According to The Hollywood Reporter, former American Idol winner, Fantasia Barrino will be starring in a new unscripted series on VH1.  The show, which is currently planned to premiere in early 2010, will chronicle her life as a recording artist and single mother. 
They decided to do the show based on the fact that “Fantasia has one of the most fascinating stories in show business” and I can see what they mean.  I hope this works out for her and doesn’t end up adding stress to her life but, with the economy the way it is, I can’t imagine …read more

Fantasia Barrino has told Access Hollywood that she has decided to earn her high school diploma this year.  That’s great!  Despite being famous, it probably feels pretty bad to not have graduated from high school.  The 24-year-old singer said: “Yep, going back to school to get my diploma.  Well of course I can’t go in a school because I would probably like, start a riot , but I’m gonna get a teacher to come teach me everyday. I’m gonna get my diploma starting in maybe three weeks. So you know, it’s gonna be tough, it’s gonna be hard, but …read more

I cannot put up pictures yet of what I saw while I was inside the American Idol Experience attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios but I can tell you a few things! There were five finalists and we were given instructions about how to vote for the person we liked best (there’s a voting panel on the armrests).  The only problem is that you can accidentally change the vote of the person sitting next to you, which happened to me (fortunately, it was my husband).
At the event, all of the former American Idol winners were brought on stage where they were …read more

I just came back from the private opening of the American Idol Experience at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios and I had a blast.  I’m thoroughly exhausted but it really was a lot of fun.  Disney really knows how to put on a show and I am extremely grateful to them for the fabulous trip!
I will cover the event in three parts (motorcade, American Idol Experience show and the after-party) over the next three days.  Today, I’ll kick things off by telling you all about the American Idol motorcade. 
The blue carpet was rolled out for …read more

Did you guys tune in to see the 40th Annual NAACP Awards? The amazing Jennifer Hudson, who suffered a big loss recently, won four awards last night! We also saw a win for American Idol season 7 and one for Fantasia Barrino.

Jennifer won for The secret Life of Bees which took the award for Best Motion Picture while American Idol season 7 won for best Reality TV Series.
Fantasia and Jennifer both won for Best Duo, Group or Collaboration for J-Hud’s song “I’m His Only Woman” featuring Fantasia. Then, Jennifer snagged two more awards! One for Best New Artist and the …read more

American Idol season 3 winner, Fantasia Barrino, sparkled in a gorgeous black dress on the red carpet at the 2009 Grammy Awards (I don’t know about those shoes, though).  When she stopped to speak to Idol host, Ryan Seacrest, he actually asked her if the rumors about Simon Cowell paying off her defaulted mortgage were true.  She said “no” but wished that he would pay for it! 

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Jennifer Hudson blew me away last night.  Not only did she look absolutely stunning, she gave an emotional performance that left me crying on my couch.  She is so brave.  She only recently returned to the public eye after the tragic murder of her mother, brother and nephew and I think she is doing incredibly well.

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Her performance garnered a standing ovation. Watch it here:

American Idol stars turned out to attend the pre-Grammy Awards part of Arista Records head, Clive Davis.  From the pictures I was able to find, I saw Carrie Underwood (winner, Season 4), Jennifer Hudson (finalist, Season 3) Kelly Clarkson (winner, Season 1), Chris Daughtry (finalist, Season 5), Fantasia Barrino (winner, Season 3) and Idol judge, Paula Abdul.  Other guests included big-name celebs like Miley Cyrus and Rihanna.

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 Fantasia Barrino can breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate since it looks like her home will not be auctioned.  A lawyer for a lending company claims the matter over her million-dollar home has been resolved after the two parties came to an agreement. 
Apparently, the lender had helped the American Idol winner pay off her taxes back in 2006 but she had failed to repay the money they had loaned her. 
Wow… tough times.  I don’t know all the details but I am happy that this matter could be resolved without having to auction off the home.  If nothing …read more

The third season of American Idol was finally a battle between two female contestants – Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo (pictured below on the set of the Larry King Show).

It was also the year that Jennifer Hudson was eliminated in 7th place.  I remember not being about to believe she was sent home and I wondered what was wrong with the public but she got her revenge by winning an Oscar award for her performance in Dreamgirls. 
Since the show Fantasia has released two albums (Free Yourself and Fantasia), has been nominated for awards and appeared in The Color …read more