TV ROUNDUP: FANTASIA ON AMERICAN IDOL / CONGRATS TO TRISTAN WILDS / BET J’S ‘REAL LIFE DIVAS’ BACK
Thursday, May 15, 2008
American Idol season 3 winner, Fantasia Barrino, was on the results show Wednesday night where she performed her new song “Bore Me” and worked her new red hair color. The performance was dope. I’m a Fantasia fan, so I guess I’m biased. Anyway, peep Simon Cowell’s face at 2:43 mark, he looked like he was in shock..
CONGRATS TO TRISTAN WILDS!

Tristan Wilds, best known for his portrayal of Michael on the HBO series The Wire, just signed on to be on the new Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff. The 18 year-old has also been featured a few music videos, as well as on Jay-Z’s I Will Not Lose Spring Campaign. He is a good little actor, so make sure you guys look out for him. I still miss The Wire man….
BET J’S ‘REAL LIFE DIVAS’ BACK

BET J’s popular series, Real Life Divas is returning with an all new season and lineup of Divas including Iman, Naomi Campbell, MC Lyte, CeCe Winans and Jill Scott. This week, BET J will feature Susan L. Taylor in the season premiere. Peep the line up:
# Thursday, May 22 at 10:00 PM, featured diva is Jill Scott.
# Thursday, May 29 at 10:00 PM, featured diva is MC Lyte.
# Thursday, June 5 at 10:00 PM, featured diva is CeCe Winans.
# Thursday, June 12 at 10:00 PM, featured diva is Lisa Ellis.
BET J is waaay better than it’s sister network BET. It was better programming and the overall vibe is well rounded.






129 Comments
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76.
BKNY
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
SIMON LOOKED REPULSED AND DIGUSTED @ FANTASIA’S PERFORMANCE. THAT WAS NO EXPRESSION OF JOY!
77.
imDOP3
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
I loved that performance.Fantasia is a bad chick!
And the red hair takes sometime to get use to
but it do look good one her..something new
Yeah Simon…what you gotta say now?
78.
nesscutie
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
I agree BETJ is WAAAAAAAAY better than BET. I am have’nt really watched BET in the last four years now ( I’m 29). I almost want to vomit when I watch BET. I can watch BETJ all day from The Best Shorts to Lifted in the morning to Real Life Divas
79.
MAYA
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
ooo, i LOVE me some Tristan Wilds.
and i don’t like fantasia’s hair
80.
Our history is GOLDEN
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Yeah I watched that performance and she did her thing. She was yelling, but did her thing nontheless. Simon facial expression was to funny. Thanks for posting this angel
81.
CGJ
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Like Angel, I am a HUGE Fantasia fan. Not feeling the hair color so much, but I like that fact that she’s not afraid to take risk, and really doesn’t seem to be concerned with public opinion. Go Tasia!!!
82.
V
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Tristan Wilds is so CUTE! I love him he was great on law and order a while back
83.
dontmatta
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
why can’t they have a black woman on a show like that?
i am still happy for the brother but i would have rather seen a sister.
84.
marc
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Simon’s mouth was opened in disbelief. He couldn’t believe how horrible she was. I use to love Fantasia but this girl just scream and shout and run around the stage. That performance left me disappointed in her. LOL @ y’all praising her for that performance.
85.
Lady T
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
YAY TRISTAN!
86.
Young Hollywood
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
I haven’t watched American Idol since she won! She is the truth and the light!
87.
Dothepocketknife
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
I LOVE THAT FANTASIA DOESN’T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT HER! So she shouldn’t care when I say this, that hair is a no-no, I like the Cruella a millions times better.
88.
archera
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Fantasia don’t give a fuck y’all. Go Head Tasia. She doesn’t conform to the white mainstream , hate it or love it..you gotta admit that she is entertaining! I thought it was a mess at first, but I love her performance actually!
89.
DEEDEE
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
IF YOU DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT WAS COMING OUT OF TASIA MOUTH THEN YOU ARE PROBABLY DISLEXIC AND PROBABLY DID’NT DO VERY WELL IN SCHOOL AND IF YOU DID’NT LIKE HOW HOTT !!!TASIA LOOKED THAN YOU ARE PROBABLY BLIND AND NEED GLASSES…………THANKS DR.DOOLITTLE.
