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The third season of American Idol premiered on Monday, January 19, 2004, and continued until May 26, 2004. The third season was won by Fantasia Barrino, who defeated Diana DeGarmo by an approximate margin of 2% (1.3 million votes); the vote total (65 million votes) was then the highest recorded vote total in the show's history.
Fantasia Barrino won American Idol Season 3 when she was 19, and almost immediately made history, becoming the first solo artist to have her first single debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ...
Season 22 of American Idol came to an end on Sunday with a three-hour finale that included scores of musical guests and a special appearance from American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino ...
Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor (born June 30, 1984), [2] known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American singer and actress.She rose to prominence in 2004 for her performance of the Porgy and Bess standard "Summertime" during the third season of American Idol, and eventually became that season's winner. [3]
It’s been nearly 20 years since Barrino was crowned the “American Idol,” winning the third season of the singing competition in 2004 and becoming the first Black woman to claim the title.
Fantasia sang "I Believe" on the third-season finale of American Idol as her last performance within the competition. Diana DeGarmo, the runner up of American Idol, sang the song first on the finale, for her first performance of the night. The judges unanimously acclaimed Fantasia the winner, a prediction that came true when she was crowned the ...
The season 3 American Idol winner, 39, was hospitalized in August 2010 after overdosing on aspirin and sleep aids. Barrino recalled a nurse showing her a stack of magazines with her face on them.
Jennifer Hudson and Fantasia Barrino shared a sweet hug on Hudson's talk show and reminisced about how far they've come in the 20 years since they first broke through together on "American Idol."