<p>Austin Drage (born 29 June 1986 in London) is a British singer/songwriter and actor.
He was born at Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone and still lives in the area to this day. He has one brother. He first sang at age 8 and he records his proudest moment as "singing at his grandmother's funeral". He has a dog named Louis and three budgies. He attended Highams Park and Heathcote schools.
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</p>