He is clearly the best of the magicians, since he is the only one who had consistently good performances. But I hope Smoothini makes it too, so we can have a 4 magician shootout in the top 12.
mel never said she was not on the trick so i think she had the picture before the show. mat didn't show the picture before he dropped it in water so there's no proof that it's the same picture that was taken. so that's the trick. everything was pre-arranged. i would believe it more had he shown the shot before he dropped it in the glass of water.
lol you can still see the phone at 2:01, I know its all an allusion but the least they could do is get a better camera angle for that shot. Edit: if you look closely at when mel b took the picture and compare it to the picture on the supposedly same phone you can tell she is making a different face and its obviously a different picture and phone...
He took 2 pics. And when he took the first one the camera showed the back of mel b. And if u watch as the pic is being taken. U can c that mel b jaw drops. And her mouth is open in the pic on the phone found in the chair.
pedro luis nick lol you should meet my friend Taylor. She goes to my church and always she has a smile on her face and always positive. She's beautiful and has an amazing heart. Everyone loves her.
mel never said she was not on the trick so i think she had the picture before the show. mat didn't show the picture before he dropped it in water so there's no proof that it's the same picture that was taken. so that's the trick. everything was pre-arranged. i would believe it more had he shown the shot before he dropped it in the glass of water. besides, the camera showed him putting a phone in his pocket.
I think out of all the magic tricks Mat has performed, this one is my favorite. The craziest trick I've ever seen him do. He deserved to win this show.
Ok let me explain the trick: 1) Mat used a deck of cards that had an all 6 section an all 4 section and an all 2 section with only the bottom 2 cards being an ace and a king. Then when he fanned out the cards he hid the ace and king at the bottom so they can't be picked. Look at 0:11 as Howard takes from the first section then at 0:19 when Hyde takes from the middle (he even says to) and at 0:28 as Howy takes from the end section because that's how Mat is holding the cards to him. 2)Before the show Mat prepared by putting an identical iphone in chair 642 because that's the only possible combination. (he can easily research her phone type and ringtone) 3) He takes 2 photos because the first is the actual photo and the second time he just sends it to the phone in the chair (that's why he only shows one photo at the end) 4) Look at: 0:35 how he holds his left arm completely still and 0:54 at the square shape in his sleeve. He has a fake phone in there. 5) At: 1:03 when we don't see him he switches the phones which is easy for a good magician and I can prove this because straight after he rolls up his sleeves and drops the fake phone in the water 6) Mat then makes the phone disappear because the folds the fabric in a special way so that it fits into a sleeve. Pause at: 2:02 and you will see the outline of the phone in the fabric (its in a small pocket and hidden you can also tell by the way he put the phone in at: 1:38 ). The hair dryer blows out the smoke. 7) Hyde calls the phone and Mels phone will not ring because Mat out it on silent while holding it before. And then Mat presses a button and makes the other phone ring and he then cuts open the chair, shows the sent pic and pre-set seat number that matches the cards and voila crown amazed (but not me) Mat has 3 phones in total: the fake sleeve phone that can drop in water, the seat phone and the real Mel's phone!
Mat honestly AMAZED me from the start & I've always looked forward to all of his performances. He is incredibly talent & genius at what he does. His acts are always so original & he really knows how to fool everyone & pull off a superb show!
Stupid people in comments: FAAAKE Smart people in comments: ITS AN ILLUSION DIPSHITS OF COURSE ITS FAKE Smartest people in comments: lol he said it got wet
+napernick Let me tell you what over priced really is. It's sticking a free software on a phone with hardware gimmicks which lower-end manufacturers are capable of making with way lower price and install it with tons of bloatware. iOS is not free and being proprietary isn't either. Android is free and being open source is basically free either. You know what that means? You're a fagdroid and you know nothing about common sense.
Though this trick was pretty over the top, it was still pretty cool. At 0:55 he reaches his arm down, probably to retrieve a fake phone in his sleeve, and switches with the real one when he asked for a second photo (which he didn't show at the end) and the camera changes. There was probably a mic in the seat, and he might have concealed the real one with the knife in his hand, and dropped it in when he cut the hole. Plus, why would Mel have her ringtone on during a show?
