, for the first time in the show’s history, we knew who the biggest vote-getter was. It had to be Magni. And he had to be leading the competition at this point.
No, it didn’t and he wasn’t. Just because Magni never fell into the bottom three doesn’t mean he got the most votes. It only means he was always in the top three. He might have been the consistent third-highest vote getter all night long, with different surges sending Lukas up and down, or Toby’s totals up and down. All we know is that at the end of voting, Magni was either the top vote getter, the second most popular, or the show horse.
Ryan was the first in the bottom three and so graced us with his version of The Who’s “Baba O’Reilly.” It was awful. His singing stunk. His stage presence was manic, but more in a desperate way than a good way. Maybe it was overconfidence at his newfound comfort on stage? He sprayed a bottle of champagne all around and then spent way too long climbing on speakers to sing from on high. The camera cut to a bored looking Gilby at that point. It was too many gimmicks in one performance. I felt sorry for the House Band, particularly the keyboardist, who has to hit way too many keys too quickly for too long in that song.
Storm fell to the stage next, running with The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” which Patrice did on stage not too long ago. Storm did a great job, I thought, culminating in a moment sitting on Tommy’s lap during the song. You could see Gilby trying to push her off before Tommy started enjoying the attention too much. I think Jason was busy hiding all the camcorders at the time.
Finally, Dilana found her moment in the bottom three, at last, telling Dave she’s not surprised because she screwed up. And we’re glad that’s all behind her now. She sang The Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer,” which made me happy. The lyrics fit her perfectly. Not the French ones, of course. She skipped over that verse completely.
She spent way too much time with her back to the audience, which made me wonder if she was having problems with the lyrics. It’s not like the lyrics follow a natural progression in the song. She could easily have swapped verses around and nobody would have noticed. As Gilby pointed out, she did seem a little lost at one point, but I liked it overall. She was back to being her normally possessed-looking thing, and it was a lot of fun.
Wow, two Talking Heads songs in one season. Another dozen turns like that, and the Heads might start competing with Nirvana for most-played band on this show.
I thought for sure we’d see the double eviction last night. And when Tommy Lee dropped the “Tommy-Hawk” directly on Ryan before sending anyone else off the stage as safe, I thought we had just witnessed the first half. Heck, Dilana and Toby stood on the stage waiting for something else to happen, only walking off after an awkward moment or two. (And that could be all editing. It might have been longer.)
Ryan took the dismissal Not Very Well at all, telling the band that, in essence, they’ll suck without him and that he’ll be on the rock charts with them soon enough. (Yeah, like Marty and the Lovehammers are on the Top 40 next to INXS right now. . .) He looked like he was about to pout, and couldn’t even bring himself to thank the band for their time, though he did thank Dave Navarro for his support. Again, it might all be in the editing. But he didn’t come off well with his eviction.
The other five contestants are off to a Supernova Song Writing clinic this week, and hopefully we’ll see some of the results from that on the webisode or on TV next week.
31. August 2006 at 11:09
I have to say, I was kind of shocked at the way Ryan reacted to being kicked off. While I agree he has come a long way, I think he began to be a little too theatric in his performances. And I don’t think the band liked it too much, especially looking at both Jason and Gilby’s faces during his performance.
Note to producers…we are over the whole Dilana incident. Now can’t you guys just move along? Thanks!
I have enjoyed Lukas this season but watching him perform with the band last night just made him stand out even more. He did not blend with them at all and I now can officially say that in my opinion, he definitely is not right for them.
I watched Rock Star last year. Is it just me or weren’t there a LOT more songs available to sing last year? Why all of the repeats?
31. August 2006 at 11:33
Josh – The cover song pool is probably the same size as last year but, Supernova does not have a pool of its own songs that it can pull from (Like INXS did last year). So instead of covers once a week, we now get them twice a week.
Aug – Missed the new song (Tivo glitch – will watch it tonight on the web). The rest of the night was awful… Not because Ryan went home, he was done on Tuesday night.
That said, Ryan missed the mark with Baba O’Reilly before he sung a note. The Who does not have a Supernova sound, he really needed to pull off a hail mary pass and do a very heavy song well to stick around (unless he was blind to the signs). Maybe something from Live or STP (Preferably something harder but, I haven’t heard anything much harder in their song choices) He screamed too much to a song that didn’t call for it. Aug, good point too many gimmicks…
I totally disagree with you on Storm. I thought it was poor (Love the song hate the performance). To Gilby’s point – Not memorable (again).
