Paul Potts was a Liberal Democrat councillor on Bristol City Council who sang
opera in amateur productions when he entered the Britain's Got Talent TV show in
2007. His performance of Nessun Dorma won over the judges and audience alike and
he went on to receive over a million votes to defeat Connie Talbot in the final
and win the £100,000 prize money. He appeared at the Royal Variety Show in front
of The Queen the same year and his debut album One Chance went straight to
Number 1 in the UK, where it remained for six weeks; going on to sell over two
million copies. After Potts app...