It has been a while since i last blogged and checked this site and for that i apologize.

I was somewhat suprised to see the very strong reactions to my statements on the show regarding Dilana's performances. I was talking with Dilana about it today on the set and we were both laughing about some of the stronger phrases thrown my way.

Let me start by saying i consider Dilana a good friend at this point. She is a pleasure to work with and an excellent singer.

As far as my comments about her work the last few weeks I feel that they were accurate if taken out of context. Her version of Roxanne I was not feeling after the first rehearsal when the interview was conducted. If they had played the entire cut of my interview you would have heard that my main concern was that I did not like what I was playing and did not feel Jimmy and I were together with our parts. That was frustrating to me as I try very hard as do all the members of the HB to support the singer and I did not fell we were at the leve yet we needed to be. Indeed her song ,Roxanne, did not come together untill we played it on stage during the show. At that point I told D that I thought that was the best we had played it and she agreed.

Also with Behind Blue Eyes ,I never questioned her integrity as was suggested below ,perhaps by someone who is confused as to the words actual meaning. Integrity means literally the quality of being honest and holding high moral value. I find Dilana to be honest to a fault. I questioned her knowledge of the song's history and original version. It was actually a general comment for most of the contestants this year who ,with no knowledge of the original version and historical perspective of the song,choose to immediately change it. I honestly don't mind experimenting with a song after you know what it was originally. Thereby the comment; change from a position of knowledge not from a position of ignorance.

Lastly,I also never had a problem with any of D's comments to the press.I have been on the road cooped up with people for months at a time.Some of them are my best friends and at least twice a day i want to strangle them. I understood where she was coming from. She said Magni wants to be with his family.Is that suprising? I have children and would not do a show like this where I could not talk to them and see them when I wanted to.

As to the comment below where someone said I am jealous of D becomming a star well i hope she becomes a huge star as she has had a rough go in her life and she has true talent and deserves it. I like my career as it is and have never had the desire to be a star.

Also it was suggested that i am a chauvinist. Tell me,if D was african-american and I made the same comments would I be racist? I have 5 sisters,and five brothers.I live in a house with my wife of 17 years and two beautiful daughters. I have spent most of my life working for female artists like Cher,Janet,Anastacia,and Pink. I enjoy and admire strong women and am not intimidated nor resentful of them.

Dilana is my friend. She feels the same way about me. I am proud of the work we have done together on this show.

Part of my job is to comment honestly on my opinions that are based on 25 years of doing what i do professionally at a very high level.

As for Lukas,I did comment that I did not particularly feel his version of "Livin" was as strong as the original and would have liked to have heard him sing it the original way.The producers chose not to use that comment. I also told Lukas the same thing in the first day of rehearsal,but when he decided to do it that way I focussed my energy on helping him in any way that I can like I do for all of the singers.There were alot of people who liked it. My wife liked it very much. I am not stupid enough to think that my opinion is the only correct one.

Well enough of that. Tommorrow is the finale. Very exciting.Today we practiced 2 songs each with each one of the contestants. Because of the way the show is formatted I do not know which ones we will be playing. But whatever we play ,they all kicked ass! Playing these songs made me realize what a blast it will be to go out with Supernova with these singers. It will be a very strong show and we have so much material to choose from that we will practically be able to play a different show every night!

Three days after the finale I am going to France to work with Pink for a couple of weeks to help her prepare for her European tour. She is such a great singer that i would reccommend seeing her if you get a chance. She is the real deal!

Then I will have 6 days of vacation with my family in Rome! I can't wait! The day after I get back the HB starts rehearsals with Paul Stanley for his tour which starts the 21st of Sept in Atlanta and goes until November 12th in Los Angeles.

The HB and I are talking about recording our own record when we get back in Nov-Dec. Then January till whenever with SN and hopefully then season three of RS!

Thanks again to everyone for the support this year! I hope to see and meet some of you on the road either with Paul Stanley or with my friends from RS in Jan 07.

Cheers,Paul