who won american idol the year jennifer hudson
Fantasia Barrino
title: American Idol (season 3) text: American Idol (season 3) The third season of "American Idol" premiered on Monday, January 19, 2004 and continued until May 26, 2004. The third season was won by Fantasia Barrino, who defeated Diana DeGarmo by an approximate margin of 2% (1.3 million votes); the vote total (65 million votes) was the highest recorded vote total in the show's history until the May 23, 2007, finale of the sixth season. This season also featured Jennifer Hudson, who would subsequently win the 2006 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. This was the last season to be aired in standard definition, with the title: American Idol alumni in film, television and theater text: Kimberley Locke and Kimberly Caldwell have both pursued a career as TV hosts aside from their music. One auditioner, Amber Riley, starred on the television series "Glee". Season 3's seventh-place finisher, Jennifer Hudson, became the most successful actress to have emerged from "American Idol" when she landed a part in the film adaptation of the musical "Dreamgirls", and subsequently won a number of major awards as supporting actress including an Oscar. She has since also starred in a number of major films, including "Sex and the City". The winner Fantasia enjoyed a critically and commercially successful stint in musical theater title: Jennifer Hudson text: Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of "American Idol," placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in "Dreamgirls" (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in "Sex and the City" (2008), "The Secret Life of Bees" (2008), and "Black Nativity" (2013). In 2015, she made her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery title: Jennifer Hudson text: England." The bottom three consisting of three African-American women led to controversy. In May 2009, "MTV" listed Hudson as the sixth greatest "American Idol" and noted her exit was the most shocking of all time. In May 2010, the "Los Angeles Times" claimed Hudson to be the third greatest "Idol" contestant in the history of the show, placing behind season one winner Kelly Clarkson and season four winner Carrie Underwood. In one of her first appearances on a record, Hudson is featured in a duet, "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be", on Meat Loaf's "". In September 2006, title: Jennifer Hudson text: school supplies to families in need in the Chicago area. Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of "American Idol," placing seventh. Hudson made her film debut as Effie White in "Dreamgirls" (2006), for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in "Sex and the City" (2008), "The Secret Life of Bees" (2008), and "Black Nativity" (2013). In 2015, she