Charming, punk underdog Jude Harrison shocks everyone by winning the first "Instant Star" songwriting contest, landing a prestigious record contract and a life that will never again be just "normal".
Jude loses the cover of a major music magazine to Eden, the snotty push-up-bra'd runner-up in the Instant Star songwriting contest. Tommy Q. takes Jude to a wild hip- hop party where Jude one-ups Eden with disastrous results.