Paula Abdul parted ways with American Idol earlier this month but now she’s involved in a new music venture.
“Hi guys! I’m really excited to announce I’ll be hosting this year’s VH1 Divas!” the 47-year-old wrote on her Twitter 
The legendary live concert event is returning after a four-year hiatus and will feature big voices like Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis and Miley Cyrus.
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Fortune Tellers
On I Love New York 2, Rock of Love 2, Real Chance of Love 2, and Daisy of Love, a fortune teller was brought in to test the chemistry in a relationship.
Girl/Guy who cooks for them.
On I Love New York, Mr. Boston would always cook for New York. On Real Chance of Love 1 and 2, girls like Milf and Apple cooked for them.
The Villain
The Villain is no surprise to this cliché list. Every show has a villain. Ranging from Ashley to Lacey to New York, there is always one of them on each show.
Wrestling Challenges
Everyone has a wrestling challenge, whether it’s staged wrestling like on Real Chance of Love, or actual wrestling like Daisy and New York had the boys do for an episode, it’s always a good thing to watch.
Cooking Challenges
The Cooking Challenges are personally my favorite challenges because it is so funny to watch people cook food who’ve never cooked it before. It all started with Flavor of Love, where Hottie microwaved the chicken, and made it’s way up to Daisy of Love. By the time we got to Daisy of Love, I think everyone was finally prepared for the cooking challenge. That’s probably why everyone did great.
Music Challenges
For some reason, Vh1 shows like to have talentless people sing for challenges. I don’t know how singing will help someone find love, but it’s been on every show except I Love New York, Flavor of Love, and Megan Wants a Millionaire. Ray J had the girls sing a little old style music, while Daisy had the boys sing bedtime songs. I personally thought Bret Michael’s challenge was the best when he had the girls pair up in two’s and then sing.
Gift Challenges
This is the most materialistic challenge yet. Let’s face it. These people want gifts more than love, or well at least Megan did on Megan Wants a Millonaire where she asked for gifts from the guys. But on For The Love of Ray J, he didn’t want a materialistic gift, he wanted a gift that reflected each of the girls’ personalities.
Girl/Guy who becomes the outcast.
Every show has a person who tries to play the victim role. I don’t want to write a long one about this topic because it’s annoying when they try to act like no one likes them. Milf, Blonde Baller, and Leilene, I would say are the most common.
Nicknames
Nicknames are a he part of Vh1 reality shows, except Rock of Love and My Antonio. IT represents the competitor’s character and personality, but it also gives us a chance to call someone a stupid name like “Thing 1” or Pumkin” or even “Junk.” If I walked up to a girl in real life and said, “Hey Junk.” she’d probably punch me in the face lol.
Brothers/Sisters
Brothers/Sisters like to go on shows together for some reason. I guess so they someone to comfort them when they’re sad. Whether they’re twins like Thing 1 and Thing 2, triplets like ’84, ’85 and ’86, or just plain brothers like Real and Chance, it’s always funny to see them compete against each other.
Singers
For some reason, a lot of the Vh1 stars that have their own show are singers. Let’s think about it. Bret Michaels is a singer. Ray J is a singer. The Stallionaires are singers. Flavor Flav and Daisy…are bad, but they’re still singers.
Best Friends
People think they come on these shows to find love, but then they find a best friend in another contestant. For example, let’s look at the list of best friends we have: Taya and Mindy, Chi Chi and Sinister, Ashley and Farrah, Tailor Made and It, Prancer and Cali, etc.
Dancing Challenges
Sometimes the dancing challenges can be sexual like on Flavor of Love, it can also be frightening like when New York had the men dance in only their underwear for a beauty contest one episode.
Meet The Family
About the 2nd to last episode, it’s time to go visit the family. Sometimes it goes great, but a lot of the time it isn’t. Like when Flavor Flav met Sister Patterson and when Bret met Lacey’s parents, it was very awkward. Not only is the visiting of parents common among reality television shows; it is also common for the parents to be on the shows. For example, Sister Patterson, Flavor Flav’s mom, Ray J’s mom, etc. have all been there to help their children with their shows and make sure they made the right choice.
The “I’m not here to make friends” person
I wanted to pick the best category to end it on and I think this video says it all. Click here and here. Those two videos include Kelsey, Chi Chi, 12 Pack, New York, Hottie, Red Oyster, Unique, Chardonnay, Danger, Lacey, etc. At the end of the second video, there's a funny video of Megan.
In what is surely the strangest VH1-related endorsement since Lip Chap, the video above features Real Chance of Love’s Real shilling for Sexual Revolution, a book aimed at “young adults, teens, fathers, mothers, and grandparents [who] want to shake off the slime of depravity and the bondage of religion, and enter into the joy of passionate purity.” This is confusing for a variety of reasons. Among them:
Real says that he was celibate for eight years “prior to me and my brother doing our first show.” (It’s unclear if he’s referring to the first season of his show or I Love New York.)
He says he lost that celibacy and was lusting after a woman (was it Milf?), but the book seems to have changed that…which is weird, since he and Chance have seemed to have no shortage of lust so far this season (they named a girl after her sizable butt, for crying out loud!).
Real repeatedly states that the book is helpful, but doesn’t say how. Unless it’s implied that it helped him get back in touch with his celibacy. Which, again, really?
The author, Kris Vallotton, says that the truth about sexuality is that God created it, and He likes it. OK, but on the order page, the book is billed as “non-religious,” and in the same sentence, says it’s a “fresh look at a subject as old as Adam and Eve.” So it is but it isn’t, then. (Also, you’re ordering it from a church. Not that that makes it religious or anything.)
By being called Sexual Revolution, the book aims to reclaim the term from the culture-altering movement of the last century. Ambitious!
The clip seems to have originated at a site reserved for a new hair product of Real’s. Because if there’s anything that goes hand-in-hand with chastity, surely it is long, silky hair.