RX..GO TO WALMART AND BUT HER CD AND LISTEN…..
THE CD CONTAINS LOTS OF MASSAGES THAT MY HELP YOUR DUME !@@%
90.
Gyrl_6
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
I love Fantasia’s performance, I had to watch it twice just now. I didn’t watch because I do not like American Idol anymore, after Fantasia - it was a wrap for me! I love Simon’s face - so priceless! Fantasia killed that performance! I loved it - and that is my favorite song off her last album. Can wait for your new material tasia!
91.
Da HotTeSt cHiC iN da GaME
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
3 words = FANTASIA KILLED IT
I loved her performance. It was so full of energy & that red hair actually fits her style. It’s not a bad look or a good look……..it’s fantasia. If she like it, I love it.
92.
marc
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
These Fantasia stans be killing me. If y’all love her so much, y’all would have supported her when her second album came out instead of letting it flop. SMH.Now mind you I love Tasia but all this name-calling you stands are doing is ridiculous.
93.
Emma V's Great-Grandaughter
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Fantasia is a good singer but she needs to stop screaming and hollering. Don’t nobody want to hear all of that just sing the song ok and the red hair has got to go.
Congrats to Tristan but they could’ve aleast put two more black actors on the show.
BET J is the best.
94.
Beau T. Full
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
YEEEAH!!! Tristan will be back on T.V. regularly. He is the next Denzel;-) He was one of my favs on The Wire.
What is wrong with Fantasia? She can sing anyday…all that screaming is unnecessary. I’ll have to hear the song on the CD just 2 determine what it’s REALLY suppose to sound like. On a +, she looked cute!
95.
chell
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
tasia looked pretty last nite nd i kinda liked the hair
96.
Ara
Thursday, May 15, 2008 /
Great stage presence, she can work a stage.
97.
a.k.a. new yorker
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
you guys realize that the 90210 spinoff won’t do well right? i hope he has a backup plan
98.
Lgp
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
He is my favor! I saw his profile at a internet community called B L A C K W H I T E K I S S .C O M last week, where all single women are welcome since so many handsome black and white single men are there for a right girl..
99.
OyVey!
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
WHY? I say WHY some of y’all actin’ brand new with Fantasia! Talking about “all that screamin, hoopin and hollerin she was doing’” You know that her beltin out those notes is a trademark of hers. Fantasia only sang all those pretty songs when she was a contestant on the show to get her through and win it! But she is her own person and don’t give a damn about what Simon or anyone else thinks she should do when it comes to music or style. And that’s admirable. I’m SO OVER these r&b chicks who all sound the same, dress the same, get their hair done the same…BLEH!! Somebody does something different and all of sudden they on drugs (rollin my eyes) If James Brown and Patti La Belle had a love child, Fantasia would be it! Lol More power to ya Fantasia!
100.
BIGVON
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
YEH FANTASIA KILLED THAT SHIT BUT SOME OF THESE LAMES ON CONCRETELOOP LUV MEDIOCRITY..SO THEY MISSED IT..I GUESS SHE SHOULD OF STOOD THERE LIKE(RIHANNA) WACK ASS AND YALL WOULD OF GOT IT…CANT BELIEVE I READ SHE WAS AN (EMBARASSMENT AND HOOD) FOR DOIN WHAT BLK SINGERS HAV BEEN KNOWN TO DO FOREVER…..SING WITH EMOTION……..YALL WACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK AS HELL FOR EVEN WRITIN THAT SELF HATEFUL AS SHIT…ITS CUZ SHE DARK SKINNED………LAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMME ASS…….I CANT BELIEVE THAT DUMB ASS SHIT……….LAMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
101.
Eve
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
I LOVE Fantasia but I hated her performance to be honest…Simon looked like he was disgusted; like, WHAt DA’ HeLL she doing? She’s such a sweet soul though and she is talented. The song was wrong for a live performance but I bet on radio its going to be hot.
102.
i'm gonna tell da truth
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
I love fantasia but that performances was crappy and embrassing.I don’t care who I piss off because it’s the truth. She resort so low as to dye her hair that stupid color just so she can get attention. It’s really sad. She was superb when she was on Idol, when she came out with her first and second album. Now it’s like she just don’t care anymore. I don’t understand how people find it entertaining when singers scream,yell,and shout running around like a madman. Tasia get it together you’re to great of an artist to go down this road.
