Now I don’t usually keep up with American Idol and honestly, I was never a big fan of the show.  I mean really, all it was, was just a bunch of decent to amazing singers with the occasional horrifying singer added for laughs, competing for a jacked up record deal. I see this every Sunday in church sans the record deal.  No need to tune in for more during the week. But now, I feel that I am inclined to watch.  Has this show officially turned into a joke?  Now don’t get me wrong; I get it.  I really do get it.  Miley is a huge teen Disney star. Enough said, right? I mean don’t all Disney stars know how to sing, act, and dance? They’re all triple threats right? And Miley is no exception.  What is debatable, and only if you are blind or deaf, is if she does them well. I’ll leave that up for you to decide.

I believe that on this Wednesday, I will be thoroughly entertained for the first time from a reality show.  I’m sure they will walk her through her process of putting on a great performance and show all the wise and wanted advice she has gained from all her years of experience in this business. I’m sure the contestants are just as happy as I will be to watch.  So please, tune in this Wednesday to watch this industry veteran help these poor kids out. We’ll see if she’s worth all the hype…after all, she did make it to the New York Times.

This year’s event just proved that, when given a chance, the most unlikely people are able to go to the top even when they might be the butt of a joke. Stereotypically,

white girls + hip hop = cheerleading

This performance went far beyond that as they strutted their street savvy sexiness about the stage confidentially and without fear of rejection.

This of course has sparked a serious amount of controversy and debate as some people feel that a white sorority shouldn’t have even had the chance to enter the contest (which has been a black college tradition for decades). But with that kind of thinking, we wouldn’t have a Black president, a Latino Supreme Court justice, or a California Governor from Austria.

So what do you think? Should tradition be protected or challenged?

Especially the married ones, like Tiger who people have been obsessing over.  There’s Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union, David Beckham and his assistant, and while we’re at it, we simply can’t forget the Kobe saga.  We’ve all heard and seen it before, and are still surprised and shocked when yet another one of our top athletes does something wrong in his personal life.

The pitiful press conference put on by Tiger Woods, aka his people, has marked this situation as one of the most scandalized affairs in sports history. And as eloquent as the speech writer… (cough) I mean Tiger Woods is, I still find it quite maddening that this circus show is still going on. 

Here are the facts:

- Tiger confessed to his wife and then every national newspaper did it for him.

- He has done the rehab stint required of all public imbeciles we call heroes (only in America).

- And he had previously put out a statement apologizing already.

What more can we ask for? Now, being the avid golf fan that I am [insert sarcasm here] I understand why Tiger is such a big deal.  He’s freaking amazing when it comes to the damn sport and he just so happens to be quite hot. But this is about all I require of him as an athlete.  In fact, this is about all I require of any athlete.  I strongly urge everyone to follow my lead on this.

I sincerely don’t give a rat’s ass what he does in his private life, mainly because I have my own life to worry about. You know the gist: bills, family, school, work, etc.  It’s really none of our business what he does so long as it doesn’t affect his playing abilities.  (Granted, that voicemail was pure entertainment for me, and I played it on repeat a several times and plan to recite it word for word at parties.)

At the end of the day, Tiger didn’t do anyone any favors with that press conference or his urgent apology.  The golf fan in me wondered why he decided to do it during the PGA tour.  Can we say attention whore? Just because your pretty doesn’t mean you can take all the airtime you need to get things off your chest. Especially when The View is on. It just ain’t right!

It just aint.

So, I guess at the end of the day, all of our beloved athletes are screwed up yet are playing better than ever and Dr. Drew will never be out of a job.