Rockstar: Supernova ~ Week Four Elimination

I say what the fuck! Did they just choose Zayra over Phil? I know both of them would be going home any day now but at least there should be a rule or something here which says contestants should be made to go home according to how bad they suck that particular week.

At the bottom three this week were Patrice, Zayra and Phil. If you recall my previous post, my pick for this week's bottom three were Josh, Zayra, Patrice, and Storm my choice for the encore. I think I’m getting better at this. *wink* But what beats me is why the hell was Josh not in the bottom three!

Last night Patrice was told by Dave Navarro that her performances were getting to be quite boring, and I found myself agreeing totally with Dave. But tonight, for the first time in this competition, I actually liked what Patrice did with Radiohead’s My Iron Lung. A tough song to score but she did a neat job. And that scream at the end was awesome! After that performance, it was pretty much obvious that she was going back to the safe zone. And she did.

Gilby Clark told Zayra last night she was totally pop, which is not what the band wanted. After finding herself at the bottom three once again, Zayra picked I’m Not an Addict by K’s Choice [a song ignorant me had never heard before]. As a preface to her performance, she announced, “I’m a music addict.” I say, send her to a friggin' rehab already. The song’s mellow as they come, her diction was poor and her performance nothing to write home about. Since she didn’t “bring the rock”, which Supernova so badly wants the contestants to do, I was pretty much sure she was going home tonight.

From day one, Jason has been repeatedly telling Phil to go heavy when he is clearly an alt-rock guy. So Phil went heavy tonight with Smoking Umbrellas by Failure – I’ve to admit I’d never heard of the band before, let alone their music – and he did a pretty good job. This was the heaviest he’d ever been on the show. After Phil’s performance, I even let out a premature sigh of relief, pretty much confident tonight was the last we’d have to see of Zayra. But what happened next was totally unexpected.

The band questioned Phil’s motives, if he really wanted to be a part of the band or just win the competition, and on that flimsy ground they gave the guy the boot! That left me questioning the band’s integrity. Isn’t it ironic that Supernova wants the contestants to do ‘their’ kind of music [whatever their kind of music is!]; and when the band’s advice is taken by the contestants, their motives are questioned and they are rewarded with elimination!

Isn’t it so very obvious they kept Zayra because she keeps the show interesting with her verbal sparring with the Supernova guys and also with her weird wardrobe selection! Now whose motives should I be questioning?