Danny Gokey has been voted off American Idol. I am continually amazed at the public's ineptitude to at all judge good singing. As I mentioned in my last post on this subject, Allison Iraheta was voted off last week. Allison, Danny, and Adam Lambert are all clearly superior vocalists to Kris Allen, but somehow he managed to make it to the finale with Adam. Allison is a powerhouse, rocker singer, who can really belt it out and sound great. Danny can sing great in a soft voice, in loud voice, in falsetto, and he has excellent control of tone in whatever range or volume he has to sing in. Adam, can hit some of the highest notes I have ever heard anyone hit, and he's perfectly on key. None of this did Kris have. Kris is a competent vocalist who is almost always on key, but there ends his singing ability. All three of the aformentioned are also much more talented than him. I guess I can't blame America, because loyalties easily suprecede objectivity. However, there's one thing lurking in the darkness that no one probably wants to talk about. It's that element that has most likely gotten Kris this far when he probably shouldn't have even been in the top ten. Neither Danny nor Allison have it. That's right, it's girl appeal. Kris is the young, "cute" guy of the bunch, and perhaps for no other reason than that, he has advanced to the finale.
In any case, Danny will be missed. I hope he goes on to have a great career and prove America wrong in voting him off. He was just so on, on everthing he sang (except, of course, that one note last week he sang wrong). He was so balanced. Any range or volume he had to attack, he did it with great control. The one thing I like about him more than Adam is that he didn't scream out every song, but had the reserve and control to be quiet and tender sometimes. Here's to you Danny, an awesome vocalist and one of the best at that!
