Singer Fantasia Taylor shares winning her season of American Idol, and why she wants to hang out with Khloe Kardashian.
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00:00 favorite TV show right now would be The Kardashians.
00:02 Hey Khloe, we're both cancers.
00:05 We should hang.
00:07 Hi, I am Fantasia Taylor,
00:10 and I'm about to talk about all my favorites.
00:12 (upbeat music)
00:15 - Favorite memory from American Idol.
00:25 - Oh, this ain't fair.
00:27 Favorite memory from American Idol.
00:30 When I won, I will never forget that.
00:35 - The winner of American Idol 2004 is Fantasia Barina.
00:40 - I felt like chains had broke, curses had broke,
00:49 and I was opening the door for every girl in my family,
00:53 every woman in my family.
00:55 - Favorite song you performed on American Idol.
00:58 - Ooh, favorite song on Idol.
01:02 I'm gonna say it was "This Thing Called Love"
01:06 'cause nobody expected for me to sing that.
01:09 ♪ This thing I call love ♪
01:12 ♪ I just ♪
01:12 They didn't expect me to sing that, and I tried to kill it.
01:16 (laughing)
01:18 - Favorite TV show to binge.
01:20 - Favorite TV show right now would be The Kardashians.
01:23 You're doing amazing, sweetie.
01:25 (clapping)
01:26 - Hey, Khloe, we're both cancers.
01:29 (laughing)
01:31 I'm serious, I'm binging on The Kardashians.
01:34 I went back and actually started the first season again.
01:37 They fuss, they fight, they dress well, they're hustlers,
01:41 and I just love their bond, so Khloe, we should hang.
01:44 - Favorite red carpet look.
01:48 - It's been 20 years, there's been a lot of red carpets.
01:52 Grammys, my favorite red carpet, Grammys.
01:56 It was like a black dress with this huge flower,
01:59 and I had to ride on the back of a cart
02:02 'cause I couldn't sit down in it, but it was fabulous.
02:05 I felt like a star.
02:07 - Favorite karaoke song.
02:09 - Okay, so my favorite karaoke song,
02:13 ooh, that's hard to ask a music person,
02:17 but I'm gonna have to say "Dream On" by Aerosmith.
02:20 ♪ Dream on, dream on, dream on ♪
02:24 Yeah, last time I did karaoke, it's been a while,
02:28 so maybe we should go tonight.
02:30 - Favorite piece of advice.
02:32 - Favorite piece of advice that I've ever received.
02:35 I'm gonna have to go with Patti LaBelle.
02:38 She told me to just be me and quiet the noise
02:41 and just be me.
02:42 I'll never forget, we had a show and she was there,
02:46 and we were going in the hotel
02:47 and she was sitting off to the side
02:50 with her team, I'm like, "There's Patti."
02:53 And she told me to come over,
02:54 and she said, "Baby, just be yourself.
02:57 "Don't let this industry change you.
02:59 "Have fun, quiet the noise."
03:02 And that's what I'm doing.
03:04 - Favorite date activity with your husband.
03:06 - Now how deep are we going here?
03:10 Nicole said no!
03:15 Favorite day activity, you know what?
03:18 Golf.
03:19 He likes to play golf, so I went.
03:22 And I played better than him that day.
03:24 And my outfit was cute, so I liked it even better.
03:28 - Favorite song to belt in the car.
03:30 - Favorite song to belt in the car, this is hard, y'all.
03:33 What am I on right now?
03:35 A Wild Nation.
03:40 Sail!
03:41 (humming)
03:43 I'm about to play it in a minute.
03:49 Yeah, I kill that.
03:51 I wanna meet him.
03:52 We should do a song together.
03:53 Think about it.
03:55 - Favorite song of yours to perform live.
03:59 - Favorite song of mine?
04:01 Live, "When I See You."
04:03 Everybody loves that record.
