Her story was inspiring: a barely literate single mother auditions for American Idol and becomes a national sensation. Fantasia Barrino, winner of season three of “American Idol,” hasn’t had much career success on the pop charts since her win, but she did write a memoir, star in a movie of her life and in the Broadway production of “The Color Purple.” But these days, the singer is raising some eyebrows by taking up with a married father of two. Oh, Fanty - say it ain’t so!
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Getty Images. Don't Miss: Fantasia Heading Back to School Fantasia's Home Saved from Auction VH1 has announced that American Idol champ Fantasia Barrino is joining its roster of celebrity reality TV stars. This is the first bit of good news for the R&B singer in a while; she last made headlines when it came out that one of her homes was up for foreclosure. The show will follow Fantasia balancing her singing career while raising her daughter on her own. VH1 stated: Fantasia has one of the... Read Full Story
Fantasia Barrino is back in the news but not in the best light this time. Though she seemed to be doing so well with her music career, starring role on the hit Broadway play “The Color...
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Oprah Winfrey presents
STARRING FANTASIA
FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY!
SEPTEMBER 2 – 13, 2009
The Arie Crown Theater welcomes the soulful singing sensation of Fantasia as she reprises her critically acclaimed role of “Celie” in the smash hit musical.
The producers of THE COLOR PURPLE are proud to announce that American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino will reprise her starring role of Celie for the Chicago engagement . Returning to its debut home of Chicago , THE COLOR PURPLE... Read Full Story
Apparently American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino has quite the long history of not paying her bills. Last month we told you that Fantasias $1.3 million home was in foreclosure and would be auctioned off if she didnt do anything. Though shes had an entire month, Fantasia has failed to respond to any of the sheriffs offices dozen attempts to get in touch with her. The sheriffs rep claims that they try to help people and give them the opportunity to pay before auctioning off someones home. Yet... Read Full Story
"American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino may be the latest victim of the financial crunch - her $1.3 million North Carolina home is in foreclosure. Barrino, whose rags-to-riches rise was chronicled in a Lifetime channel movie she starred in herself, is accused of defaulting on a $58,000 loan from a shadowy Florida corporation, according to court papers. The company, called Broward Energy Management, loaned Fantasia an undisclosed sum to pay back taxes she reportedly owed the IRS, according to... Read Full Story
The American Idol winner doesn’t seem to be fazed by the thought of losing her home:
Fantasia Barrino - who faces the loss of her $1.3 million home here in a debtor’s auction set for noon Monday - is apparently ignoring the looming legal threat, officials told The Post yesterday.
The inspirational “American Idol” winner owes a Florida credit company $65,000 - money she borrowed in 2006 to pay back taxes she owed the IRS.
The singer made a $10,000 payment in August 2007. But she... Read Full Story
Just the other day I was writing about the pending foreclosure of an Extreme Makeover home and now, the imminent sale at public auction of the home of Fantasia Barrino, the winner of the popular American Idol television show.
Apparently Fantasia is really singing the blues these days but I’m confident that the experience, in hindsight, will give her some gret material to use to write some heartbreaking songs of loss.
I can see some potential new titles:
Oh Crap I lost the... Read Full Story
By: Lynn Green
Many people don’t like Simon from American Idol. I admire him because his honestly is equal to mine. He tells it like it is.
A Hicktowner tipped me off that he helped Fantasia save her home. I did a little search and looks like that may be a true story. Sometimes the National Enquirer gets it wrong…but sometimes they are right:
Former American Idol star Fantasia Barrino has music mogul Simon Cowell to thank for saving her North Carolina home from foreclosure - after... Read Full Story