103.
Rake
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
It was the wrong song, but if you’re familiar with the song it goes REALLY REALLY fast…so you couldn’t understand what she was saying because the song goes at the speed of light and she sang it just as she sang it on the CD….but it just wasn’t appropriate. I thought the same thing when DC performed “Soldier” on Saturday Night Live but nobody went on and on about how “hood” and “deplorable” that was because they find them (by them, I mean Beyonce cause let’s just face it…she WAS DC lol) attractive. Fantasia’s lyrics were ghetto but since you couldn’t hear them any way, why wasn’t it fit for the show? Because she “hooped and hollered”…ummmm she did that ON THE SHOW. EVERY SONG, in fact. And another thing…did you catch Syesha’s performances of “Proud Mary” “Fever” and that other pop trash “Run the Show” or whatever…anyway, she was dancing and it was salacious but she doesn’t look like Fantasia now does she?
104.
thoro
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
fantasia tore that stage down! She is absoulutley on the track to be legond! I am proud of her! She outshined the whole studio and is a true pro! She is sexy too! That cat she dating better recognize and get his weight up!
105.
SHESOCRAZY
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
90210 + Tristan Wilds = Token black guy.
106.
yoooo
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
where was the singing???? that was like maniac chicken clucking!!!!!!!
but the energy was incredible though
a very interesting performance
107.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
“Simon was too busy looking all that beautiful blackness that was on that stage!!..LOL…did anyone see MTV Cribs when they toured his house…a sista answered the door…ummm hmmm….he was lovin’ that performance!!
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Fantasia’s performance definitely caught him off guard. There will never be another like her on AI. It is all about popularity/marketability which is fine at first, but it says nothing for the future. As much as I like Kelly Clarkson (Chris Daughtry is ok as well/Carrie Underwood) there is nothing unique about her. Her last album didn’t do very well and she had to cancel her tour because tickets just didn’t sell. I see the same thing happening to Chris and Carrie. They are just too “top 40-ish”. These days you have to have that special something that separates you from the rest. Fantasia has this in spades.
I LOVED HER PERFORMANCE. She even screams on tune. I actually think she’s in the wrong genre. This chic could be a ROCK STAR!!!
108.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
“Tasia looks like she was on coke or something lol!!!
she has so much energy!!! I am telling you, if tasia had this “looks” then she will be bigger than Bee!!!!!!!!!!!! She has way more swag, just not a marketable look! But i am happy for her, she deserves it but she is really underrated!”
Truer words have never been spoken. I actually think it is to her advantage that she’s not what people would call the average beauty. This makes her even stronger IMO. It makes her work harder instead of falling back on her looks like so many others. Sometimes looks is a disadvantage because they think they don’t need to develop a personality.
109.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
@DJ…stop worrying about what white people think or people in general for that matter-Fantasia certainly doesn’t and that is why she is where she is today. She is ORIGINAL. AI was boring until she performed. All those singers on AI are so bloody generic.
110.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
“Please if they wanted Fannie off the stage they wouldn’t have invited her in the first place. They knew what color her hair was before she came, It doesn’t have to be a classy performance as long as its accepted and liked and I loved it. Like my granny said, when it comes to a REAL singer, there is no such thing as singing CUTE.”
THANK YOU!! Since when does a performance have to be classy? She put her all into it. She isn’t some robot like most performers out there. She actually FEELS when she sings. She is just the best IMO. LOVE YOU FANNY!!!
111.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
“Well he was one of Fannie’s biggest fan and critic at the same time…Eventhough some may say She was the AI’s first failure…Jordin Sparks proved them wrong b/c she debuted at the lowest any AI contestant has ever done…
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Who is saying Fantasia is a failure? She got nominated for 4 Grammy’s on her first 2 CDs. She sold nearly 2 million copies with her first CD. I wouldn’t call that a failure. Stop buying what the media is selling. That is what they want you to believe. They are very subtle,but black winners don’t do “as” well because R&B generally doesn’t sell as much as pop. Anyway,Fantasia is one of the most successful artists on AI-PERIOD. She had a great run on Broadway and is now in the works to do the musical on the big screen. She is gaining ground by the minute and I truly believe her talent will prevail and she’ll be one of,if not the most successful idol ever. Just wait and see….
