What is Danny Gokey planning on doing now that he is off American Idol?”
The morning after being voted off America’s most popular reality show, Milwaukee’s Danny Gokey was already planning his next steps — and they don’t involve his music. “During this competition, I have not really put my hands into Sophia’s Heart Foundation,” the 29-year-old “American Idol” finalist said in a telephone conference with reporters Thursday. “Right off the bat, I’m gonna call my team, we’re gonna start having meetings. I want to define our goals. “This foundation means so much to me — it is the legacy of my wife and myself here on the Earth,” he said. “I have a lot of open doors, and I’m going to walk through those doors.” Gokey set up the foundation — www.sophiasheart.org — last year in memory of his wife, Sophia, who died last summer during heart surgery. His goal for the organization is broad, and he sees his music and even a possible line of eyeglasses as supporting the group. While Gokey has yet to sign a record de
After missing the cut to compete in next week’s splashy American Idol finale, Danny Gokey had a message to fans: “People need to vote,” he said during a conference call Thursday with reporters. “This competition is not over yet. I have a feeling it’s gonna be a very tight race.” An early favorite, the judges and millions of viewers had expected Gokey to go up against glam rocker Adam Lambert in the finale, but the Milwaukee music teacher and worship leader, 29, said low-key strummer Kris Allen deserved his shot. “One thing I admire about Kris is he’s very mellow, and that’s one character trait I’ve always wanted,” Gokey revealed. “I’m an intense person.” But Gokey wasn’t shocked by last night’s turn of events. “I was confident in the fact that it was it for me,” he said. “Did I want it to be? No. I wanted to go for the gold. I’m a competitor by nature.” What hurt him in the end? Gokey thinks it could have been his inability — unlike Lambert and Allen — to put his own spin on his song s
