Connie Talbot (Rock)
Connie Talbot discography
Connie Talbot biography
Biography by Sharon Mawer What is it with Britain and cute kids? The music industry from time to time throws up novelties whether they be singing animals, animated puppets, or cute children, and especially in the days of reality TV talent shows, which are open to all age groups, one can expect to find competition from a very, very young person who just happens to have that ahhh factor, whether or not they can actually sing. And most of the time, it seems cruel if the judges criticize in any way, so they don't. Such was the case with Connie Talbot, a six-year-old who appeared on, was the favorite to win, and ultimately finished as runner-up to Paul Potts on the 2007 series of Britain's Got Talent, an all-comers talent show where jugglers competed with dancers and singers, and gory body-part mutilation was also on the bill. She was born in Walsall in the midlands of Britain on November 20, 2000, to Sharon and Gavin Talbot and entered the talent show Britain's Got Talent just for a family day out, but melted the hearts of the judges and the voting public with her pure, sweet renditions of the songs "Over the Rainbow" and "Ben," and despite performances that were not totally flawless, nobody dared say a word against her, and with the cute kid factor on her side, she was installed as one of the favorites to win but eventually ended up as the runner-up to Potts, the opera singer. Signing to Simon Cowell's Sony BMG label, she was dropped before any product could be released, the bosses at the record company disagreeing with Cowell that Talbot was much too young to be embarking on a recording career, and as a record label they did not want to rob the girl of her innocent childhood. Perhaps they also saw that having such a young child on the books is no guarantee to long-term success, and apart from one album that may or may not be profitable, it was not where they saw themselves positioned in the market. A children's division of Rhythm Riders called Rainbow Records was set up specifically for Talbot, who saw no such problems in having such a young child signed to a recording contract, and by November the album Over the Rainbow was ready for release. Hyped to the point where it was considered a possibility for the Christmas number one of 2007, the album disappointingly crashed into the chart at number 35 and was already almost out of the chart before Christmas week, and the single "White Christmas" failed to chart at all.