Talk:Fantasia Barrino
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I think that this was the best show ever. Fantasia Girl you jam i'm a big fan of yours and i really think that you deserve to win. You know you really work hard to be the next american idol. viewers cannot get mad and say it was a racial thing because diane didn't win they need to understand that diane can't sing she screams. All I can say you go girl. Good luck.
who ever said that Fantasia couldn't sing and other nasty remarks about her is just hating because diane the rich little girl didn't win
I saw the American Idol show as an import here in Australia, and it was clear that Fantasia was the best, most consistent voice throughout and more than deserved to win. Any controversies surrounding the voting didn't make it across this side of the Pacific, and if the runner up (I forget her name) had won instead then that WOULD have been controversial. With 65 million votes, that's 26% of the US population! Those who automatically smell a controversy whenever a black person achieves anything - well, shame on you. There is hope after all, since clearly the best talent won. Graham
- Well, the controversy was not so much that she beat Diana DeGarmo, but that Jennifer Hudson, who many considered the best singer of all of the finalists, was voted off so early (and she is African American), whereas the clearly inferior Jasmine Trias, who is Filipina, was kept. I haven't read ANYTHING that said the conspiracy involved Fantasia beating Diana, but that there were not two clearly superior African American finalists. RickK 04:50, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
- OK, I see. As I said no mention of any controversy reached our shores. I tend to agree that there were some surprising vote-offs earlier on, but I think that is more to do with the general cloth-earedness of viewers (especially of the younger audience that Idol is aimed at, bless 'em) than racial prejudice. I hope so anyway! :) Graham
Zion's age
We need to find some neutral way of stating her age so we don't have to edit that part of the page every year. "She has a daughter, Zion, who was only 2 at the time of her American Idol win" might work, and I would put it in, except I'm not downright positive about that age. Any ideas? --Golbez 16:11, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)