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ATLANTIC CITY - Before Susan Boyle, there was Paul Potts.

Once, before the Scottish songstress' famed rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" was still just that, her dream, Potts was the success story of the same U.K. reality TV show, "Britain's Got Talent."

And his arc to stardom was proclaimed similarly - another beloved, cuddly dweeb with a big voice.

The reality was a little more polished - the 38-year-old had sung opera in an amateur way for much of his 30s. But Simon Cowell crowned him in 2007 as the zero-to-hero of the tenor set.