Jena Irene Asciutto (/əˈʃuːtoʊ/ ə-SHOO-toh; born July 13, 1996), also known mononymously as Jena Irene, is an American singer-songwriter who first came to prominence in 2014 as the runner-up on the thirteenth season of American Idol.

[3] She participated in North Farmington's annual "Coffee House" talent show, and from ages 12–16 was a member of a band called Infinity Hour, before it disbanded in February 2013, prior to her American Idol audition.

For her American Idol audition, Asciutto sang "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele.

[5] During the group round, she sang "Too Close" by Alex Clare, alongside Sikenya Thomson, Allie Odom, and Mufarid Zaidi.

She made it into the third part of Hollywood week by singing an original song called "Unbreakable Me," which has since been released on iTunes.