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Idol winner going back to school

Barrino - "It's something that I really need to do and that I want to do"
Barrino - "It's something that I really need to do and that I want to do"

'American Idol' winner Fantasia Barrino has revealed that she is going back to school to get her high school degree.

Speaking to E! Online, she said: "I've been talking about it for so long. I have a lot of young people who look up to me, like my 15-year-old brother and seven-year-old daughter. "

She added: "It's something that I really need to do and that I want to do."

Barrino is among the nominees for Sunday's Grammy Awards for her duet with Jennifer Hudson on the song 'I'm Only His Woman'.

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