The fact that there was no acknowledgment of his previous singing with the opera companies, IMO was really deceptive.

Here's this humpty/dumpty looking guy, who's a cell phone salesman, who loves to sing...and whooooaaaaa, wow! Where did that voice come from?

It was packaged to sound like it was some dude in his bedroom, which it clearly wasn't. The people watching that tv show, were duped, IMO...

Paul Potts is the product of clever product positioning and marketing. (I have a degree in marketing, as well as music and this could be a case study for clever marketing...)

That said, he took the ball and ran with it, for which I give him all the credit in the world.


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http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Apr14/0,4670,EUBritainSingingSensation,00.html


Fox news today..........

I don't think so. People WANT her to succeed. People WILL support her. She will earn enough to make a decent lifestyle for herself. She is a world phenomenon. Yeah she will eventually fade from view but not before she earns a little pile of money. People have parlayed a lot less into a lot more.

Yeah her looks HELPED her. Her back story helped her...Looks help GOOD looking people too...Look are important either good or bad.

I would not discount the underdog....ever.

Being signed to a record label does not mean that you will be commercially successful !

Remember these household names

Steve Brookstein (signed by Sony BMG)?
Shayne Ward ( signed by RCA Label Group then signed by guess who ? SONY BMG)

No ???? They were both previous X factor winners (similar to American Idol)

They had practically no commercial success despite winning the competition in their respective years. They could not even achieve "one Hit Wonder" status.....

How about Michelle McManus ? she was a Pop Idol winner . She was accliamed because she weighed about 300lbs but could sing like a bird.....however was a complete flop commercially. The record company couldnt even give her CD's away. Guess who she was signed by .....yep Sony BMG....

I am not trying to rain on Ms Boyles parade. I wish her luck . But her talent is average when looking at singers in this field . What she has is one trick. And it will wear thin very quickly once the hysteria has died away. I am not trying to offend anyone. Just calling it as i see it.




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lets talk about her again in 6 months

In 6 months she will definitly be a very rich woman.

perhaps but not from record sales :-) I like sparring with you DNJ but i will let this one rest

Thursday, 25 September 2008
Paul Potts has forked out a whopping £450,000 on a new five bedroom house.
The property is on a hill in the village of Baglan, south Wales, near his current £110,000 terraced home in Port Talbot.
The Britain's Got Talent winner, 37, will move into the luxury pad with Julie-Ann.
The opera singer scooped £100,000 and signed a £1million record contract when he won the ITV show in June 2007

He must be crying all the way to the bank
Fred Wren

And i wish him and Mrs Boyle well genuinely.