Another stellar review for MJ!
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The first half of the show actually had stronger singing. Michael Johns, Kristy Lee Cook and Carly Smithson hit all their stage cues and all their notes. Ironically, for a concert put on for mainly 8-14-year-olds, all the biggest cheers came from Johns’s and Smithson’s versions of tunes from the ’70s: [...]

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Huge thanks to MJO’er Laurie for sharing her videos and pics from the concert in Albany, NY.
WWRY – WATC

Pics from the show and after party in the extended entry….

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Below are some photo highlights from the American Idols Live show in Long Island (8-5).
“Mavid” doing The Titanic during the group number. Who knows what they’ll come up with next?

I’ve also updated the other Long Island post with more pics so go check it out.
More pics and videos from the [...]

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He had the best set of all the Idols (sorry Davids), belting out “We Are the Champions” and “Dream On” like he had been playing arenas for years. But the way he enjoyed himself during the two group songs made Johns all the more endearing, especially his half-joking version of the Beyonce booty pop from [...]

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Tara (mjfan4life) attended the American Idols Live concert and after party in Long Island last night and came home with this video of MJ teasing us with a little INXS.
I will be adding to this post as more video and pics come in so keep checking back…

Photo highlights after the jump!

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Michael Johns and the rest of the American Idol Top 10 will ring the NASDAQ Stock Market closing bell on Friday August 1st. As soon as pics and videos are available they will be posted here.
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UPDATE: Video courtesy of MJ’s.
Top10_Nasdaqby mjsbigblog

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Michael Australian Ninja Johns!

Huge thanks to Jenn for this pic.

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Michael sat down with Jennifer Curinga and Katie Kramer of Syracuse.com for a great video interview in Rochester yesterday.
Highlights: talking about the fangirly cake that MJO’s very own Jane (cakelulu) presented him with in Toronto on Saturday AND mentioning the video camera we got him as his favorite piece of “swag”. [...]

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