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Has Fantasia Fallen Further Than Any Other 'Idol'?

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SLIDESHOW: Which 'Idol' Has Fallen the Furthest?

Fantasia Barrino
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Fantasia Barrino

"Idol" season 3 winner Barrino was hospitalized for a drug overdose Monday following allegations that she was involved with a married man. Her injuries are not life-threatening ... but her reputation took a hit.
  1. Fantasia Barrino

    Fantasia Barrino

    "Idol" season 3 winner Barrino was hospitalized for a drug overdose Monday following allegations that she was involved with a married man. Her injuries are not life-threatening ... but her reputation took a hit.

  2. Corey Clark

    Corey Clark

    Clark was disqualified from the second season of "Idol" for not disclosing a prior arrest. He later alleged a sexual relationship with Paula Abdul, which she denied. The show found no proof of an affair.

  3. Paula Goodspeed

    Paula Goodspeed

    Goodspeed was a rejected "Idol" contestant who became obsessed with Paula Abdul ... and later killed herself outside of Abdul's home.

  4. Jessica Sierra

    Jessica Sierra

    Sierra was the 10th place finalist on the fourth season of "Idol." In 2007, she pleaded no contest to assault and drug charges ... and in 2008, she released a sex tape. She now claims to be a "new woman."

  5. Mario Vazquez

    Mario Vazquez

    After making it into the top 12 on "Idol" season 4, Vazquez dropped out for "family reasons." Two years later, a male "Idol" employee filed a lawsuit alleging that Vasquez sexually harassed him.

  6. Frenchie Davis

    Frenchie Davis

    Davis was a semi-finalist on the second season of "Idol," but was disqualified due to topless photos taken earlier in her career. Some say Davis was treated unfairly as other "Idols" came out with nudie pics.

  7. Antonella Barba

    Antonella Barba

    Barba, a Top 12 contestant in season 6, became infamous when racy photographs of her surfaced on the Internet. She was not, however, dismissed from the show … which fans of Frenchie Davis called "racist."

  8. David Hernandez

    David Hernandez

    Season 7 Top 12 contestant Hernandez was revealed mid-season to have worked as a male stripper. He was allowed to remain on the show, but was quickly eliminated, leading to conspiracy theories.

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"American Idol" season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino was hospitalized Monday night for a drug overdose following allegations that she was involved with a married man ... but has she fallen further than any of the show's other contestants?

Barrino's rep released a statement saying the singer thought her lover was already separated ... and that she couldn't handle the lawsuit served up by his wife accusing her of destroying their marriage. Fantasia was also said to be "overwhelmed" by the media attention.

You know what they say: If you play with fire ...

Whether she's an innocent victim or a cunning home-wrecker, we're still glad Fantasia is going to be OK. And truthfully, other "Idols" have been involved in much nastier scandals, including Corey Clark, who alleged a steamy affair with Paula Abdul, and Jessica Sierra, who got busted for cocaine, released a sex tape and wound up on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew."

Which has us wondering ...

Has Fantasia Fallen Further Than Any Other 'Idol'?

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  • Martin 2010/08/12 22:53:03
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    Martin
    +2
    My Mama always told me... You lie down with dogs and you wake up with fleas.

