Little Connie proudly showing her smile.
Posted on 06/19/2007 2:05:17 AM PDT by beaversmom
Watch the link further down and tell me what you think.
He said on a morning show that it is a chipped crown and he has sung with it in place. So, it will not affect his voice.
Little Connie proudly showing her smile.
LOL! She’s so sweet.
I SANG TO BEAT CRUEL BULLIES SAYS BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT’S PAVAPOTTY
WHEN childhood bullies made his life a nightmare, Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts turned to opera for comfort.
As a lonely schoolboy Paul had to endure the taunts of thugs who called him cruel names and made him feel embarrassed about coming from a poor family.
Now the man dubbed Pavapotty by the nation who took him to their hearts has had the last laugh thanks to his TV triumph.
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But Paul, 36, recalls sadly: “I was bullied and music was my way around it. I’d wear uniform even when it wasn’t compulsory. It made me different. I felt isolated.
“The truth was Mum and Dad couldn’t afford lots of clothes. Kids can be cruel and if you wore casual to school and wore them outside as well, they would take the mickey. That’s why I had the uniform.
“Music was my way out of it, my way of escaping the bullies. It was a bit like my private world.”
Sister Jane Webb believes his ordeal spurred him on to stardom. Jane, 34, said: “Kids would call him names like ‘Smelly’, ‘Potty’ and ‘Wee-Wee’.
“It knocked his confidence. He felt he’d never achieve anything and all he did was useless.
“Singing was his way out. It meant he could escape the taunts. I think it made him more determined to succeed.”
He is now tipped to make millions and last night was in talks with Simon Cowell.
The struggling mobile phone salesman, who racked up £30,000 debts as he pursued hopes of stardom, knows his triumph has transformed his life for ever.
But he hopes the win, and his £100,000 prize, will now let him fulfil an even greater dream - starting a family with beloved wife Julie-Ann. Fighting back tears, he said: “Without the show we would not be able to afford children. We discussed it and we can barely pay what we have to pay. We’ve no money in the middle of the month, let alone at the end. I’m £15 overdrawn now and don’t have an overdraft. I have direct debits that are going to bounce. Now I’ve won, we can start thinking about starting a family.
Julie-Ann added: “Everybody wants to start a family at some point and it’s obviously something we have discussed previously. This will definitely make it easier.” Devoted Paul, of Port Talbot, South Wales, now plans to pamper Julie-Ann, 27, as a reward for sticking with him through the tough times. He said: “Julie-Ann deserves a nice reward for putting up with me because I’m a pain in the neck.
“She’s been my rock. We have not been able to afford to go away for a long time. I went to Kenya with Carphone Warehouse and she was jealous, so hopefully we’ll go on safari.”
Insurance worker Julie-Ann, meanwhile, whom he married four years ago after meeting her in an online chatroom, is still glowing with pride at his overdue success.
She beamed: “Never in my wildest dreams did I think he would win. It’s fantastic. I’m going to stand by him now all the way. I know I’m not going to see much of him for the next few weeks but it’s worth it.
“He’s following something he’s wanted all his life. I’m so pleased for him. He deserves it.” The Nessun Dorma singer is also thinking of treating himself to one minor luxury and put his newly-acquired money where his mouth is - by getting his teeth fixed.
He explained: “I want to smile naturally without feeling self-conscious. When I was 14 I ran into scaffolding and one of my teeth went up behind my nose and got damaged.
“I had a crown put in but it got damaged and the bridge came out. I haven’t had the money to deal with it.”
No one would begrudge his rise to fame given the problems he has overcome.
Doctors treating him for appendicitis four years ago found he had a tumour.
He said: “I was in a high-dependency ward while they removed it. They were giving me morphine because the pain was incredible.
“I found out the tumour was so rare it was sent around Europe for doctors to look at.”
BUT just four days after returning to work after a lengthy lay-off, he was mown down by a car while riding his pushbike.
He said: “I shattered my collarbone and was off work again. So it was two years off sick. Singing was the last thing on my mind and we were running out of money.”
Now it is money worries that will be the furthest thing from his mind. As well as his prize money, he is really on the brink of the big-time.
TV mogul Simon said: “I’ve got to give him a contract after his performance. He’s going to do what he has always wanted to make an album.
“He’ll work with the best. If things go well, he could sell a million.” Modest Paul only wants to inspire others.
He said: “I hope people who see me and have been bullied will go for it and try to showcase themselves. Everyone has a talent - they just have to use it.”
well, I’m 51 and own things,some great and I too never had,have or used a credit card
But that little 6 year old was something else. She
sounded like a 24 year old--incredible.
I wish the American Idol would use that British Talent
format. AI is mostly singers who can scream but can't
sing. I just love that varied talent but I would sure
hate to have to judge that unless I could have more than
one winner.
My feeling with children is that we look more at their age then their talent. I think Connie is fabulously talented and will only get better with time. But we preface her with, "wow, for six, she's amazing." We are not saying about Paul Potts, "wow, for (put age here) he's a great opera singer.
A child should only win when the reaction is to the talent and not the age.
Can it happen? Absolutely. It did in America's Got Talent just last year.
I love Puccinis “Tosca”
There are scenes from that Opera That are musically so ahead of its time. The recording with Samual Ramey has moments that remind me of pink floyd L0L
Agreed, believe it or not. I saw the clip on the news last night and I couldn't believe it. Simon Cowell actually looked impressed and had nothing negative to say about his performance.
ROFL the ha-ha guy gets me every time
Did you see the clip of his very first performance?
Yes, very well stated and I'll certainly agree to that.
I wasn't aware there was such a show. But, I wonder,
would Paul Potts have won against Bianca. I hope so.
We Americans have a different appreciation of music.
Yes. I admit I've never watched the U.S. show and only know of Cowell by the reputation he's built up as a result but it was evident that the entire panel was absolutely floored by the performance. They started out with those little glaces at each other - "Yeah, right. Opera" - and the changes on their faces was absolutely priceless. They get Paul Potts, we get Sanjayah or whatever his name was. There is something basically wrong in that.
Watch this and see what you think.
The trouble with music is it is so diverse. Opera versus Broadway. For me, I will take Broadway. What someone else takes is up to them.
I can't wait to hear your reaction to Bianca.
I saw one of his interviews (on a “talk show” in Britain) the morning after he won. Interestingly enough, he had sent an “audition” tape to the program and asked if they would have him on as a guest a few months before the BGT competition. The station had turned him down. They (the show’s hosts) had a good laugh over it, but it shows the hurdles the guy faced in trying to get his talent recognized.
But don't compare American Idol with Britain's Got Talent. It's not the same show.
Last summer America's Got Talent aired and our winner certainly could compete (and dare I say win) against Paul Potts.
Hope you're enjoying your Wheaties this morning. Of course it's made of wheat picked by illegal aliens.
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Sorry, couldn't resist
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