14 February 2008 - Australian Michael Johns is in the last 24 of the competition.
The judges think that Michael might be the next American Idol.
According to news.com, Simon Cowell said on Michael Johns making it to the final 24: "It was unanimous."
Simon thought that Michael's version of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was the best audition of the Hollywood fourth day auditions.
Randy Jackson says he's been a fan since he first saw Michael at the San Diego audition.
Michael has done so well getting this far. There were 12,000 people at the San Diego auditions and only 30 got through to the next round.
Michael's fans should check out his MySpace page.
http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/celebs...ns-makes-it.jsp