At the time of his victory on Britain's Got Talent, he had been working in The Carphone Warehouse, but following his win he has been signed by the show's judge Simon Cowell to record an album.
Potts has previously worked in unpaid opera productions from 1999 to 2003, however, illness in 2003 brought an end to his amateur opera career
On June 9,2007, Potts' audition of Simon Cowell's new search-for-a-star show Britain's Got Talent was televised on ITV in UK. The actual audition was held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on March 17, 2007. Paul sang a condensed version of Giacomo Puccini's "Nessun dorma", which impressed the judges and received a standing ovation from the audience of 2,000 people. Potts' rendition of this has currently been viewed on video upload site YouTube tens of millions of times and exists among Youtube's all-time most viewed videos.
In the semi-final on June 14, 2007, Potts performed main verses of "Con te partirò" with praise from the audience and judges. He progressed to the final after receiving the highest public vote in that show. He performed a full-length "Nessun dorma" for his final on June 17, 2007 as well as an encore after he won the competition. Potts defeated 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, winning the chance to perform at Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen.
In the United States, he was profiled on a National Public Radio programme called "Day to Day" on Friday June 15, 2007. NPR is a non-commercial network that reaches several million people every day in the U.S. On Monday, June 18, 2007, a commercial US Television network, NBC, highlighted Potts's victory on its broadcast network's NBC Nightly News and on its Cable news outlet MSNBC. Then on Thursday, June 21, 2007 he appeared live on NBC's programme Today.
On July 8, 2007, Potts performed at a Katherine Jenkins' concert at Margam Park, "Katherine In The Park". Jenkins extended an invitation for him to sing his rendition of "Nessun Dorma" at the concert.
Passione, his second album, was released in 2009. Potts spent nearly a year recording Passione in Prague and Stockholm.
Un Giorno Per Moi
Paul Potts Lyrics
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La libertà di amarci qui senza limiti
E fiorirá il sogno a noi negato
Si svelerá l'amor celato oramai
Un giorno sai per vivere
La vita che ci sfugge qui
Un giorno sai per vivere
La vita che ci sfugge qui
L'amore in noi supererá
Gli ostacoli e le maree delle avversità
E ci sará anche per noi nel mondo
Un tempo in cui l'amore vincerá
Un tempo in cui l'amore vincerá
The lyrics of Un Giorno Per Me by Paul Potts suggest a time in the future where lovers are free to love without any limitations. The song talks about how their dream, which was once inhibited, will come alive and reveal hidden love. It talks about a day when they will live life to the fullest and how love will triumph over obstacles and adversities. The singer reassures his lover that there’s a time coming, where they will live their dreams and love will be the ultimate winner.
Line by Line Meaning
Un giorno sai per noi verrá
One day you know will come for us
La libertà di amarci qui senza limiti
The freedom to love each other here without limits
E fiorirá il sogno a noi negato
And the dream denied to us will bloom
Si svelerá l'amor celato oramai
The hidden love will now be revealed
L'amore in noi supererá
Love in us will overcome
Gli ostacoli e le maree delle avversità
Obstacles and adversity's tides
E ci sará anche per noi nel mondo
And there will also be for us in the world
Un tempo in cui l'amore vincerá
A time in which love will win
Un giorno sai per vivere
One day you know to live
La vita che ci sfugge qui
Life that escapes us here
Un giorno sai per vivere
One day you know to live
La vita che ci sfugge qui
Life that escapes us here
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