Just when you thought reality TV couldn’t get any more gimmicky, in walks Tila Tequila.

For those of you who don’t know, Tila Tequila (Tila Nguyen by birth) is a “rapper, singer, model, blogger, actress” and pretty much THE MySpace celebrity with more than 2 million friends, a clothing line, songs on iTunes, and an online casino. And now this.

I just finished watching the pilot episode of “A Shot at Love” on MTV. The premise of this show is basically the standard Z-list celebrity searching for true love on national television, similar to recent attempts by Public Enemy member Flava Flav or Poison singer Bret Michaels.

But of course, there’s a catch. Tila Tequila is bisexual.

I really didn’t imagine that this would be a big deal, but the show actually focuses almost entirely on that aspect of her life.

You see, Tila doesn’t immediately tell the contestants that they’re on a bisexual dating show. First she meets with the guys, who in a fit of heteronormality (cool word, Mr. Vaughn!) assume that they’re on a straight show. She then meets with the female contestants and tells them that it’s a lesbian show.

Then at the end of the first episode, she drops the bomb. From the previews for next week, it appears as though those who stay get to move into Tila’s house, which has one huge bed for all 20-30 people.

What makes this show entertaining is not that there are contestants of both genders competing for the airtime … I mean, Tila’s Heart. (In fact, I’m not even sure if this show is entertaining. It’s too soon to tell.)

What’s funny about this show are the people who would go on TV to pursue a relationship with Tila Tequila. Imagine a bunch of sleazy adults who have spent too much time applying to MySpace vanity train groups.

Nevertheless, I have to admit that Tila Tequila is kind of impressive in my eyes. According to her “autobiography,” she was raised in a strict gated Buddhist community, threatened to beat people up all the time during her childhood, and then ran away to join the New York club scene. She moved on to become the first Asian woman to become “Playboy’s Cybergirl of the Month” (I actually do think that’s an important issue for beauty standards, although she IS blonde and all ...), and then she became famous for being on MySpace all day.

So if you somehow have free time between all the end-of-quarter tests, you should give the show a try. Tila has the occasional witticism even if they’re probably written by producers, the contestants are pretty weird looking, and any diseases spread by that kind of environment are probably not contagious via television screens, so what do you have to lose?