Cook will reportedly be collaborating with Brett James on her album, the songwriter behind former Idol winner Carrie Underwood's Grammy-winning hit "Jesus, Take the Wheel." Cook's first single, "15 Minutes of Shame" will hit radio airwaves on Aug. 11.

Cook is the second Idol finalist to land a record deal. Runner-up David Archuleta has been signed with Jive Records.

We had to suffer as Kristy Lee Cook whined about how she sold her horse. (Courtesy Fox)

Kristy Lee Cook's nine American Idol lives finally came to an end last night. But not after she complained yet again, that she wanted her horse back. This prompted Ryan Seacrest to appeal to the man that she'd sold it to, to please, give the poor girl her horse back. This is annoying on multiple levels. Let me explain:

Firstly, Cook said that she sold her beloved horse in order to fund a ticket to the auditions. What are plane fares going for these days? I can't comment on her financial situation, which obviously I know nothing about — but I do know that horses and plane tickets don't cost the same. Also, this was her only option? She couldn't get a part time job at the local Dunkin Donuts? She couldn't sell anything else? She couldn't get a loan from the old parental units? From the tape showing her at home, we could see that the family didn't live in a cardboard box.

Secondly, to assume she could just buy the horse back when it was all over was bad logic. Who buys a horse to turn around and sell it back to her? So dude… the guy who bought her horse… if you're reading this, don't sell it back to her. This girl obviously needs to learn some life lessons.

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Randy Jackson sees country star potential in this girl. (Courtesy Fox)

American Idol hopeful Kristy Lee Cook might have been in the show's bottom three more than any other contestant so far in Season 7, but that doesn't stop judge Randy Jackson from thinking that she has true star potential.

In an interview with Larry King, Jackson revealed that he would rather sign Cook than frontrunner Jason Castro.

"I don't think she'll win, but I think she definitely could have a recording contract somewhere down the road," Jackson said. "She's a good country girl."

And when asked by King whether he would give Castro a recording contract, Jackson responded: "I wouldn't, but I would sign Kristy Lee Cook."

While Jackson has been critical of Cook's performances on Idol, he enjoyed her Week 3 performance of "Faithfully." "It could be a big single in country," Jackson said.

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After receiving a bad critique for another terrible performance, Kristy Lee Cook told judges "I could blow you out of your socks." (Courtesy Fox)

We at The Beat love the Beatles. When the American Idol kids sing the Beatles two weeks in a row however… not so much.

Kristy Lee Cook proved she was still at it. Yep, the kid was still fucking up Beatles songs. After last week's horror show, Kristy, who must have been born in a cave and then spent her formative years under a rock, admitted to having never heard the Beatles classic she performed, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away."

After some rough criticisms, she then told judges to hold on because "I could blow you out of your socks."

Call us, Kristy. We wear socks.

If the rumors that the sweet favorite to win David Archuleta has a tyranical stage father, we at The Beat want to cry for him. Stage parents should be pooped on, then shot.

Archuleta had a rough week last week, forgetting the lyrics but still sustaining his spot in the competition. This week, he sang "The Long and Winding Road" and sounded amazing, hitting all his notes.

Randy Jackson said, "David Archuleta has brought the hotness back."

Simon Cowell said last week was a complete mess; "this week, I thought you were amazing… That was a master class."

Michael Johns hit an unfortunate high note early in "A Day in the Life," but sang the remainder very well. Simon didn't agree with The Beat. He said it was a mess. "You didn't hit the right notes, the song went all over the place."

When Ryan Seacrest called Brooke White "the sweetest person in the world," the world rumbled with resounding gags. Something is sure stinky about "sweet" Brooke. Her "happy happy joy joy" outlook on life must be some sort of evil plot.

Brooke, who was likely riding high from all her praise, thought she was invincible and did weird dance moves during her performance of "Here Comes the Sun."

Simon said, "I thought the performance was terrible… from the horrible dancing to the lack of conviction." White interrupted him telling the audience that it was okay that she was getting a bad critique. Ummm… yeah, we're okay with it Brooke. Whateves. Frak off.

David Cook performed "Day Tripper," which he said was based on a Whitesnake performance from back in the 1970s — interesting that he gave credit to Whitesnake — related to this little incident perhaps?

After rave reviews from Randy and Paula, Simon said, "I don't think that was as good as you thought it was, actually. You looked smug throughout, and I thought the vocoder in the middle was just stupid."

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