Saumil’s Babble Belt

What you are about to experience is an amazing amalgamation of - hope, hard work, preparation, and opportunity - I am sure if you read this post (and that of Mark Hendrick’s -Thanks for sharing this Mark!) and watch the videos mentioned, you’ll be left inspired.

To start with … A confession.

I never thought I could ever listen to Opera. In fact, I used be one of those guys who would think why are the thousand odd people wasting their time trying to watch a few souls screaming their hearts out!

Not any more though!

While checking my mails today, I came across an email from Mark Hendricks, where he mentioned a guy named Paul Potts, who became the winner of the first series of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, singing operatic arias and impressing the judges in all of his performances.

What is more amazing is the fact that Paul, is as average a guy as they can come, and used to be a mobile salesman at The Carphone Warehouse, when he won the contest. As you would see in the videos, Paul was never confident about himself from the very start. In fact, he had previously worked in unpaid opera productions from 1999 to 2003, however, a series of illnesses combined with a bicycle accident in 2003 brought an end to his amateur opera career, only leaving him more concious.

What I liked most about this guy was his humble demeanour, and his expressions when he sings are priceless!

Here are the videos, there are lot of them on YouTube if you search. But these links are what Mark had pulled out. Make sure you watch all three to watch the amazing journey of this “rags to riches” guy.

His first appearance: (This is surely the best - this started it all!)

Click here to watch Video 1 in a separate window

They bring him back:

Click here to watch Video 2 in a separate window

The show finale:

Click here to watch Video 3 in a separate window

You can read more about him at;

1. News story on the TODAY show in America

2. His wikipedia page - Paul Potts

3. The English translation of the lyrics, but you don’t need to read the words to understand the emotion of the singer

I hope you continue to share this!

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