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Paul Potts

Paul Potts, born in Bristol in 1971, hid his talent from colleagues at Bridgend's Carphone Warehouse, where he was employed when he entered Britain's Got Talent. Yet as word spread of his singing, the unassuming star was forced to counter accusations that he was, in fact, an experienced and trained performer. Paul Potts is a singer who became the winner of the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, singing operatic arias and impressing the judges in all of his performances. He had been working in The Carphone Warehouse, but following his win he has been signed by the show's judge Simon Cowell to record an album.

Paul Potts audition of Simon Cowell's new search-for-a-star show Britain's Got Talent was televised on ITV in UK. The actual audition was held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on March 17, 2007. Paul sang a condensed version of Giacomo Puccini's "Nessun dorma", which impressed the judges and received a standing ovation from the audience of 2,000 people.

In the semi-final on June 14, 2007, Potts performed main verses of "Con te partirò" with praise from the audience and judges. He progressed to the final after receiving the highest public vote in that show. He performed a full-length "Nessun dorma" for his final on June 17, 2007 as well as an encore after he won the competition.

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