Kristy Lee Cook

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kristy Lee Cook

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Img_capt = Kristy Lee Cook signing autographs during the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2008.
Alias = Kristy Lee
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Kristy Lee Cook
Born = birth date and age|1984|1|18
Seattle, Washington
Genre = Country
Origin = Selma, Oregon, USA
Occupation = Singer
Label = Ren-Hen
Arista Nashville
19 Recordings
Years_active = 1999—present

Kristy Lee Cook (born January 18, 1984) is an American country music artist. She released an album, "Devoted", under the name Kristy Lee in 2005. In addition, she was also the seventh place finalist on the seventh season of the television series "American Idol". She signed in June 2008 to Arista Nashville and released her debut album in September 2008. [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373614,00.html FOXNews.com - 'American Idol' Finalist Kristy Lee Cook Signs With Arista Nashville - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment ] ]

Biography

Early years

Kristy Lee Cook was born in Seattle, Washington to Larry and Carlene Cook. She currently resides in Selma, Oregon, where she lives in a log cabin. Kristy Lee enjoys purchasing young horses, training and selling them. [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=PdzjvwU77eM Kristy Lee Cook's American Idol Audition] from YouTube] 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. Britney Spears agreed to make a cameo appearance in her first music video. [cite web | title = Kristy Lee Signs In Triplicate with Arista, Britney, and BMI| url = http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233653 | work = BMI | date = 2001-08-07 ] 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. [ [http://www.kristylee.net/about.htm About Kristy Lee] from her website]

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 at Cowboy's nightclub in Arlington, TX. She only sang about 8 songs per night. Six Sanchez was the lead singer of the house band.

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.

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. When Cook was eliminated from "American Idol" on April 16, 2008, Dobner asked for her hand in marriage once more. According to Cook, the marriage may take place in June 2009. [ [http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/kristy-lee-cook-talks-about-her-american-idol-experience-6956.php Reality TV World Article on Kristy Lee Cook] ] and Brooke White, a fellow American Idol finalsist, will be one of her bridesmaids for the wedding.

"American Idol"

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 did not 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. She has locked up a spot in the "American Idol" Top 10 Concert Tour for the upcoming summer. 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. On April 16th, Cook was voted off after she and Brooke were in the bottom 2.

Performances and results (during voting weeks)

*^A Current single.

References

External links

* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=305762194 Official Kristy Lee Cook Myspace]
*AI contestant|7|kristy_lee_cook|Kristy Lee Cook
* [http://www.kristylee.net Former agent's page on Cook]
* [http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233653 BMI Page]
* [http://www.equinenow.com/farm-id-21890 Horses Kristy Lee Sold]