STEPHANIE EDWARDS

STRATEGIC INITIATIVE Suffered from a deficit of early screen time, but her ''How Come You Don't Call Me'' was delectably fresh and impassioned. That said, when she pushes her vocals too far, the results can be disastrous (see: Chaka Khan's ''Sweet Thing'').

FROCK U Packs more fashion-forward fun into a single outfit (like that fetching black dress with powder-blue trim) than her 11 rivals combined, although the white nightgown she sported during her Beyoncé number proved she's not fashion infallible.

REQUEST LIST En Vogue's ''My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It),'' the Verve's ''Bittersweet Symphony''