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potts at the 2013 toronto international film festival 2007 -- present kingswood , south gloucestershire , england syco germany -lrb- 2010 -- present -rrb- , columbia -lrb- 2007 -- 2010 -rrb- sony vocals paul potts solo_singer 13 october 1970 classical , pop opera one chance 04 -lrb- 9766394672 -rrb- . jpg paul potts
 paul robert potts tenor musician
paul potts

paul robert potts -lrb- born 13 october 1970 -rrb- is a british singer .
in 2007 , he won the first series of itv 's `` britain 's got talent '' with his performance of `` nessun dorma '' , an aria from puccini 's opera `` turandot '' .
as a singer of operatic pop music , potts recorded the album `` one chance '' , which topped sales charts in nine countries .
prior to winning `` britain 's got talent '' , potts was a manager at the carphone warehouse .
he had served as bristol city councilor from 1996 until 2003 , and also had performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003 .
