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America’s Got Talent’s Alex Sampson reveals next round performance plans and tells all on his ‘nerve-racking’ audition
By Brittany Sims,
3 hours ago
AMERICA’S Got Talent contestant Alex Sampson won the hearts of the judges when he performed his original song on the competition show.
In an exclusive interview with The U.S. Sun, Alex, 20, talked about how nervous he was during his audition, what he plans on singing next, and upcoming releases.
America’s Got Talent contestant Alex Sampson revealed that he will be singing all original songs during his time on the show NBC Alex Sampson said that his hands were shaking during his audition and thought he could have done better NBC
The AGT contestant said that he sent in a video audition in October 2023 and didn’t hear anything for a while.
But, then the producers reached out to him a few months later and asked him to come on the show.
Despite the unanimous vote, he said that he was very nervous while singing.
“I don’t know if you could tell, but my hands were shaking during the audition,” Alex told The U.S. Sun.
“You’re going onto the biggest stage in the world. It was the biggest thing I’ve ever done. Like you’re on TV. It’s a big deal. I was definitely nervous.”
He also said that he thought he could have “done better” even though the judges were impressed with him.
Alex released his original song before his audition, but he said it “blew up” after he was on the show.
The song hit number 29 on the iTunes chart and kept climbing until it reached number 10.
“My manager called me and told me it was charting and I was like can you repeat that number back to me?” he said.
“I was above Sabrina Carpenter at one point, which was really cool.”
WHAT’S NEXT?
Alex teased what he plans to sing next for his first live performance on AGT.
“I want to keep the songs a surprise, but I will be doing originals for as far as I make it on the show,” he said.
Alex recently dropped another single called If You Were My Girl , but did not confirm if he will sing that on AGT.
I don’t know if you could tell, but my hand was shaking during the audition
Alex Sampson America's Got Talent contestant
The AGT contestant also teased that he will be releasing an EP later this Summer with all original songs on it.
When asked why he picked AGT, Alex said it was “the biggest stage in the world.”
“It’s bigger than The Voice or Idol. My grandma even watches AGT,” he said.
“I wanted to get my original music out there for everyone to hear and bring it to a wider audience.”
Live shows begin tonight, August 13, after a two-week hiatus , with shows on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8/7c on NBC.
WHO IS ALEX?
Alex is a Canadian-born singer/songwriter.
He has over 3 million followers on his TikTok account , where he debuted his original music.
Alex is known for his retro pop songs, including his two recent singles.
He currently has over 1 million monthly listeners on his Spotify .
See Alex perform on an upcoming episode and find out if he makes it to the next round.
All four judges (from left)- Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara, and Simon Cowell – gave Alex a yes NBC Alex Sampson performed his original song, Pretty Baby, on AGT, which he said climbed the iTunes chart after he debuted it Warner Record See Alex Sampson perform on an upcoming live show, which begin tonight at 8/7c NBC The Canadian-born singer, who just released his second single, If You Were My Girl, this year, teased that he will be releasing an EP later this Summer Warner Records
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