It was also the year that Jennifer Hudson was eliminated in 7th place.  I remember not being about to believe she was sent home and I wondered what was wrong with the public but she got her revenge by winning an Oscar award for her performance in Dreamgirls. 

Since the show Fantasia has released two albums (Free Yourself and Fantasia), has been nominated for awards and appeared in The Color Purple (April 2007 to January 2008) on Broadway.  She is expected to release a third album sometime this year.

Diana released one album, Blue Skies (2004), appeared on Broadway in the musical Hairspray (September 2006 to February 2007), performed at Carnegie Hall (April 2007) and finally made the career-changing decision to appear on Gone Country.  She released the country music track, “Right Back Where We Ended” and has won rave reviews in the genre.

Here are the Top 10 from season three.  I remember really liking Matthew Rogers so I’m happy he’s now the host of the Discovery Channel’s “Really Big Things.”  Who did you like from this list?

• Fantasia Barrino – Winner
• Diana DeGarmo – Eliminated May 26, 2004
• Jasmine Trias - Eliminated May 19
• La Toya London – Eliminated May 12
• George Huff – Eliminated May 5
• John Stevens – Eliminated April 28
• Jennifer Hudson – Eliminated April 21
• Jon Peter Lewis – Eliminated April 15
• Camile Velasco – Eliminated April 7
• Amy Adams – Eliminated March 31
• Matthew Rogers – Eliminated March 24
• Leah LaBelle – Eliminated March 17

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