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Rock Star Supernova: Lukas Lands a Job - Good-bye Hooters
Commentary by Jewels Richardson
September 15, 2006
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Rock Star: Supernova has ended more than their season and the competition, it looks like the very name, "Supernova" may be over. For the time being, I will use the name,Rock Star: Supernova, in this write-up for lack of a different moniker.
The choice has been made, and on Rock Star a decision made for lead singer from the pool of the fifteen original contestants. I predicted Lukas Rossi to win this the first night I watched this show, written in my commentary, Rock Star: Supernova First Light.
Entering the Rock Star: Supernova final four finale, the format at first confused me; down to four? Last season on Rock Star: INXS, the finale featured the top three contestants. Reviewing the results of the past few weeks of Rock Star: Supernova, week nine had Ryan Star, Dilana and Storm Large in the bottom three with Ryan Star "tommyhawked" from the show. That week it was announced that Magni carried the highest numbers of votes that night followed by Toby Rand. Week ten Dilana once again revisited bottom three joined by Storm Large and a surprise bottom three visitor, Lukas Rossi. Week ten had The Iceman and the handsome Australian, Toby Rand with the highest number of votes. Also, in the weeks prior to the finale, there had been discussions about a dual elimination in week ten. Instead only Storm Large went home to sleep in her own bed.
One reason for two contestants from Rock Star not being sent home the tenth week could be as simple as the producers wanting to fill the last show with more material. One other reason, that if two had been sent home in week ten, the resulting finale would not have been as dramatic. Considering that on Rock Star: Supernova there has been a big drama played out involving one of the finalists, Dilana. A finale without one of the main ratings cash cows, and biggest on-line draws would not be as exciting, or as possibly profitable. Week ten was Dilana's second trip to the bottom three, she'd have been the natural one to exit along with Storm Large. That would leave the finale with Lukas Rossi, Toby Rand and Magni.
The Final Four show voting results were announced indicating bottom two of the week, Magni and Toby Rand. Magni delivered another hot performance of "Fire"; Toby Rand rocked out with Billy Idol's "White Wedding". Gilby Clark played hatchet man to deliver the news that Magni was the next to leave, but for some reason, he did not look surprised. No disrespect to dear Toby, but I think if he'd have come out and just farted into the mic Magni would have still been selected to go home. Tommy Lee remained silent, hiding behind ridiculous black sunglasses. The '80's Corey Hart song, "Sunglasses at Night" began running through my mind, "I wear my sunglasses at night, So I can so I can, Watch you live and breathe your storylines,(And) I wear my sunglasses at night, So I can so I can, Keep track of the visions in my eyes...
Moving on, this is when the show really began to take an awkward slant. Focus switched abruptly, like a massive editing chop had taken place. The show continued without any indication that Magni had ever been on the same show. (This was the 'Top Four Elimination Show', right?) Considering the previous two weeks' outcomes, and then the show going with a final four concept, a fitting way to run this would have been to have the bottom three in votes compete, then Supernova eliminate two, then have the top two compete one more time. The format as it stands reeks that this was designed to set-up the elimination of a certain contestant. Regardless, they would have achieved their desired effect without it looking so cheesily manipulated. Adding to the choppiness of this finale, the producers trot out the 'look-back' vignettes recapping highlights of the remaining three performers. With Magni just booted off, and time-wise in the middle of this show, it felt really odd and misplaced.
The show resumed staged like the start of a whole new episode, with Dilana and Toby and Lukas having their sing-off. This time, (and no suspense for me) the handsome and adorable Aussie is sent packing, with Dilana and Lukas still standing. Tommy Lee and the guys in this now unnamed band showed their love and appreciation for the two remaining, and it was obvious how much Tommy Lee and company favored them. A commercial break was ordered so that they could ponder their decision one more time, and if you got up you missed yet another misstep, CBS ran a "Survivor" commercial that had snippets of Lukas singing as the winner. I'm thinking as I watched it, well that's one massive commercial spoiler. The show resumed with Tommy Lee encouraging a shouting match between the Dilana and the Lukas camps in the audience. This promoted his lead in to eliminate Dilana. She seemed genuinely surprised at the outcome. Lukas sang the "Supernova" song, "Be Yourself" complete with odd camera edits. Lukas switches from white plastic sunglasses (he wears his sunglasses at night too) into smoke colored shades As viewers we don't see the when or the why of this switch and it is edited to look like they all ran down there immediately to perform. Numerous things contributed to the herky jerky feel of this finale
Lukas Rossi, new job.....
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