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Paul Potts: The Cinderfella Story
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Tags: Paul, Potts, Talent, Britain, UK, England, Singer, Opera, Simon Cowell
Paul Potts is the opera singer who just won the TV show "Britain's Got Talent" hosted/created by Simon Cowell. Here are some facts about his inspiring life story:
| | Was a manager at a cell phone store in Wales before winning the show. |
| | Paul Potts is an admittedly nervous man, lacks self-confidence, and was unsure if he would even show up for the show's auditions.
His Audition on "Britain's Got Talent"
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| | He was over 30,000 pounds in debt prior to appearing on the show and didn't know if he'd ever sing opera again. |
| | Paul's luck has turned, however, and likely for good. The grand prize for winning Britain's Got Talent is 100,000 pounds, and not only does Paul receive the massive payday, but Simon Cowell immediately signed Potts to a recording contract on Simon's very own label. |
| | Paul first sang opera at the age of 28 for a karaoke competition where he dressed up as Pavarotti. |
| | He went on to perform in Barrymore’s My Kind Of Music (1999). The money he won from the show (£8000) along with his savings was spent on attending various training courses in Italy. |
| | From his Italian opera class he was selected to sing in a master class for Pavarotti and Katia Ricciarelli – who he says were very impressed. Paul reckons he’s spent £20,000 in total to get to where he is today. |
| | Paul has performed in four semi professional operas in the UK and some concerts. His proudest performance was with the philharmonic orchestra in a concert in front of 15, 000 people. |
| | After having appendicitis doctors discovered a benign tumour that was removed. Two weeks after the operation he was back on stage. |
| | A motorbike accident in 2003, in which he broke his collar bone, kept him away from performing and he got left out of the opera circles. |
| | Since his illness, Paul has struggled with money and has never reached his potential, and this is why he chose to enter Britain’s Got Talent. |
| | Paul has been married for four years to his wife Julie (26), whom he met in an internet chat room. They have been together for six years in total |
| | Paul has worked at the Carphone warehouse for two years - one year as manager – before that he worked the night shift stacking shelves and personal shopping at Tesco. |
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