Kris Allen and Adam Lambert have made it through to next week’s final of American Idol, Danny Gokey was eliminated last night.
Listening to the three semi-finalists performance on Youtube I am not at all surprised that Kris got through. He performed Heartless by Kanye West, but he wiped the floor with Kanye’s own performance on the show a few weeks ago. Adam did an amazing job with U2’s One but Danny Gokey definitely underwhelmed with his chosen track, ‘Dance Little Sister.’
Judge Simon Cowell told the contestants: “Look, none of us would have predicted this, guys.” I find that a strange statement given that Simon predicted that Adam would win just a few days ago.
So who are you backing to win next week? Have a listen to last night’s performances and leave your comments below.
I love a bit of Danny and tonight he just didn’t disappoint. Danny doesn’t have the edge that Allison and Adam do but he made a great stab at rock week with Aerosmith’s ‘Dream On.’
Randy thought it was just alright, Kara thought he took the swagger too far, Paula gave him an A+ for effort and Simon towed the Randy, Kara line.
I liked it, though it certainly wasn’t the strongest performance of the night. But Danny showed that he could be versatile and try new things and for that surely he deserves some credit?
Danny Gokey hasn’t had a bad week yet and it looks like this week isn’t going to be his weak one. Out of all the contestants Danny looks most comfortable with this genre and most suited to the vocal style.
Last night’s American Idol saw a return to form for show favourite Danny Gokey. Danny hasn’t given a bad performance to date but last week was certainly outshone by Adam Lambert’s toned down song.
So Danny Gokey performed ‘Get Ready’ on last nights American Idol and he hit the nail on the head once again.
Danny always gives a really fun performance and he certainly knows how to work the stage. It wasn’t as moving as some of his previous renditions, but then it wasn’t really an emotional song. I loved his moves with the backing singers and his cheesy grin the whole way through!
Sources are suggesting what many already suspected and rumours are rife that American Idol bosses have already chosen their final four contestants.
Considering there are still 11 singers left on the show, that’s not good news for those people that aren’t Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds, Adam Lambert and Alexis Grace.
The New York Daily News reports that an AI insider said not only have the judges already picked their final four, but added that they want either Danny Gokey or Alexis Grace to scoop the title, saying that they are the most marketable.
Former American Idol winner Fantasia has revealed that she is backing Danny Gokey to win this years series.
Fantasia won the third series of AI in 2004 and admitted that she has voted for 28 year old Danny. She said she loves singers who can “take a song that’s not theirs, but make it their own.”
To watch Danny’s impressive performance on last night’s show click here.
When I heard what Danny Gokey was singing on last night’s American Idol I had real doubts about his song choice. PYT (Pretty Young Thing) is by no means a well known Michael Jackson song and rarely does an obscure track help an American Idol contestant. The song started off a little weirdly but once Danny got into his grooved he really rocked it.
Danny would probably need to take some dance lessons if he wants to keep moving about the stage the way he does and he should probably have a word with his stylist about the geeky red glasses but all in all I thought Danny gave a great performance last night.
My favourite thing about his pre performance VT was the fact that he didn’t go for the sympathy vote even once. He talked about his family’s love for music but not once did he mention his late wife.
Yes you read the title right! Last night the American Idol judges twisted proceedings a little and at the end of the wild card round announced that this year, they were actually going to allow thirteen contestants through to the live finals rather than the usual twelve.
Anoop Desai, Jasmine Murray, Megan Corkrey and Matt Giraud will now join Jorge Nunez, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace and Michael Sarver in next weeks first live show in the full size American Idol studio.
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