Photo SpecialAmerican Idol: Revenge of the Runners-Up!

They were second place, but they're still Idols to millions. (Well, most of them.) Catch up with Clay, Katharine and the rest. By Brian Orloff

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KATHARINE MCPHEE

Season 5 Runner-Up
After opening up about her struggle with bulimia, Katharine McPhee, 22, became a role model not just for her voice (which Simon Cowell called the "best of the competition" in 2006, even over winner Taylor Hicks), but for her courage. And McPhee (who dates actor Nick Cokas, 41) finally released her self-titled debut on Jan. 30. "I am just the person who didn't want to settle for not having everything I dreamed of," she says.

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