Reid About It

Brooke announces that Ryan has been off the show for six days and already has a solo career and more name recognition than 2/3s of Supernova. That's good, in a way. This may become a competition where the best place to finish may be as runner-up.

The House Band bags on Dilana for not knowing about the Who's "Behind Blue Eyes". Granted, it's a song you should have heard if you're a rock and roll singer, songwriter, or anyone who's ever owned a CD/album/cassette/8-track. I can't help but think, however, that they're really going out of their way to paint her as the bad girl. Next show we'll see the backstage footage where she kicked a puppy, stole Lukas's eyeliner, and drank milk right from the carton out of the Supernova fridge.

To start us off, Dilana sits on a stool, since she apparently tore her calf muscle kicking herself in the ass for ticking off all of the internet voters. Dilana does the Who song, then one of her own. She's got a great voice and great presence, but the band is as visible as they're ever going to be at this very moment, and she's ticking people off left and right. Can you afford to sign up the female Axl, circa 1989?

Jason Newsted gives her credit, and says "Good on' ya." I guess he figures Toby is getting laid a lot and he's from Australia, so anything that might help, Jason will try.

Magni does a Beatles song, then an angry original. Never heard of channeling Icelandic rage before, but he's doing it. Two originals so far, two angry rants. Anger doesn't necessarily translate to entertainment.

Storm gets another David Bowie song. She's wearing a suit and fedora, and she manages to look far more manly than Dave Navarro. She finally loses the hat and jacket for her original, reminding me that I have an open proposal to the next Mrs. Storm Large Kerr. Her original is up on her MySpace site, by the way. Knowing that makes me feel like such a stalker.

Lukas does a Bon Jovi song, and by "does" I mean "performs it so crappily that I'd rather hear him cover a Nelson song". He tops off the dirt sandwich performance with an original song he wrote for his mother, that is incomprehensibly bad. If this song makes you think of your mother, I hate to break it to you but your mom was incoherent and repetitive.

Finally, Toby gets the Killers "Mr. Brightside." That chorus of that song is so similar to "Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee" that Jesus should be asking for points on the record. He's not so good on the cover, but his original has pretty much everything you could ask for in a rock song. It's got flying lyrics, syncopated rhythms, a sing-along part, and an instantly recognizable hook. He gets a celebratory grope from Tommy, which means he'll have to give a blood and urine sample at the clinic later to get checked. With Dilana's voice obscured by the foot in her mouth, Toby is the new favorite.

Bottom three predictions: Lukas, Dilana, Magni