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"American Idol" said g'day to Michael Johns.

The Australian-born singer was eliminated Thursday from Fox's popular singing competition as the contest was narrowed down to the top seven finalists following Wednesday's "Idol Gives Back" charity event.

The dismissal came as a surprise to many since Johns had never been in the show's bottom three vote-getters and no contestants were evicted after last year's special "Idol" fundraiser. The hunky rocker, judges and his competitors all seemed stunned by the eviction. Read full article »

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