Rockstar: Supernova ~ Week Five Performances
It was another interesting week at the rock & roll boot camp in Supernova land. There were good performances, interesting performances, expected bad performances and some unexpected bad performances.
HOT PERFORMANCES
Dilana Robichaux – Can’t Get Enough: Bad Company
Performance-wise it was not as intense as her Lithium act but she rocked the house down. She walked past the audience, went right up to the judges’ box, sang to them, and then got on the shoulders of a guy in the audience who carried her back to the stage. And she didn’t even miss a beat! That was totally awesome! Vocally, great as usual, though it got a little bit heavy on the rock screech.
Josh Logan – Santeria: Sublime
This was Josh’s best yet. Though I’m not exactly a fan, I actually enjoyed watching him tonight. That makes it one of the rare occasions when I didn’t cringe watching him do his ‘soul man’ thing. And that just makes one thing clear – and it can't get any clearer than this – Josh is not right for this band. He should be doing his own stuff instead of trying to create a Josh-Nova hybrid.
Ryan Star – Losing My Religion: R.E.M
Okay, I’m impressed. This was something totally different, and unexpected. Unusual arrangement. Nice piano solo. Great vocals. Tonight he showed he can sing. He totally redeemed himself.
INTERESTING PERFORMANCES
Patrice Pike – Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder
With a faux Mohawk hairdo, she kicked off the show with Tommy Lee on drums, doing a RHCP version of the song. Though she seemed to be under a lot of pressure, acting all cranky and prompting Ryan to call her a bitch last night, she did pretty well tonight for a person who appeared to be a ticking human stress bomb. It was a decent performance – not great, not bad, just somewhere there in the middle. It was definitely one of her best performances but why do I get the feeling that she’s a little bit ‘fake’ in her performances!
Toby Rand – Pennyroyal Tea: Nirvana
Is there an unwritten law that says no week should pass by without a Nirvana or Rolling Stones song? I admit I swear by Nirvana but this is getting to be a little too much even for me! Can’t say I was really crazy about the arrangement, but then again I kinda liked it, if you know what I mean. He sang his butt off and made the song his own. Though Dave gave him grief about his crowd interaction act, I kinda liked his move of hugging that girl while singing “I’m on my time with everyone”.
Magni Asgeirsson – Clocks: Coldplay
It was a decent performance. Things were definitely quieter than usual on the Magni front, and his pitch was a little off, but it’s not too bad and I kinda liked it. And it was sad to see the man missing his family. Kudos to Supernova for that gesture.
Storm Large – Changes: David Bowie
Last week, it was all punk act with a stage dive to kick things up a notch. This week, it was classy. Excellent vocals, great stage presence. But still it wasn’t something I’d remember after a couple of weeks.
Dana Andrews – Baba O' Riley: The Who
A tough song but she did a good job tonight. It was a stripped down performance which totally worked. She’s getting better and better.
EXPECTED BAD PERFORMANCES
Zayra Alvarez – 867-5309 Jenny: Tommy Tutone
First off, I’d never heard this song before. And I’d never seen an outfit as weird as that before either. She truly does keep outdoing herself when it comes to coming off as totally nuts. Throughout her performance, I was laughing my butt off. And then I laughed some more when Dave Navarro asked for more time for his brain to process what he just saw and the band seconded that request! A place in the bottom three secured.
UNEXPECTED BAD PERFORMANCES
Jill Gioia – Don’t You [Forget About Me]: Simple Minds
This girl has started to annoy me, big time. Did she really have to pick up last week’s bump and grind from where she left it? I hated what she did to the song: too much scream and way too high key. I wish she’d rather concentrate on the song than posturing on stage. Dave summed up her performance perfectly: “It was that performance where people get up and go to the bathroom... or get a beer”. Another bottom three material.
Lukas Rossi – Celebrity Skin: Hole
This was tonight’s major disappoint for me. First off, it was a bad song choice. Hole? You got to be kidding me! He then spent a major part of his stage time with his back to the audience. A bad make-up day? His performance sucked and he looked a bit nervous. Vocally, he was not overly bad, but then again this was no where near his previous performances. I guess he’s earned himself a place in the bottom three. I’m heartbroken.
HOT PERFORMANCES
Dilana Robichaux – Can’t Get Enough: Bad Company
Performance-wise it was not as intense as her Lithium act but she rocked the house down. She walked past the audience, went right up to the judges’ box, sang to them, and then got on the shoulders of a guy in the audience who carried her back to the stage. And she didn’t even miss a beat! That was totally awesome! Vocally, great as usual, though it got a little bit heavy on the rock screech.
Josh Logan – Santeria: Sublime
This was Josh’s best yet. Though I’m not exactly a fan, I actually enjoyed watching him tonight. That makes it one of the rare occasions when I didn’t cringe watching him do his ‘soul man’ thing. And that just makes one thing clear – and it can't get any clearer than this – Josh is not right for this band. He should be doing his own stuff instead of trying to create a Josh-Nova hybrid.
Ryan Star – Losing My Religion: R.E.M
Okay, I’m impressed. This was something totally different, and unexpected. Unusual arrangement. Nice piano solo. Great vocals. Tonight he showed he can sing. He totally redeemed himself.
INTERESTING PERFORMANCES
Patrice Pike – Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder
With a faux Mohawk hairdo, she kicked off the show with Tommy Lee on drums, doing a RHCP version of the song. Though she seemed to be under a lot of pressure, acting all cranky and prompting Ryan to call her a bitch last night, she did pretty well tonight for a person who appeared to be a ticking human stress bomb. It was a decent performance – not great, not bad, just somewhere there in the middle. It was definitely one of her best performances but why do I get the feeling that she’s a little bit ‘fake’ in her performances!
