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Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paul Potts Music )〕 is a British singer, specifically a tenor. 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 a Bristol city councillor from 1996 until 2003, and also had performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003. ==Early life== Potts was born in Kingswood and raised in nearby Fishponds by his father Roland, a bus driver, and mother, Yvonne (''née'' Higgins), a supermarket cashier. He has two brothers and one sister. Potts attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, where he developed his love of singing. He also sang with the choir at Chester Park Junior School and with the choirs at several Bristol churches, including Christ Church. Potts said in interviews that he had been bullied in school, and that experience may have made him lack self-confidence. He has also said that his voice had always been a source of solace in the past when he was bullied.〔 After he left school in 1987 Potts had various jobs including working at Waitrose and Tesco; he also may have worked part-time at Debenhams. In 1993 Potts earned a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) Honours degree in Humanities from University College Plymouth St Mark & St John. In 1996, Potts was elected the youngest member of Bristol City Council; a Liberal Democrat, he served until 2003.〔 Potts was a manager at mobile phone store Carphone Warehouse in Bridgend, Wales, and lived in Port Talbot. After winning ''Britain's Got Talent'', Potts took a six-month sabbatical from his job and resigned on 5 March 2008.〔Live in concert at Foxwoods Hotel and Casino in Ledyard, CT, 5 March 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Potts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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