What Really Happened to Paul Potts From Britain's Got Talent

What Really Happened to Paul Potts From Britain's Got Talent
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Back in 2007, “Britain's Got Talent" was airing its first season. It was a show designed to unearth extraordinary talents. When a seemingly ordinary mobile phone salesman named Paul Potts stepped onto the stage, nobody could guess what would happen next. Little did the world know that this unassuming figure, whose voice was often his only solace in the face of adversity, would rise to become the quintessential ordinary hero.
Sixteen years have passed since that fateful first season of "Britain's Got Talent," and in that time, Paul has achieved what many could only dream of. Join us as we tell you what really happened to Paul Potts From Britain’s Got Talent!
#PaulPotts #BGT

[@franknicholasdale4595]

Why do people have to try and destroy people’s success, do they have nothing else to do, boring. He deserved his success, hard work, integrity and passion have rewarded him . Well done.

[@carlsrant8038]

I took my mum to see Paul Potts before she died she was blind since the age of 3 and she loved it. If it was good enough for her it was good enough for me.

[@karenjakobsen3607]

So pleased to hear he is doing well. Fabulous voice. ❤

[@audreytaylor6201]

Des O’Connor was a fantastic entertainer and his programme had to be watched on a Saturday night.

[@Will-nc7lp]

I met Paul at a charity event, he was the only celebrity who turned up. I found him to be a friendly and personable guy. I wish him all the success, he deserves it❤

[@will-i-am-not]

So he was already recognized as a top performer, had many many high end performances behind him. And then goes on an (Amature) talent show! And then becomes rich and more successful. Clever man, wish him luck

[@Will-nc7lp]

@@will-i-am-not go away troll, what a sad person you are.

[@michaelhoggarth89]

Paul came from a working class background...Those that pay into the benefit system .. What a wonderful voice...❤

[@Hoxton66]

Good kind man, people like him we need in this world

[@kevinmoore7255]

A good person! We need more like him in the world.

[@ronseymour4976]

Absolutely! When you compare him to the scumbags who run our country your comment is particularly relevant today.

[@johnelliott9415]

Don’t we just especially at these difficult times around the world

[@wendycrawford1792]

It’s an eye opener and honour to hear about the life of Paul Potts. Not only does he share his beautiful voice with the world but he takes advantage of his public position to inform people of charities that need support. I have a tremendous respect for this special human being. He’s a class act!

[@connieeldridge411]

Just watched Paul it’s wonderful to hear how far he has come from going on Britain’s got talent he has awesome voice good luck to him

[@majellavito5784]

His success allowed him to share his blessings to those who may not have the same opportunities he did! Well done, Mr. Potts. You & Jules remain humble, generous & and loving couple in the face of success, fame & all the pros & cons that come with it 🎉🙏🏼⭐️🎶

[@lenadownie6509]

What a wonderful voice and wonderful Human being 💕💕

[@mariehaverty8209]

A gift to the world look how he uses his success❤

[@annehinde9302]

I loved it when Paul won.Well done Paul.😔👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@anacallow509]

Great man,great artist! World would be much better place to live in if is there more people like PAUL POTS! God bless you! Sincerely ,Ana 🇨🇦

[@Mom2MrBabyHaikin]

Amen & exactly!

[@coraynbell8991]

He deserves every bit of his success

[@guestuser4503]

A very good man who deserves the best life has to offer.

[@sylviaandreou5350]

Brilliant lovely man deserved success.He never gave up ♥️

[@barneybuster8915]

Well done Paul, at last someone who deserves a good life has got one.

[@vivienbailey8079]

God Bless ❤️ Paul Potts. What an exquisite voice an exceptional talent and a kind gentle wonderful man helping others in need. A truly inspirational man. Wonderful ❤❤❤❤

[@user-pr5ys5cd5d]

What an inspiration for everyone. ❤😂

[@livingfuller9760]

My husband & I went to see him at the Opera House in Sydney. We both really enjoyed it even though we don't normally go to Opera's.