Toby Rand – Pennyroyal Tea: Nirvana
Is there an unwritten law that says no week should pass by without a Nirvana or Rolling Stones song? I admit I swear by Nirvana but this is getting to be a little too much even for me! Can’t say I was really crazy about the arrangement, but then again I kinda liked it, if you know what I mean. He sang his butt off and made the song his own. Though Dave gave him grief about his crowd interaction act, I kinda liked his move of hugging that girl while singing “I’m on my time with everyone”.
Magni Asgeirsson – Clocks: Coldplay
It was a decent performance. Things were definitely quieter than usual on the Magni front, and his pitch was a little off, but it’s not too bad and I kinda liked it. And it was sad to see the man missing his family. Kudos to Supernova for that gesture.
Storm Large – Changes: David Bowie
Last week, it was all punk act with a stage dive to kick things up a notch. This week, it was classy. Excellent vocals, great stage presence. But still it wasn’t something I’d remember after a couple of weeks.
Dana Andrews – Baba O' Riley: The Who
A tough song but she did a good job tonight. It was a stripped down performance which totally worked. She’s getting better and better.
EXPECTED BAD PERFORMANCES
Zayra Alvarez – 867-5309 Jenny: Tommy Tutone
First off, I’d never heard this song before. And I’d never seen an outfit as weird as that before either. She truly does keep outdoing herself when it comes to coming off as totally nuts. Throughout her performance, I was laughing my butt off. And then I laughed some more when Dave Navarro asked for more time for his brain to process what he just saw and the band seconded that request! A place in the bottom three secured.
UNEXPECTED BAD PERFORMANCES
Jill Gioia – Don’t You [Forget About Me]: Simple Minds
This girl has started to annoy me, big time. Did she really have to pick up last week’s bump and grind from where she left it? I hated what she did to the song: too much scream and way too high key. I wish she’d rather concentrate on the song than posturing on stage. Dave summed up her performance perfectly: “It was that performance where people get up and go to the bathroom... or get a beer”. Another bottom three material.
Lukas Rossi – Celebrity Skin: Hole
This was tonight’s major disappoint for me. First off, it was a bad song choice. Hole? You got to be kidding me! He then spent a major part of his stage time with his back to the audience. A bad make-up day? His performance sucked and he looked a bit nervous. Vocally, he was not overly bad, but then again this was no where near his previous performances. I guess he’s earned himself a place in the bottom three. I’m heartbroken.
posted by MockingBird at 11:06 PM
7 Comments:
Dilana can pick up Ba Ba Black Sheep and make it rock. She's a born performer, no doubt about that. I think she's the only contestant who won't be overshadowed by the Supernova guys.
Zayra! Ah!! What do I say!!! She always manages to trigger off the 'exclamation mark syndrome' in me!!!! Seriously, what was that cape and leopard print leotard garb all about!!!!! And let's not even go into her non-singing abilities! I think I've to agree with you when you say they planted her in the show for the laughs.
The second best thing about supernova is that we can always expect to see a write up on bird`s blog the very next day ..hehe!
The R.E.M rendition gave me goosebums, kinda reminded me of the night when MiG (Rockstar:INXS) sang WOOOOO baby I love ya WAYYYY....
Zayra she is definitely one of a kind haha! Someone we all Find VERY Interesting but JUst HATE to ADMIT... haha!
Diddley, if you’re having trouble sleeping, you can log in the same night, say somewhere between 11 and midnight. You don’t have to wait till the next day for the recap ;)
This was the first time I actually liked Ryan Star. By the way, what kind of a name is Ryan Star? Anyway, I think the encore will be his tonight.
Zayra! The exclamation mark syndrome goes off again!! Yep, she’s definitely one of a kind and I hope it stays that way. One more Zayra clone and the world will be bombing Puerto Rico.
Well, al least RYAN STAR sounds a lil better than STORM LARGE - her parents must have been a dedicated MARVEL fan like you ..hehe!! Just hope that you dont get so inspired as to name ya kids with larger than life superhero names like Super HUnter or Madame HAmmer etc :p
btw, hippie!! uncover the great secret... if anyone wants to irritate or make mockingbird grow red hot Horns..send her a replication of Zayra ...hahaha!!!!
You got a point there. Lolz. Storm Large? Seriously, what were her parents thinking! Can’t rule out the ‘comic book overdose’ factor; but then again you can’t rule out the porn factor either ;) And as if that wasn’t enough, her band’s called ‘Storm Large and The Balls’! Jeez!
Muah haha your darling Zayra was not even in the bottom 3, and Patrice and Toby rand were there in the bottom five!!!!!!!! hyuk hyuk hyuk this is one crazy rockshow. Too bad about Dana.
Man I nearly got a heart attack when Brooke said Toby coz the dude didnt rehearse. Man that was a close shave.....
As soon as Brooke announced Zayra was safe, I knew someone somewhere was rejoicing ;)
Toby in the bottom five was a shocker. I agree with you there. And I guess everytime Dana visits a spa, she'll remember this night and the rehearsal she missed. And the pain she put herself through just to get a lousy tattoo... I feel bad for her but I'm still laughing at the thought that she actually went ahead and got that tattoo etched hoping to get that "I'm a hardcore rocker" look!!
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