Danny Gokey Cut From Idol

Soulful crooner Danny Gokey was eliminated from American Idol on Wednesday night as Kris Allen and Adam Lambert advanced to the season finale next week. Gokey, whose wife died just before he auditioned, had never been in the bottom three. “I just want this to be over,” Gokey said prophetically to Ryan just before the results were announced. Allen's stirring rendition of Kanye West’s “Heartless” apparently put him over the top. The finale could be a nail-biter: out of 88 million votes cast, only a million separated the top two. (Photo: WENN)