in 1992 he won dick clark's "usa music challenge" talent contest and received an mca recording contract. clark said of him, "will wheaton has a signature voice that puts you in the mood for romance." although an mca album never materialized, in 1995 he came to the attention of grammy award-winning producer david foster who signed him to the vocal group "next millennium". he co-wrote four songs for the project with foster but that album was not released either.