Sephy’s Platzish

Before getting into the show, a note about viewership from a story in the Melbourne Age -

RockStar has been a hit here and overseas, with last week’s episode the most watched “general entertainment” program in Australian subscription television history.

Before the hour the band will take stage with the lead singer. And, for those interested, this is being broadcast at the same time in almost every place - the only exceptions are the Mountain and Pacific timezones here and in Canada, along with New Zealand, and I think South America. FYI, the finale is only one hour, despite two hours being reserved by some channels overseas

Brooke holds the names of the lowest vote-getters, who will perform first off, losing one.

The voting volume broke records in NA, IS, and AU.

At some point bottom 2

all but dilana stand…

first of the bottom - magni - fire - at this point it’s all great performances; I think that he’s probably going to be the one dropped.

side note - magni and toby have their home flags

and the second to sing is toby - White wedding - Yeah; it’s all good

After the break we have the drop.

Adbreak @ 7:10 back @ 7:13

Comments from the guys - this is a hard one; we’ve watched these 4 grow as performers, but once again, we still have a job to do here; magni - man it’s been a great ride, but a question has been that he’s a talent, but you’re not really “fronting” the band, with that he earns 4th place in the competition.

Now we see some footage of the last three and their thoughts going into the final. Lukas is first; he says that the guys are very down-to-earth. Next up is Dilana saying in the package that they need her; and repeats her statement on-stage. And Toby - he’s got a heck of a chance; respect for the band for giving all the advice; he also points out his height…

Up next, the unsurprising decision that they’re going to sing one last time.

Adbreak @ 7:21 Remind me to cut the commercial where they use Lukas to advertise Survivor! Back @ 7:25

Lukas - Bittersweet Symphony - Yeah; howeverJason was shaking his head

Dilana - Zombie - A note to the person with the Dilana sign - you were holding it upside down….Again, this is a performance that is a reminder of you before you spat the dummy. Really, it’s the kind of performance to win people over; the perfect thing to have for the grand final!

Toby - Somebody Told Me - A lesson in taking an already energized crowd and getting it going even more.

Big ups for the house band!

Adbreadk @ 7:32

Hmm…who do i think will win? It’s a crapshoot; They’ve all got heaps of talent, however it’s the showmanship and attitude that I think will be the clincher. Dilana has an unpredictable attitude, however it is in a band with TLee so it might not be an issue; Lukas has a very infectious attitude that sucks you in; Toby has a lot of stage energy. All three deserve to be the lead singer, but I think it’ll be Dilana. Though I think it should be either of the guys.

Back @ 7:37

Jason - toby always consistent, able to surpass the guitar, but it’s not enough to head this band. For that, you’ve earned 3rd place; his comments are that they’ve taken the safest choice as Dilana and Lukas are already great and that it took him a while to become great.

Now, it’s down to the two favourites from the first episode back in July…Dilana and Lukas.

Ready for the goth wedding, says Dave. Duh, Brooke - that’s why Lukas didn’t sing twice.

Now for the decision - Gilby. It’s been tough, so they need some more time (and we need a commercial break)

Adbreak @ 7:41

Simple as this - I think it’s going to be Dilana, but it should be Lukas. However, I’m not going to be mad if they choose Dilana, as she has proven herself as a talent throughout the whole series, it was only her attitude after the press clinic that lost my support, but I think that her performances last night really brought a lot of people back to liking her. I have to say that tonight’s performance was again a reminder of what she had going for her.

Back @ 7:44

And now it’s time to choose the winner!

Tommy? Lukas - everything about you has been really amazing; dilana, yeah; you are enchanting, your voice is unbelievable; who doesn’t love both of them? As any good band would do, they’d listen to their fans and this person that I’m talking about had the highest number of votes. Lukas, you’re our guy. (Hey, it’s a good thing that I took that comment out about it being obvious that Dilana had the most votes )

For second place, Dilana earns the services of both Dave and Gilby and promises to have a CD out with them on it, which, as she says will kick some serious arse; plus she gets an invite to go on tour this winter.

Buy tix before midnight tonight and get a chance to go on tour with the bands.

There’s gonna be another series next year apparently as there will be auditons held

Adbreak @ 7:55 Back @ 7:57

Don’t forget about the website; TBA was replaced with Albany NY by the way.

And that brings a close to this series of Rockstar. Time will tell and I think that this will turn out to be a good choice; I would hope that they could add some of his original work to their repertoire as that is some awesome music.

Of course, the boards discussing this shall be going both ways…honestly, I think they’ll become forgotten in a couple of months; maybe they’ll get some press when the CD comes out, but it’s up to them now to become successful…

Not many comments tonight; not that there was much to comment on anyways; it was all good

It’s the final performance show of the series; scheduled is one original (possibly a reprisal of their performances from last week, hopefully not)

Before we get to the night’s proceedings, we have an important announcement. The winner of the Verizon Wireless vote for an encore is Ryan. (Just a note to the graphics people - it’s hard to say that someone’s a fan favourite if a lot of viewers can’t vote for it!)

