Reality Roll Call

Tonight’s show includes more footage from various stars’ visits to Africa last year.  We begin with Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, best known for his phenomenal portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.  Whitaker is joined by his wife, Keisha, in Rwanda where they visited the family of a man who was blinded by a land mine.  This man lives as a beggar on the streets of Rwanda, and is assisted by his 6-year-old son as they walk through the streets begging for coins on a daily basis to pay for food to feed the family.  Whitaker and his wife were invited into the home of this man and his family, three children in all, who sleep in a hut on a dirty mattress.  Whitaker and his wife also visited an orphanage where not enough children are taken in, children who have been orphaned by the ravages of HIV/AIDS.  The people who run the orphanage are angels who have made it their life’s work to make a difference in the lives of children who would have ended up lost.  Idol fans were again encouraged to donate in an effort to also make a difference in the lives of people who are in such great need.

American Idol winner and NAACP Outstanding New Artist winner, Jordan Sparks has signed on to open for R&B diva Alicia Keys on her As I Am tour.

The 25 city tour will kick off on April 19 in Hampton, VA, and will wrap up in June in Alicia’s hometown of New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Stops will probably include most major cities, as well as Montreal and Toronto.

Although it seems like you see the teenage Idol every time you turn on the tv, sales of her debut CD has been dismal at best. Actually, her debut sales were the worst in the show’s history, which is surprising since so many American Idol winner’s and runners up have been released recently from their label because of poor record sales.