Eleven Ways Watching the Olympics Is Like Watching American Idol

1 - Things are said to be live that are not actually live

2 - On both programs the line between amatuer and professional is quite blurry

3 - Image is sometimes more important than reality (consider the controversy after the fact about the Chinese fireworks and the girl singer)

4 - Every moment is given more scrunity and analysis than so-called real news.

5 - Comparisons are made between how they did on stage and in rehearsals/warm-ups

6 - In both case commentators and judges are accused of favoritism

7 - A participant wrapping oneself in the flag always gets praise (In Idol's case that was Kristy Lee Cook who sang "God bless the USA"

8 - Both sometimes invade the privacy of the participants

9 - Both are sometimes so sweet that a diabetic could get sick just by watching it

10 - It's hard to tell where the programs end and the commercial begins.

11. An American idol singer sang "A Midnight Train to Georgia;" When Russia attacked Georgia during the Olympics Americans turned to each other and asked, "There's another place called Georgia?"

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