"Idol" Johns Ditched College, Last Name

Posted Mar 7th 2008 4:31PM by TMZ Staff

Michael JohnsMichael Johns used to go by the name Michael Lee ... and Lee was one young, hottie of a tennis player.

In 1998, Michael was a student on a tennis scholarship at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Georgia. According to a program from the school's tennis department, his major was drama!

Lee changed his name to Johns when he moved from Tifton to Atlanta. According to the Tifton Gazette, he was only at ABAC for two quarters before leaving to pursue his music career.

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1. Michael Lee, formerly known as Michael Johns, is the former lead singer of the Australian
band Film that was signed to Maverick Records in 2003

Posted at 4:44PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Where ya been?

2. Enough with the Idols already ! Did some loser working on your staff get rejected by this show? If so, get over it and start dishing on some real celebs instead of a bunch of never was has been and never will be Idols.

Posted at 4:44PM on Mar 7th 2008 by sam

3. First!! This guy's hot! And the accent is yummy, too!

Posted at 4:46PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Me

4. I agree with Sam. Enough of this boring non-news with the Idols. Who CARES what some idol contestant used to do or what name they used???

Please stop with all this IDOL crap.

Posted at 4:48PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Baron von Seinfeld

5. PLEASE STOP!! Or limit it to a post a day?

Posted at 4:48PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Sam I second that!

6. KEEP THE IDOL NEWS COMING!!!

BUT JUST ABOUT DAVID ARCHULETA K?

Posted at 5:00PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Jenny

7. ...keeping fingers crossed he will win!

Posted at 5:02PM on Mar 7th 2008 by I'm voting for Rueben

8. WHO CARES WHATTHEY DID BEFORE THIS...HE'S HOT

Posted at 5:05PM on Mar 7th 2008 by JAY

9. and this is news because???.......... You guys should take a break.

Posted at 5:08PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Buckets

10. first woo hoo!! one for the bay area lol

Posted at 5:08PM on Mar 7th 2008 by nonamen33ded

11. and I use to be a size 4 in shoes, but now I'm 8 1/2 .

Posted at 5:15PM on Mar 7th 2008 by so what is the point?

12. The boy is on fire he's so hot!

Posted at 5:16PM on Mar 7th 2008 by tracey

13. I think they have made huge mistakes by getting rid of all the actual talented singers, there are only a couple of good ones left.

Posted at 5:16PM on Mar 7th 2008 by Lani

14. and why is this important?

Posted at 5:21PM on Mar 7th 2008 by DMLady

15. He looks like a young Paul Newman...

Posted at 5:29PM on Mar 7th 2008 by anonymous

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