rockstar supernova week 8

photos from rockstar.msn.com. links point to video performances at youtube.com. mp3 downloads available at supernovafans.com.


reality show

it’s all about dilana-bashing this week. nope, i’m not gonna be defending her against critics, as i did in my week 7 recap. while i still love dilana, she’s caused a nasty ruckus in the house with her true colors creeping out.

the “challenge” for the rockers is to do interviews, an activity they’ll be practicing a lot when they join supernova. everyone seemed to do pretty well, except for dilana who had a lot to say about the other rockers. nasty, nasty, dilana!



she’s been making it easy for her critics to judge her when she’s starting to act like a sure winner. she had something for everyone: storm who apparently hated the supernova lyrics, patrice who apparently should be the next to go, ryan who’s performance was apparently great [only] because of the house band backing him, toby who’s apparently not really serious about winning, magni who apparently just wants to be with his family, and lukas who she wants to save because apparently, he’s very difficult to deal with. dilana’s bashing was of course not without provocation from the “expert” interviewers, but there really is no excuse for dissing the people she calls her friends.

lukas had to deal with one difficult interview, too, but kept his cool. i’m not sure if he walked out of the interview or simply ended it on a sour note, but as jason pointed out, you’re allowed to be rude to the media when they’re rude to you first. lukas’ no-care-for-the-world attitude might be all too obvious but he seems to understand how to compete fairly, and draws the line between professional and punk.

song selection involved another run around the pool naked. this time, toby gets his revenge with dilana who wanted to do The Police’s Every Breath You Take. “i have a hot body… for a midget!” no other big drama during song selection. they voted for patrice to get one of two original songs, while ryan fought for (and finally won) the other.


performance show

brooke introduced supernova’s mascot, chopper (gilby’s black bulldog). dave is now labeled guitarist of panic channel. (by the way, his blog 6767 is a great read if you wanna go inside his head about the rockers, plus get bits of inside scoop on the show. no mention of his divorce with carmen electra though).


no votes from me again this week. work came first. volleyball, a close second. had to watch the second replay after I wrote the delayed recap for week 7.

ROCK 01 – patrice performed her original song Beautiful Thing. a bit catchy and fun, although a little too happy for supernova according to tommy. I’m actually humming right now.

ROCK 02 – magni performs the grunge classic Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. I’m not really convinced he could carry it like a true grunge fan despite his claim that it’s his generation’s theme song (he’s probably my age then). dave thought he performed it with a lot of angst (he did?).

ROCK 03 – ryan performs his original song Back of Your Car. it’s the end of the world and a couple decides to make love --- not so hot about this story. but I cranked up the volume --- my cue that I’m enjoying the performance.

ROCK 04 – storm performed Cryin’ by the great Aerosmith. I got goose bumps during her performance. so much better than last time, I could only say encore!

Steven Tyler is still the best though. check this Cryin’ video that made a star of Alicia Silverstone.



ROCK 05 – dilana performed The Police’s Every Breath You Take. not a stellar performance for me, but still great.

ROCK 06 – toby performed Layla by Derek and the Dominos. I don’t really know this version but I’ve heard Jordis sing it in rockstar: inxs. best version still goes to Eric Clapton. back to toby: removing his shirt was ok, I guess. but his moment was when he walked to the rockers who sang with him, and got the audience to join in too! (patrice looked pretty awkward there.)

ROCK 07 – lukas performed The Killers’ All These Things that I’ve Done. great energy. nakakatuwang hindi minsan ang kalikutan nya sa stage.


elimination show

the interview sessions were shown, with dilana acting like she’s the greatest and making nasty little comments against everyone. dave was shocked and speechless. no comment from supernova.

all dilana could say was that she apologizes for being a bitch this week, that she can sing but has no experience with interviews, and that her only excuse is that she’s too honest. she keeps her ground though in showing how determined she is to be Supernova’s frontman.

is this gonna cost dilana? it’s gonna cost more than a few votes, I’m sure. but I think the performances should count more. dilana admits to screwing up badly and apologized (sincerely, I think). And she vowed to learn from this experience.

tommy (and also dave, as he himself pointed out) exemplifies the rockstar who’s been under a lot from sensationalized negativity by the press, but he’s here now, gaining more fans with Supernova. will battered pam ever be mentioned in this competition? i don’t think so. (probably why they didn’t say anything during dave’s sermon with dilana.) I’m pretty sure dilana has enough sense to get up and go for it.

moving on… no encore tonight. but another performance with Supernova was awarded to toby who sang with them the new song Be Yourself and Five Other Cliches. great sound! now that i see toby performing with supernova, i can see him doing just fine. his voice, his moves and his looks fit nicely with jason, gilby and tommy. brooke announced that schedules and tickets of Supernova’s tour are now available at supernovarockshop.com.


almost at the bottom three was storm. magni performed Fire by Jimi Hendrix; patrice performed Middle of the Road by The Pretenders; and toby totally rocked a rearrangement of STP’s Plush! of course he was immediately saved from elimination. and of course, patrice had to go.

now that patrice is gone, it’s gonna be a tricky guess who’ll be at the bottom in the coming weeks!