May 20, 2009
Paul Potts Not Opposed to Susan Duet
A previous winner of Britain’s Got Talent, Paul Potts of the show’s 2007 season, hopes that he will have every opportunity to perform alongside Susan Boyle, whose audition performance on the same show won many hearts, including his.
The opera singer told the Sun that he believes Susan is on the road to success, (more) worldwide renown, and fortune. Potts, who gained his own level of fame after his audition for the television talent extravaganza, called Susan’s performance “incredible,” and said that like himself, the she “may well find herself going to places she’s never been.”
Like many others, Potts is also a fan of how well Susan has taken to the immense amount of fame she has been subjected to, literally overnight. The opera singer told the paper, “I would like to say how well I think Susan is managing the changes that have happened. I really do wish her well. She stands a great chance of winning.”
Potts went through a similar situation himself when his audition tape hit YouTube, though perhaps not quite on the same scale of popularity as experienced by Susan’s video. The opera singer will be returning to the show to perform during the semi-finals, and he said of the task: “I will be so nervous going back and performing in front of the judges. Performing in front of Simon Cowell will be scary.”
Paul Potts believes that Susan stands a great chance of taking home the show’s prize, and he said that he certainly wouldn’t mind performing a duet or two: “I’d be looking at a duet in the future. But it’s early days yet. I wouldn’t want to add any more pressure than she has already.”
