According to Celebrity Net Worth, he has an estimated net worth of £8.2 million but life wasn’t always like that for Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts. The 51-year-old tenor is known for being the first ever winner of the hit ITV show, performing a beautiful rendition of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma for judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden in 2007. But where did this journey all begin?
Meet Paul Potts, the son of bus driver Roland and supermarket cashier Yvonne from Kingswood in Bristol. Ever since Paul was a boy, he loved to sing and has claimed that it was a solace for him when he was bullied at school for the way he looked. Paul had been involved in a bike crash that had left him with a broken front tooth and as his family were poor, he was unable to sort it. In 2004, Paul moved to Port Talbot and took a job as a Carphone Warehouse salesman in Bridgend.
Prior to appearing on BGT, Paul had the chance to sing in Italy and also took music classes there. He even got the chance to sing with his hero, Luciano Pavarotti. Notably clumsy, the now world-famous singer has revealed that he performed Verdi’s Aida against doctor’s wishes to remove an adrenal tumour they’d discovered from a burst appendix. The scene is emotionally documented in the film One Chance where departing Late Late show host James Corden played Potts.
