American Idol hopeful Jory Steinberg has made it through to the next round of FOX's talent show.

25-year-old Jory, who auditioned in New York, impressed Simon Cowell with her rendition of the Tina Arena song "Chains," leading the smitten judge to remark:

“That was terrific. Why can’t they all be like that?”

The Ottowa-born singer, who now lives in Santa Monica, California, has been performing since she was a kid, having appeared in the stage hit Les Miserables. She also featured on the soundtrack of cult horror film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

Her other claim to fame includes meeting Queen Elizabeth when she was 11.

“If I can hang out with the Queen of England, I can definitely kick it with Simon Cowell,” Steinberg said prior to her successful American Idol audition.

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