We join top rated TV talent show Rock Rivals during the live show finals. Head judging team and husband and wife creative duo Malcolm (Sean Gallagher) and Karina Faith (Michelle Collins) are proud mentors to the contestants that have earned them their fortune. Malcolm has always had the occasional affair that his wife was prepared to tolerate as long as they were kept secret. But the whistle is blown when his assistant Jinx (Sophia Dawnay) tricks Mal into broadcasting their infidelity over the studio’s PA system to all the contestants present at the after show party.
Karina calls it a day and presses for a divorce from Mal, promising to take half of everything he owns. In a moment of drunken self-preservation, Mal phones his lawyer and serves Karina legal papers invoking a genius clause that should prove his sole-ownership of the show. Having been talked round by her friend and Rock Rivals vocal coach, Sundae Gorgeous (Nicola Hughes), Karina determines to give Mal another chance, only for the divorce papers to arrive at her doorstep the very next morning. Karina flies into a rage. Mal brings Jinx round to the house for some R&R and Karina retaliates by driving his beloved Ferrari into the swimming pool. The two are at loggerheads. They vow to prove who the genius behind the show is by taking their most promising protégés under their wing and have them win the show. The game is on.
Bethany (Holly Quin-Ankrah) is through to the live final of the competition, seemingly against the odds. She isn’t necessarily the favourite to win and has to deal with a barrage of very public abuse from Mal. After a particularly nasty and public dressing down, she takes scissors to herself on the live show and vows to walk away from the competition. Her pushy mum from hell, Lynette (Alison Newman), has other ideas and is determined her daughter should win no matter what. At her wits end, it all looks to be over for Bethany until Karina makes a personal appearance at her house offering a glimmer of promise at the end of the tunnel.
Luke (Sol Heras) is Mal’s favorite to win – a guaranteed star in the making - if only he could stay focused on the competition and not be distracted by any of his fellow contestants. Of particular concern to Mal, is one of his other mentorees, Dana (Sammy Glen), a girl Luke started dating during the auditions. As far as Mal’s concerned, Luke was his golden ticket pre-“Karina incident” but once the stakes are raised, Mal is prepared to do anything to ensure his best stab at wining the competition doesn’t take his eye off the ball and is kept away from Dana. Unbeknown to Mal, Luke proposes to Dana as a sign of faith.
Meanwhile, Felix (Adam Leese), a lonely stalker with his own inflatable effigy of his number one Rock Rival, Luke Ellis, has an obsession that’s spilling over into dangerous levels. Recognizing that he may have a rival for real Luke’s affections in Dana, he tracks Luke down to a fan signing and comes within a hair’s breadth of touching his true love. Now Felix has met real Luke in the flesh, a latex equivalent just doesn’t measure up.
Wednesday 5 March 2008 9:00pm - 10:00pm on ITV1.
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