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  • Andrew 2010/08/20 02:40:30
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Andrew
    so many idols are out there I dont think Fantasia has fallen the farhtest at all.
  • shindogg 2010/08/17 22:36:25
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    shindogg
    of course a scandal involvin vonzell solomon sounds pretty good right now because she deserved be crowned, not that no talent hack carrie underwood. she sucks donkey balls and she SHOULD be gettin shyit on left and right. country music is gay (slang for dumb)
  • steve 2010/08/17 06:17:25
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    steve
    Fantasia should never have won in the first place, since she was off key
    & pitchy on half her songs. Many of the other winners & runnerups were
    pretty good & got their big chance on Idol.
  • Pinball Wizard 2010/08/15 08:20:30
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Pinball Wizard
    She hasn't done anything worse then any other singer. At least she has the talent to sell CD & MP3s. Some past idol singers couldn't sell water to Mexicans across the border.
  • Jojo Rock 2010/08/14 17:34:32
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Jojo Rock
    " I cant tell You how much I DON'T CARE!!" thank you Dylan Moran
  • Bureauc 0webama 2010/08/14 00:06:15
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Bureauc 0webama
    +1
    The Idolized Øbama has fallen further and much faster than any Hollyweird celebrity.
  • pantagruella 2010/08/13 17:17:41
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    pantagruella
    American Idol is a mainstream show which panders to the ratings, and ultimately feeds to the maw of Big Business. So anyone who performs is really letting the side down. An Idol failure is a counter-culture success. It's the big winners on Idol who are the biggest trators to the cause of live, rather than manufactured, music.
  • bigeasy628 2010/08/13 15:40:36
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    bigeasy628
    She wasnt even the best her season
  • DaRkTigrrr 2010/08/13 15:21:22
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    DaRkTigrrr
    I mainly voted yes because I have never liked Fantasia. If she has fallen, it doesn't surprise me, nor was it much of a 'fall' anyway...I never thought she had any talent and it is beyond me that she has made it as far as she has. In fact, in the entire history of the show, I can really only think of one or maybe two people that have any considerable talent and 'Idolizability' if such a word exists and they are Kelly Clarkson and possibly Carrie Underwood (though I'm not really much of a fan of country, but I can recognize her ability). I think Adam Lambert has some showmanship but I can't honestly say I would want to idolize him. Sure I cheered on a couple of other contestants before I stopped watching the program altogether, but their releases after winning or coming close were absolute total failures. I can't even actually remember most of the winners because they were THAT forgettable. Admittedly, some contestants had great voices, but all in all the show is for television entertainment purposes marketed towards teens who like to vote for "who is the cutest" or "who has a really great personality" and has strayed far away from finding any remarkable and/or memorable talent.
  • Savannah 2010/08/13 13:03:01
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    Savannah
    sad but true
  • Francis 2010/08/13 07:37:33
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Francis
    Who cares? American Idol may have some merit or value that I don't always see but this show is becoming boring with all the extraneous weekly shenanigans and poor talent. At least Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson could bring new talent to the forefront of their audience demographics!
  • Magoo 2010/08/13 02:50:43
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Magoo
    This should not be "news." I wish Fantasia well. American Idol much like other "reality" programs takes people out of their simple lives and thrusts them into a limelight they are ill prepared to handle. I feel sorry for them. This seems to be common with these types of celebrities and with many professional athletes too.
  • shoovadi 2010/08/13 00:02:25
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    shoovadi
    All of these clowns are 'manufactured stars.' They have nice singing voices, but no real uniqueness. That's why they're getting high waiting for someone to write songs for them. And they suck....like most of the pop music coming out right now. This new mess doesn't surprise me. We have 'stars' today that are more famous for their trials and tribulations than for their real achievements in the arts (like the Kardashian gold-diggers, for example)......
  • cuteri97 2010/08/12 23:50:13
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    cuteri97
    these are all awful
  • Martin 2010/08/12 22:53:03
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    Martin
    +2
    My Mama always told me... You lie down with dogs and you wake up with fleas.
  • Dave tshilumba 2010/08/12 20:28:01
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Dave tshilumba
    some other can be really down and very low even they
    think they are up on their one eyes
  • justme Dave ts... 2010/08/12 21:01:43
    justme
    Which former idols have only one eye? I can remember other handicaps, i.e. blindness, prosthetics, but I don't remember a cyclops.
  • The Lightning Man 2010/08/12 19:43:09
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    The Lightning Man
    Seriously, people...aren't we getting a bit worked up over a train wreck of a show that jumped the shark a while ago? Few of the contestants have managed to eke out a successful pop career. Most have dropped into complete & utter obscurity. I think Justin Guarini took my order at Burger King last week. Many have already had to whore themselves out to reality shows. Look at Nikki McKibbin, for example. Girl had a great voice & was smokin' hot, and last I saw she was a bloated washed up coke fiend on some cheap rehab show.
    girl voice smokin hot bloated washed coke fiend cheap rehab
  • EddyGee53 2010/08/12 19:25:28
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    EddyGee53
    Let's face it she didn't have far to fall!
  • Darkdark0 2010/08/12 19:25:16
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Darkdark0
    ...look what happened to M.C. Hammer. you can take a person out of the ghetto but not the other way around.
  • homerii 2010/08/12 18:51:22
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    homerii
    Fantasia started by attacking her home town of racism . Great start! I never thought she was that good anyway. But, Hey, who cares anymore . With Simon leaving and then they put that pitiful Ellen Degenrate on and it was all over for them in my book. I would rather watch the clock on the wall now. Paula was a good kid.
  • Always.Bored :P 2010/08/12 18:43:53
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Always.Bored :P
    They are humans and they get the opportunity to fall every day , till now 99,9999% took the bait . But who cares anymore ?
  • toughhombre 2010/08/12 18:40:35
    Yes, Fantasia is the ultimate fallen "Idol."
    toughhombre
    These people from the ghetto who always claim all tlhey need is a chance to make it and then they get the chance of a lifetime and they SCREW UP ! What is this idiot doing fooling around with a married man? Didn't she have brains enough to make him prove he was free? What nitwit then makes a sex tape with a married man? She has had her chance and she has blown it, now pay the price !
  • Irisheyes 2010/08/12 18:40:24 (edited)
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Irisheyes
    +2
    Fantasia, Justin Guarini, Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken, Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee, Jordin Sparks, Carly Smithson's CD all disappointed me and I guess so did everyone else. Many of these artist lost their label contracts because of poor sales. The whole point of the show was to give a platform for finding talent BUT they also have to make the label make some money. I think they should limit the number of phone calls, because these artist are being chosen by teens who are voting for the cutest boy or girl and not basing them on talent. The viewers of the show are not buying what these artist are selling when they release their CD's. The viewership of the show is not being translated into CD sales. I stopped watching the show in 2006. It lost the purpose of the show for me.

