{"id":146,"date":"2007-06-16T19:56:03","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/?p=146"},"modified":"2007-06-16T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2007-06-16T19:56:03","slug":"after-that-first-audition-i-realised-i-am-somebody-im-paul-potts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/2007\/06\/16\/after-that-first-audition-i-realised-i-am-somebody-im-paul-potts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;After that first audition i realised i am somebody- I&#8217;m Paul Potts&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffulgerica.com%2Fen%2F2007%2F06%2F16%2Fafter-that-first-audition-i-realised-i-am-somebody-im-paul-potts%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"fulgerica\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/2007\/06\/16\/after-that-first-audition-i-realised-i-am-somebody-im-paul-potts\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulpottsofficial.com\/paulpotts5.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Potts\" height=\"239\" width=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> Current Job: Carphone Warehouse Manager<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Home: Port Talbot, South Wales<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"> Paul sang <a href=\"http:\/\/fulgerica.com\/en\/?p=141\" target=\"_blank\">Nessun Dorma<\/a> after years of health problems. He broke his collar bone in a motorbike accident in 2003 which kept him away from performing. He has struggled for cash and has never reached his potential in opera.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">He reaches the semi-finals on the TV show Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Got Talent:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zEFrQxSzTTQ\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zEFrQxSzTTQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<strong>Latest News:<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">PAVAROTTI wannabe Paul Potts told how TV show Britain&#8217;s Got Talent taught him to love singing again as he sailed through to the final last night.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The opera singer, 36, said: &#8220;Singing is like an old friend to me and I lost it when I was ill and had an accident in 2003.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;I haven&#8217;t had any training or proper singing practice since then and just decided that I would try and go for an audition. I wasn&#8217;t even confident that I would get through and now all these things are happening. It&#8217;s unbelievable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Paul scooped the biggest share of the public vote after a performance Simon Cowell described as &#8220;magic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Carphone Warehouse manager, who received a standing ovation from the audience for his rendition of Time To Say Goodbye, looked tearful as judge Piers Morgan said: &#8220;When we signed for this show we had a vision of finding someone doing an ordinary job, someone unassuming who quietly had this amazing talent that we could provide a platform for. You are that guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Paul from Port Talbot, South Wales, has become an overnight star since his audition for the ITV show was screened at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">His version of Nessun Dorma has been seen by more than a MILLION people on website YouTube and was even shown on Australian TV yesterday.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Paul first sang opera aged 28 for a karaoke when he dressed as Pavarotti. He went on to perform on Michael Barrymore&#8217;s My Kind Of Music and won \u00c2\u00a38,000 which he spent on training courses in Italy.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And after spending a total of \u00c2\u00a320,000 he even got to sing in a masterclass for his idol Pavarotti. But disaster struck in 2003 when doctors discovered a benign tumour when he was being treated for appendicitis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Days after recovering he was knocked off his bike and broke a collarbone.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Paul explained: &#8220;It meant for a couple of years instead of thinking about singing I was lying on the sofa in agony.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;Now when I go on stage my wife Julie doesn&#8217;t want people to say break a leg, because I probably will. But we feel like we might have turned a corner now.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;If I was to win the \u00c2\u00a3100,000 prize I would have to pay off a lot of debts. I would love singing to be all I do. It is my first love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Paul will be joined in Sunday night&#8217;s final by monkey puppeteer Damon Scott.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Article from <em>The Daily Mirror, 15th June.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Ffulgerica.com%2Fen%2F2007%2F06%2F16%2Fafter-that-first-audition-i-realised-i-am-somebody-im-paul-potts%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet &nbsp; Current Job: Carphone Warehouse Manager Home: Port Talbot, South Wales Paul sang Nessun Dorma after years of health problems. He broke his collar bone in a motorbike accident in 2003 which kept him away from performing. He has struggled for cash and has never reached his potential in opera. 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