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Originally posted by Bill in Dayton:
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"... there was some controversy[14]as to the "undiscovered" nature of Potts' talent. He was portrayed on the show as simply a mobile-phone salesman, whereas he had in fact appeared in six amateur opera productions and in a concert for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra[8] and had plans for a summer tour with that orchestra.[8] Potts responded to his critics saying that he had not claimed to be completely untutored, that he had never performed any concert for pay and was therefore amateur and that the lessons he had received in Italy had been paid for from his own savings.[15]"

A big part of his charm was his being a cell phone salesman, coming out of nowhere...Well, it really wasn't as it was portrayed, was it?



yes I understand that, but it isn't like he was already a "professional" artist or anything. If any of us here in SZ sings that good, and gets "discovered" by a show like that, the fact that we have played in front of audiences, does not - in my book- show that we don't have talent or we shouldn't be included. It only shows that we couldn't make that talent known to the world (and to our pockets as well).