Another great performance. Matt has been the most consistently good magician in the competition, no bad performances, unlike the others. I hope both he and Smoothini make it to the top 12, so we can have a 4 magician shootout.
Obviously he had 3 identical phones and the "second" time he took the picture instead he sent the first pic to the phone in the chair which he most likely put in there before the show.
Well despite how he did the trick, he was awesome out there. It was like a universal magic trick. He escalated his tricks throughout the whole act. It went to 3 number cards matching the seat, to having a phone "vanished" into the seats as he cuts it open and prove it's her phone with the picture. His tricks are always entertaining and always getting better. Such a consistent magician. I believe none of the magic acts is comparable with Matt. Matt Franco for the winner of AGT 2014?? MAYBE???
Now that I've finished that last rib, I'll give some hints: - From the start till 0:54 he had his left hand raised and his left sleeve all the way down. Why? Because there was an extra (probably fake) identical phone hiding there. You can even see the whole time that the sleeve has a strange bricky shape below. At that last second he pulled his hand down to get it and throw it in the cup, but the camera went off him, so I can't say exactly where he hide Mel's phone. - I don't have to explain how the fake phone 'disappeared', or where the smoke came from. Do I? - Mel is not the brightest human, but why would she have her phone on ringing during a live show? In addition, unless that iphone had a multi-channel cinematic surround stereo system (!) or was connected with the theater's speakers, it wouldn't sound like that. At all. - Either he was so fast and put the phone when he ripped off that seat, or the guy sitting there was an accomplice who had the same phone, received the photo (by one of many methods), and had plenty of time to put it there. And in this case the cards the judges draw where predetermined. He didn't show the full deck of cards, did he?
codythepooder HD Which part of my last point was difficult to understand? "...in this case the cards the judges draw where predetermined". Forcing somebody to draw a specific card is something regularly done by magicians. I assume that the deck, besides the A and K which were the ONLY ones he showed, the rest were only 6, 4 and 2, placed in groups ("riffle shuffle" allows you to preserve groups of cards as you had them in the original two half-decks). If you have patience, watch the parts right after Heidi and Howie draw their card (1080p, x0.25); if you pause at specific instances you can peak below the spread out deck he holds and see that only those 3 types of cards are there. ~0:22, ~0:31 He wasn't very careful.
I know how he did one simple part of the trick. When taking the second picture, he really didn't take a picture. He was holding down the top button to turn it off, to make sure it looks absolutely broken - he was hoping she didn't hold down the button, and luckily she didn't. And that's how he made it seem that if the phone was actually broken.
OK OK OK!!! I've watched this over and over and I'm pretty sure I have it figured out. It's pretty simple, but VERY clever! The Deck: The whole deck is made up of 6's, 4's, and 2's, and the judges pick from the top stock, middle, or bottom. (he has two random cards on the bottom of the deck, but they stay on the bottom.) These cards equal the gimmicked seat number. Obviously he wouldn't cut up a real seat in the theatre. In this seat lies a replica phone. (We'll call it phone 1.) The Phone: Somehow BEFORE the show, he had to find out what kind of phone Mel had, what it looked like, what ringtone would play when Heidi called, but ALSO right before the trick he had to have someone (one of the judges likely Heidi) switch a replica phone with Mel's actual phone. So she just thinks it's her phone the whole time but the one from her purse is a replica. (We'll call the purse phone Phone 2.) The Picture: Mel holds the cards he forced on the judges. You can see her hand position is low, the 4 is slanted slightly and right at 0:53 her mouth opens. THIS IS THE ACTUAL PICTURE HE TAKES WITH THAT PHONE. He then tells her to hold the cards higher and he'll get one more picture. At this time he actually sends the first and ONLY pic to Phone 1 (the phone in the seat.) So now Phone 2, is useless to him. He can drop it in water, ACTUALLY destroy it, or make it vanish into a hidden pouch in a handkerchief. Accomplices: Now, the reason I said Heidi is likely in on it is because she calls Phone 1 (unless Mat somehow stole Heidi's phone too and changed Mel's number.) But the rest is simple. Mat cuts open the gimmicked seat filled with foam and fluff, and Mel reaches in to find Phone 1. The judges are there to judge him on his performance. They're not necessarily there to be fooled.
