Astro Ready For His X Factor Comeback

First Published: November 22, 2011 4:18 PM EST Credit: FOX Caption Astro and Steve Jones on The X Factor on November 17, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Teenage rapper Astro returns to The X Factor stage on Tuesday, just one week after he was saved from elimination. And after an advisory session with his mentor, L.A. Reid, and fellow judge Simon Cowell, the teen promises hes coming back strong. They all gave me great advice, Astro told Access Hollywood on Monday. They just told me to keep my head up and Im gonna work with that throughout the rest of the competition. Last week on the show, Astro nearly didnt perform for the judges vote, after the 15-year-old had his confidence knocked by his bottom 2 placement. Many were wondering what show host Steve Jones whispered to the young man as he was getting booed by a boisterous audience, and critiqued by the judges, but Astro said he was so in the moment, the memory of Steves words escapes him. I dont really remember. I didnt really care in the moment. I was just focused on, Am I going through or not? he told Access. The teen phenom says hes grown from the experience and it even benefited his Twitter follower count. I feel this is better. Its weird because like after the incident happened after my Muhammad Ali moment on stage my followers went up by 20,000. And Im getting like 1,000 followers a day and Im getting great advice from my all my supporters. Im excited, he said. Astro said hell perform on Tuesday with his followers in mind. This song Im performing this week is dedicated to those people my Astronauts, Team Astro and mainly hip-hop [fans], he said. The X Factor airs at 8/7 C on FOX. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.