Fantasia as the Latest VH1 Reality Star

4/16/2009
Alyssa Marcus
The "American Idol" winner is starting a new project on TV.

American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, 24, is set to be the latest VH1 celeb-reality star, according to the New York Daily News.

The show will chronicle Barrino's career as well as her life as a single mom. In terms of her career, this is only the latest project in a lineup that includes being nominated for nine Grammys for starring in The Color Purple on Broadway and playing herself in a Lifetime movie based on her autobiography, Life Is Not a Fairytale.

Jeff Olde, executive vice president of original programming of VH1, said, "Fantasia has one of the most fascinating stories in show business, from her tough upbringing to her meteoric rise on the national scene thanks to American Idol."

The show's producer, Randy Barbato, told the Hollywood Reporter, "Fantasia's life has been an open book, but at 24 years old, her story has just begun."

The show is scheduled to begin in early 2010.

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