Great job. I believe Mels actual phone (which he had palmed earlier before dropping a decoy into the water) is in a contraption in his left sleeve, and after the first knife thrust the phone is ejected into his left hand and at 3:28 you can see him deftly slide the phone into the seat through a diagonal slit on top, which can clearly be seen. When MelB reaches in she goes right for that corner where the slit is and pulls out her actual phone.
I know it's a trick, involving props and stuffs, but man, I'm genuinely impressed. Especially the part where 642 matches the seat number. He could use a more elegant and dramatic presentation, but man, this is amazing....
**Potential Spoiler Alert** I am not 100% sure if the trick is done this way... so if anybody has any arguments to my hypothesis, I would be more than happy to hear them. The trick begins with two halves of cards (bottom cards being an ace and a king showing). The deck is then split and each half is fanned. He uses a brilliant fan force with duplicate cards while controlling the spread of each half, switching the halves out for each judge. For the manipulation of the phone, he uses a gecko device. (If you look closely at his jacket, you can notice that there's a gimmick keeping it slightly open. Uses a Vapr gimmick (or something similar like PureSmoke) for effect. The Gecko gimmick draws the phone into his pocket. Since the cards are forced, the seat has been prearranged. Franco wants us to believe that the seat has never been tampered with... however, I believe that before the trick, he slit a hole in the SIDE of the cushion. As Mel B reaches into the seat, note how Francos left hand immediately comes to the side of the seat. He slips the phone into the side hole, and Mel retrieves it. The real deception is the tricky camera angle and having Mel B frantically search the seat to avoid exploiting Franco planting the phone AS she's searching. If you have a contradiction to this, please let me hear it!
yeah but how did he get it to ring, and if you think he planted something that immitates that noise, how could he possibly know mel b's ringtone, plus wouldnt that be risky cause mel b might accidentally find that ringer thing. Also if he slipped her phone in there, why wasn't it ringing in his pocket.
If you think about it, a celebrities phone wouldn't be set to ring anyways. When Mat Franco was taking pictures, it'd be very easy to put the phone on silent.
Great trick! He made me believe it was magic and that was a great illusion, his skill is so great, his showmanship amazing. He gotta make it to top 6 together with the other magicians :D
Awesome looking trick. This is how it was possibly done. You place an iphone under the seat # 642 before the show starts. With the card trick, he makes sure that the cards are always 2, 4 and 6. Look at 0:07, he picks a bunch of cards (all 6s). Between then and Heidi, he makes sure he has all 4s in his hand. Between then and Howie again he switches the cards in his hands to be all 2s. Now we have the number 642 (seat #). If that iphone 5c is really Mel's phone (which I doubt it is), she possibly damaged it in this trick. He probably gave the phone to her to use for the magic trick and gave Heidi another for her to call with. While he says he is talking the second pic, he sends the picture to the phone (maybe behind the scenes his assistant uses a software to send it) under seat #642. He drops the phone in water, it may have just lost battery (or an app to blackout the screen). He then puts the phone in his black cloth which has a pocket (in the center of the cloth). At 1:38, you can he folds it and carefully places it in the pocket. The drier again creates the smoke after it starts. At 2:02, you can see in borders of the phone in the middle of the cloth. The phone remains here and doesn't leave from here for the remainder of the trick. When Heidi calls, she is calling the phone under the seat. He then walks Mel to the seat and dramatically tears it open to retrieve the phone. The photo he retrieves from the phone is the first pic, with her mouth open (matching her jaw dropped posture at 0:53). Great implementation.
Lol guys it doesn't matter if it's fake or not it's if u enjoyed the trick 😂 I, for one, thought his presentation was good and he has a very good personality. He could win over any crowd.
if can see at :53 and at 4:20 its the same picture... because at :53 is her mouth open when he took the picture and at 4:20 is her mouth open too... i dont konw how he did it but it was awesome
"Do you have your phone on you?" *instinctively reaches for phone and pulls it out* "If its ok with you I would like to take a picture..." *hands him phone* "...of you holding those 3 cards, is that ok?" Mel B was obviously in on the trick. In additional to not being remotely apprehensive about handing a random stranger her phone, she does so before he even finishes asking for it.
