Idolising AussieAUSSIE American Idol contestant Michael Johns has the support of last year's winner, Jordin Sparks.
Johns, who was born and raised in Perth but now lives with his wife Stacey in LA, has made it to the final 10 of the current series.
Judges have compared the 29-year-old to the late INXS singer Michael Hutchence.
"Michael Johns is actually our favourite - my family really like him,'' Sparks told Insider from her Arizona home last week.
"Aside from the fact that he's got a great voice - I love his accent - he's got the whole personality and he's really cute.''
At age 17, Sparks last year became the youngest person to win American Idol.
She's waited almost a year to release her self-title debut album, with the first single, Tattoo, out now.
Sparks was supposed to be in Australia for a promotional visit last week but had to cancel at the last minute to prepare for her upcoming support slot on Alicia Keys' US tour.