Rock Star: Supernova -- Elimination Show Week 1

Matt was the first singer eliminated from Rock Star: Supernova, giving the audience a better idea of what Supernova will ultimately sound like. Here's a hint: they won't sound like Duran Duran.

The episode began with a look at some of the footage from the web episode -- and some questions about last night's performances. Dave Navarro asked Chris if he regretted picking "Roxanne," to which he foolishly answered, "No."

New footage filmed at the mansion after the performance show further indicated that Chris may be a little delusional. In an interview snippet, he said,"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't one of the best singers in the world." There are probably several hundred platinum-selling artists who would disagree.

Later that evening at the mansion, Lukas put Dana on the spot by asking her to name the singers she thought deserved to be in the bottom three. When Matt turned the question back on Lukas, he wouldn't answer, only saying, "A lot of you sucked."

After the footage, we returned to the live footage. Dave asked Lukas to finally spill his bottom three. Lukas picked Chris, Dana, and Jenny.

The Supernovans then announced their favorite performance from the previous show. They picked Dilana to do an encore of "Lithium."

Brooke asked all of the contestants who were in the bottom three at some point during the previous night's voting to stand. Chris, Phil, Magni, Matt, Zayra, and Ryan were all asked to rise.

Brooke announced that the final members of the bottom three would be allowed to perform songs of their choosing. Here's who went, and how they did:

Chris - "L.A. Woman" by The Doors
The song showed the limits are of Chris' voice. He has no high range -- it's like he's doing a poor Ian Astbury imitation. But it was an improvement over "Roxanne."

Phil - "Stars" by Switchfoot
Phil has no charisma. The way he carries himself makes it look like he's made of Jell-o, and he sounds like he just came from the dentist. He slides to hit every note. Time to go back to the chem lab, Phil.

Matt - "Planet Earth" by Duran Duran
He obviously was surprised to be in the bottom three. He sang the slowest song of the night, which usually doesn't go over well with the voting public. Duran Duran was a weird choice, but Matt had rearranged the song to make it heavier.

Unfortunately, the band just looked confused during the performance. Too bad Butch wasn't around to stick up for Duran Duran. Matt sounded really good, but he might be better suited for a band like The Killers.

When it came time to eliminate someone from the competition, Supernova immediately sent Phil back to the group, because Tommy's a fan of Switchfoot. Then, Tommy stressed the importance of song selection and eliminated Matt.

To Matt's credit, he was so gracious in his farewell speech that he made Tommy feel awful for having kicked him off of the show. Tommy should feel bad, because he booted the only one of those three who can consistently sing well.

So now we know that the men of Supernova lack any sense of humor (or irony), and -- despite their protestations that their band is not metal -- anyone who picks a song that does not at least qualify as hard or classic rock is in serious jeopardy. Good luck to Matt. He's better off without these chumps anyway.