[@lynnwalker9935]

Well done Worked hard never gave up on his dream and made it happen with a chance that came upon him

[@Mom2MrBabyHaikin]

Yes! The chance & heads or tails...!

[@giaatta9303]

I love Paul Potts. I saw him in person in Calgary. Thank you

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

I watched his initial performance on BGT and knew he was on the road to greater success. and deservedly so continued life and happyness.and success in all your endeavors Paul. God speed. ECF

[@Sharifah-rk2lc]

Ĺllp

[@donallen1384]

Thank you for posting this, it’s a shame you didn’t feature Paul singing Nessus Dorma in full, I have the movie”One Chance” and enjoy watching it time and again.

[@sheilarowan8664]

I just love every thing about him ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@sheilagarrido8204]

I was about to write. " good luck and all the very Best for the future." I now see this would be fruitless as he has no need for either luck nor best wishes. He and his family are going to have a wonderful and happy, happy life. CONGRATULATIONS Mr Potts 👏 🙌 🎉BRAVO👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@charltondown1]

I love hearing Paul Potts😢 amazing voice. Wonderful man. Xx

[@campbellanderson2100]

What a wonderfully talented and humble man. Pity the narrator mispronounced so many words.

[@ry491]

It was AI text to speech synthetic voice . I hate it. Spoiled the video for me .

[@silliepooh]

rougly 8 years ago, he sang at the Korean's "Immortal Songs 2" singing competition show. He was highly respected and loved by the Korean singers and audiences.

[@christinalogan311]

I follow him on twitter and KZbin. He’s absolutely fabulous. So talented and such a nice person too.

[@Mom2MrBabyHaikin]

Really touched by how much charity he does & which causes he choses to support...

[@leebruce7806]

A good and talented and kind man

[@carolbarringer904]

I’m not surprised that Paul Potts is most successful. Yaaa❤

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Give me Potts over self-centred "me, me, me" Lineker every day...

[@melvynparkerson9984]

Why use this to take a pop at Lineker ?

[@dennissymes4704]

The greatest quality in every successful person is humility beets ego every time

[@kirk3077]

Well done, fantastic inspiration 🎉❤

[@Ashleykeithdavidharper]

It’s because of this man that nessun dorma is my favourite song

[@johnheard824]

Well deserved success, a decent bloke ,rewarded for talent .

[@RussellJamesStevens]

Good luck...Such a beautiful, powerful, voice❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulgeoffrey725]

A lovely man as well as a wonderful singer. I was honoured to tune a piano for him for a concert in Melbourne Australia several years ago. 😮

[@Scaleyback317]

I often listened to him merely thinking he had a great voice and how much I envied him that and thought that way for years then a few years ago I came across a clip of him singing in the Kiev theatre singing La Prima Volta. It was then I realized that this man went beyond just a great voice and elevated him to a standard few others will ever meet. My favourite male singer is Bocelli but Potts' talent has pushed him onto that same pedestal IMHO. A lovely bloke with the most beautiful vocal cords who has worked hard to please his fans and never failed to do so. What a voice!

[@Creative-Chaos]

I have read so many positive things about this man. It is wonderful to read that somebody can become successful while remaining humble.

[@kenniththomas2167]

I live about a twelve minutes walk from Paul Potts house. Paul and his wife were in the audience when my friend and I were doing a show .so I sang in from of him ,I think he enjoyed the gig . It was one of those unusual things that happen now and then . Glad he has done so well for himself,he. seems a very down to earth kind of guy,and like myself still live in Baglan Port Talbot .👍

[@williamgilchrist1364]

I have nothing but admiration for Paul Potts. His voice may be mediocre when compared to the tenor greats but his determination, stickability, humility and consideration for the well-being of those less fortunate is worthy of anybody's praise. If only the commentary of this film were half as attractive. Until artificial intelligence technology is developed which produces accurate pronunciation, please, please have a human being do the commentary.

[@raybrooking8084]

His voice is mediocre what Planet are you on.

[@elizabethmorley7416]

Why mediocre? Do you have some sort of expertise in the human voice that we have missed?

