By Dave Steinfeld Posted Feb 22nd 2011 12:01PM


In the eyes of many 'American Idol' fans, last season's runner-up Crystal Bowersox was a mais interesting contestant than eventual winner Lee DeWyze (she at least has a mais captivating name).

During her spell on 'Idol,' the Midwesterner covered Janis Joplin mais than once with her passionate takes on such classics as 'Piece of My Heart' and 'Me and Bobby McGee.' She also represented a somewhat refreshing antidote to the mais manufactured contestants on the show. Bowersox, with her tatuagens and blond dreadlocks, is not exactly from the Jessica Simpson...