112.
MIMI
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
YEA TASIA!!!!
113.
MIMI
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
Some of you all still don’t get it!!! I do and did!!!! I loved the performance. We and everyones mother knows that Tasia can flatfooted sing anything she proved that in the Color Purple, this performance was NOT about her vocal skills though she was on key it was to display her ability to step ou the box.
You all have not been paying attention she has been saying rockstar for the past two years and she has it on her hand.
She also said in one of her grammy interviews she was not going to be in a box so why are you suprised.
You are underestimated this girl the international stage loves ROCK.
She only did what Tina, Patti, James Brown, and others did back in the day and do you all remember Paula when she first started she looked whack.
It was no longer boring Idol and the song was so appropriate “BORE ME” is what Idol did for me this year.
She at least woke us up cause my mama was even sitting in her chair yelling you go Fantasia, she was going I love your hair like she could hear her.
If her hair was black with the outfit and lights it would have washed her totally out because of her skin tone.
what do you want her to do lighten her skin instead of her hair.
I loved it and yes Fanny you are a ROCK STAR!!!!!
You may have to leave this country to do it, but DO YOU and never forget your real fans. America is not ready!!!!
114.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
“SIMON LOOKED REPULSED AND DIGUSTED @ FANTASIA’S PERFORMANCE. THAT WAS NO EXPRESSION OF JOY!
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Simon only knows about marketing/making money. He does not have an air for music. I could care less what Simon thinks and apparently neither does Fantasia. AI is so cookie cutter. There is nothing original about most of the singers on this show. America can’t appreciate anything different-especially when you are black until other countries except them and then they want to jump on the bandwagon. If Fantasia was white and gave the same performance with the same hair and outfit people would be saying how “original and unique” they are,but on Fantasia it is atrocious? She already won AI. She doesn’t have to please them at this point. She needs to please her fans and as one of them I was VERY HAPPY with her performance. That girl could care less what the haters think. She is who she is and makes no apologies. For that alone I admire her.
115.
FANNY FAN
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
We can tell someo of you that are writing in have never heard the album, because she sung t his song like on the album and whenever she perfroms it live people love it, she perfromed it on GMA last summer and rocked it.
We know this song…and you say you are fan. Hate on it was for the energy, this song anyone cannot sing. This is how this song it.Listen to the cd, high energry and really a club song for dancing and partying and she worked it.
Angel is right, her perfrormance was DOPE!!!!
Loved the hair for effect and we all know it will soon be changed!!!!
Go fanny do you and I ain’t mad at ya!!!!!
116.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
I thought it was extremely disrespectful to keep showing Simon’s face when Fantasia was performing. I’m very disappointed. Normally Simon doesn’t bother me,but he can be such a twat at times. He is such an ATTENTION WHORE.
117.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
“These Fantasia stans be killing me. If y’all love her so much, y’all would have supported her when her second album came out instead of letting it flop. SMH.Now mind you I love Tasia but all this name-calling you stands are doing is ridiculous.”
It was not a flop. Futhermore,the album got nominated for 4 Grammy’s,as did her first CD.
118.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
” She resort so low as to dye her hair that stupid color just so she can get attention. It’s really sad. She was superb when she was on Idol, when she came out with her first and second album. Now it’s like she just don’t care anymore.”
What the hell does her hair color have to do with it? Yes she was good on AI,but that was a COMPETITION. It doesn’t define who she is as an artist. What you see now is the real deal. I always said AI is for a bunch of old people and young kids who are easily influenced because most of the singers on the show are so predictable and generic. They don’t bring anything new to the table. They just recycle the same stuff with different marketing.
119.
Rake
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
HALCYONC, I see you’re a huge fan! lol Anyway, I agree with you about her being in the wrong genre…She says she wants to do “hood rock” but the CD failed…I guess too many people were pushing the ballads and “When I see You’s” on her…she needs to get with a talented writer, get some meaningful lyrics…there’s a way to get pain across without being so literal like Mary or simple (like the “Bore Me” song). But she got one fan here…when she goes on tour, I’m definitely going to see her. I haven’t seen such an energetic performance…ever… I mean, in this generation…and so I’m definitely going to check her out. I just hope she’ll allow some talents to help her out with the new record…she’s so much more than “Bore Me” she very much IS the spitting image of Tina Turner. Someone said Patti and James Brown…well she’s all these people + Aretha…it’s crazy!
