Each week, the performances get better and better.  And Dilana puts more distance between herself and everybody else.

Dilana–Won’t Get Fooled Again: One nagging question through this competition has been whether or not Supernova would legitimately consider a woman to front their band.  The band answered last night with a full scale endorsement of Dilana.  Week after week she is the cream of the crop, and last night was more of the same excellence.  She performed with Gilby and had just as large a presence as he did. She is far and away the front runner at this point.  But, she still has competition.

Jill Gioia–Mother, Mother: The band loved her performance but I was underwhelmed.  I believe she has gone about as far as she can go. She’s energetic but she doesn’t have the chops to last much longer.

Ryan Star–Paint It Black:  Ryan is playing the Marty Casey role to a tee: come out of nowhere and slowly rise to the top of the pack. Every week he grows more comfortable and brings a stronger performance.  He strikes me as the spoiler at this point.

Storm Large–We Are the Champions:  I don’t think I have mentioned this yet, but I love Storm Large.  Last night, she nailed a Freddy Mercury vocal.  She hasn’t had a bad performance yet and continually shows that she has great versatility in song choices. A Dilana/Storm finale is brewing.

Zayra Alvarez–All the Young Dudes:  Words escape me.  Penelope Cruz is a side show, albeit a fun one.  While Jill is still hanging on, they can legitimately keep her for another week or two.  However, they need to toss her before they have to kick off someone who truly belongs.  She mangled that song.

Josh Logan–Interstate Love Song:  He’s smooth, even with a rockin’ tune. I think he got a little lost with Tommy behind him but still did a nice job.  If this was Rock Star: Earth, Wind and Fire he would be in the lead.  But it’s not. The edge that is needed to front this band just isn’t there.

Magni–The Dolphin’s Cry:  Over the last two weeks he has lost the sunglasses and the impression that he is trying to channel Bono.  As a result, he is bringing home more and more quality performances.  Last night’s was a stand-out. A sparse acoustic number backed solely by naked emotion was the big song of the night.

Patrice Pike–Instant Karma:  I recently heard an beautiful version of “I Want Jesus to Walk With Me” by Patrice, so my estimation of her has increased.  However, she doesn’t seem to be that popular.  She’s good.  But I’m afraid she is largely forgettable among al of these persona’s.  She was great last night but not memorable.

Lukas Rossi–Creep: I’m still not getting the appeal.  He is a showman with middling vocal ability. I’m not convinced there is anything of substance here.  But the band loved him.  I just don’t get it.
Toby Rand–Burning Down the House:  I hate this song, but I loved Toby’s performance.  He actually made it worth listening to.  That says a lot, because I REALLY hate this song.

Here’s how it shakes out to me:

Repeat Performance: Lukas (although Dilana, Storm and Magni were the best)

Bottom Three: Jill, Zayra and Patrice

Going Home: Jill

Thoughts?