Instant stardom still a puzzle for British tenor Paul Potts

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October 17, 2007, http://www.cbc.ca/ 

British tenor Paul Potts has travelled from cellphone salesman to hit recording artist in a matter of months, and the journey has left him nothing short of astonished.

Potts was the winner of the first Britain's Got Talent this summer and has since issued an album that hit No. 1 in the U.K.

He was an unlikely choice for a reality TV star, singing opera amid a field of pop wannabes, but he seems to have hit a chord with viewers in the U.S. and the U.K.

"To be honest, even finding myself recording an album was astonishing for me," said Potts. "To find myself going to so many different places and meeting so many friendly people is astounding."