Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace and Michael Sarver – FOX News Interview – VIDEO
Thanks to Maura Johnson from Idolator for this find. By the end of Wednesday night’s results show, Alexis Grace, Michael Saver and Danny Gokey advanced to the Top 12 of American Idol.
The three are on the interview circuit today. Here they are speaking to Fox LA.
Michael Sarver says the 3 call themselves “the blue eyed soul patrol” (please stop–I beg of you) and makes pains to distinguish himself as a soul singer, rather than a country artist.
The interviewer asks Danny how he has the “courage” to go on Idol to compete, and his answer is the same huge wad of inspirational gobblety-gook he’s been spouting on Idol this week. Some will love it, some will not. (I’m in the not category)
Video after the JUMP…
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I didn’t mean to start a discussion. At all. I just wanted to represent those who are perfectly happy without religion. And that there’s more than one way of interpreting the universe.
Terrie, thanks for sharing, and savgal, thanks for your post. I saw my own father pass away in front of me and my mom, to whom he was married 40 years. He has been gone 10 years now, and we still mention him. My middle sister struggled to keep a family going when her first husband came down with a disease that required constant care of him for 5 long years until he passed away. They both, as do my family and I, have that faith that you all mentioned to help them keep going in many a rough time. Danny has that faith, too, and I trust that it, along with supportive people around him, will help him deal with the grief. I feel that being on the show is helpful to him, and I feel he will be a better person for it afterwards.
And while, Terrie, I do hope you find that miracle your looking forà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬’what you are going through sounds absolutely horrible. Having said that, I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think my blog is the place for personal testimony.
Well…on the subject of American Idol, I’m sure there are those contestants who share these very beliefs, which are not a threat to my own personal beliefs. I guess I’m having a hard time understanding why this doesn’t work both ways.
I’m sure you’re right. But so far, nobody has made their agnosticism/atheism an issue on Idol. If they did, I’m sure the resulting backlash would get very very very ugly.
BTW, my favorite contestant season 6 was Chris Sligh. He sang a couple of CCM songs during the semis. I had no problem with that.
mj, I was just thinking about him, and wondering how he got to be one of those from season 6 at the opening of the AI Experience at Disney! Maybe lots were invited, and he was one of those who found it convenient. I like to think it was because he was more memorable than some who made it longer, and has gone on to making a decent living as a singer-songwriter.
^^ I think it was insinuated in his VFTW thread that he was asked because of the Rascal Flatts song. A lot of season 7 was invited, but for the older seasons, it seemed only the top contestants and those with cool things happening were invited.
I’m thinking it is a combination of being memorable and having made some accomplishments. I’m thinking specifically of Sanjaya, who can be considered memorable. I believe Chris was invited, I’m sure, not only because of the Rascal Flatts song, but also because his album has been doing pretty well. And he does Christian music, which Disney features in the “Night of Joy” event every year on their grounds. Phil Stacey not long ago on his Twitter said that he was cowriting with Chris. I hope their collaboration will appear on his new cd,
Phil was invited because he was on Lyric Street, which is Disney’s record label, but I think also because he is a family man, whose daughters love the Disney princesses. His album hasn’t done too badly, and he was the grand marshal in 2 parades, appeared at the Opry 5 times, had received standing ovations for his song, “Old Glory,” and performed in Italy back in October in his capacity as a Navy reservist. So yes, I guess accomplishments also gets you invited.