AMANDA OVERMYER
Don't look for Amanda Overmyer to be taking home any blue ribbons in the Best Grooming or Miss Congeniality categories; her makeup looks like it's been applied with a trowel, and she could barely muster a smile after Ryan Seacrest told her she'd cracked the top 12. And yet, ask yourself: When the Idol season ends, are you still going to be enamored with that too-cuddly teenager or bland semipro diva? If not, maybe it's time to give a second listen to the 23-year-old from Mulberry, Ind. Her gravelly animal howl inflicts blunt-force trauma on classics like ''Carry On Wayward Son'' and ''I Hate Myself for Loving You.'' All together now: Rock & Roll Nurse 4-EVA! —Michael Slezak