The fact that you're trying to guess how it's done just shows that he did his job well. This is how good Mat is....My IDEA of how this was done is that he had two identical phones to Mel B's. Probably had someone tell him what phone she uses. One was inside the seat cushion the entire time. The other was the one he dropped in the cup after he palmed and hid Mel's phone. Then he switched back to Mel's phone and put that inside the "bag" thing just in between the fabric. That went back into his pocket so he had easy access. Then they walk over the the seat and when Mel took the phone out of the seat he made her give it back right away before she turned it on. This is where I was thinking he used slight of hand to switch the 2nd fake phone that was inside the seat back to Mel's phone and then shows the photo. The photo was real.... Mel's Phone went into his pocket, then into the bag, then into Mel's hand after she handed the fake phone from the seat back to Mat. As for the Seat number... he just forced the cards on the judges. It's a pretty basic part of card magic. Could of had all 6's, 2's, and 7's spread out evenly. BUT then I went back and can't see him switching the phone after it's taken out of the seat.... so I'm stumped again. Mat is GREAT.
The more likely scenario is that Mel B was given the phone beforehand and told to hand it to him when he asked for it. She had already nonchalantly handed him 'her phone' before he even finished asking for it.
The first pic the camera angle was from behind but if you look closely you can kind of see what type of face Mel is doing which looks exactly like the one in the pic at the end. I love this guy he is very good and would pay to see him in Vegas.
For people saying that the picture wasn't the one he took earlier, if you look at 0:51 when he starts to take the picture, you can see Mel B's mouth open wide for her expression as seen in the photo later.
They are all in on it. Puplicity for the show. Now the show will get more and more views to see the "incridible" magic act. Lol I am surprised that some people watch this and believe it's actually somehow just magic.
We know it's not ACTUALITY magic. Everyone knows magic tricks are illusions and other stuff like that. These tricks are incredible because they LOOK real
I HAVE A THEORY! So when Mat takes the second photo, he's actually sending that picture to the second iPhone planted inside the seat. The person in that seat is in on it and Mat uses some slight of hand and and good ol' magic to force those cards onto the judges to make it look like the seat was random. :3
He's a great act, very charming and all, but I have skeptic questions. I mean why wouldn't Mel put a lock on her phone? And why does Heidi, a close friend I'd assume, get such a basic ringtone? Well the second one is reasonable but the first? Considering she's a celebrity and that anyone could get their hands on her phone and immediately access all her private stuff?
d He how could he plan that the seat's number is 642? unless he did some trick when he gave them the cards... but then how? the point here we all know that there is a trick, no one is saying that's real magic lol it's a good magic act, we don't know how he did it, we are amazed by it, means he's pretty good at it! simple!
There are things that even as a casual viewer I can point out. First off, just curious why the second Mel B took out her phone Mat Franco was already taking a picture? Did he not have to unlock it or go to camera mode? Second off you can see starting at 0:58that the pictures hes taking, her face is a distance away from the cards unless its the camera angle and later on, when the pictures are on the phone they are right in front of her face 3:55 ? Second off at 3:05 he calls the first 3 guys to stand up, but then the 4th guy stands up before hes even called, coincidence or a flaw in their rehearsal? Also When Mel B grabs the phone she instantly curves her hand backward instead of reaching in normally?Just stating some of the obvious I thought was a bit suspicious.
I cannot do all that he did, but this is a theory which seems good enough: -Phone was not planted first, and the seat was chosen beforehand (seat number 642) -The pile of cards that judges chose from are full of 6's, 4's, and 2's, how he organize them IDK but clever enough that only 6, 4, or 2 will be chosen -He cleverly hides the phone in his body -Go to seat 642, tore it open, and let the judge reached over (notice he did not want her to stand beside him, but to reach over from the front row) -Finally, watch closely when the judge was looking for the phone inside the seat, his left hand touched the bottom of the seat, this is when he sneaked the phone in from under (seat was prepared beforehand for him to easily sneak it in)'
Do people not remember what icloud is? My theory is that he took the pic with phone #1, then dropped it in water and made it vanish (probably had a waterproof case on it or something), but ONCE the pic was taken, it was SENT to the other phone by ICLOUD and thats how it appeared on phone #2. thoughts?
