Celebrity | Brooke White 'Idol' White-Out Leaves 4 Brooke White voted off reality show. By Elizabeth Wolff Posted May 1, 2008 9:09 AM CDT Copied Say 'so long' to Brooke White, who left the final four to duke it out on "American Idol." (L-R) American Idol contestants Syesha Mercado, Jason Castro, White, David Archuleta, and David Cook. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) A willowy Brooke White wept through her last tune as the majority of the 45-million “American Idol” viewers voted to send the 24-year-old nanny packing back to Arizona. "I just want to say thank you. It's going to be terrible for me, I know," the oft-insecure White said, referring to the encore she had to perform. Still in the fight: David Archuleta, Jason Castro, David Cook, and bottom battler Syesha Mercado. Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. Now we know why Ghislaine Maxwell may have opened up to the DOJ. The humans survived this flight; the deer on the ground didn't. Report an error