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Pop promoter Simon Fuller is reportedly heading for a court showdown with bosses at former business partner Simon Cowell's record company BMG.

The Mirror says the record company is trying to stop Fuller's company 19 signing a deal with Universal for American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino and runner-up Diana DeGarmo.

BMG owns the rights to distribute singles and albums from winners of the Pop Idol show.

BMG has issued a writ ordering 19 to give it access to the artists.

It is also seeking an injunction preventing Fuller from offering rights to the singers to anyone else.

A BMG spokesperson told industry bible MusicWeek: "We are in dispute with 19, but we are confident we will resolve this minor dispute."