[@williamgilchrist1364]

@@elizabethmorley7416 Of course you have missed knowing of the level of my expertise; how could you. Does "second rank" suit you better? I am sure that Mr Potts would be the first to agree that his name should not be uttered in the same breath as Pavarotti, Florez, Caruso, Bjorling, Domingo or Carreras, to mention but a few. I don't understand why you are so incensed, everything else I said was complimentary to Mr Potts and I wish him nothing but continued success.

[@elizabethmorley7416]

I am far from incensed, more surprised by your use of the word mediocre. Even compared to the greatest tenors, I still don’t feel that your description of his voice fits.

[@andresullivan6473]

​@@williamgilchrist1364 although i agree with you in your comparisons. Voices like mario lanza. Pauls voice is smooth and has character. His voice lends its self to songs outside of opera all in all a good voice i like to listen to him

[@Riana.dS.]

Really very very very well done, Paul. We are so proud of what you have achieved in your life.

[@Riana.dS.]

Coincidentally Piers Morgan was a Judge on the BGT Judge Panel at the time when both Paul Potts and also Susan Boyle initially appeared on BGT.

[@SandraFulcher-rx8cv]

Well done Paul x

[@solsleuteltje]

great voice

[@jerisharpe906]

I'm so glad nothing was taken away from him on his win with "Britisn Got Talent-" The man is very talented, why do people have to put others down, istead of congratulating him. Some people are so petty, I think they are unhappy so they don't want anybody else to be happy.

[@mariehaverty8209]

Well done gorgeous man and thank you X ❤🙏🏽🙋🇮🇪

[@virginiajackowski5164]

Paul Potts story is fascinating!

[@daviddrouillard3534]

Great to see an underdog super succeed. Good for you Paul!

[@lesleyhill8581]

Good grief! You'd think the narrator would check how to prounce the names of the world's most famous operas wouldn't you?

[@melvynparkerson9984]

No! you are one of the opera snobs mentioned on here .

[@lesleyhill8581]

@@melvynparkerson9984actually you couldn’t be more wrong! I have great admiration for Paul Potts, there’s nothing snobbish about expecting the narrator or creator of a story to get the opera names correct.

[@P2Zip]

I am so glad he decided to bite the bullet andcgo through with his audition. He unknowingly opened the door for a vast amount of people to hear opera from an everyday humble man. He brings a lot of joy to the world.

[@moni1950412]

He deserves everything he waited long enough for People to hear he’s voice and Respekt it.

[@susanryan2802]

How can I trust want the narrator says when they can not pronounce the names of the operas mentioned. Doesn’t detract from the singer’s beautiful voice.

[@sarahmacnaughtan9900]

I have no idea why a person's looks has ANY bearing on one's talent. Have we become that superficial?... I think so. So pleased to see he's doing well. God bless.❤

[@Ramblingpete]

Top man Paul 👍🏿

[@JohnSmith-kg3cq]

What a lovely person.

[@Aleks10Cam]

Thank you for this channel.

[@malcolmdale9607]

The robot announcer has no clue how to pronounce foreign names like Aida and Figaro.

[@davidpaulmichaelde]

Absolutely well done! An excellent biographical documentary of an amazing and talented artist!

[@margaretfoulkes2566]

I chose him as the winner on his first audition as did many other voters

[@melvynparkerson9984]

I think you will find that's why he won !

[@chrisbutcher5179]

Top man 👍🏻

[@gmdhargreaves]

Say what you want about Cowel and BGT but Paul would not be known otherwise ❤❤

[@tozeoliveira1793]

This gentleman did 2 great fantastic things, he never gave up on his dream and told his great story of his life, he gave the actors work to make his story, when they showed his film Once chance on TV I saw it 15 times in a week , because I loved the film.

[@ssmith3513]

HIs voice is so wonderful!

[@MAX-tw3qz]

Perhaps his weakness as a young man gave him his amazingly strong voice.

