Austin Drage

Austin is a singer, songwriter, DJ and dancer and to date he has appeared at venues either as part of former band, 5Boyz, or solo. Austin lists 'All Right Now' by Free as his favourite song and notes that his musical influences include the likes of The Killers, Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Guns N' Roses and Lionel Richie.

He appeared in the Channel 4 production Boys will be Girls which attempted to create a girl band from a group of males. The theme of the show was that by dressing and performing as women, they could attempt to fool the public.


On the 1 September 2007 episode of The X Factor, Austin was briefly shown passing the initial round in to Boot Camp. On The Xtra Factor he was seen again, although he did not make it through to the last 24 acts. He was not identified in dialogue in either show.
In 2008, he again auditioned for X Factor and received positive comments from the judges - being given the 'yes' vote by all four.