By ALAN PERROTT
It was all tight pants and loose morals as the final four NZ Idol hopefuls brought out their best air guitar poses to avoid the ejection seat in tonight's elimination show.
Well, at least they did after the false start of a group rendition of Starship's We Built This City, last week named the worst hit of all time by music magazine Blender.
Early Idol favourite Camillia, rumoured to be battling a viral infection, was first up and tried to show she was more than a soul diva, but let herself down with middle-of-the-road song choices: Black Velvet by Alannah Myles and Heart's Alone.
The judges reacted with faint praise, although guest judge and former Radio with Pictures host Karyn Hay declared herself a disciple of the Church of Camillia.
Luke's performance almost had rocks being thrown between judges after he poured his macho posturing into Behind Blue Eyes, a Who track recently covered by Limp Bizkit and You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC.
While he was praised by her fellow judges, Fiona MacDonald was booed as she slammed his attempt at the classic as karaoke: "I liked it for all the wrong reasons. I found it amusing."
Unofficial Idol fansite idolblog.com has Camillia and Luke as the likely bottom two tonight.
Taupo's Michael Murphy, who was being offered training bras to sign after the show, said he was under pressure to perform in the genre, which is supposedly his strength.
He valiantly dredged up all of his teen angst to provide emotional depth to Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll and Wherever You Will Go by the Calling, and found favour with the panel.
Hay said she had thought him part Bay City Rollers/ part Take That, but would leave convinced of his rock credentials, while Ellis predicted Michael was on his way to a hit record.
Lummis, who has undergone the most radical transformation of all four, took on The Guess Who's American Woman and Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer.
MacDonald said Ben was sex on a stick and said the Bon Jovi cover was his best performance to date. Paul Ellis told him he deserved to be in the final two.
Whether he gets there will depend on what happens on the elimination show on TV2 tonight at 7.30pm.
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