<![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:51:38 EDT Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:51:38 EDT http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5191585 jimifunguzz: That's sort of just a paragraph on the trend of "uplifting" teen-stars. Also, it calls Miley Cyrus talented, and if we're talking vocal talent, I think that's up for some debate.

punkybunky

]]> 33:378592:c5191585 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:51:38 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5180675 jimifunguzz

]]> 33:378592:c5180675 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:55:43 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5150834 @Maura Johnston: I agree, I'm going with the ascot thing. They never help...

jasonelias

]]> 33:378592:c5150834 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:54:32 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5145160 This is nowhere near a Daughtry type shocker. Daughtry should have won that season. Johns was gonna go in the next couple of weeks.

sicksteanein

]]> 33:378592:c5145160 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:53:41 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5143535 But the rumored wild card episode was to take place on Idol Gives Back, no?

In any event, this really stinks. I know that not everyone downloading the songs from iTunes is also picking up the phone, but come on, Michael leaving??? And Ryan should be slapped like a biatch. Was that awkward or what?

Manola

]]> 33:378592:c5143535 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:52:39 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5143281 @Charles A. Hohman: If you watch closely, at that moment when Ryan talked about the coming elimination, the camera is on the Bottom 3, and when Ryan says those words, Carly smiles a bit, nods her head, and raises her hand, and the camera has it for less than a second before cutting away.

Carly knew for sure she was going home last nite -- she knew it when Simon told her the performance was "angry".

Alas, she was wrong.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:378592:c5143281 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:40:39 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5142951 This would've been less shocking a few weeks ago. But after "We Are the Champions" and "It's All Wrong But It's All Right," it's a letdown. Plus, when Ryan promised an emotional elimination before the break, I was totally hoping he meant the end for notorious tear fountain Carly Smithson.

Johns was such a better rocker than David Cook. I'll take Michael Hutchence wannabe over Scott Stapp wannabe any day. Though I was glad last night to hear Cook's subtle reminder that he's a word nerd, which is about all that gives him the edge over Archuleta.

Charles A. Hohman

]]> 33:378592:c5142951 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:25:56 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5142756 It has to be a conspiracy. If it was talent and personality, not one girl would have been left before a single boy was sent home. The chicks are duds this year. And I am including Archuletta in that gal grouping.

Rory B. Bellows

]]> 33:378592:c5142756 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:17:03 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5142675 Even Fred was self-aware enough to ditch the ascot.

El-Zilcho

]]> 33:378592:c5142675 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:12:08 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5142624 @extracrispy: Panic at the Disco does not approve.

tigerpop

]]> 33:378592:c5142624 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:09:18 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5141925 I'm totally down with that ascot theory. To quote from Steve Rubell: "You're wearing an ascot. You look like an asshole."

extracrispy

]]> 33:378592:c5141925 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:30:45 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5141840 That moment reminded me a lot of the moment when Chris Daughtry was eliminated two years ago. Ryan was quite cold in that moment too. I think he thinks that's the "best" way to present a "shocking" elimination. In this context, "best" meaning dramatic-for-the-ratings or jolt-the-fans-into-voting or something like that.

Rob Murphy

]]> 33:378592:c5141840 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:25:05 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5141522 @Maura Johnston:

Which begs the question... is it scripted or did Ryan create the awkwardness all on his own?

whoneedslight

]]> 33:378592:c5141522 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:53:48 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5141444 @whoneedslight: he was jealous!!

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:378592:c5141444 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:42:43 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5141430 Ryan Seacrest has icewater running through his veins. I'm not a Michael Johns fan, but that was brutal.

whoneedslight

]]> 33:378592:c5141430 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:40:51 EDT <![CDATA[Michael Johns Gets The Ax In The Name Of <s>Boosting Ratings</s> Charity]]> http://idolator.com/378592/michael-johns-gets-the-ax-in-the-name-of-boosting-ratings-charity#c5141413 well my Am. Id. bracket is completely effed now.

mashpeeoc

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