Britain love OPERA

Last night was the Grand Finale of Britain’s Got Talent. My favourite contestant, Paul Potts, sang Nessun Dorma again and he was absolutely incredible. Seeing him sing and listening to his wonderful voice gave me the goose bumps again.
I think he won fair and square and he deserves it.

Watch this video of the performance that got him almost $200.000 and the chance to sing for her Majesty, the Queen of England :

It was as if the tension would never end – but finally, eventually, painfully… Dec announced Paul Potts as the Britain’s Got Talent winner.

It was a moment where futures were made and dreams were dashed. But even though every one of the performers here has an outstanding talent, only one could scoop the big prize tonight.

Two million votes were cast by the British public. For the big winner, welshman Paul Potts, tonight starts a week of newspaper interviews, magazine features and TV appearances. Life won’t be quite the same ever again.

As Ant and Dec congratulated the singer – or was that held him up – he told them – “I can’t believe I’ve won it – I’m like jelly. Performing for the Quen means absolutely everything. Thank you for believing in me”.

The man Simon Cowell described as “a shy and humble guy with a great talent” will now “be in the recording studio next week making his first album”.

As well as the £100,000 prize cheque, the Britain’s Got Talent winner recieves an invitation to perform at the Royal Variety Performance, by invitation of her Majesty the Queen.

The Royal Variety Perfromance will be shown on ITV1 on December 3rd 2007. We’ll see Paul, our very deserving winner, taking their much deserved place in the spotlight then.

For the opera singer – indeed, for all of the finalists on stage tonight – have proved it – Britain’s Got Talent. It’s may be kept hidden, it might be a secret. But it’s out there. Paul can sing. What can you do?

Here’s the proof that dreams do come true, even if you’re an average guy without a talent. If you work hard, it will eventually pay off.

CELEBSONFIRE

celebs and pets!!!

Jake Gyllenhaal and his German Shepherd play in a Hollywood dog park.

Jenna Fischer poses with her pooch at a pet fashion show and charity auction.

Sara Paxton’s doggy dons a white sweater.

During a Malibu photo shoot, Pamela Anderson takes a break and walks along the beach with her Golden Retriever.

Britney Spears with her dog.

Betty White poses with Kristen Chenoweth and her dog Maddie.

Mischa Barton with her dog.

Halle Berry has not one, but two fluffy white pooches.

It’s puppy love for Paris.

Gavin Rossdale plays with his dog.

Jessica Biel and her dog Tina.

Sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff with some furry friends.

Geri Halliwell and her dog Daddy

Katherine Heigl with dog Maggie.

Paris Hilton released from L.A. jail

LYNWOOD, Calif. -

A smiling Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles County jail early Tuesday, officially ending a bizarre, three-week stay that ignited furious debate over celebrity treatment in the jail system.

The 26-year-old celebutante was greeted by an enormous gathering of cameras and reporters upon leaving the all-women’s facility in Lynwood about 15 minutes past midnight. She had checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility late June 3, largely avoiding the spotlight, after a surprise appearance at the MTV Movie Awards.

Hilton smiled and waved as she filed past deputies and the media, her blond hair pulled back in a braided ponytail. Her parents, Kathy and Rick, waited in a black SUV. Hilton hurried to the vehicle, where she hugged her mom through the window.

Hilton, who was wearing a sage jacket with white trim over a white shirt and skinny jeans, did not respond to reporters’ questions.

“She fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left,” said sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Photographers sprinted after Hilton’s vehicle as she left. When the SUV hit a red light during the ride, photographers jumped out of their cars and swarmed it.

Hilton appeared to have gone to a family home in a ritzy Los Angeles canyon north of Sunset Blvd.

The hotel heiress will complete her probation in March 2009 as long as she keeps her driver’s license current and doesn’t break any laws. She can reduce that time by 12 months if she does community service that could include a public-service announcement, the city attorney’s office has said.

During her stay at the Lynwood facility, Hilton was mostly confined to a solitary cell in the special needs unit away from the other 2,200 inmates.

After spending only three days there, she was released to home confinement by Sheriff Lee Baca for an unspecified medical condition that he later said was psychological.

The following day, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, who sentenced the hotel heiress, called her back into court and ordered her returned to jail, saying he had not condoned her release.

Hilton left the courtroom in tears calling for her mother and shouting, “It’s not right!”

She was then taken to the downtown Twin Towers jail, which houses men and the county jail’s medical treatment center, where she underwent medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be confined.

Hilton’s stay there cost taxpayers $1,109.78 a day, more than 10 times the cost of housing inmates in the general population.

The move by Baca caused a firestorm of criticism over whether the celebrity was getting special treatment. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has launched an investigation into whether the multimillionaire received special treatment because of her wealth and fame.

At least one person has filed a claim against the county alleging she “had serious medical issues” but was not treated as well as Hilton.

A few days into her stint at the Twin Towers medical ward, the heiress said in a phone call to Barbara Walters that she had a new outlook.

“I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute,” Hilton said during the call, according to an account posted June 11 by Walters on ABC’s Web site.

“It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me,” Hilton was quoted as saying.

Hilton’s path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her car on what she said was a late-night run to a hamburger stand.

She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.

In the months that followed, she was stopped twice by officers who discovered her driving with a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer’s courtroom, where he sentenced her to 45-days in jail. She was released after three weeks for reasons including good behavior.

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