Also, ending a night with the worst performances of the season (& last) was Dilana. First of all, I enjoy the Talking Heads. Her version was flat, uninspired and boring. After a great performance on Tuesday this was a big, big letdown.
Ryan wasn’t a surprise, but I wanted Storm to go as well. Maybe the producers didn’t want to take another female out of the house until next week. BTW – Ryan didn’t help his cause for a solo career with the rant – If he’d payed attention to what happened w/ Dilana (What did happen?), he’d realize that the fans don’t like it when the Artist is arrogant, bitter and self grandizing.
31. August 2006 at 11:34
BTW – Aug what was the word count on that RS:SN tome? We expect the word count…
31. August 2006 at 11:41
Hate to see Ryan go. He complete botched Baba O’Riley but his performances til now have been strong. I still think he’s the one that should have won.
The weird thing… after he gave his exit speech to the band I turned to my wife and said, “Now that was classy.”
Two people see the same thing and one of them…
31. August 2006 at 12:50
Ryan looked like a guy who wanted to get kicked off last night, with that ridiculous performance. I can’t believe Dave (or whoever it was) said it was terrific. They all looked stunned by it at the time.
What do you want to bet that Ryan never sings a song in that poseur metal-god voice ever again?
31. August 2006 at 13:40
Okay…I can say that Ryan’s performance made me very uncomfortable…He had to be drunk. It was obvious to me that the boys from Supernova did not like Ryan. Did Tommy ,look like he wanted to punch Ryan or what?
Then came Storm…She too made me uncomfortable. Dilana was better than Ryan and Storm but not great…
Magni needs to go…I simply do not like him. I like Lukas but I agree that he did not look good with Supernova.
I think Tommy, Jason and Gilby are thinking no one is right for their band Supernova….Gilby may be thinking he is not right for the band as well.
31. August 2006 at 14:02
It was, for the record, just over 900 words on the writeup for last night’s episode. I’m going to have a novel written by the time this series is over. . .
31. August 2006 at 14:03
Its funny how different people perceive the contestants…
I’m pro-Magni. He seems to be the right fit for the band (Although he still hasn’t gotten a SN song yet, so the band may not agree with me). He’s got the metal look and feel, he’s been successful as a front man before (although not on this scale or stage). He seems to be balanced off the stage and personable.
Dilana is clearly the other option. She’s given great performances, but I feel she’s a bit of a novelty act sometimes. She showed her headbanging side on Tuesday and is a good performer. Also Dilana is very into Dilana, not much of a team player (This could be just the competition, but I doubt it).
The others would be a disaster. The evil chucky doll (Lukas) is the best of the remaining lot, but I don’t know if I could watch 2 hours of a Lukas show.
Toby and Storm are over their head. Storm should have been gone last night and Toby has only excelled at getting hot women on stage. In fact, why do I feel that Toby may be the next coming of Kip Winger.
31. August 2006 at 16:20
I think Lucas and Dilana are both great performers, but I don’t think Lucas is right for the band, and I’m turned off on Dilana after all this. My vote is for Toby. I just like the guy.
1. September 2006 at 15:58
I’ve been out of town for several days, and I’ve been trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid anyone who might spoil the results of Wednesday’s show. After finally watching this week’s show on Tivo last night, I think the band made the right decision. Granted, Ryan has talent – a lot of talent, in fact – but he’s just not right for this band. If this were some early ’90s act trying to stage a comeback, Ryan would be ideal. He harkens back to a day when eponymously named artists would rule the airwaves – the Matthew Sweets and Bob Moulds – back when radio actually showcased a wide array of talent. But unfortunately, Ryan just isnt’ right for Gilby, Jason and Tommy. The same, regrettably, can probably be said for Magni, whose performances I’ve enjoyed immensely but who also doesn’t seem suited for the band. So, in my mind, it comes down to Dilana and Lukas, with Dilana emerging the winner by a multi-pierced nose. and man, Ryan really did not handle his ouster well. I’m sure the guys in the band were backstage afterwards thinking, “Whew, we dodged a bullet with that attitude.”