Paul Potts: 'Susan might not win BGT' (VIDEO)

Paul Potts: 'Susan might not win BGT' (VIDEO)
Paul Potts: 'Susan might not win BGT' (VIDEO) (Image credit: DPA/Press Association Images)

Paul Potts doesn't think that Susan Boyle is the only Britain's Got Talent hopeful that could win this year's contest. Opera singer Paul, who won the first series of the ITV1 talent show after impressing viewers with his rendition of Nessum Dorma, has been following the current series - and Susan's meteoric rise to fame - on YouTube. Scottish Susan recently became an unlikely star after she stunned both the show's judges and viewers worldwide with her version of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables. Paul said of Susan: "I think what's happened for her has been great - she's got a great voice. What shows like Britain's Got Talent do is show that you can find the unexpected anywhere." Asked if he thought this series was a one-horse race, Paul replied: "I don't think it's a one-horse race, no. "There are some great contestants this year. You've got Shaheen, Flawless, Hollie - I think this year's going to be quite interesting. It's not over until the last votes come in." CLICK below to watch Paul Potts talking about Susan Boyle

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Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.