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Austin not happy with song choice
Monday 3 November 2008
In a sing-off with Rachel Hylton, 21-year-old Drage sang 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow', but only Simon Cowell - who was his mentor - chose to save him.
But Evans told Drage it should have been him going home. "Even when I went last (Saturday) night he said 'it should have been me going, you've got more talent'. He's the biggest gentleman I've ever met," Drage said.
In the disco-themed show, Drage performed 'Wishing On A Star' by Rose Royce but he has now admitted that he was never happy with the song choice.
He said: "I regretted not speaking out about 'Wishing On A Star'. It wasn't the song I would have chosen. I didn't particularly like it.
"I did what I could with it and I trusted my mentor. If anyone's to blame it's probably myself. He said during the week, 'if you want to change it, be it on your head' and I stuck with him because I put my trust in him."
Now that Drage is out of the competition, he is backing 21-year-old Laura White to win. But he also feels that she is being held back by "a few too many gimmicks".
"I think as long as they let her be Laura and they don't try and dress her up too much, put too many frills on her. She's a pop star in there (gesturing to his heart), she doesn't need any gimmicks.
"She's very very good and she's very powerful and she can do a lot. I feel they're trying to dress her up in a way that's not her. For me, she's probably musically and vocally the most talented in that house."
Asked what he was going to do now he was out of the X Factor, he said: "I'd be lying if I turned around and said 'I've got this sorted out'. I've literally come out a day, I've not thought what I'm going to do.
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