{"id":3495,"date":"2007-06-18T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T10:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/and-the-winner-is-2.html"},"modified":"2007-06-18T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T10:28:00","slug":"and-the-winner-is-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2007\/06\/and-the-winner-is-2.html","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is…"},"content":{"rendered":"

To the delight of about half the human race, Paul Potts won that TV competition<\/a> in Britain over the weekend. He now gets to sing for the Queen. Who, undoubtedly, has already watched his original performance again and again on YouTube (if not via The Deacon’s Bench<\/a>.) <\/p>\n

Break out your hankies. You can catch his winning perf right here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To the delight of about half the human race, Paul Potts won that TV competition in Britain over the weekend. He now gets to sing for the Queen. Who, undoubtedly, has already watched his original performance again and again on YouTube (if not via The Deacon’s Bench.) Break out your hankies. 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