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Rock Star

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Rock Star is a television series produced by Mark Burnett in which aspiring singers from all around the world competed to become the lead singer of a featured group. It debuted on CBS on July 11, 2005, to mediocre ratings. The show was hosted by television personality and commercial spokeswoman Brooke Burke and Jane's Addiction & Red Hot Chili Peppers lead guitarist Dave Navarro. In season one Australian band INXS chose J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. For season two, the band Rock Star Supernova chose Lukas Rossi as the lead singer of their new supergroup.

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Tara Slone

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Seasons

Season 1

32 episodes

Premiered Jul 11, 2005

Season 2

33 episodes

Premiered Jul 4, 2006

Episodes

1–6 of 32

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Ep 1

Dana Dismissed

Jul 11, 2005

Reality Show Week 1 - The fifteen contestants perform their own choice of songs. The bottom three up for elimination were Dana from Reseda, California, J.D. (Jason Bennison) from Oaksville, Ontario, and Suzie from Toronto. After a brief consideration they sent 30-year-old Dana home.

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Ep 2

Week 01 - 07.12 - Rock the Vote

Jul 12, 2005

Performance show week one. 14 remaining contestants perform the songs preselected by INXS. After nearly being eliminated Suzie and J.D. give much better performance. Suzie sings the Blondie song "Call Me", J.D. sings his prewritten arrangement of "California Dreaming" and the audience gets to vote for the first time.

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Ep 3

Week 01 - 07.13 - Wil Gets Cut

Jul 13, 2005

Elimination show week one. The votes are tallied and INXS calls J.D. to the stage, much to his relief it's for an encore performance. The three with the fewest votes are Tara from Toronto, Wil from North Carolina, and Suzie for the second time. Tara sings "New Sensation." Wil sings "Need You Tonight." Suzie sings "Never Tear Us Apart." Wil goes home..

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Ep 4

Week 02 - 07.18 - The One I Don't Love

Jul 18, 2005

reality show week two. 13 new songs Deanna and Tara argue over “Paranoid” from Black Sabbath. Then Deanna lets Tara have the song and gets stuck with R.E.M.'s "The One I Love." Dave Navarro gives them a style clinic.

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Ep 5

Week 02 - 07.19 - Style Versus Substance

Jul 19, 2005

performance show week two. 13 singers and 13 songs. Jordis and Marty put on the best shows while J.D. shows the world how immature he is by insulting the other contestants. .

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Ep 6

Week 02 - 07.20 - Neal's Nixed

Jul 20, 2005

elimination show week two. No encore shown this day. The contestants are reminded that they should still be angry at J.D.. Tara, Jessica and Neal are the bottom three Neal sings "Suicide Blonde." Tara sings "Mystify." Jessica sings "Don't Change." Neal goes home. "He just wasn't right for INXS".

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