. >> reporter: johnny wright turned scraggly teens into platinum-plated megastars.have you managed over the years? >> back street boys, britney spears. boys to men. >> reporter: they haven't had a hit. every day, he weeds through aspires young stars. >> how to she sounds like every britney spears girl out there. i'm interested h this sound. i'm curious about the other one. ♪ got no money, baby >> all right. if you put a beat on this -- does this work now? >> reporter: the singers behind those voices want to come here, trophies and memories line the walls of the multimillion dollar compound in the florida suburbs. ♪ always in the limelight keep your mind right have it in your eye sight ♪ >> yeah, that's going to be hot. >> what we call the compound was just for that. to make them feel at home. they can jump on a jet ski, fish, hop in the pool. they can bowl. >> reporter: for the pop star wan thna >> reporter: for the pop star wan thnbes that get here, it's tough. up and comers spend weeks, even months here. >> they have to do the workouts. vocal lessons. the rehearsa

johnny wright has seen it time and time again. he's managed a trifecta of boy bands.ne more time ♪ >> britney's first single went number one in the country. >> reporter: it came too fast? >> it came fast. you don't get a chance to make decisions a lot for yourself. >> reporter: the machinery takes over? >> you rebeb in different ways. >> reporter: and she rebelled? >> i think so. >> reporter: johnny says he worried about the instant fame on big time rush. >> i feel bad for them in some respects. the minute the tv show goes on, all of a sudden, they're at the certain point. >> reporter: fame hits immediately. >> right. >> it's tough. people don't realize how much people are looking at you and judging you and trying to constantly watch you fail. and hoping that you will fail. >> everyone wants to watch a train wreck. >> reporter: i don't want to read about you doing something falling off the -- >> then stop reading. no, i'm kidding. >> reporter: how do you guarantee the moms out there you're not going to break their hearts? >> nobody is perfect. so we're going to try ou