'American Idol' Top 12 Women: How Do They Stack Up?

Janell Wheeler and Crystal Bowersox have an edge, while Michelle Belamor and Paige Miles need to make up for a lack of screen time.By Eric Ditzian Janell Wheeler Photo: FOX And now, the show finally begins. "American Idol" has bid farewell to dudes in bikinis and chicks with whips, to rocker moms and warring groups of singers caught in bad romances. This week brings the start of the semifinals, when the manufactured reality-show drama gives way to 24 singers taking their turn alone on...

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