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Jamie Raven talks BGT mishaps and real magic..

Jamie Raven talks BGT mishaps and real magic..

Who’s Jamie Raven, anyway?

He’s the charmer who made Simon Cowell believe in magic, for a start.

“Somebody once said to me, who I really respect, that there are a lot of people who do tricks and there are a few people who actually can do magic, and I think we just saw that,” were Cowell’s exact words, leaving Raven close to tears.

This was at his Britain’s Got Talent audition last year, which got him a unanimous ‘yes’ from the judges, 20 million views on YouTube and a spot in Cowell’s good graces.

Alas, the Hammersmith lad didn’t go home with gold, but he came in second only to a dancing dog act. Let’s face it — canines boogying? Nobody stood a chance.  Read more…

http://gulfnews.com/leisure/events/jamie-raven-talks-bgt-mishaps-and-real-magic-1.1858700

Britain’s Got Talent 2015: Jamie Raven divides Twitter as fans expose mind-boggling magic trick..

Britain’s Got Talent 2015: Jamie Raven divides Twitter as fans expose mind-boggling magic trick..

Jamie Raven magicked himself into the final of Britain’s Got Talent after winning the public vote in Wednesday night’s semi, but not everyone has been left impressed with his wizardry.

The magician asked 52 members of the live audience to think of an object and write the word down on a piece of paper. He then asked Alesha Dixon to shout ‘stop’ as he shuffled the pack of answers, before giving each judge a word.

Jamie proceeded to conjure up the objects from nothing – a goldfish for David Walliams, an ice cube for Alesha, a shoe for Simon Cowell and a helicopter for Amanda Holden (yes, really).

However, some viewers began pointing out flaws in Jamie’s trick, noting that he had taken off his shoe before Simon had said the word so must have known what it was beforehand.

The most beady-eyed Twitter users took screenshots of Jamie slipping off his shoe while working on Alesha’s ice. The cameraman and your TV’s rewind button have a lot to answer for. So does the person in the audience who wrote ‘helicopter’ but failed to make themselves known when asked by Simon.

“How do you think Jamie Raven conjured up a goldfish and a helicopter? Answer – He knew what was coming. Not magic, pure bluster #BGT”

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/britains-got-talent-2015-jamie-raven-divides-twitter-as-fans-expose-mind-boggling-magic-trick/ar-BBkkh86?ocid=mailsignoutmd#image=1

‘I now actually believe in magic’: Simon Cowell left astounded

‘I now actually believe in magic’: Simon Cowell left astounded

Expressions can be priceless. Simon’s is just that. Watch as Jamie Raven performs Dan Harlan’s Card Toon trick with the Card Toon Deck. 

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After a host of bad, sad and tragic magical acts Jamie Raven came onto the Britain’s Got Talent stage to try to change Simon Cowell’s attitude towards the genre.

He first managed to actually impress the judges with an incredible note changing trick – switching a £50 note into a special BGT one.

Following that, his next trick left Simon so astounded that he declared, ‘I now actually believe in magic.’ Watch the video at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3045122/I-actually-believe-magic-Simon-Cowell-left-astounded-magician-Jamie-Raven-leaves-Britain-s-Got-Talent-room-speechless-incredible-trick.html