'American Idol': Fantasia Barrino to return -- EXCLUSIVE

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Published on April 11, 2013 10:25PM EDT
Fantasia Barrino
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American Idol season 3 winner Fantasia is returning to her roots again next week: She will perform her new single, “Lose To Win,” during Idol’s results show on April 18 (Fox, 8 p.m. ET). The Grammy winner — whose latest album will be released April 23 — was also a performer on last season’s finale.

Tonight on the show, Idol alum Kelly Clarkson sings her new single “People Like Us.”

Read more:

Kelly Clarkson to perform on ‘American Idol’ — EXCLUSIVE

‘American Idol’: Lazaro Arbos delivers possibly ‘the worst performance’ of the series, ‘ever’

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