Is Danny Gokey the most talented competitor on season 8 of American Idol, or a so-so sentimentalist who’s enjoying the fruits of producer pimping? Nice Read the full post.
Feb 20
2009
11:09 PM ET
'Idolatry': Where do you stand on Danny Gokey?
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I thought Danny’s performace was the second-best male vocal of the night (following Ricky Braddy’s). That aside, Danny can’t really help what AI airs about him. They do what they do, and he pretty much has to let them, contractually. And really, I think it’s in pretty bad taste to say he’s exploitng his wife’s death for votes. If he could trade being on AI for having his wife back, I don’t think he’d hesitate. I’m going to say, actually, shame on you for accusing him of it.
I find his pimping and trying to ‘buy’
sympathy votes obscene. Hopefully the backlash will knock him right out of the competition. He’s not half the singer some of the folks who were elimated are. He’s wasting a spot.
The minute Danny came onto the screen I was sold- I liked him. But then the ongoing talk of his loss and his cocky attitude have put me on the verge of disliking him..and I am sorry but there was *nothing* spectacular about his performance…it was just the best of the night because the night sucked,and he did a good job, but nothing out of the ordinary. Not on his team,that’s for sure. Call my cold-hearted, I’m not in it for sympathy, I look for someone who I will actually go out of my way and buy his or her cd.
Ugh Danny is pretty much miserable. He’s not a very good singer, David Cook lite.
I’ve always hated that the producers of this show have to show emotional back stories in order for their favorites to win votes. They’ve consistently done this and it’s annoying and in bad taste. Just let them sing.
I saw Danny for the first time on Tuesday night. I do not watch Idol until the final 36 are selected so I had no idea about his tragedy. I also fast forwarded through all the “back stories” and only heard the contestants sing. Not knowing anything about him, I thought he was o.k. – I thought he was better than most of the others – but just o.k. I was shocked when I went online and heard how many people loved him.
If you were the guy that was talking to me on the Nick Mitchell’s popwatch. Hi, it’s Annabelle again.
I hope you find me.
What? Lenscrafters already has an Idol spokessinger? This is worse than Jason Castro representing the island of Jamaica!
I’m pretty sure all the contestants are fed up with Tatiana (see Marshall, Nathaniel), but Danny gave her nothing. Did his same frat boy ‘whoooo’ and he moved on. Turned away from her to sit on the martini stool. Yes, I wanted Tatiana to stay for the crazy and the self-marketing. But I think that Tatiana and Danny are playing the same game with different styles.
AND maybe she’s on Paxil now, but that’s no reason for 3 judges to egg her on and then mimic her evil, maniacal laugh. Did Kara just bring us back to 4th grade?
Danny moves on and so will I. I can’t help but compare this first show to Season 6′s first show – Melinda. Lakesha. (cough. Blake.)
AI has been on so long that Nigel can go to Kinko’s and make placards for the judges to grade. A 10 would be Carrie/Kelly/Fantasia. A 9 would be Cook/Jordin/Melinda.
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That was ruthless. I’m impressed.
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At the end of the day, it is just a TV show and is designed to make money for the FOX Network. The producers are going to promote the show anyway they can. It is a television “reality” show and nothing more. If you watch the show for any other reason than mere entertainment, you might want to think about stepping outside your house once and a while.
Danny is a good singer, and a serious contender this year. His story is compelling, and it is AI, not he, who is “pimping” the story. Also, we are going to hear plenty of other emotional back stories (single moms or spouses serving our country) over the next few months.
i think that the producers of the show are mostly to blame for bringing up his wife so much but something about him rubs me the wrong way…it’s hard to describe. he comes off as cocky and i don’t think his talent is as great as he believes it to be (at least he hasn’t shown it up to this point). plus, i don’t get how people are comparing him to robert downey jr. he looks more like bud bundy to me…
Ok, this pisses me off, people seem to take things and make them bigger than what they are. Leave the guy alone, he’s a good singer and i think he deserves to be in the top 12, he was probably one of the best of the night. Plus it wasn’t like he was the one holding the picture, and it’s all in the editing of the show. I’m sure there are other contestants who have stories that they haven’t shown. Another thing is, what about those contestants who are single parents and wine about how hard it is to be a single parent? They are essentially doing the same thing you accuse danny of doing!!
It’s a fact of his life, just like the fact that Jackie works as an entertainer, etc. He’s not “plugging” it, and his friend may have been truly emotionally reacting to the moment when he held up Danny’s wife’s picture. Don’t be so hard on him. ALL of this aside, he was the best male singer of the group, in my opinion.
Regarding the phone call–I’m SO tired of the David Cook/Danny Gokey backstory comparisons. There will be some similarities in the grief process, but there will also be differences, for the fact that Danny has already lost his wife and David’s brother is still alive. There would be different media repercussions for family members, for example, and some people may find it more difficult to face the unknown aspect of a current medical crisis than a recent death. Neither way is better or worse, so I wish people would stop trying to use a one-size-fits-all-approach.
…And I am a Cook fan, and I’m not saying that Idol and/or Gokey doesn’t need to do some damage control. Just tired of the Devil versus the Saint argument.