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Bad Luck Schleprock, meet your Aussie counterpart: Michael Johns.

Most Idol contestants who eventually lose will at least flirt with the bottom three, which serves as a wake-up call for their fans to vote for them.

But not Michael Johns. 

He was not a power bottom.  His first trip to the bottom three was his last. 

Some contestants engage in annoyingly repetitive behavior which gets lampooned by the popular media.  Like Melinda Doolittle’s patented Look O’ Surprise last season. 

But not Michael Johns.

His annoying “testify” hand gesture didn’t even make his local papers.

Some American Idol contestants, like Carly Hennessey Smithson, recorded albums that got released and bombed. 

But not Michael Johns.

According to this video, he allegedly joined a band and liked their music so much, he borrowed it to share with his new band, got a record deal, recorded a CD, only to have it canceled before its release.

So Michael Johns or Michael Lee, we feel your pain and hope next time you enter a competition based on nationalism and age preference, it’s a better fit for an Australian dude in his thirties than American Idol.