Who's got Danny Gokey fever?!

Milwaukee media isn’t perfect, but there are some stories our tireless local reporters simply won’t let fall through the cracks. Take the weather, for instance—they cover the hell out of that. We can also rest assured that those vital “high school kid uses Facebook to blackmail classmates into having sex with him” stories that affect each and every one of us won’t be swept under the rug.

Then there’s Danny. Our forefathers did not grant the American people freedom of the press so the Milwaukee media could stand idly by and let the public to sleep on Danny. For those that don’t follow national election news, "Danny" is 28-year-old church music director Danny Gokey, who recently was named to the top 12 on American Idol. (He’ll attempt to move deeper into the competition starting tonight.) And—OMG!—he’s totally from here, just like Gene Wilder, the Violent Femmes, the Fonz statue, and the mom from Malcolm And The Middle. You, me, or Fox 6 could totally hang outside of Gokey’s house like a jilted ex-lover turned stalker if we wanted.

Yep, as Milwaukeeans, we have the privilege of being on first-name basis with the man who might one day sell as many records as Taylor Hicks, Ruben Studdard, whosit, and whatchamacallit. Fox 6 isn’t the only local media outlet totally having a Gokeygasm— The Shepherd Express calls the “deeply Christian, boyishly handsome but sexually non-threatening” talent show contestant “the new Brett Favre,” probably because he’s going to end up in a bigger city very soon. (The ShepEx printed excerpts from a recent conference call Gokey did with two other Idol contestants, but if you need the whole thing, don’t freak, the Journal Sentinel has it.) How much more media coverage Gokey—sorry, Danny—gets depends, of course, on how well he does from here. Decider wishes you luck, Danny, even if we’ll be sick of hearing about you by next week.