American Idol topics make me yawn, but like a fly taking a brief rest on your nose, you can’t really ignore it especially with the Finals Night set stage for a showdown between two unlikely finalists.

Jordin Sparks, the 17-year-old who can kick Blake Lewis‘ ass in more ways than one, is the bookmakers’ favorite for American Idol betting odds. If Melinda Doolittle were in competition, I believe this would be different.

It was almost a done deal that Jordin and Melinda will send tremors thru your TV screens as they hit the high notes song after song. But, well, Blake beat-boxed his way into the finals. Silent little crawler that one.

Although I would have preferred a Blake-Sanjaya Malakar head-to-head. Now, that’s entertainment. Not to mention witnessing how Simon Cowell’s head will explode on live broadcast. Or maybe that face-ff ought to be on America’s Got Talent.

Much as I want Blake to claim the cake, America takes its talent show very seriously. So Jordin will probably win. Because America prefers to give the trophy to the howling divas. Celine Dion? Mariah Carey? If you want to torture me, an exile to the Arctic woul be better than forcibly listening to these two.

However, not the bookmakers nor Simon nor I have the clearest picture on who will win come Wednesday night. Simon says “One is a better entertainer (Lewis) and one is a better singer (Sparks).”

But if my predictions are right, then expect the expected. And brace yourself for…

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And then there were three.

American Idol sent Lakisha Jones home a week after Simon Cowell offered to kiss her leaving him with a smothered lipstick the rest of the night. This time not even a ‘kiss my ass’ last goodbyes were exchanged. Although every American Idol betting odds showed that this mama was on the verge of getting the boot.

Now three contestants remain: Jordin Sparks, Melinda Doolittle, and that human boom box Blake Lewis. That You Give Love A Bad Name version he did last week sounded like an 80s electronic DJ remix. You gotta hand it to this kid for being original.

Having said that, I think I’d like Blake to win no matter how wishful thinking that looks. For once spare us of these tiresome belters who keep shoving ‘em high notes down our infected eardrums. Give more points to showmanship and improvisation.

I mean, c’mon, pop idols in reality aren’t the best singers in town. If that’s the hard standard then we should be burning these Justin Timberlakes and Britney Spears on the incinerators. Forget that most of us would love to do just that anytime anyway.

However, it’s been clear that many AI hardcore fanatics and even Simon would love to see a showdown between Jordin and Melinda. This to keep up the pretension that the show is serious about launching the best singer among them.

So in this case Blake is most likely to say sayonara next week. I can’t help but think more and more then that there is a greater design in all these. And Sanjaya Malakar’s overstaying welcome…

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There was a humongous sigh of relief that sent waves across the globe after Sanjaya Malakar was booted out of American Idol tonight.

Yeah, I guess America realized it has had enough of his silly antics that it was time to get down to real business of discovering the next manufactured pop idol whose existence we’ll probably half forget come the show’s next season.

You see he’s like bubblegum. Pretty soon it loses its taste and he wasn’t funny anymore. Including his hair.

So what do we watch now? Some boring compilation of cliches week after week with these contestants belting out to the point of throwing their tonsils out on our TV screens?

Did all the teenyboppers get extended detention last night barring them from going near the phone to vote for their unloved idol? Hmmm…I smell conspiracy here. Even Ryan Seacrest could not hide his girly-man crush on Sanjaya after final vote counts were announced. “I can promise you: We won’t soon forget you.”

Even with Simon Cowell’s eye-rolling controversy, the gun control issue, Kim Jong Il’s threat to bomb our asses off, or Iran’s persistence to continue its nuclear program, none of the mattered this night. The biggest news in the universe is Sanjaya’s…

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Yep, that Reality TV Show called ‘’The Contender'’ where fighters are suppose to be groomed as boxing champions AIN’T SHIT.

Remember Peter Manfredo Jr. and the way he won the first season of Contender despite losing his first match in the damn thing? Well, he sucked just as bad this time, facing off with his FIRST significant opponent, the World Super Middleweight champion, Joe Calzaghe at Cardiff, Wales.