04:06 ♪ Falling someone over ♪
04:08 ♪ When you come around I can show you ♪
04:09 ♪ When I see you ♪
04:11 ♪ See you ♪
04:12 ♪ When I see you ♪
04:13 All the men love it.
04:15 Like normally all the women follow me,
04:17 but the men, they love that record.
04:20 And I like to see them get up,
04:21 not be ashamed to dance and have a ball and sing.
04:25 Even when they can't sing, they sing that song.
04:27 I love it.
04:30 - Favorite female musicians.
04:32 - My favorite female musicians,
04:34 Sheila E., Aretha Franklin, may she rest in peace.
04:39 Patti Shaka, Beyonce, Tina Turner, Godley.
04:45 Before my show, favorite song.
04:48 ♪ What's love got to do ♪
04:50 Wait, is it that one or "Proud Mary"?
04:52 "Proud Mary."
04:54 Yeah, yeah.
04:56 - Favorite dish to cook.
04:58 - Favorite dish to cook.
05:00 My salmon is delicious.
05:03 My husband loves my salmon.
05:05 But I'm trying to go vegan.
05:06 So vegan Tuesday through Sunday.
05:11 Salmon on Monday.
05:14 - Favorite dish to eat.
05:15 - Okay, so I have an addiction right now.
05:18 My favorite is caviar.
05:21 I had it twice yesterday.
05:23 - That's pretty bougie of you.
05:26 (laughing)
05:28 - Right.
05:29 She just called me out.
05:31 I gotta keep working so I can keep buying it.
05:36 - Favorite thing about your hometown.
05:42 - Favorite thing about my hometown is just
05:45 the Southern hugs, love, everybody talks.
05:49 Keeps me humble.
05:50 My grandmommy reminds me of home.
05:53 She's in heaven now.
05:55 But when I go home, I just feel closer to her.
05:59 - Favorite thing to do with your kids.
06:01 - Favorite thing to do with my kids
06:04 is whatever they wanna do.
06:06 Whatever they wanna do, I will get silly, dirty, we paint.
06:11 I build things with them, whatever they wanna do.
06:14 Creating memories that they love and will always remember.
06:19 I miss them.
06:20 - Favorite place you've traveled to.
06:22 - Favorite place I've traveled?
06:24 I love Jamaica.
06:26 I love Jamaica.
06:29 Oh my God, the food in Jamaica.
06:32 I'm definitely gaining a couple of pounds.
06:34 But I love to eat.
06:36 I love to go to the clubs and dance all night.
06:38 I just love Jamaica.
06:40 - Favorite behind-the-scenes moment
06:41 on set.
06:42 - Favorite behind-the-scenes moment?
06:45 When I was shooting a movie, I missed my family.
06:48 We were gone for six months and it was my birthday
06:51 and I was working on my birthday
06:52 and they put together a video.
06:55 And my father, my brothers, my favorite gospel singer
06:59 came and sang happy birthday.
07:01 It was everything that I needed in that moment.
07:04 I will never forget that.
07:04 I was thinking, it's my birthday, they forgot about me.
07:06 And I kept telling people, we don't have to do anything,
07:09 but really, you know you wanna do something.
07:10 I will never forget that.
07:11 I needed it.
07:12 So it pushed me to get through the rest of the movie.
07:14 - Favorite line from "The Color Purple."
07:17 - Favorite line from "The Color Purple."
07:19 Until you do right by me.
07:23 Until you do right by me,
07:24 everything you think about is gonna crumble.
07:27 See, Lee?
07:28 That would have to be the one.
07:30 'Cause that was the part where she felt,
07:32 she realized who she was.
07:35 - Favorite thing about acting.
07:37 - What's my favorite thing about acting?
07:40 I guess it's embodying someone else.
07:44 Leaving my world and stepping into someone else's shoes
07:49 and actually bringing that role to life.
07:52 Where people forget it's you
07:54 and they actually see that person.
07:57 It's a challenge and I like a challenge.
07:59 (upbeat music)
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