audition in June got him the Golden Buzzer<\/a> from former Spice Girl Mel B, automatically sending him to the next round of the talent competition.<\/p>\nThe live performance has Atkins a little scared, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a different beast,\u201d Atkins said Monday from Wahiawa, Hawaii, where the Lewiston High School graduate is an Army sergeant on active duty. \u201cThis time it\u2019s live, there\u2019s no room for error. It\u2019s nerve-wracking but I just have to trust my abilities and be confident in myself and go do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since his June performance, Atkins said it\u2019s been overwhelming with the amount of love and support he\u2019s been getting. But he\u2019s grateful that people enjoyed what they saw.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe love and support from people across the country and even internationally is just incredible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Atkins could not tell us what song he\u2019ll be singing live but did say it will have a \u201cbluesy-rock\u201d kind of feel to it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He also keeps thinking back to when he got the Golden Buzzer.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely a shock,\u201d said Atkins. \u201cYou have to go in being confident in yourself but there\u2019s nothing that can prepare you for when that happens. You don\u2019t think it can happen to you and then it does.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also respects Mel B. The fact she spoke so highly of him caught him off guard, Atkins said.<\/p>\n
Atkins said he continues to practice wherever he is. He\u2019s nervous, but said that\u2019s OK \u2014 he\u2019s doing something he\u2019s done his entire life, just with more eyes on him.<\/p>\n
\u201d It\u2019s just muscle memory for me,\u201d said Atkins. \u201cAs long as I can practice and hear myself, I can be more confident when I walk on that stage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewiston native Isaac Atkins stands in a rain of golden confetti after advancing on “America’s Got Talent.” (Chris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,92],"class_list":["post-825600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\t\t\tLewiston native Isaac Atkins stands in a rain of golden confetti after advancing on “America’s Got Talent.” (Chris Haston\/NBC photo)<\/p>\n