1. How could you hear the ringer from all the way over there and have the sound echo around the auditorium? 2. MelB looks like she is forcing herself to be distressed and then acts really not relieved at all when she finds the new iPhone 3. MelB from the Spice Girls can't afford another iPhone 5c and transfer the old phones data to the new phone using iCloud?
MrSpencerMcIntosh Ok let me explain the trick: 1) Mat used a deck of cards that had an all 6 section an all 4 section and an all 2 section with only the bottom 2 cards being an ace and a king. Then when he fanned out the cards he hid the ace and king at the bottom so they can't be picked. Look at 0:11 as Howard takes from the first section then at 0:19 when Hyde takes from the middle (he even says to) and at 0:28 as Howy takes from the end section because that's how Mat is holding the cards to him. 2)Before the show Mat prepared by putting an identical iphone in chair 642 because that's the only possible combination. (he can easily research her phone type and ringtone) 3) He takes 2 photos because the first is the actual photo and the second time he just sends it to the phone in the chair (that's why he only shows one photo at the end) 4) Look at: 0:35 how he holds his left arm completely still and 0:54 at the square shape in his sleeve. He has a fake phone in there. 5) At: 1:03 when we don't see him he switches the phones which is easy for a good magician and I can prove this because straight after he rolls up his sleeves and drops the fake phone in the water 6) Mat then makes the phone disappear because the folds the fabric in a special way so that it fits into a sleeve. Pause at: 2:02 and you will see the outline of the phone in the fabric (its in a small pocket and hidden you can also tell by the way he put the phone in at: 1:38 ). The hair dryer blows out the smoke. 7) Hyde calls the phone and Mels phone will not ring because Mat out it on silent while holding it before. And then Mat presses a button and makes the other phone ring and he then cuts open the chair, shows the sent pic and pre-set seat number that matches the cards and voila crown amazed (but not me) Mat has 3 phones in total: the fake sleeve phone that can drop in water, the seat phone and the real Mel's phone!
Mekinar this is a really good explanation but why when we see the phone he showed in the chair we automatically see the picture? we dont see him turning the phone on checking messages or going to the camera roll or checking email. the picture is just already on the phone
I think I can say by now, Mat Franco is my favorite act of the season.
You're everywhere! Are you a magician too?
I only have a magic kit from my childhood.
He is clearly the best of the magicians, since he is the only one who had consistently good performances. But I hope Smoothini makes it too, so we can have a 4 magician shootout in the top 12.
You're right Richard, out of the four magician acts, Franco was the only one who (ironically) didn't slip up or have set backs in the quarterfinals.
Well I hope Mat makes it through too.
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april181976 probably
april181976 you made me laugh xD
mel never said she was not on the trick so i think she had the picture before the show. mat didn't show the picture before he dropped it in water so there's no proof that it's the same picture that was taken. so that's the trick. everything was pre-arranged. i would believe it more had he shown the shot before he dropped it in the glass of water.
adzschon of course she wouldn't say she's in on the trick if she was. Are you being serious right now lol
lol you can still see the phone at 2:01, I know its all an allusion but the least they could do is get a better camera angle for that shot.
Edit: if you look closely at when mel b took the picture and compare it to the picture on the supposedly same phone you can tell she is making a different face and its obviously a different picture and phone...
Picture is the first one, was sent by him when he "took" the second photo.
Ivan Santos You can actually see the phone in his pocket, look closer ;)
hey idiot when she took the picture her mouth was open like in the one he took out
He took 2 pics. And when he took the first one the camera showed the back of mel b. And if u watch as the pic is being taken. U can c that mel b jaw drops. And her mouth is open in the pic on the phone found in the chair.
He sent only one, and was when he "toke" the second picture.
Somebody give this man 1 million dollars because that was a million dollar act!
