Some of the highlights of this season’s America’s Got Talent have been several talented magicians, including David and Leeman, Mike Super, Smoothini, and Mat Franco. In this week’s semi-finalist show of the NBC series, the Rhode Island native Mat Franco did a pretty amazing trick with Mel B‘s cell phone.
In the performance, Franco makes the cell phone disappear and reappear in an impossibly unusual place. Franco’s way of proving that it was the same cell phone was pretty cool too. Check it out.
If you are an inquiring person who does not want to be left with the amazement of magic, Reddit has a discussion speculating about how Franco may have done the trick. In addition to Franco, several other artists had a good week too, including dance duo Blue Journey.
September 4, 2014 Update: The following night after Franco’s cell phone trick, both he and Blue Journey advanced to the next round, putting them among the top twelve acts.
September 17, 2014 Update: After advancing past the last two remaining magic acts in the competition, Mat Franco went to the finals and won America’s Got Talent for the season.
Who is your favorite artist on “America’s Got Talent”? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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He was a great musician, but I still was rooting for Sons of Serendip. They had true talent as musicians and the judges recognized that. I hope they go far, and that they get together a CD. I will certainly buy one!
I agree that Sons of Serendip were great too, and I do expect we’ll be hearing more from them. Thanks for the comment!