Michael Johns article on Thepulsemag.com
August 4, 2008
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American Idol contestant Michael Johns knows how to work a crowd. As a little tyke, he could be found by the family piano singing his heart out. In his teens, he pumped up local sports fans as a team mascot. Now 29, this talented Aussie with sexy rumpled bed-head hair dared to charm three of the toughest critics ever ~ Paula, Randy and of course, Simon.
“Yeah I was nervous,” Johns laughed during a recent interview with Pulse Magazine. “You’re in a stadium of fifteen thousand or twenty thousand people. You could catch someone on their wrong day. You stand up there in a cattle call and [the judges] could be like, ‘No, no, no.’ It wasn’t until I actually got on the show in front of Simon and Paula that I actually started to get comfortable.”
Johns and the other top ten contestants of Idol’s latest season will be visiting Worcester’s DCU Center August 8 as part of the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008. The show will feature a strong mix of individual performances and medleys.
The singers have been hard at work preparing for the concert. Despite the fact that they are now seasoned pros, they all began their careers somewhere. For Johns, he moved to Georgia in 1998 on a tennis scholarship, but music was in the forefront of his heart.
“I left all of my friends and family behind in Australia,” he said. “But I was chasing the dream.”
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August 4th, 2008 at 9:19 am
This is such a great, poitive article. I loved reading it. It must be really hard to move so far away from everyone you know. He has worked so hard for a long time. I am so gald his future looks so bright, and I can’t wait to buy his CD. It is going to be amazing!
August 4th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I just left a comment on the page and the web address for MJO. I hope that was ok. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Just trying to spread the word.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I loved this article…especially his description…LOL!!!
He is destined to do great things and I just can’t wait for his CD…he has struggled and now I just want him to have the success he deserves!
August 4th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Michael has “paid his dues…….time after time.” He’s “done his sentence and committed no crime”. He has successfully championed his way into the music world! How proud we are of you, Michael! xoxo
August 4th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Michael should inspire all those young people who are going after a dream to perservere!! It wont be easy but it ” can happen”!!!!!!!
Great article!
August 4th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I liked the way the article referred to MJO as his website.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
I. Love. Michael Johns. There’s no better way to say it then strait out. Who agrees?
August 6th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Michael we all love u for how you are and how you deliver it we just adore you and u can NOT do wrong ever. i watched your New Jersey concert but did not get enough of u soryr I need more of you. You were great just tooo shor of a time.