05/27/04
NEWS & GOSSIP DAILY DOSE
In The News
ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD: With a record 65 million votes cast,
gospel-tinged soul diva Fantasia "Bobo" Barrino edged out the perpetually
perky Diana DeGarmo to win American Idol Wednesday night. The 19-year-old
single mom from High Point, N.C., collapsed in DeGarmo's arms the moment
Ryan Seacrest called out her name. "I always said I've been through some
things, but I've worked hard to get where I'm at," she sobbed to the
"star-studded" audience that included Fonzie, Nicole Richie and Paula
Abdul's breasts. Fantasia follows in the footsteps of previous Idol
title-holders Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aik..., er, I mean Ruben Studdard. Her
first single, the Tamyra Gray-penned track "I Believe," will hit stores next
week and, if all goes according to plan, will become the new leading cause
of suicide in the United States by year's end. For more Idol dish, read
Daniel R. Coleridge's post-victory interview with Bobo and Damian Holbrook's
Watercooler commentary.