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BTW, speaking of pissing contests, the following is an example of the ridiculous levels they can descend to when people are determined to boost their favorite at the expense of others. This is a post copied verbatim from Pulse Music Board. (Some of what the poster said in her list of firsts is not true.)

sandy77
Re: Fantasia - "Fantasia" - Starring on Broadway!
« Reply #1989 on Mar 4, 2007, 12:44pm »

Blessings come in many ways. Fantasia is the only American Idol whose accomplishments will list many first.
1. First American Idol and Billboard artist to debut at #1.
2. First American Idol to be nominated for 4 Grammy awards.
3. First American Idol to receive the most nominations such as NAACP Image award, Soul Train, Lady of Soul, Billboard, etc.
4. First American Idol to have a book on the NY Times Best-selling list.
5. First American Idol to star in her own biography on television which scored the second top rated movie on Lifetime.
6. First American Idol to star in a Broadway musical.
7. First American Idol to score a critically-acclaimed CD.
8. First American Idol to score contracts with a jean company and MAC cosmetics.

So stop talking about the lack of sales of "Fantasia" which should reach gold status soon and take a deep breath with her because she has done so much in a span of almost three years. She is the ultimate performer and is so diverse that she can sing anything and do anything. When her life is over, her accomplishments will read like a thick book and her legendary status will read like a Who's Who. She will last long in this business because she does not limit herself to just making records, but breaking them.
Just like Aretha, Gladys and Patti, Fantasia has already etched her Divaness in stone. They made a lot of firsts.
By the way, she tore that song up on American Idol Thursday.

Note that this poster is dismissing the poor sales of Fantasia's new album, while at the same time putting her in a league with superstars like Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight. Will Fantasia get to that level in her career some day? Who knows, and the poster is certainly entitled to her feelings about Fantasia. But come on..."First American Idol to score contracts with a jean company and MAC cosmetics?" When fandom gets to that level, I say it's time to go outside, enjoy the sunshine, and discover some of the other joys the world has to offer. :)

5. First American Idol to star in her own biography on television which scored the second top rated movie on Lifetime.

Yeah, like that's really something to be proud of!

"Watch my life story! It's on right after The Burning Bed and right before some movie where Tori Spelling gets killed."

Can you go through that list and remove the things that aren't true. I'm just curious how the truth would look.

You know, Kelly could have lots of first since she actually was the first idol. The list could go in forever. :)