    Personally, I never cared for Fantasia, she screamed too much instead of singing. I have like LaToya London that season in the Battle of the Divas.
  • OUTLAW ... Irisheyes 2010/08/13 15:01:46
    OUTLAW 1863
    Funny but Bo Bice - who didn't even win - is STILL around and even developing more as a writer. Even with the small fight he got into his showmanship has carried him through.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
  • Irisheyes OUTLAW ... 2010/08/14 22:47:42
    Irisheyes
    Yes, I did like Bo and he even said he didn't want pop rock fame, he just wanted to make a small living doing what he loved. I thought the same thing about Chris Daugherty, he didn't really want to win the top prize he only wanted to get his name out there for a label to hear him and sign him. He had so many doors shut in his face and as the last resort, he did idol and it worked for him and I still love him. David Cook puzzled me. Rockers usually don't like a label telling them what to do. What idol is about is popdom/stardom, here one day gone the next. Hard core rockers wouldn't be caught dead on that show or only used it to get their name out there the way Bo and Chris did.
  • OUTLAW ... Irisheyes 2010/08/15 06:48:24
    OUTLAW 1863
    I met Bo & got my pic with him last September. I'd post it here but I'm remaining anonymous here on SH. But, yeah, Bo is got him some saltiness for his age. Yeah, crazily enough rockers wind up being more "popular" than actual "pop stars" so you'd THINK they'd have a version of Rock Idol, eh? Yeah Idols are here today gone the next. But now an Artist? Aaaahhh! Now THERE is a lasting value.

    You really Irish or just like that default pic.

    :-)
  • Irisheyes OUTLAW ... 2010/08/15 22:04:19
    Irisheyes
    Yes, I'm all 100% Irish but that's not a picture of me, sorry to say. I've got blond hair and blue-green eyes.
  • OUTLAW ... Irisheyes 2010/08/16 23:01:02
    OUTLAW 1863
    Blond and blue eyes? Hmmm methinks a Swede sneaked into your line, eh?

