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American Idol: Fantasia’s return

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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56 million votes cast, but we have to wait until 8:45 or so to get the results.

Meanwhile, former Idol winner Fantasia returns. There was a great shot of Simon Cowell starring in disbelief over her mess of a performance:

Look for a higher resolution version of this clip on “The Soup” this weekend, no doubt.

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