The Middle Room Issue #1

Despite all of the ups, Pham of course
has had his fair share of downs. He talked
about the biggest disappointment
of his career thus far being an experience
on “America’s Got Talent.” He
described the grueling audition process
that entailed hours of waiting, dancing
for different producers and repeating
those steps all day into the night. After
being selected to fly out to the celebrity
auditions in New Jersey, Pham recalled
performing in front of 3,000 people. “I
wasn’t nervous at all, but as soon as I
got on the stage I got nervous. The stage
felt so big. You know what saved me, the
lights in my eyes cause I couldn’t see nobody,”
Pham laughed. “The thing that
aggravated me though is that they manipulated
the clips. One of the judges
gave me constructive criticism and when
they aired it, they made it seem like he
hated me. His reaction was not the real
reaction,” Pham explained. “They did it
for shock value of course but that’s one
thing I really hated. Another discouraging
part was how I got 3 yeses to move
on but I didn’t get to move forward and
I’m seeing so much garbage stuff go
through. It was like how can I really make
it in any entertainment field without, ya
know, not losing myself in the process.”
THE MIDDLE ROOM 27