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Potts - from cellphone salesman to opera poppet
August 25, 2007

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If Paul Potts wan't such a poppet, I might have been tempted to throttle him. This is because he says the same things, over and over and most of these things he's so fond of saying are platitudes.

"I'm just me," he says, and, "I'm just who I am." He says these things, oh, at least a thousand times and that's not counting all the times he's said them to other people.

Other favourites are, "I just do feel incredibly privileged to be doing what I love doing," and, "I'm just taking one day at a time."
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Paul Potts New Zealand Fanclub

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Singing took him to No 1 in the charts, then across the world to New Zealand. Unlikely Welsh superstar Paul Potts talks to Rachael Fergusson about his life-changing experience.

It is a real-life fairytale - the former cellphone salesman turned famous opera singer.

It happened to Paul Potts, a 36-year-old Welshman who won Britain's Got Talent, a New Zealand Idol-type competition. Singers, actors, magicians, bartenders and dancers of any age battled it out to win cash and perform in front of the Queen.

Potts won, and now is in New Zealand promoting his aptly named album One Chance.

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Paul Potts in China 22/8/2007



TV talent winner Paul Potts is in Hong Kong promoting his album One Chance and soon goes on to tour New Zealand and Australia .



The 36 year-old former phone salesman from Port Talbot topped HMV Hong Kong's Classical Chart for three consecutive weeks.



He told Chinese TV station CCTV: "I never dreamed that I would be able to actually find myself on the other side of the world from where I live, doing what I love doing.



“And you know, if somebody told me six months ago that I would be here. I would've told them, you know, get out of here, there is no way on earth that that would happen."



Potts will sing for the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance in early December.



"I am sure that I will do what I normally do, think of it off, and try to think of it in advance. But at the end, I am someone who really doesn't rehearse anything that I say.



“So hopefully, I will say the right thing," said Paul.


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He won a TV talent competition. Now he has a new album and is an overnight sensation. He's Paul Potts, winner of "Britain's Got Talent," which is the U.K.'s answer to American idol.

Now the 36 year-old vocalist is in Asia, promoting his debut album. The Album "One Chance," topped HMV Hong Kong's Classical Chart for three consecutive weeks.

Potts astounded both judges and the "Britain's Got Talent" audience when he first sang on the show. His world class operatic voice was an instant hit with viewers who voted for him in droves to win the competition.

The British television show was created by Simon Cowell, the man behind "American Idol".

Since his victory, Potts has become an overnight success not only in Britain, but throughout the United States, Australia and parts of Asia.

The former mobile phone salesman claims he spent most of his life feeling insignificant.

Potts used to perform with the Bath Opera, but fear of rejection always prevented him from trying to make it professionally.

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Apparently, he broke several rips. This sounds painful.

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August 21, 2007

Piers Morgan, the “America’s Got Talent” judge, wiped out on his segway and broke several ribs.

Attention! Piers Morgan does not have the talent to ride a segway. The “America’s Got Talent” judge hit a curb at the Santa Monica Pier while riding his segway and tumbled off.

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August 19, 2007

PAUL Potts, a shy 36-year-old from Bristol, gave himself one chance to crack the big time doing what he loves, and he did it.

The former mobile phone salesman entered TV talent quest Britain's Got Talent this year and won the whole box and dice.

"It was me who convinced me to go on the show,'' Potts says.

"I wasn't sure that I was good enough so I ended up tossing a coin and doing it by heads or tails. It landed on heads, which was the go-ahead to send in an application.''

In a moment that is now famous, Potts strolled out on to stage looking awkward and nervous in a "35-pound'' ($85) suit and declared to the judges - show creator Simon Cowell and fellow judges Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan - that he was going to sing opera.

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Confidence breeds success
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The world of show business seemed to be a million miles away for Paul Potts when he first stepped on the stage to compete in "Britain's Got Talent."



A mobile phone sales person by day, an opera singer in secret, Paul Pott's dream was, "To spend my life doing what I feel I was born to do -- to sing opera."



It was his secret because, like most of us I am sure, he had felt that look from others -- the one you get when you share your dreams with negative people who "think small."



When I watched the judges' initial reaction to Pott's dream to sing opera, and then watched the judges' and the crowd's final reaction, there was no question that he had a chance of making his dream come true. The emotion behind Paul Potts' performance was so powerful that anyone watching would want to jump out of their chair and take some type of action to reach for their dreams.


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Paul’s a worldwide hit, even in Korea!

Aug 16 2007
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PAUL Potts has won glowing praise for his debut album in Korea, as the former Port Talbot mobile phone salesman continues to take the world by storm.

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Winner of Britain’s Got Talent Paul Potts topped the UK album charts with his debut release One Chance – just weeks before his appearance in Carlisle.

The 36-year-old opera singer is living his dream after being voted the winner of the television talent show a few weeks ago after belting out his hit Nessun Dorma.

Potts’ album outsold the number two album, We’ll Live and Die in These Towns by The Enemy, by more than 100,000 copies last week.

Potts, who started singing at a karaoke party dressed as Pavarotti, said: “To even get through the first round of auditions was unbelievable and to be honest even winning the show hasn’t sunk in yet at all – having a number one album is more than I would ever have dreamed of.

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Artist Spotlight: Paul Potts
August 3, 2007

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The rich, powerful and mesmerising voice of rising star Paul Potts touched the hearts of millions with his win on TV’s hot new talent show, Britain’s Got Talent.  Watched by 13.5 million in the finals, his rendition of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma stunned the show's judges and audiences alike, leaving many moved to tears.

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Paul Potts Fan Club - Potts Onlie

LIVE FROM STUDIO 1A: PAUL POTTS Q AND A, BRITAIN'S TALENTI



I couldn't link to the official page (some kind of link validation issue).
Below is entire Q&A from MSNBC's blog page.

Q: What is your reaction to all of this attention? Have you gotten a lot of fan mail?

Paul: Well, I haven't been home yet, so I don't actually know.

Q: Do you think your wife will be jealous of female attention?

Paul: I believe her words are, "You're welcome to him!" Which is a joke, of course. Well, I hope it is anyway.

Q: Who is your biggest fan?

Paul: Recently definitely my wife. We've been married for four years, been together for six.

Q: So you first debuted your voice dressed up as Pavarotti?

Paul: It was a karaoke night in 1998 and I dressed up as Pavarotti for the bar.

Q: That was the first time people heard your voice? What was their reaction?

Paul: Some people from work brought tomatoes, but they didn't end up throwing them.

Q: Do you sing in the shower?

Paul: I've been known to do so...

Q: Is this your first time in the States?

Paul: I've been up north to New York State - I have some friends in Canada.

Q: First time in New York City? What do you think?


Paul: I've not seen very much of it yet, so I hope to see more.

Q: When do you get to go home?

Paul: You know, I don't know! I start recording the album on Saturday in Abbey Road Studios.

Opera singer is TV talent winner

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Monday, 18 June 2007

Opera-singing phone salesman Paul Potts has won the final of TV variety show Britain's Got Talent.

Potts, from Port Talbot, south Wales, beat six-year-old singer Connie Talbot, from Sutton Coldfield, who had wowed the judges, who included Simon Cowell.

The winner of the ITV1 programme, presented by Ant and Dec, received a cheque for £100,000 and a spot at the Royal Variety Performance.

Some 11 million people saw the hopefuls perform in the show's live final.  more

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