It's a holiday TV tradition right up there with Rudolph, Charlie Brown, and It's a Wonderful Life. I'm talking, of course, about Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007.

Yep, every year people tune in to see Babs interview some of the biggest success stories, and some of the biggest screw-ups of the last 12 months.

This year's guests include disgraced shock-jock Don Imus, cutest-actress-in-the-whole-wide-world Katherine Heigl, American Idol loser and Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson, and Euro mega-celebrity duo David and Victoria Beckham.

Also in the show: pop super-duper-sensation-but-I'm-not-sure-why Justin Timberlake, former President and likely first-ever First Husband Bill Clinton, and MySpace creators Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe.

That's nine. The "Number One Most Fascinating Person of 2007" will be announced on the show. I wonder who it will be? Britney? Paris? Lindsay?

When it comes to celebrity interviews, those are all pretty good "gets." But my suggested list would look a little different.

Ten People Barbara Walters Should Interview

10. David Hasselhoff
What better excuse to show that video of him drunk again? Wait... alcoholism is NOT funny. Unless it's David Hasselhoff half-naked crawling on the floor eating a cheeseburger. Then it's kinda funny, actually.

9. Amy Winehouse
She's like Linsday, Britney and Courtney Love all rolled into one. Babs can ask her about her new song, "I Changed My Mind, I'd Rather Go To Rehab Than Jail."

8. Evil Knievel
Because even dead he's more interesting than the MySpace guys. Or Jennifer Hudson. Or the Beckhams. Or most of the people on this year's show.

7. Javier Bardem, the assassin from No Country for Old Men
What's it like to be the baddest-ass bad-guy since Hannibal Lecter? And when are you going to start doing commercials for The Flobee?

6. Billy Ray Cyrus
The one-hit-wonder is making a comeback thanks to his now famous daughter who plays Hannah Montana. This would be less of an interview and more of a plea. STOP SINGING "ACHY BREAKY HEART!"

5. Katie Couric
Seriously Katie, the whole "evening news" thing just isn't working out. Barbara could offer her Meredith Vieira's old job on The View, and then the circle of life would be complete.

4. Sanjaya
I got a lot of super-nice emails from some super-nice fans of super-nice Sanjaya, so I'm not going to say anything bad about him here. But come on Barbara, if you're going to interview an American Idol loser, it has to be Sanjaya! Not Hudson.

3. O.J. Simpson
Actually, this would be a serious journalistic accomplishment if you could get an interview with O.J. without paying him. My question: how goes the search for the real guys who busted into a Vegas room and stole a bunch of sports memorabilia at gunpoint?

2. Rumer Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis
Taking undeserved celebrity stardom to a new low. Why is she famous? I just don't understand. Paris Hilton pioneered the "celebutant" label because she was: 1.) the child of a famous family; 2.) rich and 3.) super hot! Well Rumer, two out of three ain't bad.

1. Iggy, the dog that Ellen DeGeneres gave away
ollowing Ellen's tearful plea and the uproar that followed, this dog is a T-bone-a-fide star now, appearing in his own public service announcements about "pet adoption awareness." But let's settle this canine custody battle once and for all. Iggy, if you want to stay at the shelter, bark once. If you want to go back to Ellen's hairdresser's kids, bark twice. And if you want to go back to Ellen, start dancing stupidly through the audience.

Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007 airs Thursday, December 6th at 10pm ET on ABC.

Ethan Morris: "Not always right, but never in doubt." Go ahead and write me.

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