CRAP IDOL

Footballer Rio Ferdinand is organising a rap competition for charity (and to think we didn't even know he was capable of stringing a sentence together). He's called it Rap Idol (the clever so and so) and it's a fundraiser for anti-gun crime activities. Because you know what they say, if you like rap, you're more likely to use guns too. Or something.

And Rio has already got a whole host of celebrity guests to perform for it like, er, Jordan, Wayne Rooney's girlfriend and Alfie Moon from Eastenders. Oh and funnymen Jimmy Carr and Chris Moyles.

An overexcited source said:

"Jimmy Carr performing Tupac Shakur tracks will be appointment viewing. All the stars are willing to give it their all to raise awareness of the growing gun crime problem in the UK."

A funny white man impersonating a dead black man? Our sides are splitting already.

The source continued:

"Rio and his TV firm held a brainstorming session last year for new telly projects. They had been trying to organise a footballers' rap show for a while but the hectic fixture list held them back."

We think the politically correct term is 'thought shower'.

And apparently they're trying to get Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson on the judging panel. Good fucking luck. But they'll probably make do with Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.

Pics of the contestants below.