Tom Sandoval, who known as himself “essentially the most hated man in America,” is in search of redemption by music.

The previous Vanderpump Guidelines star was again on tv for one more actuality competitors present. And this time, he and his band Tom Sandoval & The Most Extras auditioned for America’s Bought Expertise,two years after his notorious dishonest scandal.

“Ohhhh I’m feeling all the second hand embarrassment proper now,” a critic commented on his efficiency.

“The Most Hated Man in America” seemingly desires to redeem himself onAmerica’s Bought Expertise

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Followers have been shocked to see Tom onstage, making his surprising debut on the NBC actuality competitors in entrance of AGT judges Simon Cowell, Sofía Vergara, Howie Mandel, and Mel B.

The episode is expected to air on June 24, however previews of the present captured the Bravo star performing in black pants and a bedazzled inexperienced jacket.

“He slept along with his girlfriend’s greatest pal,” decide Howie Mandel quietly informed fellow decide Sofia Vergara proper earlier than Tom started his efficiency.

“Have you learnt how not I’m in any of that stuff?” fellow judge Simon Cowell then stated.

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Tom and his bandmates carried out a canopy of A-ha’s Nineteen Eighties hit Tackle Me.

Snippets confirmed the judges listening to him with skeptical seems on their faces.

Nonetheless, one clip noticed Simon with smiling as actuality TV star sang and danced his approach throughout the stage.

The truth TV star carried out A-ha’sTackle Me along with his bandTom Sandoval & The Most

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A few years in the past, Tom was on the middle of a dishonest scandal, dubbed Scandoval, which led to the top of his nine-year romance with ex-girlfriend Ariana Madix in 2023.

He was caught dishonest along with his Vanderpump Guidelines costar Rachel “Raquel” Leviss, and the aftermath of the affair was coated within the Season 10 finale of Vanderpump Guidelines.

Ariana found that Tom was having an affair whereas attending a Tom Sandoval & the Most Extraslive performance to assist her longtime boyfriend.

The Love Island USA host stumbled upon explicit videos of Raquel in his telephone when the machine fell out of his pocket through the present.

“He slept along with his girlfriend’s greatest pal,” decide Howie Mandel informed his fellow decide Sofia Vergara when Tom was onstage 

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“I made errors, I used to be egocentric, and made reckless selections that harm any person I really like. Nobody deserves to really feel that ache so traumatically and publicly,” he stated in a public assertion on the time.

He famous that his “greatest remorse” was having “dishonored” Ariana and admitted he “owed” her higher.

“I can solely think about how devastating this has been for Ariana and everybody round us. I really feel actually horrible about that,” he stated.

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Tense moments between Ariana and Tom have been captured on Vanderpump Guidelineswithin the aftermath of the affair coming to gentle.

“You need something?” Tom requested her as he opened a kitchen cupboard in a single scene.

“So that you can die,” Ariana savagely replied.

Tom’s longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix found he was dishonest when she discovered specific movies on his telephone 

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Ariana had addressed the affair in a March 2023 assertion and expressed gratitude to her associates, household, and “folks [she’s] by no means even met” for his or her assist.

“To say I’ve been devastated and damaged is an understatement,” she stated. “Nonetheless, I do know that I’m not on this alone.”

“What doesn’t kill me higher run,” she concluded her message.

Ariana informed her long-time boyfriend “to die” after the dishonest scandal made headlines 

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Ariana has moved on and is at present courting boyfriend Daniel Wai, whereas Tom is with mannequin girlfriend Victoria Lee Robinson.

Tom addressed the scandal throughout his AGTaudition and stated the band was the “solely factor” that saved him going.

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“With being on a actuality present, it’s very a lot about your private life and, a pair years in the past, I used to be concerned in a scandal and I used to be labeled as essentially the most hated man in America by The New York Instances,” he informed the judges whereas explaining his love for music.

“I imply, it was actually, actually tough, and I used to be in a really darkish place. I felt as if I had nothing in my life, and this band was the one factor that saved me going,” he added.

“This band was the one factor that saved me going,” Tom stated on theAGTepisode about how he handled the scandal

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Tom was a solid member on Vanderpump Guidelines from its 2011 premiere till 2024.

He went on to seem on the second season of Fox’s Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check, which premiered in 2023, and on the third season of The Traitors, which premiered in January.

Viewers must wait until Tuesday, June 24, to find what the judges thought of his AGT debut efficiency and whether or not he would transfer onto the following spherical.

However a number of netizens nonetheless cringed on the preview clips, with one asking, “Is he lip syncing?”

“It’s serving main Marriage ceremony Singer power,” stated a critic on-line 

“The judges seems says sufficient,” one stated. One other agreed, “I feel Sophia’s face said it all.”

“There he’s. Mr. Cringiest. There he’s. Wanting laaaaaaame,” learn one remark on-line.

“He simply must go and get a job on one of many cruise ships now and be the nightly leisure on Fridays and Saturdays,” one stated.

“Who informed him he may sing?” one requested, whereas one other instructed, “Keep on with karaoke bro”