Perth-born Michael Johns, now living in Los Angeles, has reached the top 11 on season 7 of American Idol. He was praised by infamous judge Simon Cowell as “like a white soul singer” when he auditioned, singing the Otis Redding hit “I’ve been loving you too long”. More information about Michael, including his audition videos, is available through the Michael Johns fan site and the American Idol website.
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15 February, 2008 at 12:09 pm
[...] editorial@zap2it.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPerth-born Michael Johns, now living in Los Angeles, has reached the top 24 on season 7 of American Idol. He was praised by infamous judge Simon Cowell as “like a white soul singer” when he auditioned, singing the Otis Redding hit “I’ve … [...]