Instant Star is coming to it's bitter end this week in the states. After so much hoping for a fifth season The-N and CTV made it clear it wouldn't be returning. For what reason i don't know why. But i am kinda glad it's ending because i felt that they have done all they could do with the show (There's more on the IS forums). But they are ending with the best season they've produced IMO. So much has happened in the past four years and it's all finally coming down to a conclusion. Can Jamie really move on without Jude? Will Jude and Tommy get back together once again (Yawn...) These are important questions that i hope will be answered in the final three episodes. But before those are answered i am going to review the final season.
Last season ended with Jude having to choose between Jamie and Tommy (again). I mean come on this has been seen already in the first season finale but i guess it set up the story arc for season four, and once again Jamie is left by himself pining. But they did bring in some girl named Zeppelin and is Jamie's new girlfriend, which is a good thing because i don't think i could handle another season of Jamie being all depressed about Jude's choice to stay with Tommy. They also brought in some chick named Megan who really should have been introduced in the beginning of the season. She's good for filling up space but not really needed, i guess they wanted Jude to have a friend this season (she hasn't had a bestie since Kat left in season two). Then they brought in Cassie Steele's character 'Blu'. Hmm that says it all. She was stupid and again a character that wasn't really needed, but she did do a good cat-fight scene. Oh and don't get me started on Karma this season. She was an overall b!tch. She did try to help Zeppelin with Jamie but i just don't like how she tried to set up Speid and Jude. And the fact that she didn't have friends and had to have the crew hire her friends says enough about her. I didn't like Darius this season either but i had to agree with him when he criticized Jude's album. It was crap. The music was also good this season, Alexz really made amazing tracks this year such as: 'Ultraviolet', 'Higher Ground', 'Live Like Music' & 'I Still Love You'. Other than that i give this season a B+
Links To Songs:
Ultraviolet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vn6UWDY-LM
Higher Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqqb117j3ek
Live Like Music (Duet Version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LLmSqTt6fc
2 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggDoatXOkt8
And there is this song that i can't get out of my head that i think would be great for the series finale.
It's called 'Always Love' by Nada Surf.
Degrassi returns to The-N 7/11/08!
So since i haven't seen the last few episodes im only going to review what i have seen.
Degrassi started with a pretty intense season premiere this year. I enjoyed every moment of it, it wasn't like the other premieres where you don't mind getting up and missing five minutes of the episode. I was really hooked and i couldn't turn away Shenae and the Cast did a good job in this episode. I thought "Well looks like im in for a good season." (Wrong Buzzer Noise) I was really wrong! The following episode 'Love Is A Battlefield' was so awful CTV didn't even want to air it. And more crap episodes piled on such as 'It's Tricky', 'Death Or Glory 1 & 2', 'We Got The Beat' and basically the rest of the episodes leading up to 'Live To Tell'. Degrassi went downhill this year, i haven't seen this much downhill-ness since The OC's third season. Nothing too big happened this season and the real-ness Degrassi had is starting to slip away. Oh yeah i guess that happens when a show has been on for 7 going on 8 years. I really hope next season is Degrassi's last, and it's like my all time fave show (besides OTH). I am striving for an improvment for the followig episodes and the 8th season. So i give the first 18 episodes a C-