Comment by Kayla Phelps

Fri, 28 May 2004 14:35:57 EDT

I love Fantasia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Bob A. Booey

Thu, 27 May 2004 15:54:59 EDT

Olsen: Thanks for the nice comments. I hate to encourage the Simon Jr comparisons, so I'll just contest 2 points you made: First, the outcome was very important for Diana. Fantasia had her deal with Clive Davis already. I don't think Diana will have the opportunities Clay was afforded because of her age, image, and the type of music she would sing. Clay was different, equally talented to Ruben, and lost by a tiny margin. Diana herself only lost by 1% but that wasn't mentioned on the final results show (only on the "Seacrest Out" talk show On-Air Live). You don't get the sense that Simon and BMG or Clive and Arista are going to sign Diana and invest money in promoting her. If she had won, they would have been obligated to by the rules of the show but I have a feeling Fantasia would still have gotten the brunt of their marketing push. Hopefully she gets other opportunities. Second, the last thing you can fault Fantasia for is song choice. The judges commented repeatedly on how she was the best in the competition at picking diverse songs that suited her well -- the one HUGE exception turned out to be "All My Life," which almost cost her the competition. Fantasia's voice has a little gravel and waver to it, which makes her vulnerable and emotional. I like that her voice is unusual, personally, but I can understand where others find it cacaphonous. Finally, I agree with one part of the MSNBC article. The show is in many ways a throwback dressed up in hipper imaging and I think that's why it has such broad appeal. That is all.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Thu, 27 May 2004 12:39:33 EDT

i hope Fantasia sticks to material with a fair amount of blues in it....because she friggin' smoked on "Summertime".

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