Also am i the only one who cant see this guy angry? I wanna see him flip out
Agree!
pedro luis nick lol you should meet my friend Taylor. She goes to my church and always she has a smile on her face and always positive. She's beautiful and has an amazing heart. Everyone loves her.
mel never said she was not on the trick so i think she had the picture before the show. mat didn't show the picture before he dropped it in water so there's no proof that it's the same picture that was taken. so that's the trick. everything was pre-arranged. i would believe it more had he shown the shot before he dropped it in the glass of water. besides, the camera showed him putting a phone in his pocket.
The picture doesn't mean anything.
But they don't pre-arrange the acts, because then it would give everything away.
"Heh u don't get one" I love Howie's childish behavior
This is still one of my favorite act!
how is the audience gonna seat back on the cut open seat lmao
Covanastic helloz! maybe his assistance sat there
doan trung Nghia haha lol
I think out of all the magic tricks Mat has performed, this one is my favorite. The craziest trick I've ever seen him do. He deserved to win this show.
Ok let me explain the trick:
1) Mat used a deck of cards that had an all 6 section an all 4 section and an all 2 section with only the bottom 2 cards being an ace and a king. Then when he fanned out the cards he hid the ace and king at the bottom so they can't be picked. Look at 0:11 as Howard takes from the first section then at 0:19 when Hyde takes from the middle (he even says to) and at 0:28 as Howy takes from the end section because that's how Mat is holding the cards to him.
2)Before the show Mat prepared by putting an identical iphone in chair 642 because that's the only possible combination. (he can easily research her phone type and ringtone)
3) He takes 2 photos because the first is the actual photo and the second time he just sends it to the phone in the chair (that's why he only shows one photo at the end)
4) Look at: 0:35 how he holds his left arm completely still and 0:54 at the square shape in his sleeve. He has a fake phone in there.
5) At: 1:03 when we don't see him he switches the phones which is easy for a good magician and I can prove this because straight after he rolls up his sleeves and drops the fake phone in the water
6) Mat then makes the phone disappear because the folds the fabric in a special way so that it fits into a sleeve. Pause at: 2:02 and you will see the outline of the phone in the fabric (its in a small pocket and hidden you can also tell by the way he put the phone in at: 1:38 ). The hair dryer blows out the smoke.
7) Hyde calls the phone and Mels phone will not ring because Mat out it on silent while holding it before. And then Mat presses a button and makes the other phone ring and he then cuts open the chair, shows the sent pic and pre-set seat number that matches the cards and voila crown amazed (but not me)
Mat has 3 phones in total: the fake sleeve phone that can drop in water, the seat phone and the real Mel's phone!
You don't say that it's fake
Mekinar I Get it
***** Actually, look at her jaw open during the first pic, that's the first photo. His logic is not off.
PokerCraft The photo was sent to the other phone
Mat honestly AMAZED me from the start & I've always looked forward to all of his performances. He is incredibly talent & genius at what he does. His acts are always so original & he really knows how to fool everyone & pull off a superb show!
Stupid people in comments: FAAAKE
Smart people in comments: ITS AN ILLUSION DIPSHITS OF COURSE ITS FAKE
Smartest people in comments: lol he said it got wet
EmberKashii That's where you're wrong. The smartest people don't even scroll down.
Yeah
EmberKashii More like the dirty-minded people........
We know it's an allusion but did he do it
+Danny Pham Even if that's true, it's still the same number of the cards that the judges picked at random.
JUST THIS ONE ACT WAS WORTH ONE MILLION. HE COULD LITERLY SIT IN A CHAIR FOR HIS NEXT ACT BUT HE STILL DESERVES IT
I'd be pissed if that was the seat I had to sit in for the rest of the show.
Haha couldn't agree more.
Or the guy who has to fix it afterwards
they probably replaced it straight after if that is possible
probably someone they hire sitting there
They put something else over it I was like 2 rows ahead of them it was amazing I even got on tv :D
Mat Franco such an absolute pleasure..........so glad you won....haters will be haters,let them hate you are a joy!
how did he...what the...?....i need a minute....
I love Mat Franco! He's my favorite act of the whole entire season along with Mike super and Smoothini.
Wonder if he has to pay for the seat?
