Personal favourites aside, Fantasia Barrino was the clear choice, and showed perhaps the most potential out of any American Idol contestant ever. In front of millions of viewers, Fantasia demonstrated her stunning vocals in an emotionally charged display, a performance that has not been touched in any of the latter seasons of American Idol by any contestant. Perhaps the defining moment of her quest from single-mother to multi-millionare, was her cover of George Gershwin's Summertime. But as the eventual winner of American Idol, Fantasia got by week after week, never letting her disability hold back her lavish performances. Although Fantasia Barrino's disability may not be as limiting as loss of hearing, her inability to read can only be considered a barrier, especially in a competition that forced her to do weekly covers of famous songs. Whilst one of the greatest composers of all time, Ludwig van Beethoven, continued to compose stunning symphonies, even as his hearing rapidly departed from him. Blind vocalists such as Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocelli and Ray Charles have all overcome their lack of sight to become some of music's most inspiring artists. Disabilities have been overcome time and time again in musical history.
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