Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Posted by Television at 1:17 PM

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Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PST

Season 3′s American Idol, Fantasia, took home the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Song at The 42nd NAACP Image Awards. She won the award for “Bittersweet” off her album Back To Me. Fantasia now has three NAACP Image Awards to her name. The award show aired on FOX and took place on Friday, March 4^th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.

“Bittersweet” was the first single released off of Fantasia’s third studio album, and it recently won her the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

Congratulations, Fantasia!

View photos of Fantasia performing “Bittersweet” on Season 9.

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Happy Birthday, Julia DeMato!

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 05:04 PM PST

Season 2 finalist Julia DeMato celebrates her birthday today. The Connecticut cosmetologist entered the Idol scene with strong performances.

Julia sang in the first group of semifinalists on Season 2 and was the first female to advance to the finals due to her performance of Dusty Springfield’s “Son of a Preacher Man.” In the finals, Julia performed “Where Did Our Love Go,” “What A Feeling,” and “Breathe.” She fell into the bottom three contestants the first two weeks but escaped elimination long enough to make it to tenth place. Since she made it to the Top 10, Julia got to spend a few months touring around the nation with the rest of the Top 10.

Last April, Julia joined fellow Idol alumni Ace Young, Diana DeGarmo, Jorge Nez, and RJ Helton lend a helping hand to hungry New Yorkers by delivering food with City Harvest. They volunteered with Feeding America in honor of Idol Gives Back.

Now days, Julia spends her time as a mother to her son James Peter.

Happy Birthday, Julia!

View photos of Julia and the rest of the Season 2 gang.

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