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Posted May 8th 2007 12:07PM by TMZ Staff
The Great White Way is riddled with the discarded musical corpses of former "American Idol" wannabeens of yore.
As of May 29, Season One finalist Tamyra Gray will join the cast of "Rent" (she previously starred in "Bombay Dreams"), and simultaneously, rejoins the club of former "A.I." contestants who have been making ends meet on Broadway. It's not a J.Hud Oscar but it beats the late shift at Applebees!
Other contest losers trading Hollywood dollar bills for Playbills include: Season Two's impeached diva Frenchie Davis, who has been performing in "Rent" off and on for four years, Season Four's creepy crooner Constantine Maroulis, who hammed it up in "The Wedding Singer" last year, and Anthony Federov (memba him?), who just this month joined the revival of long-time hit, "The Fantasticks." While Diana Degarmo, who came in second on Season Three, took a break from her soccer-mom 'do and non-existent record sales to don a beehive in "Hairspray."
Even Fanatasia Barrino, who actually won "Idol" and at one time sold millions of records, has hit the NYC stage. To her defense, Miss B. has been getting rave reviews and selling out the house as Miss Celie in Oprah's production of "The Color Purple."
So while America may have become immune to the McPheever ("Over It," anyone?), you never know, she may just turn up on Broadway -- in "Kats."
Filed under: American Idol
Tags: Anthony Federov, AnthonyFederov, Constantine Maroulis, ConstantineMaroulis, Diana Degarmo, DianaDegarmo, Fantasia Barrino, FantasiaBarrino, Frenchie Davis, FrenchieDavis, Tamyra Gray, TamyraGray
Posted Feb 2nd 2007 2:03PM by TMZ Staff
Since appearing on "American Idol" three years ago, 19-year-old Diana DeGarmo has grown up right before our eyes ... into a 42-year-old soccer mom! Anyone want a juice box?
DeGarmo arrived at a book signing in New York this week, looking twice her age in a mid-90s menopause red 'Rachel' bob, and enough pancake to smother her entire "Hairspray" cast.
Unless DeGarmo is interested in reporting the news on Telemundo, she might want to ease up on the RuPaul rouge. Work it, mija!
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Fashion Police, American Idol, You Might Want to Rethink
Tags: Diana DeGarmo, DianaDegarmo
Posted Jan 17th 2006 5:42PM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- 'American Idol' runner-up Diana DeGarmo is heading for Broadway. Following in the footsteps of Frenchie Davis, who appears in the rock musical 'Rent,' DeGarmo will join the cast of 'Hairspray' on Feb. 7.
The 18-year-old DeGarmo, one of the FOX television series' most popular runners-up, will portray the heroine's best friend, Penny Pingleton, in the musical, which opened on Broadway in August 2002.
DeGarmo, of Snellville, Ga., finished second behind Fantasia Barrino in the third season of the popular Fox 'American Idol' reality show.
'Hairspray,' based on the cult John Waters' film, concerns a chubby Baltimore teen who wants to appear on a TV dance show. The show now stars Shannon Durig as the eager young woman and John Pinette as her full-figured mother.
Filed under: Music, The Biz, American Idol
Tags: American Idol, AmericanIdol, Broadway, Diana DeGarmo, DianaDegarmo, Hairspray
