Danny Gokey and his wife Leyicet Peralta have welcomed their first baby into the world.
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Peralta gave birth to a son named Daniel Emanuel Gokey, who weighed-in at eight pounds and 11 ounces, at 9:52PM ET on Sunday, People reported.
"Leyicet and I are overjoyed to welcome the new member of our family. I'm ecstatic to be a first time dad and to have a new little buddy to hang out with," Gokey, a former eighth-season American Idol finalist, told People.
"Thankfully, because of what I do, it will also allow me the flexibility to spend a lot of quality time with him. I have so many exciting projects ahead this year but a brand new baby is an amazing way to get the new year started. We feel really blessed!"
Gokey and Peralta, a 26-year-old model, wed around this same time last year after announcing the news of their engagement one month earlier in December 2011.
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Gokey was married once before, but his former wife Sophia passed away four years ago.
Gokey -- a 32-year-old from Milwaukee, WI who made it to the Top 3 during American Idol's 2009 season -- lost his late wife in 2008 after she underwent a routine heart surgery, and his tragic backstory was prominently featured during his Idol edition.
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