In addition to coming back to perform again, he gets a vehicle from everyone’s favorite car company that sponsors the show, plus a phone from said phone company [44% owned by Vodafone]

And now we have a recap of the path to the final four.

tonight’s plan - a cover and a reprise.
tomorrow - the bottom two perform and one is eliminated; in the second hour, all three perform and the winner is selected by 9 pm wednesday

adbreak - 8:10; from tomorrow turn your pop culture knowledge into $2.2 million dollars; back @ 8:13

First up - Toby - Karma Police - Not bad; I’m not familiar with the song, I think Gil’s comments were right that he did seem a bit lost there (the lyrics seemed to be a little muddled to me)

reprise - Proof that he doesn’t need to go crowd surfing to be great

Adbreak - 8:20 back @ 8:24

Lukas - Fix You - onya dave for remembering that it’s cellphones that get flicked instead of bics

reprise - the “a man and his guitar” version. you know what? Dave’s right - this is all about sitting back and watching a great rock show.

Apparently Paula Abdul had nothing to do Sunday afternoon

Adbreak @ 8:31 @8:35

Dilana - Roxanne - Nice ironic effect of the Red light; it’s just too bad that you have to keep dragging that crap up, otherwise I’d still like you.

Reprise - I admit it; I didn’t pay attention. The performance sounded much calmer than last time though.

Adbreak @ 8:42 Back @ 8:47

Magni - Hush - Yeah; that’s why you’re here tonight.

Reprise; Ok, so he forgot the English name…c’est la vie Like Tommy, I really didn’t remember much of this one; I’d still like to hear it in Icelandic

adbreak @ 8:55

I think voting will look like this -

1 - toby
2 - lukas
3 - magni
4 - dilana

though I think I could be wrong with the middle section.

back @ 8:58

Aww…TBA is gone

early results

dilana
toby
lukas
magni

hm…it’s not what i had expected; though really all I did was put dilana on the bottom of the list while the votes put her at the top…

Of course, Right now is a varying time around the world

It’s the final week, and the final Reality Episode. It appears that this is going to be a fun buffer-fest as the video played 17 seconds and is buffering for some time now. I’m guessing that MSN’s servers might be a bit overloaded due to it being the 5th anniversary of 9|11 (I might have more on that in a bit).

First off, direct links to the show -

Sgement One
Segment Two
Segment Three
Segment Four

Segment one -

Well, in the parts that had moving video, we saw the rockers at dinner and discussing the fact that it’s almost the end. Please notice the introduction of a second Aussie character for this week, even if it is in relation with the, ahem, gifting of a vehicle (i hope they told Toby about having to pay tax on the thing!).

Another interesting observation - the speedometer’s km/h scale is so small, it’s almost invisible.

And, in another amazing coincidence, we have some more self promotion for an upcoming album in January 2007

Some nice Job Shadowing person has placed the rockers’ photos on the memento wall in the song selection room.

Segment two -

Let’s see if this segment is a bit better on the streaming for this segment. And it was for the last three segments

Song selection is another original (or is it an encore of last week?), plus a choice of every single song done on the show, plus four songs that haven’t been done yet. Despite the sheer number of songs, Dilana and Lukas end up fighting over one anyways; she wins but then chooses another song. Jeez! It’s no wonder why you don’t have any fans anymore.

The kicker? She’s rearranging it like Chris did and the house band ain’t happy!

Segment three -

The rockers pack and head out. What a cool shot of them standing at the end of the pool leaning on their guitars.

So, who’s gonna win? Rumours are out there that Lukas has been selected already, but it’s anyone’s game at this point. Be sure to tune in whenever it is that the show airs (8AM, 8PM, 8:30PM, 9PM, 10:30PM, Late night) on whatever station it’s on

As always, I have spoilers here

Good morning again

Tonight we find the final five all seated at the side; Storm forms a heart with her hands.

Votes were almost too close to call.

Heh heh heh Tommy can bleep himself and not only did he do the show last night, he did an Aerosmith/Mötley Crüe show!

We finally make the pregnancy official, thanks to Dave

Before the music, we recap last night…….Why did the writers use some of the songs as puns? And was Tommy’s shirt was a Marlboro shirt?

Apparently nothing happened at the house since Sunday and the cameras didn’t get to go to Pulse again this week.

It’s all Love - with Magni; not a bad track, and kudos for someone having the forethought to send a stagehand to play catcher

And we see the rockers coming into Television City in a bunch of H***a E*****t S*s, surrounded by throngs of people there for the show, including one person who had their hands in the shape of a heart. I guess I missed that memo Back in the studio and Brooke announces that the encore performer gets the car they came in! Whoa! Free pub baby!

Of those people, how many do you think were there for this show, and how many were there for The Price is Right?

