Paul Potts - the star of Britain’s Got Talent - continues his journey from mobile phone sales person to singing superstar. He just got back from the USA where he recorded his new album, and today he appeared on GMTV. Check out the video below for another fantastic performance of Nessum Dorma (try and ignore the first few minutes of inane questioning from the presenter, who patronisingly asked him to explain how her phone works).
The variety extravaganza that’s got the country talking reached its ninth and final night tonight, with the top six acts of the competition performing again to win the coveted top spot.
The honest truth is, most of the acts for me didn’t live up to their previous performances. Damon Scott’s monkey routine was entertaining but somehow lacked the spark of the first time I saw it and had some damb squib ending. Barwizards were good, but I still maintain I’ve seen dancing cocktail barmen too many times to think its as original as the judges seem to think. Kombat Breakers were entertaining but it’s always going to be hard for a dance group to engage with the viewer in the way that an individual can so I thought it was odd that Amanda “I completely agree” Holden suggested that could be heading for a win. Even the sensational Paul Potts wasn’t quite as moving for me as when he appeared on that humble theatre stage in the earlier auditions when his talent was so unexpected.
Probably the only act that stil had the wow factor for me was Connie Talbot, so my money was on her to win. In the end, it wasn’t to be and the winner was Paul Potts, who to be fair has shown himself to be an amazing talent. It was no suprise to hear Simon Cowell announce at the end that Paul would soon be in the recording studio recording his first album. Simon must be delighted because with this kind of act, you don’t need to find new material, you can unashamedly re-record the popular operatic classics.
This was a competition to find an act that could appear at the Royal Variety Performance. Truth be told though, the Royal Variety is usually a mixed bag and actually all six of these acts could be on the bill and it would be a better show for it. In the run up to the result, all six contestants explained why it would mean so much to them to perform for the Queen. As fond as I am of the Queen, I don’t quite get the hunger to perform for one particularly wealthy octigenarian. It seems Britain’s got talent, but none of them are Republicans.
Well done to Paul Potts - Britain’s Got Talent has been fantastic entertainment and I hope it’s back soon!