Word: degarmo
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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...
...wasn't bad enough losing to a guy who belongs in a Celebrex ad, American Idol's KATHARINE MCPHEE has fallen victim to the curse of the Idol runner-up--a bum foot. The show's 2004 No. 2 Diana DeGarmo slipped down a flight of stage stairs, tearing a ligament. Last year Bo Bice broke his foot during some rigorous onstage bouncing. And now McPhee has tripped backstage, fracturing her left foot. All of which makes us wonder what those singers need more: to prove Simon Cowell and America wrong or to wear slightly more sensible shoes...
...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, a fairy-tale ending for a woman named after a Disney movie...
...judges pummeled her. She had been so sure she was gone that she brought the producers a basket of macadamia nuts and chocolate as a goodbye gift. Instead, America ditched the technically competent but detached London. That reduces the original 12 finalists to three: Trias, Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo. "I feel guilty and bad," Trias said backstage...
...dinner on "Weird Wednesday," as it's called, when one more candidate goes home. There certainly is an earnest, hardworking kids-from-Fame vibe about the group. Their week is grueling, filled with song-selection sessions, rehearsals, run-throughs, commercial and promo shoots, performances and interviews. (Minors Trias and DeGarmo, 16, also spend three hours a day with a tutor.) But in ways subtle and more blatant, the singers are also getting persona coaching. While they ultimately make their own decisions, they get advice on their song choices and performance to counter the judges' feedback, which often amounts to personal...
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