    ;-).
  • Irisheyes OUTLAW ... 2010/08/17 22:54:24
    Irisheyes
    I left off my freckles, cute for a 5 year old, not so much for an adult.
  • OUTLAW ... Irisheyes 2010/08/17 23:30:27
    OUTLAW 1863
    I dunno, depends. I would viciously TEAR some women apart in the sack just because they HAVE freckles.
  • MattThomson 2010/08/12 18:21:10
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    MattThomson
    No the other Idol's have done much worse I think anyone would be a little depressed if the person we loved betrayed us and the person they loved sued us. Honestly I don't think there's anything wrong with sex tapes or sleeping with Paula Abdul personally I wouldn't mind doing either but Fantasia was just in bad place in her life.
  • toughho... MattTho... 2010/08/12 18:46:40
    toughhombre
    Are you for real moron? Where in Hell is your sense of morals and decency? Do you have any semblance of values? You don't see anything wrong with making a sex tape with a married man? You think she was just in a bad place in her life? Give us a break. This ghetto slut was given the chance of a lifetime with her dubious win on IDOL and she has blown it big time. And by the way, which "idol" has done worse? No one else comes close to this baboon.
  • MattTho... toughho... 2010/08/12 19:03:15
    MattThomson
    Wait may my information is faulty I thought the guy told her he was separated a legal separation is as good as a divorce.
  • Arclight 2010/08/12 18:14:27
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    Arclight
    This question frightens me. Civilization as we know it must be ending...
  • shoovadi Arclight 2010/08/13 00:08:47
    shoovadi
    I take pride in the fact that I never watched a complete show - ever. I grew up on 'real entertainers on TV' like Dean Martin, Jonathan Winters, Sammy Davis Jr., Carol Burnett, Flip Wilson, and showmen like Ed Sullivan who never would've stocked his great show with these flash-in-the-pan 'Idols.' It's not a wonder no one ever bought their cd's. These brats have no real talent or something musically different to say. They're just one-season wonders, and no personality, to boot.
  • kobidobidog 2010/08/12 17:26:34 (edited)
    No, other "Idols" have fallen further than Fantasia.
    kobidobidog
    WE are all fallen from grace because we die. That is why we need the everlasting love of God who is the lord God jesus Christ spirit being flesh, and blood in us so we can portray the loving good fruits of his spirit.. Jesus is God in the flesh so the glory of God would not instantly kill us. The spirit of jesus has to be in us to love our neighbor as ourselves. That means the gay, zoosexuals , furries of the furry fandom who like anthropomorphic art, and are loving of anatomically correct art even as it is in nature ,and are fun, honest, loving, forgiving human beings who can enrichen the world of animation like no one has ever done before. let them be unfettered to create what is in their furry minds. So far we have mindless things that numb the mind. Have Jesus in us now and be saved by grace through faith not of works least anyone should boast when they get to heaven.All praise ,and Glory and honor to Jesus the Lord God of heaven ,and earth who loved us so much he gave his life for us so we would not have to die living with him eternally to experience joys, and sound ,and sights no man has ever seen filling our hearts to overflowing. This love should be shown to all right now ending all wars and eliminating the need for all,of the militarily armies of the world. World ...



    WE are all fallen from grace because we die. That is why we need the everlasting love of God who is the lord God jesus Christ spirit being flesh, and blood in us so we can portray the loving good fruits of his spirit.. Jesus is God in the flesh so the glory of God would not instantly kill us. The spirit of jesus has to be in us to love our neighbor as ourselves. That means the gay, zoosexuals , furries of the furry fandom who like anthropomorphic art, and are loving of anatomically correct art even as it is in nature ,and are fun, honest, loving, forgiving human beings who can enrichen the world of animation like no one has ever done before. let them be unfettered to create what is in their furry minds. So far we have mindless things that numb the mind. Have Jesus in us now and be saved by grace through faith not of works least anyone should boast when they get to heaven.All praise ,and Glory and honor to Jesus the Lord God of heaven ,and earth who loved us so much he gave his life for us so we would not have to die living with him eternally to experience joys, and sound ,and sights no man has ever seen filling our hearts to overflowing. This love should be shown to all right now ending all wars and eliminating the need for all,of the militarily armies of the world. World has fallen from Grace jesus can save us with his grace that is seeking to save all of us.

    She also needs to go to www.upcspine.com, and find an Upper cervical specific care doctor. Her head is tilting off to one side really badly. Have humans checked early so the body,and mind does not have to deteriorate as rapidly . Having humans not go is what is giving symptoms of many things wearing out knees, and hips, and to many things to mention.

    Sherman Collage has one Good technique being taught called Atlas orthogonal. I can help you know the best technique near you in your state. Teach others about this.
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  • docdj kobidob... 2010/08/12 18:10:12
    docdj
    You are insane...Tell Glen Beck hi when you get back to the Loony Bin...
  • Frenchie docdj 2010/08/12 18:23:14
    Frenchie
    Sorry brother, but Beck is not even a Christian, he is a Mormon...
  • kobidob... Frenchie 2010/08/16 00:33:04 (edited)
    kobidobidog
    Can you tell me how you know who is a Christian, and who is not?

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