Paul Potts, Sheffield City Hall

Walking back to the hotel, next to the Shaftsbury Theatre was a large crowd thronging with papparazzi. I asked a guy with his back to me what was going on. He turned round. It was Piers Morgan, one of the judges.

The outcome of that show, a new star called Paul Potts, took centre stage in Sheffield mid UK tourk. About 13.5 million people witnessed Paul's phenomenal voice on Britain's Got Talent - the turn-out here proved to sceptics that the tenor from Port Talbot has maintained that huge following, with not one empty seat available.

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