Thomas Pegram was born on 14 January 1985 in Hohenems , Austria . His father is American . He can play violin , piano and electric guitar . He sang in his band at age 16 and wrote and recorded his own music in his home . He participated for Austria in the 2004 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest . He became the 16th participant of the Top 16 . There had been a " Top 15 " in the previous 4 seasons . He was eliminated in the Top 10 on 3 March . He stated in an interview with RTL that one of the reasons why he did n't go further is that the girls did n't consider him a heartthrob and fellow candidate Luca Hänni " can do much better "
2004 edition
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 9)