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Music fans could have a say in anointing the next generation of “Divas” as VH1 brings back its performance special for the first time since 2005.

The show, which has featured such top female talent as Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Diana Ross since debuting in 1998, will air live on Sept. 17.

VH1 is asking the public to weigh in on who would make the perfect “Divas” performer, as well as their dream “Diva Duet,” by visiting the network’s blog and leaving a comment. More than 6,900 comments had been posted as of Wednesday evening.

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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.

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VH1 announced on Thursday (March 19th) that the popular show, “Behind the Music” will be re-launched depicting more modern day musicians in mainstream Pop-culture, MTVnews.com reports.

“We had to rethink a little bit and look at these current artists that are really big stars now, and maybe it isn’t the classic rise and fall,” Rick Krim, executive vice president of talent and music programming at VH1, told MTV News on Thursday. “There’s the classic ‘Behind The Music’ arc, but in this crop we wanted to get some artists that were on top of their game now instead of looking back. And also, just because their big stars now doesn’t mean they necessarily have a great ‘Behind the Music’ kind of story.”

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