Essex born, Austin first starting singing when he was very young and at school, he enjoyed taking part in musical theatre and amateur dramatics. After leaving school, Austin found an agent and has had appearances in Snatch, The Bill, Casualty and other TV programmes.

At 17 yrs old, Austin was part of a boyband called Five Boys . During this time, they supported Lemar, Westlife, Shola Ama, Girls Aloud and the Blazing Squad. The band unfortunately didn’t get anywhere so they split and when Austin auditioned for Mc Fly, he was upset to be told he was too ugly. After another failed attempt with another band, Austin took part in Boys will be Girls E4 TV show. They released one song which was released on the E4 website.

Most recently, Austin has been a member of a glam rock band called The Revamps who have been performing locally and taking part in charity events.

Last year, Austin made it through to the Bootcamp stage of the competition and this year, he wants to prove to Simon that he can go all the way.