Nat`s Idol search for lost love

10.12.2007

Search ... Australian Idol Natalie Gauci has revealed she hasn`t given up hope of winning over the man she lost on her way to taking the title.

SHE`S got a job ahead of her wooing fans to buy the "beautiful but boring" singer`s music, but Australian Idol Natalie Gauci has revealed she hasn`t given up hope of winning over the man she lost on her way to taking the title on this year`s TV talent show.

The 26-year-old has released a B-side to her Idol winners single, inspired by her former boyfriend, backpacker Andrea Seidita.

"It`s written about Andrea," Gauci said of All In My Mind, which she penned in the days after their very public break-up.

"When he left I was really upset, so I wrote that song. It`s a ballad about heartbreak. It`s probably one of my favourite originals. I`m really proud of it," she said recently.

The singer said she hoped to rekindle the romance - which ended as Idol began - when she takes a break mid-tour to visit her sister in India early next year.

"I said (to Seidita), `feel free to come with me or I`m going on my own`," Gauci revealed.

"There`s no expectation or pressure. And he`s really sweet. He said, `I don`t want to hurt your feelings if I can`t come` so that`s nice."

The former music teacher has no regrets about choosing to focus on Idol over a relationship with Seidita, who is based in London.

"It`s a time for me to focus on career," she said, adding, "the only problem is there`s so much going on work-wise, you want someone to come home to and you don`t have that."

"But if I`d had it the other way round I would probably have regrets."

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