The Fantasia Barrino story is great - high-school dropout, mom at 16, tries out for American Idol, is called the best contestant in the show's history, has its best performance ever, wins, has a platinum album, earns rave reviews for her Broadway performance in The Color Purple, and is set to reprise that role onscreen.
Pretty amazing - except for the part editors might leave out of the storybook, which is that she doesn't pay her bills.
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