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Kristy Lee Cook Profile |
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Birth Date: January 18, 1984
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Birth Place: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Birth Name: Kristy Lee Cook
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Biography |
Kristy Lee Cook (born January 18, 1984) is an American
singer. She released an album, Devoted, under the name
Kristy Lee. She was also a finalist on the seventh season of
American Idol, where she was voted off the program on April
16, 2008, making her come in 7th place. She is not related
to fellow Idol contestant David Cook.
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 training horses.
She accomplishes this by purchasing young horses, investing
her time training them, and then selling them to good homes.
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.
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.
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.
On March 15, 2008 Kristy Lee Cook's boyfriend of 1 1/2
years, Andy Dobner, proposed marriage to her. Desiring to
maintain her focus on "American Idol," she decided to keep
the proposal a secret.
April 16, 2008 was the night Kristy Lee was eliminated from
"American Idol". At that moment, Andy asked for her hand in
marriage once more.
According to Kristy Lee, the marriage may take place in June
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since April 27, 2008