Thanks to a friend for passing along this item, which is old news in Great Britain but may be new news here. It’s about a sleeper who pulls out a victory on a British variation of “American Idol.”
One of the things that makes “Idol” good TV is that it’s a pretty decent meritocracy. Amid all the human train wrecks and freak shows with delusions of grandeur are some genuinely sweet, humble people who have something to be very not humble about. And they usually do pretty well in the competition.
Paul Potts is, or at least was, an unassuming cell-phone salesman who walked onto the stage and said he wanted to sing some opera. The judges were, to put it mildly, surprised by what came out of his mouth.
You can watch a subsequent video here.
P.S. — Potts won.
P.P.S. — To be rigorously objective about it, Potts isn’t exactly Pavarotti. Then again, saying that is like watching someone walk in off the street and go a few rounds against Joe Frazier, and then criticizing him because he isn’t Muhammad Ali.
Reader Comments:
I find Potts’ voice to have more warmth than the well-practiced voice of Pavarotti. His first album, “One Chance” has been a #1 bestseller in, I believe, 13 or 14 countries. And it’s just a heart-warming story, a guy deeply in debt and down on his luck makes a try and ends up a winner, realizing a lifelong dream. What’s not to love? And seeing the snarky expressions on the faces of the 3 judges change to awe is priceless. Not every day Simon Cowell is at a loss for words.
Aw, c’mon, Larry - it wasn’t branded as nooz. Bart was right up front about it - the entry is clearly titled “Feel-Good-Item of the Day.” And it is.
This isn’t news. What is news is that Britney Hilton drank some champagne on New Years Eve (of all days), after graduating from a treatment center. The nation has been outraged and rightly so.
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