Week 5 Reality Recap

Entering week five, everyone felt more vulnerable than ever. At the mansion, the Rockers discussed Phil's dismissal. Ryan put it succinctly, "When they sent Phil home it was a shocker...nobody's safe." Toby expressed everyone's sentiments: "I honestly thought you were going Z" he told the controversial Rocker. But Zayra took it in stride: Everyone was sad to see Phil go...I'm truly sorry but I have to take this. He would have."

In a separate room, the male Rockers appeared downright angry. Toby complained, "It's a disgrace...there's six chicks in there, we're getting overrun." Lukas assured him the guys would step it up: "Now they're going to see how the boys can rule."

On a more touching note, Magni watched a message from his baby and fiancée back in Iceland. The emotional virtual reunion seemed to recharge his batteries.

Another charge came from Jason Newsted who visited the Mansion for a stagecraft clinic. Each Rocker watched their previous performances, some with considerably less comfort than others.

Jill discussed her grinding "Brown Sugar" performance with Gilby. As Jason pointed out, "one of the most important things is awareness on stage and knowing when to get the hell out of the way." Jill did nothing to dispel Jason's assessment that she took everything too personally by continuing to discuss, assess and defend her performance.

Song choice came the next day with Lukas' bold move. "I just grabbed [the songs] off the board, threw them on the table and said, 'let's deal.'" The Rockers chose their tunes with relative ease, though Patrice expressed second thoughts about nabbing "Higher Ground." Since the song would feature Tommy on drums, she was nervous about the microscope she would be facing.

Nerves continued to fray. During rehearsal, Zayra jousted with the House Band over the arrangement of "867-5309 (Jenny)" and Storm questioned whether she could handle the intensely personal "Changes." "I'm nervous this won't rock" said the usually confident Rocker. But she ended her apprehension on a positive note: "I'm going to give it 1,000 percent." Let's hope all the Rockers follow suit.