Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Rock Star: Supernova -- Elimination Show Week 10

Dilana should've been eliminated for butchering a classic song by Cheap Trick, but instead, Supernova booted Storm off of Rock Star.

The show started with an announcement that Brooke is pregnant with a baby girl. And Tommy and Dave wasted no time hitting on the embryo.

Viewers were then shown a montage of the original songs performed last night. In the studio, Dilana sat on the rockers' mini-stage, holding a new pair of crutches decorated with artificial flowers.

Dave tried to ask Toby about his performance from the previous night, but Toby's answer was repeatedly interrupted by (presumably young) screaming girls. Toby said, "Thank you girls. In ten years." Then, Supernova chose Magni to sing with them.

Magni - "It's All Love" by Supernova
The song was totally forgettable adult contemporary alt-rock. This would be featured on one of those radio station that still plays The Spin Doctors a few times a week. Aside from a couple falsetto bits, the vocals had such a narrow range that it was impossible to tell anything about Magni's voice from the performance -- which is too bad, since we know Magni can sing.

After letting us know that each of the rockers had arrived at elimination show in a new Honda Element, Brooke listed many fabulous features of this year's model. She must really like that car! Also, by sheer coincidence, we learned that the winner of tonight's encore would get to keep the Element they rode in on.

Before announcing the encore winner, Gilby gave an update on the Supernova tour itinerary. Dave's band Panic Channel will be joining the House Band as Supernova's opening acts. Then, Jason declared Toby the winner of the encore and the Honda. No word on if they'll be switching the steering wheel to the opposite side for tooling around Australia.

Toby - "Throwin' It All Away" by Toby
Toby dedicated his song to the memory of fellow Aussie, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. For a second night in a row, Raphael got to go nuts on his guitar solo. Metal bands always sell out huge venues in Raphie's native Brazil, so this must have been a dream week for him.

Immediately after winning a car and an encore, Brooke announced that Toby spent some time in the Bottom Three during the course of voting. But so had everyone else. The final Bottom Three was as follows:

Storm - "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd
Storm needed to rock. Instead, she performed a song being simultaneously played in coffee houses across the country by hundreds of guys who've just learned how to play acoustic guitar. Her voice sounded beautiful, and she dedicated it to her mom and started to cry. Jason was crying as well.

Dilana - "I Want You to Want Me" by Cheap Trick
Nooooooo! Dilana sped up the song dramatically, and then couldn't keep up with the rhythm, making it sound like a polka. She concentrated so hard on hopping on her one good leg that she screwed up all of the words. Having just seen Cheap Trick perform this song on Sunday, Dilana's performance was an absolute joke.

Lukas - "Headspin" by Lukas Rossi
Jason said that he was surprised to see Lukas at the bottom. Taking full advantage of the national television exposure, Lukas performed his original song again. His enunciation was a little better tonight, or else I'm getting better at understanding him through repeated exposure. I can only imagine how many lyrics I would have picked up if he'd gotten the encore, too.

Gilby said that Storm's been changing up her performances, but she's been in the Bottom Three several times. He said that Dilana's been the one to watch so far, but, being in the Bottom Three, "that's a rough one." Gilby told Lukas he was safe and sent him back with Toby and Magni.

Tommy professed his love for both of the women (for all women, really), then handed his mic to Jason to do the actual dismissal. Jason said the band respects both women as "comrades in rock." Then he sent Storm home, thanking her for lighting up the stage every week.

Dave told Storm that he could've chosen to play with any of the rockers this season, and he'd picked her. Dave promised to play guitar on a recording of her original song. Tommy said he wanted to play drums, and Jason volunteered to play bass. Storm called her new band Rock Star: Stormnova. Echoing Ryan's words from last week, Storm promised that we'd see her again.

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