[@carlsrant8038]

He may not have pavarotti's voice but still it's got a lovely tone to it. Have I got any pavarotti's CDs no have I got Paul Potts CDs yes and still enjoy them. The purists May hate him but I don't care what do they really know. It's good enough for my ear holes

[@mariehaverty8209]

He was born with his own beautiful voice❤

[@melvynparkerson9984]

What a rubbish post , I have never read of any purists hating him

[@alasdairmacmillan5359]

Bravo!

[@jeandodd873]

Well done paul

[@gnomely1]

Whoever wrote this ought to find something else to do that doesn't involve writing. The narrator would also do well to find out how to pronounce many of the words before actually reading aloud. The track he sang didn't become "iconic". Look the word up in a dictionary.

[@MikeHarrison3266]

I have broken both collar bones and I used to sing a bit, in a band but now I am 65 so I guess I missed my chance. Oh well, That's life.

[@mahnoorrokhri6153]

I love Paul

[@wecandothiswarriors]

THE wife giving him the side eye!! Who was in control here?

[@daiberry-cp8ee]

he lives in a designer house that is worth a fortune , he deserves everything that he has

[@michaelreece2966]

The voice over is not only being delivered with lightening dread, but some of the worst word salad is some of the worst I’ve ever encountered.

[@PhilipHema-td5vd]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@lillianflorence6056]

I liked him ❤❤

[@junepowell3580]

Surely if you haven a positive comment it is kinder and more humane to say nothing

[@Ramblingpete]

None of my bullies have come forward but I’m only a taxi driver shame we are so shallow but I live with it

[@andyh6066]

How to mispronounce every opera title

[@leoaron4455]

It shows that from a piece of Coal a Diamond can evolve ….

[@Mike-01234]

Wasn't he accused of not being an amateur when he went on BGT. I did like the movie they made about his life I remember in the movie he went to a school where Pavarotti didn't think much of him. People said Opera in general where snooty people didn't like anyone performing it except in an Opera setting funny after Paul Pavarotti and others started to perform in non-classical music settings or Operas.

[@GH-oi2jf]

The accusation was unfounded. He did have some training, but had never been paid to sing. He was an amateur. Nobody can sing opera without some training. For that matter, most of the singers on the program had training of some dort.

[@marycarver1542]

So what has happened to him since ! I thought the above was supposed to let us know !

[@ianberry2257]

Well a lot from being a shelf stacker at our local Tesco

[@juneseghni]

he's popular in Asia. Google 'paul potts immortal songs' and you'll see him on Korean tv

[@johnojvind7641]

@@juneseghni It´s because in Korean folkmusic singers use the wobbly vibrato as Paul do, se the Korean listener is used with it.

[@jorgechavesfilho]

20:45 Paul Potts and the wonderful Amira Willighagen.

[@barnbersonol]

What "REALLY"? Is there another version?

[@richardhinchliffe1678]

I see him often walking down mumbles

[@lizmacrae4970]

Get a robot that can pronounce English…..please

[@richardhinchliffe1678]

I see him often walking down mumbles in swansea

[@judithshalders6560]

AI narrator annoying

[@gardengeek3041]

Great performer, but this story is a jumble.

[@GoogleUser-qz5zv]

Abominable AI pronunciations of operas and characters in operas!!! That aside, I enjoyed the video. I guess stepping all over the pronunciations made me laugh, so there’s that.

[@ghorpestad]

So…. WHAT HAPPEN ???

[@thefuzz1172]

Click bait again

[@anitakoch]

What happened to his wife?

[@tonysuley4306]

Thank god he had his teeth done

[@barbararussell9757]

Wait, this video did not make sense about pre-teeth fix and post-teeth fix. Did anyone else notice this? I couldn't figure out when he got his teeth fixed.

[@brianpaige4884]

So he was actually semi professional before he went on BGT.... says it all with Cowell......

[@user-pr5ys5cd5d]

No

[@Annie-iq3hd]

Not very informative.

[@Ramblingpete]

Who can afford children people normally just get on with it they know the government will look after you nice one

[@kobusvanstaden3747]

An inspirational story but I personally never enjoyed his voice. Purely personally preference

[@mariehaverty8209]

This is ok he dosnt need you to, but thank you. 💁

[@Max_sprit]

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