Oh yeah, Peter Manfredo Jr. got his ass kicked like a government mule. (Thanks Mr. Ross…) In front of more than 35,000 fans, Joe Calzaghe showed how pathetic TV Reality Shows really is, exposing how insignificant ‘’The Contender'’ is in the world of boxing.

Hometown hero Joe Calzaghe made the historic 20th defense of the Super Middleweight championship title by dominating Peter Manfredo Jr., a star of ‘’The Contender‘’ reality show’s first season. Of course, Manfredo got the fight based on his star power from the series, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But it was a showcase fight for Calzaghe, not a serious defense for the sport’s longest-reigning active champion (almost 10 years).

Calzaghe’s domination of Manfredo exposed ‘’The Contender'’ series for what it is, an entertaining show from reality TV guru Mark Burnett that gives fighters with NO TALENT a chance to become popular and make money. Unfair eh?

But hey, there’s also Manny Pacquiao, a classic example of fighters with no talent but earns butt-loads of cash. Unfortunately, he still looks like William Shatner’s butt hole that ‘’The Contender'’ can’t afford to have him and show that ugly mug on…

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If you’re like me who only watch the devastating American Idol audition episodes, you will agree that Sanjaya Malakar was pretty much one of the best to try out. And even Simon Cowell thought he had promise.

Now lo and behold as everyone, with Simon at the front, is out to get the boy voted out by trashing out the worst commentaries and adjectives they could think about. Unfortunately, it’s all backfiring as evident with Malakar’s entry to the show’s magic 10 circle.

What could be the evil forces that has kept the guy from getting the boot week after week? Those bushy hair may have superpowers that could hypnotize evey 12 to 15-year-olds that watch American Idol.

His teenybopper fans who could cry at the sight of his awkward, spasmic writhing onstage.

It could also be the growing community of anti-AI who would rather keep the really bad ones for some real entertainment value, as pioneered by this Vote for the Worst website who is now the biggest campaigner for Malakar.

True that this process is unfair to the contestants who are actually carrying a pound of talent. But c’mon, Jennifer Hudson already proved to y’all that there’s life after getting an early boot. All you need is a…

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Of course, only Shaq has reasoning like that.

Yep, you read it, Shaquille O’Neal, Miami’s OTHER free throw shooting moron, has decided to start his own TV reality show. We all know Shaq can’t act right? Well, he decided to have a go at the cameras once again anyway after his stupid movies like Steel and Kazaam.

The TV reality show featuring the Miami Heat center will focus on childhood obesity and health. Jeez… Obesity and health?!? Shaq is the LAST person you should be talking about obesity and health considering the shape the guy is in right now. Gimme’ a break.

Shaq’s TV reality show will be an ABC summer series that aims to help school children from Florida to lose weight and stay healthy. Good luck with that. Shaq didn’t listen to Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson when the man asked him to lose weight back when the seven-foot giant was playing for Tinseltown.

He didn’t listen to Miami Heat head coach Pat Riley when he asked him to lose weight THIS SEASON.

And he’ll be talking about losing weight? It’s like Paris Hilton talking about virginity for crying out loud.

Air dates for the six-episode series haven’t been set.

Shaquille O’Neal is in the sunset of his NBA basketball career but with the absence of Dwyane Wade lately, he is posting numbers like the vintage Shaq of the Lakers.

The man is now 35 years old and when he said ‘’I'm the best player in my age bracket,'’ he may be…

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Yep, we’ve been seeing ‘’Da Donald'’ a lot lately huh?

Just when you thought the whole ‘’Donald Trump vs Rosie O’Donnell shit'’ was… well… the shit, Donald Trump apparently is now challenging sports entertainment icon and owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Vincent Kennedy McMahon to a match at WrestleMania 23.

Now, we wouldn’t be writing about pro wrestling matches here in OddJack on a regular basis (not yet anyway…) but this little match between Vinnie Mac and Da Donald sure deserves the mention.

Hell, it’s not everyday you’ll see two rich old farts, both having ridiculous haircuts, settling their differences inside a WWE ring.

