It is all over for country cutie Kristy Lee Cook on American idol.  The singer from Oregon had survived a lot longer than many had believed she should have and she made the top seven, but it is over for Kristy Lee.  She was joined in the bottom three this week by Brooke White and Syesha Mercado but those two ladies survived.

It is hard to pinpoint why this was the week that Kristy Lee Cook went home.  She did fairly well with her performance of a pretty difficult Mariah Carey song “Forever” but she likely bought two weeks with her Lee Greenwood song “God Bless the USA” and Dolly Parton week.   This is no Michael Johns shocker, it was time for Kristy to exit.

The ladies struggled mightily this week and the real shocker is how Carly Smithson didn’t wind up in the bottom three.  It was not a good week for the ladies, but it seems as if Carly really got lucky as her performance of “Without You” was abysmal.  

This might start a trend of several weeks in a row that see the ladies go home.  Unless Jason Castro slips up, the next few votes will likely toss Syesha, Carly and Brooke.  Who goes next, and does it really matter?  We are certainly looking at a David and David finals with Archuleta and Cook.   All of our American idol coverage is here, check back for more analysis and of course all of the gossip from backstage.