Easi-Drive's Zac Motors Through to Boot Camp on the X-Factor

Easi-Drive’s Zac Mitcheson proved to be on song as he made it through the audition stage of ITV1’s The X-Factor with his band Diesel.

Zac, along with band mates Greg Morton and Vaughn Taylor, wowed the judges on the hit TV show with their rendition of George Michael’s ‘Freedom’.

Diesel, who appeared on Saturday’s show, now go through to the boot camp stage as they bid to make it through to the final 12.

Zac, a former model and now head of sales at Manchester-based Easi-Drive, said: “It was very nerve-wracking going on stage in front of Simon Cowell and the rest of the judges. This year we also had to contend with the live audience. We got to sing for about 40 seconds and had some really positive comments back from the judges.

“Simon Cowell said we had fantastic vocals and all the judges, apart from Danni Minogue, said yes and put us through to boot camp. Our friends and family were there watching and it was amazing when we came off stage. Everyone was jumping around, it was crazy.”

Diesel formed in 2002 and describe their music as “similar to the recent Take That”. They have previously performed in front of a packed MEN Arena when they took to the stage as part of a Feel the Noise concert, but split up later that year.

They reformed in 2009 and hope the exposure from X-Factor will help them on the road to stardom and to the million pound record contract that awaits the winner.