Exactly what I was thinking
I wonder what the person who sat there was thinking.
Same thing I though
No
Because the seat is a fake one. There is no 642 seat in radio city
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The magicians this year are all so awesome! But this guy is the best so far.
Once again proof that the iPhone is the choice of the rich and famous
CrippleX89 More like the rich and stupid, which perfectly describes any of the Spice Girls.
CrippleX89 People who have iphones have absolute no taste in electronics. Anybody who uses one doesn't know a thin about computers.
+Taylor Well isn't it ironic that I use an iPhone and I know more about computers than you do.
+napernick Let me tell you what over priced really is. It's sticking a free software on a phone with hardware gimmicks which lower-end manufacturers are capable of making with way lower price and install it with tons of bloatware. iOS is not free and being proprietary isn't either. Android is free and being open source is basically free either. You know what that means? You're a fagdroid and you know nothing about common sense.
+Taylor I've built computers. I think I can qualify as knowing about computers and, guess what, I own an iPhone!
It gets more and more AAAAAMAAAAZING every time I watch this. He is the REAL DEAL!
Though this trick was pretty over the top, it was still pretty cool. At 0:55 he reaches his arm down, probably to retrieve a fake phone in his sleeve, and switches with the real one when he asked for a second photo (which he didn't show at the end) and the camera changes. There was probably a mic in the seat, and he might have concealed the real one with the knife in his hand, and dropped it in when he cut the hole. Plus, why would Mel have her ringtone on during a show?
Another great performance. Matt has been the most consistently good magician in the competition, no bad performances, unlike the others. I hope both he and Smoothini make it to the top 12, so we can have a 4 magician shootout.
Feel bad for the guy who has the sit there for the rest of the show.
He is amazing, he keeps getting better and better, he will go on. I haven't watched smoothini performing yet, but the pressure is on!
People need to stop arguing on how he did it and accept the fact that he fooled you.
THANK YOU!!
Obviously he had 3 identical phones and the "second" time he took the picture instead he sent the first pic to the phone in the chair which he most likely put in there before the show.
+Galaxy Party then how did he know the judges where gonna choose those cards?
+AL E No, you need to accept the fact that he's a witch and he needs Jesus for casting that black magic on her.
+snopkingftw you can always force a card someone.
Pretty much the best magic trick I have ever seen in my life.
Poor guy lost his chair
LOL! I loved this performance. The look on Mel's face! Ha Ha! I think you're awesome Mat I hope you win.
iCloud
Hahaha nice
I just hate subliminal ads. iSuck !
iCloud doesn't have the ability to make two separate iPhones have the same exact phone number.
Saw this guy live a few weeks ago. He's amazing.
AGT has such insanely great magicians! Funny ones, too! This is got to be one of the best tricks I've ever seen! :D
Well despite how he did the trick, he was awesome out there. It was like a universal magic trick. He escalated his tricks throughout the whole act. It went to 3 number cards matching the seat, to having a phone "vanished" into the seats as he cuts it open and prove it's her phone with the picture. His tricks are always entertaining and always getting better. Such a consistent magician. I believe none of the magic acts is comparable with Matt. Matt Franco for the winner of AGT 2014?? MAYBE???
Now that I've finished that last rib, I'll give some hints:
- From the start till 0:54 he had his left hand raised and his left sleeve all the way down. Why? Because there was an extra (probably fake) identical phone hiding there. You can even see the whole time that the sleeve has a strange bricky shape below. At that last second he pulled his hand down to get it and throw it in the cup, but the camera went off him, so I can't say exactly where he hide Mel's phone.
- I don't have to explain how the fake phone 'disappeared', or where the smoke came from. Do I?
- Mel is not the brightest human, but why would she have her phone on ringing during a live show? In addition, unless that iphone had a multi-channel cinematic surround stereo system (!) or was connected with the theater's speakers, it wouldn't sound like that. At all.
- Either he was so fast and put the phone when he ripped off that seat, or the guy sitting there was an accomplice who had the same phone, received the photo (by one of many methods), and had plenty of time to put it there. And in this case the cards the judges draw where predetermined. He didn't show the full deck of cards, did he?
