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Britain’s Got Talent winner Paul Potts<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old tenor – who won the first series of the ITV show in 2007 – said the move will give more homegrown wannabes a chance to showcase their work.<\/p>\n
Paul told Sky Vegas: “One thing I do think the show needs to look at, though, is contestants who\u2019ve already made finals on other Got Talent franchises. <\/p>\n
“Last week, there were acts who\u2019ve done multiple Got Talent shows around the world. Personally, I think if you\u2019ve already made the final of another Got Talent series, you probably shouldn\u2019t be eligible to compete again on another standard series. <\/p>\n
“All-Star editions are different, but the regular versions should give new people a chance.”<\/p>\n
\nPaul would scrap the Golden Buzzer, which allows the judges to send a performer straight through to the semi-final.<\/p>\n
\nHe explained: “I wouldn\u2019t call it rigged, but I don\u2019t really see the purpose of the Live Golden Buzzer unless it\u2019s for something truly exceptional. <\/p>\n
\n“Before, you had the judges\u2019 vote and the public vote, but a lot of the time, it ended up going to a deadlock anyway, so the judges weren\u2019t really making the decision. <\/p>\n
\n“The problem now is that the Golden Buzzer can play into one judge\u2019s personal bias or preference. Once that Golden Buzzer has gone, everyone else is suddenly under more pressure because they can only get through by winning the public vote. <\/p>\n
\n“It makes things harder for the other acts, and I\u2019m not convinced it\u2019s an improvement. <\/p>\n
\n“I think the old system worked reasonably well, although maybe they needed an odd number of judges instead of four so it couldn\u2019t keep ending in a deadlock. <\/p>\n
\n“If there were five judges, someone would always have to decide instead of constantly pushing it back onto the public.”<\/p>\n
\nPaul has released six studio albums and performed in 45 countries since winning Britain’s Got Talent with his performance of Nessun dorma.<\/p>\n
\nAnd representing the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest may be next for the star.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: “I would consider representing the UK on Eurovision, but it would need to be a song that would authentically fit with me. <\/p>\n
\n“Eurovision is a spectacle and one that can assist in singers\u2019 careers, but I don\u2019t think it is treated as seriously here in the UK as in Europe, where there are mass viewings for the earlier rounds that the UK doesn\u2019t participate in. <\/p>\n
\n“While we get a bye to the final, it does mean that we are more disconnected from the other countries.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13 May 2026 Paul Potts thinks Britain’s Got Talent should ban performers who have previously reached the final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,14566],"class_list":["post-35245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-paul-potts"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116566512267903981","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}