Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Will Success Spoil Dilana?
By M. Giant | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 08.21.2006
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Interesting song selection process this week; Toby gets back at Dilana, tricking her into streaking around the pool in order to get a song that he doesn't even want. Plus there are two chances to sing originals this time. Storm offers to settle the issue with fisticuffs, but once again ends up with the song everyone else is scared of. One of the originals goes to Patrice, and it turns out to be an up-tempo, melodic, bouncy little rock number. I'm sure they loved it back in Austin, and they will again very soon. Magni does Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (because the Iceman can not resist an anthem) and further cements his niche as the best cover artist on the show. Ryan does the second original of the night. It's a hard-rocking number that's a better fit for Supernova than Patrice's, even though you can totally tell he wrote it in the '90s and Supernova is an '80s band. Storm pulls off the booby prize of Aerosmith's "Cryin'," then pulls off some boob-related banter with the judges. Dilana's mommy issues provide an emotional backdrop for "Every Breath You Take," but I'm too distracted by her terrifying eyelash treatments to notice. Toby takes on "Layla" and takes off his shirt, revealing the hand-lettered proclamation "EVS," which is apparently Aussie for "whatever." And Lukas uses both of his voices for the Killers' "All These Things That I've Done." Initial bottom three: the doomed, doomed Patrice; Storm; and Toby. Apparently too many viewers agreed with the inscription on his torso. Also, Gilby brings his dog, resulting in the grossest Tommy Lee moment of the season thus far.
Wednesday
More evidence tonight that if Dilana wins this thing, it won't be through strategy. We see her being mean to Ryan after last night's performances for no good reason, and Ryan effortlessly jujitsus it to make her look like the asshole. This week's performance with Supernova gets awarded to Toby, who sings a stomper called "Be Yourself and Five Other Clichés." I think they undercounted. Then, instead of an encore of one of last night's performances, we get an encore of Dilana acting like a dick. Apparently, a bunch of media types descended on the Mansion last week to give the Supernovices a little practice in doing press interviews, and Dilana was so tactless that she almost renders Dave speechless. Of course, she cops to being "too honest." Must be rough to be so very awesome that you come all the way back around to sucking. Last night's initial bottom three -- Patrice, Storm, and Toby -- are joined in the bottom four by Magni, who also turns out to be the first one in the bottom three. He tears up Jimi Hendrix's "Fire," although he fails to ignite his guitar. Patrice's fourth (!) bottom three performance is "The Middle Of The Road" by the Pretenders, wherein she unfortunately demonstrates that her idea of an "arrangement" is to make the House Band sound like they're playing underwater. And Storm seems quite disappointed when she turns out to be safe and Toby gets to give his first bottom three performance. He does "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots, and is safe as well. That leaves Magni and Patrice, which you know means that she's heading back to Austin. Sixth Street awaits! Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Tuesday
Brooke's introduction tonight is even more uncomfortable than usual, but that's because she's standing on an awkwardly-staged spot at Jason's end of the judges' dais, flanked by the members of Supernova. It's disorienting, but I guess that's rock & roll. Brooke says that a lead singer will be chosen for the band in three weeks, and the audience applauds the remaining seven residents of the Nut Gallery. Those guys get more personal space up there every week. Which, as we'll see tomorrow, is a good thing, if only for their own safety. Brooke teases us with some reference to how we can get tickets to Supernova's world tour, but first, she brings up Supernova's liver performance last week with Dilana. Everyone congratulates each other on that, and then we're into the previouslies. Dilana sang with Supernova while Lukas looked on enviously. "I would have loved to be up there," Lukas interviews. Storm admits in an interview of her own that she was jealous, but also excited for Dilana. Who gloaterviews, "It was the debut of Dilana and Supernova as one, and now I can't imagine anyone else fronting the band." Which would explain why she spends the rest of this week acting like she already won.
Then it's song selection time back at the Mansion, and the Supernovices learn that there are not one, but two slots for original songs this week. And after the spanking they got last week, everyone wants to do their original song this time around. Storm, in particular, is more adamant than I've ever seen her. Not only is she towering over everyone at the head of the table where the rest of them are seated, she is willing to literally throw some punches for the chance to perform her original song. "I'll put on gloves and fight," she announces, in all seriousness. The folks in the auditorium whoop at that. Patrice says that she'll "stand up on [her] two feet all night long." Not if Storm starts hitting her, she won't. She clarifies, "And not eat and not sleep for an original song." Magni plays the peacemaker, saying that since Patrice has been in the bottom three the most times, she should get the chance to do an original: "She earned it." Magni's English is pretty good, so I have to assume his choice of "earned" rather than "desperately needs" is intentional. Either way, everyone agrees.
Then it's down to Ryan and Storm for the last one. Storm is still all over boxing for it, but Ryan's like, "I'm not gonna box you for the song." Storm's kind of offended at what she sees as Ryan's misguided chivalry, even though it's clear to everyone else -- including Ryan -- that he just doesn't want to get his ass kicked. Which he would. Magni tries to apply the bottom-three test again, and Ryan comes out ahead there. Presumably Magni took himself out of the running, because he, Ryan, and Patrice are the only ones still there who have ever been in the bottom three at all. And then Storm starts finding herself drawn to the song that nobody else wants to do, which in this case is "Cryin'" by Aerosmith. Which I'm pretty sure also has a key change, so she eventually folds and tells Ryan, "You better kill it." Ryan interviews that Zayra went home after doing her original, so he's taking the same risk. With his sweatshirt hood up for some reason, he explains that he thinks his song is one "that Supernova can be part of." Generous of him. Supernova will be so relieved.
With that settled, there are still five covers to divvy up, and Dilana says that she wants "Every Breath You Take." "That's the one I want," Toby claims, all wide-eyed innocence. "Run around the pool naked," he tells Dilana. "I did it for you last week." Dilana just looks back at him, trying to show some bravado by smiling. It doesn't work. And of course, even if she doesn't want the song that badly, it's not like she can back down, because Dave and Supernova will thump her for that. She's trapped. Well played, Toby.