Paul Potts (2)

British opera singer born 13 October 1970 in Bristol, England. Paul became the winner of the first series of ITV's [i]Britain's Got Talent[/i], singing operatic arias. From 1999 to 2003, he had worked in unpaid opera productions, however, a series of illnesses combined with a bicycle accident in 2003 brought an end to his amateur opera career. At the time of his 2007 victory on [i]Britain's Got Talent[/i], he had been working in The Carphone Warehouse, but following his win, he was signed by the show's judge [a=Simon Cowell] and released his first album [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1143839][i]One Chance[/i][/url].