Cover StoryAmerican Idol: Baby Pictures!

BUCKY COVINGTON, 28, ROCKINGHAM, N.C.

"I would love to be the male Carrie Underwood," says the country singer with the heavy southern twang (left, at age 4). But maybe with even more hair. His identical twin, Rocky, a part-time musician, takes credit for Bucky's flowing mane: "I talked him into growing it out when he was 23." And if Idol stylists want to cut it back for a makeover? "Well, they can trim it," says Bucky, laughing, "but what's mine is mine."