Rockstar: Supernova
I am addicted to the current crop of Reality TV shows!
From the b1tchy antics of wannabe fashionistas on Project: Runway 2 (Mmmmm...Heidi Klummmm....Seal is one LUCKY B@st@rd I tell ya), to the raunchy shenanigans on 8TV's The Player, to the comedic trials & tribulations on the recently concluded Beauty & the Geek.
Yes. I have NO social life whatsoever and am glued to the television on most nights. (God, deliver me from this evil thy has christened REALITY TELEVISION and grant me enough strength to go out and enjoy life as I duly should. Thy Kingdom Cometh!)
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Yet, I reckon redemption is upon me. For the past two weeks have been heavenly! Reality TV addicts like me (who are secretly Rockstar wannabes in our own depraved imaginary world) have been graced with the delightful return of last year's sleeper reality TV hit: Rockstar!
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In retrospect, INXS is an old-fogey rock band from Australia that nobody cared about much during the grunge days of the early 90s except for maybe...Australians..and oh Kylie Minogue who had an affair with INXS' lead singer, Michael Hutchence (who also went the Cobain route a few years later). So maybe that explains Season 1's lackluster support from the TV-watching public.
BTW, they ended up with choosing one of the more flashier singers (all flash and NO intrinsic rock talent that makes you wanna orbit them obsessively and buy all their albums despite your own reservations and fears of falling into the hype). JD Fortune the chosen Rockstar:INXS front man sucks dogs bollocks compared to the much more talented & HOT Mig Ayesa, or even the broodingly morbid Marty Casey (who blew me away with his accoustic rendition of The Killer's Mr. Brightside)
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On another note, Mark Burnett is a reality-TV-creating Savant!
The number of reality tv shows that have sprung from his creative mind alone just boggles my mind. From the grandfather of all reality tv series: Survivor, to the constantly gross Fear Factor, to the ultra-suave Donald Trump-anchored corporate-drama, The Apprentice; Mark Burnett never ceases to amaze us all.
Dude. Keep on truckin and churnin out them reality TV formats that're bound to reel them viewers in and hook them onto your next drama-filled show. 'Cos you got game man. You got game.
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I gotta say this year's bunch of rockers fighting for that front lead position are a mixed bunch indeed. Surprisingly MOST of the male contestants are quite weak when it comes to rocking the house compared to the female participants. If last year you had Rock powerhouse performances from the likes of Marty Casey and Mig Ayesa that would make the hairs on your neck and arms stand on end, this year you'd be left found wanting from most of the male performances.
Thank god for the crop of female rockers who makes up for the slack from the men as a few noteworthy performances from Dilana, Zayra and Storm Large in the past 2 weeks goes to prove that Supernova might end up with a female lead after all.
And within all the female rockers, Storm Large is my favourite. Just check out her manic energy in the short clip below:
Forget Dilana with her Uruk-Hai/ogre-troll look + husky voice! (Her rendition of Nirvana's Lithium in Week One was mind-blowing nonetheless)
Forget Zayra with her overpowering crazy cool stage presence! (This sassy young un' lacks real vocal talent, but ALWAYS blows the viewer's mind with her stage antics)
Forget ALL the men on the show who look & sound like American Idol rejects!
STORM LARGE is the real deal, baby!
My money's on her to win Rockstar Season 2 AND lead Tommy Lee's NEW band.
Just check out her performance above: She oozes sex appeal in every sense of the word, she's spunky as hell and mucho expressive on stage, plus super-confident and cheekily gutsy. The whole package I tell ya!
Storm Large ROCKS MY SOCKS OFF. HARD!
posted by NiK! at
5:42 AM
