Operatic singer Neal E. Boyd erupted onto the U.S. national scene as winner of the 2008 season of the reality television contest AMERICA’S GOT TALENT. Inspired to sing when his brother brought home a Three Tenors CD for a school project, Boyd won several vocal competitions, which led to a solo debut at Carnegie Hall and studies at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Prior to his television appearance, however, Boyd was an insurance salesman in small-town Missouri. His huge, warm vocal sound and unusually passionate interpretations of both classical and popular songs soon earned him the one million dollar prize, a recording contract, and even praise from his idol, legendary tenor Placido Domingo.