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...American Idol,” judge Simon Cowell famously predicted that not only would Underwood go on to win the competition, but she would also outsell all previous “Idol” winners. The next three years made Cowell appear remarkably astute. As Ruben Studdard and Fantasia Barrino fell by the wayside, and Kelly Clarkson grappled with artistic—and perhaps just general—confusion, Underwood’s first two albums established her as Nashville’s leading female star. With a string of country number-ones and an uncontroversial personal life, Underwood?...
Broadway is getting shrewder about courting all kids, but particularly girls. Stars from American Idol have turned up in Broadway musicals--Frenchie Davis in Rent, Diana DeGarmo in Hairspray and Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple (since she joined the cast, the show has set a house attendance record). Disney--which introduced a new family audience to the theater with shows like The Lion King--will soon bring The Little Mermaid to the stage. And coming next season to London: a musical version of Desperately Seeking Susan, the 1985 movie about a housewife who's sucked into the punk underworld...
...winner, Taylor Hicks, was a master of that forlorn genre, the cornball story-song (In the Ghetto, Levon). Some make a story arc of their performances, like Clarkson, who grew over Season 1 from wallflower to leather-lunged sensation. Others make themselves the narrative. Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, for instance, had the story of teen baby-mamma who made good and subtly underscored it with performances like the soulful lullaby Summertime. "The stories are really key in connecting to the people they were before Idol," says host Ryan Seacrest. "You say, 'Hey, she used to work in a bank...
...financial guru SUZE ORMAN to teach cash-strapped young people how to manage their money. Their six-city tour starting this week in Detroit, "Get Your Money Right," will include seminars on credit scores, home ownership and car financing and guest appearances by Eminem and American Idol's Fantasia Barrino. Because nothing says down payment on a first home like a No. 1 album...
Never say Americans take democracy for granted. After more than 65 million votes poured in--more than half the number cast in the 2000 presidential election--FANTASIA BARRINO, a single mom from High Point, N.C., was crowned the third American Idol. It was a controversial season in which guest judge Elton John cried racism, frantic voters decried the jammed phone lines and the state of Hawaii just plain cried for its third-place finisher. Barrino, 19, a bluesy belter who had been an early favorite, beat Diana DeGarmo, 16, by 1.3 million votes in the finale. It was, aptly...