Booted American Idol star Kristy Lee Cook is letting it be known publicly now that she is engaged to Andy Dobner. The two met before she first appeared on Idol.

Although Dobner proposed while the pair were soaking in a sauna on March 15, Cook told reporters she wanted to keep it on the down low, so she could focus on American Idol. But her beau surprised her with a very public proposal when he popped the question on television on American Idol Extra, airing Thursday. “He reenacted the proposal and actually got down on his knees this time,� Cook said. “The first time he didn’t so he owed it to me.�

Dobner recognized he needed to lock Cook down quickly before her career got so big that he got kicked to the proverbial curb.

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