 During the Top 7 results show , the contestants were split into two groups . In one group was Syesha Mercado , Brooke White , and Kristy Lee Cook . In the other group was David Cook , Carly Smithson , and Jason Castro . Archuleta was the only one not sorted into a group . He was declared safe after the groups were formed , then was asked to choose the group he thought was safe . He refused , and sat down on the floor of the stage , much as Melinda Doolittle had done the previous season . 