120.
HALCYONC
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
*ear for music*
121.
Rake
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
and when I said her album “failed,” I meant it failed at being “hood rock” it was just a mix of old and new school r&b and funk.
122.
Have Not Thought of a New User Name
Friday, May 16, 2008 /
@ # 92
Her album didn’t flop and she could have went multi-plat if she actually promoted it instead of the color purple.
Go Fantasia
123.
marc
Saturday, May 17, 2008 /
@HALYCYONC It”s not that serious. LOL @ you having nothing better to do then comment about everyone who didn’t like that performance. That’s just ridiculous. SMH. Like I said before, her second CD did flop wheter you STANS want to believe it or not. The CD was certified gold. Compared to the huge success of the first album, it was a flop, get over it. The Color Purple had nothing to do with it. Excuses,Excuse. So what if she got 4 grammy nominations, what is that suppose to mean? She didn’t win so who cares. Souljah Boy was nominated for a grammy, and Rihanna won one so that really doesn’t mean anything. I like that her, but that performances was garbage in IMO and that’s the only one that matters in IMO LOL!!!
124.
i'm gonna tell da truth
Saturday, May 17, 2008 /
@HALCYonc She is not that most successful AI- Winner PEROID. Heck some of the AI-Losers is more successful than her.
125.
Miss Tiandez Jones
Saturday, May 17, 2008 /
first and foremost, FANTASIA SHOULD NEVER and i repeat NEVER do that hair colour EVER again!
now to the topic of her performance, i love the high energy of it, BUT i could not understand a word homegirl was saying. She was like a little energizer bunny man. She looked crazy as hell to me, esp at the beginning. But ye, i could not tell she was singing over all that screaming, and i KNOW she can sing, so why didnt she? Anywho, Simon’s face was PRICELESS. lmao, i want him to give a statement on whether he liked it or not lmao cuz i was dying after seeing his face.
That tristan dude is mad cute, i will be looking for him on that show.
no comment on BET J, seeing how we dont get that in Toronto, and seeing how i hate BET.
126.
FIRESTARTER1981
Monday, May 19, 2008 /
I like Fantasia too but that performance was HORRIBLE!. I couldn’t even hear a word that she was saying. She screamed the entire time. She needs to get under and older singer ex: Patti, Gladys, or Aretha. Somebody needs to show this girl how to be a bit more classy than what she is. The hair color is a fashion nightmare. Please color over that NOW!
127.
Purpletasia
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 /
First of all some of yall trying to hate and cant even spell. Tasia can do what she wants to her hair its hers. As far as the performance goes she did the thing! If you aint never experienced real music and southern church you wont get her anyway and there is no need for name calling she is someones mother and daughter.
128.
Tasiatakemetochuch
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 /
WHY are people worried about what simon was looking like.Simon doesn’t understand R&B.He doesn’t understand Fantasia energy when she goes to CHURCH
on your behind when she’s on stage because that’s HER roots.
Haven’t anybody wonderer why R&B males are not on Idol anymore.Simon is from
England and He’s very proper…HE produced a group that called envoy or something and these 6 white dudes sang some kind of OPRAH…AND if you are a black BAPTIST’ then you can get with TASIA.THIS GIRL FEELS WHAT SHE SINGS.
PLUS SHE HAS THE LOOK…
129.
TY && MEGAnne ERE
Saturday, May 31, 2008 /
TY: MEGAnne and I love this Boy to the fullest, and met him when we went to America last year, and he was soooo kind and cute. *Giggles*
MEGAnne: Yeah, but we didn’t get his autograph because our parents were stressing for time :@
TY: Yeah but he is ADORABLE, and i hope he makes it BIG time.
TY&&MEGAnne: Yep, we LOVE you Michael (but we are NOT total weird fanatics, just think he is cute, and very nice to talk to)
TY&&MEGAnne Blogging soon….
TY
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