A bit of Potts luck

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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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