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.

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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.

After he wowed with his version of ‘Come Rain Come Shine’, Cowell told him his vocals were “outstanding” and that he “loved his swagger”. DioGuardi agreed, and Jackson believed he could “release an album like this and win”.

So are you backing Danny for the final?

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.

This week Danny shone with “What Hurts the Most” by Rascal Flatts and Simon Cowell was right when he said that this is the sort of song Danny does best. The rest of the AI team should be taking notes from Danny and Adam for sure!

Watch the whole show Thursday 2 April, 8pm, ITV2

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!

Judges Comments:

Randy – “I love the energy and the feeling of it.”
Kara – “I loved your personality tonight.”
Paula – “You’re always reliable on giving us a first-class performance.”
Simon – “It was clumsy and amateurish.”

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.

“Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds are better singers and musicians than Gokey and Grace, but they’re too much like past winners and ‘A’ successes,” the source said. “Adam’s too close in style and sound to Chris Daughtry, while Lil Rounds is a dead ringer for Fantasia. Even their background stories are similar!

“The producers really want it to be Danny or Alexis. They think they’re very commercially viable, have a good image and a great story.”

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.

Judges comments:

Randy – “What is so amazing is for you to do this up-tempo thing, the dancing and the singing, I loved it all.”

Kara – “You have joy when you step on that stage. You should thank your parents for making you sing your homework.”

Paula – “The true mark of an artist is when you can hear somebody and even with your eyes closed, you know exactly who they are. You possess that quality. I am going to go out on a limb and say you are headed for the finals.”

Simon – “I thought the vocals were brilliant. You are one heck of a singer. You remind me of Michael McDonald, a white guy with a soul, but the dancing was hideous.”

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.

I think last night’s choice were all quite predictable and doubt that the judges made their decision on the spot. Each person who got through was definitely amongst the favourites in their original group and each has a massive fanbase out there in the real world, especially Anoop it would seem. Simon claimed that the decision to make the numbers up to thirteen was semi spontaneous, but I think it might just be the ’shocker’ talked about by Fox execs at the beginning of the season.