3 mentions of the name of the car so far before the break, then we see the adboard for it, then we see the AD for it

Adbreak @ 7:13 Another NFL commercial note - we have a new “Team Mom” for Campbell’s Chunky Brand, to fit in with the new Super Bowl Champions (btw, it used to be called the “World Championship” from 1967 until 1970, then it was just called the Super Bowl) Back @ 7:17 I’ll say encore will go to storm … probably not toby as he had it last week

The music will continue as they go on a 28 city tour with the house band; and ANOTHER tour update! Panic Channel will be along as well. What next? INXS?

And the encore announcement. Colour me wrong; it is toby who wins the H***a-mobile (oh i’m sure the sponsor representatives are happy with jason on that :p)

Brooke needs to give him the key to the vehicle and reminds us that it is a car, and that we can see it on the internet.

And now the bottom 3. Will they all end up standing? I think so.

A wild vote with record breaking numbers.

Standing -
Toby
Storm
Magni
Lukas
Dilana

See, I was right - they all stood

But first we need to verify the tallies once more build the suspense so we need an adbreak :p

Adbreak @ 7:23 Back @ 7:27

Now time for the bottom 3…. predicted Storm Magni Dilana

First up - Storm - Wish You Were Here (Floyd) - She has the sad face on i think. I’m not familiar with the song; it was ok; I think that hit Jason

SEcondly - Dilana - And now she has crutches with dead (?) flowers - I want you to Want me - Nah. I was half expecting something *close* to the original, but..nah.

Adbreak @ 7:35 Back @ 7:39:54

Next wednesday we see a winner chosen

But first we have to kick someone out and we have only 2 candidates - Magni sits down.

OK, false start there…Toby? Don’t you move buddy; you’re moving on. Thus, making our third up Lukas. Whoa. Encore of Headspin. What was Tlee reacting to? Ah well, great performance anyways.

Hmmmmm…who will go? I think Dilana’s performance was the weakest of the night; Lukas is most definitely safe. It would be a real shock if they tossed him. I think Storm probably had the strongest performance. Again, it’s a toss-up; I’ll say it’ll be Storm, but I’ll not be surprised if Dilana goes.

Adbreak @ 7:45 Back @ 7:48

Comments from the band - gil - Storm: Likes the changing of performance last night, but this is her, what? 4th time now; Dilana - the one to watch, BUT 2 weeks in a row; Lukas - First time in bottom 3; sit yo’ ass down! (No it wasn’t said that way, but I can say it that way :))

Tommy - not gonna do it, Jason will do the booting; both incredible fantastic performers, and are respected as comrades in rock, and someone has to go home, this week it’s you, Storm.

Of course, this means that on Monday we’ll have the opportunity to see Dilana beat herself up again…or will she change her ‘tude?

To close, Brooke invites the final four up on stage, then reminds us of the special Verizon features - Vote to bring someone back next week at 9/8 central, and that you can receive Verizon Ringtones Deluxe from the fella holding one of those neato chocolate phones…MP3 player, camera, GPS, and phone

Adbreak @ 7:54 back @ 7:57, but we have adboards first

One of the 27 cities is the metropolis of TBA w00t! And we see the naked dive into pool

Credits - I think you’ll be winning Lukas; either you or Toby.

I’m listening back to the performances from Sunday afternoon and broadcast last night.

The songs I’d never heard of - Behind Blue Eyes (though I may have heard it at one time or another in the past) and Suffragette City (I thought they were saying Suffer Jet City before the credit came up)

First off - I’m over Dilana; the dredging up the whole bottom 3/not doing well/dummy spit has lost me. In her original there’s a line that says she wants to go to her detractors and say “thank you”. I wonder if the real lyric is “f— you”? I think it’d make more sense that way.

Magni - I can’t think of anything to add.

The music in the outcue seems quieter than the incue from commercial.

Storm - I’m not a fan of these monosyllabic nonsense words like doo doo doo, and following it with a yeah doesn’t help. Makes it too cliché and uninspiring. also, the what the what the what the what the…yeesh. I was probably too distracted watching the show to notice or i’m just too influencable. However, I probably would like it better if we didn’t have such stern broadcasting regulations. The uncensored version of the song is available on her Myspace; it’s better than the live version - though the repetition part is still there - What the f… is what the f… is (etc.).

I’ll have more later on this when I can listen without interruption

It’s later

Lukas - On the second listen, I like the whole show; it’s probably just me but I just have a hard time looking at him, the smile he had (at right) during the Bon Jovi made me chuckle. If you wish to hear the original version of this, you can do it on MySpace

Toby - I didn’t note this, but the audience participation at first was very anemic, but he picked up their slack…About the only negative thing I’d say is that he should have mentioned the title of his original, for the benefit of the live studio audience. (You notice how they never mention that shows are filmed (or taped) in front of a live studio audience anymore?)