Connie Talbot (born 20 November 2000) is an English child singer from Streetly, Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached the final of the television talent show Britain's Got Talent, where she lost to Paul Potts. Although it had originally seemed as though Talbot would sign with Sony BMG, the label pulled out of the deal due to her age.
Shortly afterwards, she signed with Rainbow Recording Company, and began production of her debut album, Over the Rainbow, which was released on 26 November 2007 in the UK, with a rerelease due June 2008. The first single from the album, "Over the Rainbow"/"White Christmas" was tipped as a potential Christmas number one. However, the single was not released, and the number one was claimed by fellow reality star Leon Jackson's single "When You Believe".
Although auditioning for the television reality show Britain's Got Talent was originally a family day out, Talbot's confidence increased when Simon Cowell, whom she is said to have idolised, described her as "pure magic" and said that he would make her earn "£1 million-plus this year". In June 2007 Talbot reached the final stage of the show singing The Wizard of Oz's "Over the Rainbow". Talbot was joint favourite (along with Paul Potts) to emerge as the winner of the first series of Britain's Got Talent. It was Potts who won as the result of a call-in vote on the night of the final.Talbot lives in Streetly, in the West Midlands, and currently attends Blackwood Primary School. She lives with her mother, Sharon, a part time worker for an electrics company, her father Gavin, a self-employed property maintenance engineer, her teenage brother Josh and sister Mollie.