Kristy Lee Cook

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Kristy Lee Cook
Birth name Kristy Lee Cook
Also known as Kristy Lee
Born January 18, 1984 (1984-01-18) (age 24)
Seattle, Washington
Origin Selma, Oregon, United States
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1999—present
Label(s) BMI
RCA Nashville
Arista Nashville
Ren-Hen Records

Kristy Lee Cook (born January 18, 1984) is an American singer who released an album, Devoted, under the name Kristy Lee. In addition, she was also the seventh place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early years

Kristy Lee Cook was born in Seattle, Washington to Larry and Carlene Cook. She currently lives in Selma, Oregon, where she lives in a log cabin. Kristy Lee enjoys training horses. She accomplishes this by purchasing young horses, investing her time training them, and then selling them to good homes.[1] A note of interest is that her brother-in-law is quarterback John Dutton of Arena Football.

In 2001, at the age of seventeen, Kristy Lee signed her first contract with BMI. Interestingly, Britney Spears agreed to make a cameo appearance in her first music video.[2] According to her RMG page, Kristy Lee signed with RCA Records/Arista Nashville in 1999, and was the first artist signed to Spears' production company. However, RCA placed Kristy Lee and other younger artists, on hold and then dropped her.[3]

It was then that Kristy Lee moved to Dallas, Texas, in an attempt to pursue her career and gain more experience. She began modeling and was featured in commercials, thanks to The Kim Dawson Agency. In 2005, Ren-Hen Records released her debut album Devoted. During this time, Kristy Lee performed for two years as lead singer at Cowboys locations in Arlington, Dallas and San Antonio, Texas.

Kristy Lee returned to Selma, Oregon in 2007 to prepare for the "American Idol" audition. To raise funds for her audition and travel expenses, she sold her "really good" barrel horse. She had hoped to earn funds sufficient to purchase her horse upon her return. However, the night she was eliminated, she commented that the person she sold her horse to was unwilling to sell it back to her.

[edit] Personal life

On March 15, 2008, Kristy Lee Cook's boyfriend of 1 1/2 years, Andy Dobner, a landscape company owner, proposed marriage to her. Desiring to maintain her focus on American Idol, she decided to keep the proposal a secret.

On April 16, 2008, Cook was eliminated from American Idol. At that moment, Dobner asked for her hand in marriage once more.

According to Cook, the marriage may take place in June 2009.[4]

[edit] American Idol

[edit] Overview

Kristy Lee auditioned for American Idol in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by singing "Amazing Grace". All three judges liked her voice and sent her straight through to Hollywood. While in Hollywood, her first song didn't impress the judges. For her second and final chance, she sang "Amazing Grace" again; as a result, she became one of the top 24 contestants in the semi-finals. She was the first girl performer of the season and sang "Rescue Me". The judges didn't care for her performance but gave her props since she was the first of the night and she had bronchitis. On March 12th, Cook was placed in the bottom 3 alongside Syesha Mercado and David Hernandez. She was declared safe. On March 19, she was placed in the bottom three again with Carly Smithson and Amanda Overmyer, but she survived again. Once again, on April 2nd, she was placed in the bottom 3 alongside her 2 roommates Ramiele Malubay and Brooke White. While Malubay was eliminated, Cook and White were left to stay. She has locked up a spot in the American Idol Top 10 Concert Tour for the upcoming summer. On April 16th, Cook was voted off after she and Brooke were in the bottom 2. Cook was the first contestant to be voted off who had been previously in the bottom 3.

[edit] Performances and results (during voting weeks)

Week # Theme Song choice Original artist Order # Result
Top 24 (12 Women) 1960s "Rescue Me" Fontella Bass 1 Safe
Top 20 (10 Women) 1970s "You're No Good" Linda Ronstadt 5 Safe
Top 16 (8 Women) 1980s "Faithfully" Journey 5 Safe
Top 12 Lennon/McCartney "Eight Days a Week" The Beatles 11 Bottom 21
Top 11 The Beatles "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" The Beatles 2 Bottom 21
Top 10 Year They Were Born "God Bless the USA" Lee Greenwood 9 Safe
Top 9 Dolly Parton "Coat of Many Colors" Dolly Parton 7 Bottom 21
Top 8 Inspirational "Anyway" Martina McBride 4 Safe
Top 7 Mariah Carey "Forever" Mariah Carey 5 Eliminated


  • Note 1: When Ryan Seacrest announced the results for this particular night, Cook was among the Bottom 3 but declared safe second, as the remaining contestant was eliminated.

[edit] Post Idol

After American Idol, Cook has been interviewed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, and on WNYW Fox 5. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Cook performed "Anyway" by Martina McBride again, as she did for the Top 8. They also talked about Kristy's love for animals and how her horse saved her life. On Live with Regis and Kelly, they talked about how she sold her barrel horse to get transportation to Philadelphia to try out for American Idol and how the new owner got so attached that he would not sell it back. They also mentioned how Kristy was a cage wrestler for defense purposes and how she is now engaged to Andy Dobner. It ended with Cook saying she wanted to have an album and record deal and have a career in modeling and acting.

Cook will join the other top 10 finalists on the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008 which will run from July 1, 2008 to September 13, 2008.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kristy Lee Cook's American Idol Audition from YouTube
  2. ^ Kristy Lee Signs In Triplicate with Arista, Britney, and BMI. BMI (2001-08-07).
  3. ^ About Kristy Lee from her website
  4. ^ Reality TV World Article on Kristy Lee Cook

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