posted by Administrator on Apr 15
Michael Johns said he was “definitely aware” of the boos raining down from American’s Idol live studio audience after he became the fifth seventh-season finalist eliminated from the competition.
“It was pretty loud, actually. I don’t know how it came across on television. Look, it gave me solace in the fact that I stuck in there with a lot of people, and it made me feel really special, actually,” he told reporters during a Friday conference call.
“Nothing has sunken in just quite yet, but the backlash that I’m seeing in snippets of the press and in talking to you guys, that means a lot. It means that I struck a nerve somewhere. This year more than any other year I really believe — especially with this Top 8 — that you can’t let the person that’s your favorite go, ‘He had a great week,’ or, ‘She had a great week,’ and I’m going to give him half of my votes and then I’m going to do the other one who didn’t do so well. A split vote like that can happen and unfortunately, the people that you thought were going to be safe go home.”
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