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 didn't go further is that the girls didn't consider him a heartthrob and fellow candidate Luca Hänni "can do much better".