andPOP » Fantasia http://www.andpop.com POP Culture with Substance Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:46:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 American Idol Champ To Star In Reality Series http://www.andpop.com/2009/04/19/american-idol-champ-to-star-in-reality-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=american-idol-champ-to-star-in-reality-series http://www.andpop.com/2009/04/19/american-idol-champ-to-star-in-reality-series/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:23:56 +0000 Eva Lam http://www.andpop.com/?p=16092


Season 3 “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino is returning to the small screen with a new reality show on VH1.

According to the network, the as-yet-untitled series will track Fantasia’s everyday life as a recording artist and young single mother.

It’s not the first time the singer has given fans a peek into her personal life – she released an autobiography called “Life Is Not a Fairy Tale” in 2005 and later starred in the TV movie adaptation.

“Fantasia’s life has been an open book, but at 24 years old, her story has just begun,” exec producer Randy Barbato told the Hollywood Reporter. “We look forward to smashing expectations and revealing the fresh, funny and unexpected side of this one-of-a-kind country girl and superstar.”

Cameras are set to begin following the singer shortly for an early 2010 debut.

Since winning “Idol” in 2004, Fantasia has earned nine Grammy nominations and performed in the Broadway production of “The Colour Purple” as Celie, a role she will reprise when the production opens this summer in Washington, DC. She is currently working on her third album.

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Just hours before Common was to hit the stage at the University of Miami Convention Center in Florida last night for the first stop of Kanye West?s Touch The Sky tour, it was announced that the rapper had pulled out of the show and wasn?t hitting the road with West after all.

Common has just landed a film role, which will also star Taraji Henson (who appears in Common?s ?Testify? video), and film production will prevent the hip hop star from taking part in West?s two-month long tour.

West said yesterday that while he would have loved to have had Common out on the road with him as planned, he fully supports his friend’s decision. Common will not be replaced by another performer; instead West promises to perform more of his own material to make it up to fans. Concert-goers can also look forward to seeing Fantasia and Keyshia Cole, who are still on board as opening acts.

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