MSN Home |  My MSN |  Hotmail |  Shopping |  Money |  People & Chat Web Search:    
Go to MSN.com
Rock Star:INXS
RECAPS
VIDEO
FASHION
BLOGS + BOARDS
STORE

STAY INFORMED-GET THE LATEST
Ellie Mae, Suzie, Nathaniel / Danny Moloshok, Blue Pixel, © MBP 2005

THE ROCKERS
BrandonDanaDaphna
DeannaHeatherJ.D.
JessicaJordisMarty
MiGNealSuzie
TaraTyWil
View Photo Gallery View Photo Gallery
Watch Video Watch Video
WEEK 11
WEEK 10
WEEK 9
WEEK 8
WEEK 7
WEEK 6
WEEK 5
WEEK 4
WEEK 3
WEEK 2
WEEK 1
Reality Show Performance Show Elimination Show

For the final five, the reality that one of them will be the next lead singer for INXS starts to sink in, and this week they find new ways to let off steam. But it's not all fun and games -- there's a clinic that puts the Rockers in the public eye in a way they've never experienced, and INXS throws yet another curve into the song-selection process.

The show begins with the Rockers at the Mansion sharing a post-show meal. The shock of Ty's elimination hangs over them. A subdued toast is made to the Rocker Suzie calls "a beautiful person" and Marty describes as a "rock-and-roll bad ass." But the person feeling most traumatized is Jordis. Wednesday was her first time in the bottom three and feeling the chill of elimination has left her shaken. "It should have been me," she tells the others. Most of them look on sympathetically, but J.D. is having none of it. "What you're feeling is totally of your own doing," he says, advising her to use those feelings to "catapult" herself. Privately, he says that the pressure might be getting to the youngest Rocker; she's showing her age and lack of experience. If you're going to be a member of INXS, he says, you have to be "ready for anything."

What that "anything" could be becomes apparent the next day as the Rockers are taken to a photo studio where they are met by Dave Navarro, "Rock Star:INXS's" stylist Ellie Mae and photographer Nathaniel Welch. The stakes for this week's clinic are raised -- there are real-world as well as theoretical applications. Dave tells the Rockers that they are now the faces of the new national ad campaign for Levi's: "A Style for Every Story," a step that Marty says thrusts them "into the big time."

Ellie Mae tells the Rockers they're to make their individual styles come through. Nathaniel advises them to think of the shoot as a performance.

J.D. is up first, and before he gets before the camera, he asks Nathaniel for some advice. He really didn't need to. Nathaniel says J.D is comfortable with the camera, and he completely got into the spirit of the moment, suggestively cocking his hip and giving the lens a smoldering stare. MiG is also comfortable -- perhaps a little too comfortable. In the close-ups, his bedroom eyes make him too sexy, which Nathaniel suggests may not be appealing to the male audience.

Jordis is their exact opposite. According to Nathaniel, she's the "most difficult" Rocker with whom to work. "There are no words for how much I hate having my picture taken," she says, and her discomfort comes through in the photos. Marty has also never done a professional photo shoot, but he takes to the camera like a long-lost love, and Nathaniel is "very happy" with the results.

The last Rocker up for an individual shot is Suzie, who is clearly at ease while dancing for the camera in the fan's breeze.

Back at the Mansion, it's J.D.'s birthday, and MiG and Marty bring in a birthday cake -- two wings decorated like his tattooed arms with the words "Human" and "Being." With the arrival of the cake, J.D. asks the others, "Who's with me? Will you follow me to the end of the earth?" He clearly is up to some mischief and starts pelting handfuls of cake and smearing his fellow Rockers with the icing. It escalates into a full-scale cake fight. "I don't think any of that cake was eaten," a proud J.D. says. Covered in cake, the group moves the party to the shower as they all squeeze into a crowded stall. It's the most madness Marty has seen since he's been on the show. They relieved their stress on one another, he says, and if that's not rock and roll, he doesn't know what is.

The next day, it's time to get back to business. This week, instead of the songs being posted on a bulletin board in the ballroom, the Rockers discover a Dell computer, with the rockstar.msn.com Request Week Poll results displayed on screen. "Rock Star:INXS" fans were given the chance to vote on rockstar.msn.com for the songs they most wanted to see the Rockers sing in an upcoming performance show and also could write in to MSN Spaces to explain their choices.

All the Rockers are excited to find out what songs the audience has chosen for them to sing, and J.D. says it'll be really cool to find out what the fans have to say. Marty begins to worry after finding out the fans want him to sing Foo Fighters' "Everlong." The choruses are very "screamy," he comments, and if he succumbs to temptation, he's afraid he could be in trouble. Suzie can't want to find out what was chosen for her and loves the fans' ultimate choice, Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me," the song Deanna had trouble with in an earlier performance show. J.D. is also pleased with the fan selection, Nirvana's "Come As You Are," but then he refuses to look at the fan comments, even leaving the room after Suzie tries reading a few of them to him.

There's one more surprise hiding on the computer -- a letter from INXS letting the Rockers know that in addition to the requested song, they'll each have the chance to sing an original song on the upcoming Tuesday performance show. For Marty, this is an important moment. INXS will now get a chance to see where each of the Rockers come from musically and who they are. He sets himself to work on his tune, "Trees," sitting down with his guitar and getting the song ready. Jordis isn't sure her own song, "Try Not," is up to snuff and fears it may be her downfall.

It's a fear that's magnified when she goes to rehearsal. Paul says her song is "raw" -- the biggest problem being that it "just sits there." The process isn't helped by her attitude while working with the House Band. She has no idea what she wants the band to do. As they rework the riff, finding a new groove, Jordis sits back, at a loss about how to direct them. When Nate asks what she thinks, she just shrugs and gives him a blank stare, commenting later that the band turned the tune "a bit poppy."

Will this song be Jordis' Waterloo? Can Marty tone down his screaming, even on a song that calls for it? And how will the other Rockers' original songs hold up? You'll find out the answers on CBS at 10PM Tuesday. Then see who is sent home on Wednesday's one-hour elimination show at 9PM (all times ET/PT).

Newsletter Sign-up
Get Rock Star:INXS Updates.
MSN Alerts
Find out as soon as it happens.
MSN Messenger
Check out Rocker pics, videos and bios right from MSN Messenger!
MSN Spaces
Be your own rock star and build your own fan base.
Got to MSN.com