AND YEAH… Speaking of those two ridiculous haircuts, Donald Trump challenged Vince McMahon in one episode of the WWE’s flagship brand, Monday Night RAW, to a hair vs. hair match.

For all ya’ll unfamiliar with pro wrestling language, a hair vs. hair match is a wrestling match with a stipulation wherein the loser gets his hair shaved bald right there in the ring.

Yep, we will definitely see either…

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Hot damn… Jay-Z sure is one lucky sonuvabitch.

Imagine being one filthy rich SOB, riding every single day in stretch Hummer limousines, working with hot whores putting up music videos for MTV and then coming home to Beyonce Knowles every single night, yep, Jay-Z sure is living the life.

Beyonce Knowles is HOT. Of course, you already know that. But for those of you who have been living under a rock, Beyonce is that one hot piece of ass who was a part of that hot trio called ‘’Destiny’s Child,'’ went solo and starred in that ridiculous Austin Powers flick, ‘’Goldmember.'’

Now, Beyonce Knowles becomes even hotter as cover girl of the 2007 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Yep, you can now see more of that hot hiny in a skimpy swimsuit.

Still reading huh? Okay, if you’d rather read this article rather than stare at the lovely Beyonce photo Sports Illustrated was gracious enough to provide for the horny male, here’s more stuff about Beyonce.

Beyonce Giselle Knowles was born on September 4, 1981. She is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, fashion designer and more importantly, has nothing to do with that stupid piece of crap people are now calling…

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Yep, were still days away from Super Bowl XLI.

So what do we do while waiting for the single greatest sporting event of the year? Well, we’re men right? And what does a man do when not watching or playing sports? Yep, we look at hot babes. (Followed by a quick visit to the bathroom…)

Of course, just like professional sports, where sexy cheerleaders run amok, the underground scene also has its fair share of hot and sexy chicks. And when we talk about hot and sexy chicks in the underground scene, perhaps none is hotter than the chicks they have in street racing.

If you’ve never been to NOPI, here’s a preview of what you might see there.

KT So of Los Angeles, California, is a 5′7′’ Chinese sex goddess. With vital stats of 34-24-34, you just know that you got to have her one way or another. And yeah, I heard Chinese chicks like these tend to scream louder with every thrust y… HOLD ON, this is not the right place for that.

ANYWAY… Yeah, KT So is one hot Asian chick. The girl is so hot that street racing magazines like…

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Greener pastures were the compelling reason that Mexicans crossed the border to America. To newer generation Latinos, the reason might simply be to go get a pizza.

In a move that would leave Eva Longoria torn between patriotism and weight control, a US pizza chain is accepting Mexican pesos starting next week. Come Monday, Dallas-based Pizza Patron will allow all of its 59 pizza parlors to perform sale transactions using the foreign currency, wooing Hispanic Americans over.

The marketing ploy is arguably a first for a US business save for the currency crossovers that have been going on in border towns for a time now. It is hoped to attract what TIME Magazine reported in 2005 as “the country’s largest ethnic minority” — 41.3 million Hispanics commanding close to $600 billion in buying power.

“Spanish has become the U.S.’s de facto second language, Nuevo Latino has taken its rightful place in haute cuisine, the sounds of rock en Español and reggaeton have filtered up the charts, and Latinos not only star on but own and manage major league baseball teams”, according to TIME Magazine.

The Pizza Patron franchise operates business in five US states: Texas, Nevada, California, Arizona, and Colorado. Most of its customers, to begin with, belong to the Hispanic communities, so that “”unlike many other businesses, for us, [the decision] makes sense”, says brand development director Andrew Gamm.

The peso pizza welcomes 2007 in the wake of a year when racially fueled movie Crash won the Oscar, and reality TV show Survivor’s ethnic grouping of tribes so much as made it to Bodog betting props. Also, the offer comes in the midst of an America struggling to reserve for its people jobs across tiers that are potentially handed to some 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants instead.

Not everyone is charmed. Wrote a…

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