Paul Potts

I have recently burst through to stardom, by winning over the UK in ITV's, "Britain's Got Talent" show. I was born in 1971 in Bristol, I now live in Port Talbot in South Wales and won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, singing operatic aria. I had previously worked in unpaid opera productions from 1999 to 2003, however illness in 2003, brought an end to my amateur opera career.At the time of my victory I had been working in a mobile phone shop, but following my win I have been signed by Simon Cowell to record an album.On June 9, 2007 I took part in Simon Cowell's new search-for-a-star show Britain's Got Talent on ITV which was held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. I sang Giacomo Puccini's "Nessun dorma", which wowed the judges and received a standing ovation from the 2,000-strong audience. My rendition of this has currently been viewed on video upload site YouTube and similar sites over 5 million times. In the semi-final on June 14, I performed "Con te partirò" and progressed to the final after receiving the highest public vote in that show.I performed "Nessun dorma" again in the final on June 17. beating co-favourite with the bookmakers, Connie Talbot and received the highest public vote out of 2 million votes cast to win Britain's Got Talent. Simon Cowell then told me I would be recording my debut album later in the week!!!!