Hollywood Week - Season 9

We have finally made it to Hollywood week in Season 9 and we'll have the names of this years top 12 finalists - IN ANOTHER MONTH!!!

While, we're waiting it was nice to see Ellen Degeneres sitting at the judges table for the first time. She was just as insightful and funny as I hoped she would be.

February is Black History Month so our very first black President of the United States invited some of the biggest names in music to perform a celebration of black music at the White House. In addition to legendary names like Natalie Cole and Smokey Robinson, the list included Oscar Winner and Season Three finalist, Jennifer Hudson. She sounded wonderful singing People Get Ready and Someday We'll All Free.

Jennifer Hudson also recently found herself at the #1 position on the Billboard Top Albums chart when she performed Let It Be on the Hope For Haiti Now album.

As we all know from watching Fantasia For Real, she is working very hard to get herself back on the top of the charts. Last week it looks like her record company finally convinced her to reconsider what her first single should be. Fantasia wanted it to be a song called Move On Me, but you just have to look at itunes this week and see that her new single is finally available for download and it's called, Even Angels. It's all the way down at #199 on the itunes sales chart, but at least she has something new out there. She needs something to help her deal with the stress from her ungrateful brothers.

Fantasia's manager arranged for her to meet with a Life Coach who helped her talk through her feelings around having to take care of her family. It was emotional and helpful, but it the next step involved having Grandma come and call for a family meeting. Everybody showed up except for her bratty, arrogant brother, Teeny. It was just more than he could handle at the time.

On his own terms, Teeny decided to secretly go see a performance of his sister in The Color Purple. After six years of letting her support him, he finally saw for himself how much work she has to do to keep the income coming in. He was amazed how she transformed herself into the character and sang so beautifully. This was a big enough realization to motivate him to come home and actually talk to Fantasia again. She was happy to have him back and willing to give him another chance under these conditions - he can move back into the house until January 1st. After that he'll have to move out and take care of himself. She told him she has faith that he will use this time to get his act together and be able to take care of himself.

Fantasia was so happy to share the news with Teeny's ex-girlfriend who immediately expressed that she has no faith that Teeny will be moving out come the first of the year....