Last month most of us learned the details of Michael Phelps’ 12,000 calorie a day in-training diet. He eats about 4,000 calories per meal, more than many of us eat in a typical day. He must eat out, because he certainly isn’t carting around all of his food in Swiss Army luggage. He must spend a while at the table during each meal. That got me to thinking. A funny reality show would be one that showcased people with high calorie diets eating in restaurants. It would be like the time my whole family went to Walt Disney World. My hubby RB can eat a lot. We were eating at the Brown Derby and most of us couldn’t finish our meals, so we offered them to RB. He finished his own plate and all of ours. The plates kept stacking up next to him and the server couldn’t believe that the tiny guy ate all of the food. He actually looked under the table to see if food had somehow made it’s way to the floor.

Looks like we’ll get to suffer another new reality show soon. After Sean Combs decided to hire a new personal assistant he decided to turn his search into a reality tv show. The show “I Want To Work For Diddy” premiers next week and will feature thirteen contestants competing against each other for the job of Diddy’s personal assistant. The show will begin this Monday at 9pm on VH1. What a novel idea. You’re fired!

Another new reality show is on its way. Jingles will feature contestants competing to write and perform jingles on a wide range of subject matter. the winner at the end of the season will receive $100,000 and an advertising contract. Jingles will be produced by Mark Burnett. Judges are said to include Gene Simmons of Kiss and advertising executives Linda Kaplan Thaler and Julie Roehm. Jingles will be broadcast by CBS.

Has anyone seen the commercials for the two new shows Wipeout and I Survived A Japanese Game Show? I’m not a big fan of reality shows but these shows look worse than most if you ask me. Wipeout will be broadcast on ABC on Tuesdays at 8pm and will feature twenty four contestants in what ABC calls the world’s largest extreme obstacle course. One of the commercials shows a wall of something that looks like boxing gloves coming out of it to ram the contestant’s body. I Survived A Japanese Game Show will be broadcast on ABC and will feature ten contestants being flown to Japan to compete in a game show there. Are you planning on watching either of these shows?

Auditions for the eighth season of American Idol will be beginning this month. The cities where auditions are being held in this year, as well as their corresponding dates, are:

• San Francisco, CA: Thursday, July 17 at the Cow Palace
• Louisville, KY: Monday, July 2 at Freedom Hall
• Phoenix, AZ: Friday, July 25 at the Jobing.com Arena
• Salt Lake City, UT: Tuesday, July 29 at the Energy Solutions Arena
• San Juan, Puerto Rico: Saturday, Aug. 2 at Coliseo de Puerto Rico
• Kansas City, MO: Friday, Aug. 8 at the Sprint Center
• Jacksonville, FL: Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Veterans Memorial Arena
• East Rutherford, NJ: Tuesday, Aug. 19 at the IZOD Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex