X Factor: Austin Drage Wishes He Had Stood Up To Cowell
Austin Drage - X Factor 2008
Outgoing X Factor singer, Austin Drage has revealed that he is kicking himself for not standing up to his mentor, Simon Cowell over his disco song choice.
Simon gave Austin Rose Royce’s ‘Wishing On A Star’ to sing, a song which the 22 year old wasn’t sure about from the word go
Austin told The Daily Star: “I felt it was a weak song, it wasn’t the one I would have chosen. But it’s my own fault. I trusted Simon and maybe I should have trusted myself more. Simon actually asked me if I was OK with the song.
“I’m kicking myself now because I agreed to go along with it – even though I didn’t think it was right.”
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austin should never have left x factor he has an amazing talent and sang better than rachel. i thought it was based on who sang the best rachel messed no more drama song up and austin did far better!! wheres the justice in that?? austin had so much more to give and was given the wrong song choice!!
It would not have made any difference. Austin sung well on the night, I think it was one of his best. Cheryl and Louis did not vote on how good the act sung, as Austin was far better than Rachel so he would have still gone. Austin was robbed of his place and the judges should do their job which is vote on what they hear.
Austin should at the very least have made it to the top 3. So many people, on this and other sites have said that when they tried to vote in for Austin they couldnt get through and when they finally did then it registered as a vote for someone else! There is definitely something suspicious going on there, Im not saying it is some sort of ITV conspiracy, but perhaps just a computer fault? It has happened before on other voting shows! His performances have been consistently original and phenomenal, proving his talent and his versatility. His performance of Billie-Jean was OUTSTANDING. Better than Chris Cornell and David Cook from American Idol (I have done my research, lol). Everyone I know thought so, and yet Louis ripped him to shreds talking about the arrangement! Clearly Louis doesnt know what he is talking about and it was just a chance for him to have a dig at Simons contestant. Austin also comes across as such a down-to-earth and sweet gentleman. Without a doubt, the most talented male ever to enter any of these competitions. He is also a musician and a songwriter, unlike many other stars who have made it big simply by standing in front of a mic and singing other peoples songs. Check out clips from some of his band’s live gigs on youtube – very soulful. If Simon has any sense he should give Austin a contract. Im sure he will come up with some brilliant songs if given the chance and not cheesy pop songs, but something with more of an edge. Failing that he should be brought back to the programme, and not be forced out because of faulty phone lines, sympathy votes for other contestants by the public, and tactical voting by the judges who see him as a threat! They should seriously get over themselves and their rivalry and realise they are crushing a genuinely gifted young man’s dreams!
Diana is over-rated and annoying, and I cannot understand the words of the songs when Laura sings. Alexandra is our only hope now! Good luck Alex! Much love to Austin, best of luck in the future, you deserve only good things to come to you and plenty of success. P.S. Saw you in Snatch, loved your Irish accent, was so cute! Sorry we cant vote from the Republic of Ireland but just want you to know IRELAND LOVES YOU BABE!
HI there, if you all go to the Austin petition, there on number 7012 – there is a journalist who wants to make a case if there are enough people to state that they had problems getting through to Austins number to Vote – or if they did it redirected them to Dianas vote… He wants you to contact him….