Despite the non-stop praise from Dave Navarro and the band, last night's performances on "Rock Star: INXS" included some real clunkers. The worst of the bunch was Deanna Johnston, who pulled a Corey Clark by climbing into the band's seating area to serenade them directly (and to practically give them lap dances). As with Clark on "American Idol," the move was simply a ploy to cover the fact that she was vocally terrorizing a perfectly good song, in this case Melissa Etheridge's "I'm the Only One." The trick worked like a charm with the band, and they bent over backwards to praise the performance afterwards. I have a feeling that viewers won't be so kind, because on television the song just sounded bad (and the lap dances looked tasteless). Marty Casey received undeserved praise from INXS for the second week in a row following a shaky cover of Creed's "With Arms Wide Open." The band claims he's become a completely different performer since the competition began, but his performance last night was practically a carbon copy of last week's. This time, however, he added the facial expressions of Eddie Vedder and the flailing mannerisms of Scott Weiland. Sadly, his voice was not even close to being on par with either of those men. I just don't understand why the band likes this guy so much. An unfair song selection process left Ty Taylor with "Everlong" by Foo Fighters, a song he'd never heard before. This unfamiliarity really showed in his performance, as he never quite managed to find the right rhythm for the lyrics. In addition, his pitch seemed prone to wander in unfortunate directions. This was easily his worst performance of the competition, but I think voters will be appropriately forgiving under the circumstances. Jessica Robinson made a strong case for elimination last night both during and after her performance. Her rendition of Violent Femmes’ "Blister in the Sun" came off as a bit rote, and she added in all of her usual "tough chick" vocal affectations in spite of Monday night's sessions with a voice coach. Afterwards, Navarro said that she needs to let more of her own personality show on stage, to which she replied, "That was it." If Dave and the guys are asking for something different, odds are they don't like what they see. Jessica's time is probably up. Tara Sloane also did herself a huge disservice during the band's post-song critique. Following an uninspired version of "Message in the Bottle" by The Police, Tara was asked by Gary Beers if she enjoyed singing covers. The obvious hidden message in the question was that she wasn't doing a very good job at it. Tara, however, said that she was happy with her recent performances and was really happy singing other people's songs. Gary's visual reaction to this answer betrayed his unhappiness: a band that performs all original material probably doesn't want a vocalist who's satisfied singing covers. As with Jessica, the band's patience with Tara seems to be wearing thin. But as bad as those performances were, there were some true gems, too. MiG Ayesa started the night off with a high energy performance of Queen's "We Are the Champions." The song choice was a bit of a ringer for MiG considering his past involvement with the stage show of the same name, but he nailed it, and that's what counts. Following last week's bad performance, Brandon Calhoon was determined to show that he could actually carry a tune, and while his version of Tonic's "If You Could Only See" wandered at times, it was a vast improvement. If nothing else, he showed the band that he can take their advice and put it to very quick use. He'll have to do much better, however, if he hopes to win this thing. Far and away the best performance of the night (and probably of the entire competition so far) came from Jordis Unga, who turned in a truly stunning rendition of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World." I'm finally starting to see why the band is so high on this lady. Wow. J.D. Fortune reversed last week's disaster with a nice cover of Joe Cocker's "The Letter." I still don't like his voice all that much, but there's no denying his song arrangements are the most interesting of the bunch. Finally, my personal favorite Suzie McNeil scored high with the band for a second week in a row as she closed out the night with a soulful take on The Beatles’ "Get Back." She went with a mellow approach that stood out compared to the flamboyant stage antics of her competitors.   Predictions... Bottom Three: Eliminated:   Previously eliminated contestants...