{"id":117603,"date":"2024-04-26T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/04\/26\/fantasia-barrino-would-love-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T18:01:23","slug":"fantasia-barrino-would-love-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/04\/26\/fantasia-barrino-would-love-to-replace-katy-perry-as-american-idol-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasia Barrino would love to replace Katy Perry as &#8216;American Idol&#8217; judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-26\/Getty_FantasiaBarrino_042624.png\" alt><figcaption>Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Fantasia Barrino<\/strong> says she\u2019d love to replace <strong>Katy Perry<\/strong> as a judge on <em>American Idol<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/fantasia-barrino-on-if-shed-want-to-replace-katy-perry-on-american-idol-exclusive-224189\"><em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> released Thursday, April 25, Fantasia said she wasn\u2019t aware Katy was exiting the singing competition show at the end of this season, but she would be up to replace her on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m gonna be honest, I would love to,\u201d Fantasia, who won season 3 of the series 20 years ago, said. \u201cI think that those kids, when they&#8217;re coming into the game, I think that they need somebody to come in and not only show them how to sing a song, but how to handle the business because it&#8217;s a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fantasia continued by explaining how exactly she\u2019d help the contestants strike that balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust having somebody to say, \u2018Hey, make sure you have this, make sure you have that. OK, sing this song, sing that song.\u2019 Getting to know them, their upbringing, what makes you want to sing, why do you love this, why do you want this? So, I would love to do it. I would be up for it,\u201d Fantasia said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images Fantasia Barrino says she\u2019d love to replace Katy Perry as a judge on American Idol. 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