Explain the chairs numbers matching the cards numbers
Xe M you are so right there was a briskly shape in his left sleep and you can see part of the phone!
codythepooder HD Which part of my last point was difficult to understand? "...in this case the cards the judges draw where predetermined". Forcing somebody to draw a specific card is something regularly done by magicians. I assume that the deck, besides the A and K which were the ONLY ones he showed, the rest were only 6, 4 and 2, placed in groups ("riffle shuffle" allows you to preserve groups of cards as you had them in the original two half-decks). If you have patience, watch the parts right after Heidi and Howie draw their card (1080p, x0.25); if you pause at specific instances you can peak below the spread out deck he holds and see that only those 3 types of cards are there. ~0:22, ~0:31 He wasn't very careful.
Xe M
Xe M it must of been mel b's phone because heidi called it which means it MUST of been mel b's..
"That's my phone!" Mel. Her reaction was classic!
Haven't watched the video, but I've already liked it because i know he's the best
His past few acts were good, this is fucking incredible. At the moment, he needs to win.
I enjoyed watching his trick. Great talent!!!
I know how he did one simple part of the trick. When taking the second picture, he really didn't take a picture. He was holding down the top button to turn it off, to make sure it looks absolutely broken - he was hoping she didn't hold down the button, and luckily she didn't. And that's how he made it seem that if the phone was actually broken.
OK OK OK!!! I've watched this over and over and I'm pretty sure I have it figured out.
It's pretty simple, but VERY clever!
The Deck:
The whole deck is made up of 6's, 4's, and 2's, and the judges pick from the top stock, middle, or bottom. (he has two random cards on the bottom of the deck, but they stay on the bottom.) These cards equal the gimmicked seat number. Obviously he wouldn't cut up a real seat in the theatre. In this seat lies a replica phone. (We'll call it phone 1.)
The Phone:
Somehow BEFORE the show, he had to find out what kind of phone Mel had, what it looked like, what ringtone would play when Heidi called, but ALSO right before the trick he had to have someone (one of the judges likely Heidi) switch a replica phone with Mel's actual phone. So she just thinks it's her phone the whole time but the one from her purse is a replica. (We'll call the purse phone Phone 2.)
The Picture:
Mel holds the cards he forced on the judges. You can see her hand position is low, the 4 is slanted slightly and right at 0:53 her mouth opens. THIS IS THE ACTUAL PICTURE HE TAKES WITH THAT PHONE. He then tells her to hold the cards higher and he'll get one more picture. At this time he actually sends the first and ONLY pic to Phone 1 (the phone in the seat.) So now Phone 2, is useless to him. He can drop it in water, ACTUALLY destroy it, or make it vanish into a hidden pouch in a handkerchief.
Accomplices:
Now, the reason I said Heidi is likely in on it is because she calls Phone 1 (unless Mat somehow stole Heidi's phone too and changed Mel's number.) But the rest is simple. Mat cuts open the gimmicked seat filled with foam and fluff, and Mel reaches in to find Phone 1.
The judges are there to judge him on his performance. They're not necessarily there to be fooled.
Great job. I believe Mels actual phone (which he had palmed earlier before dropping a decoy into the water) is in a contraption in his left sleeve, and after the first knife thrust the phone is ejected into his left hand and at 3:28 you can see him deftly slide the phone into the seat through a diagonal slit on top, which can clearly be seen. When MelB reaches in she goes right for that corner where the slit is and pulls out her actual phone.
I love it ! Mat is my fav and i really hope he wins this season !
Mat, I love you! You are so awesome!! Congrats on the big win!!!!
I love how he smiles and holds the card up with pride after he laughs at how the other judge didn't get to pick a card
outrageous and the best magic trick i've ever seen in my life GJ
What about the person who sits on that seat? Their seat is ripped open, where will they sit 😂😂
I know it's a trick, involving props and stuffs, but man, I'm genuinely impressed. Especially the part where 642 matches the seat number. He could use a more elegant and dramatic presentation, but man, this is amazing....
**Potential Spoiler Alert**
I am not 100% sure if the trick is done this way... so if anybody has any arguments to my hypothesis, I would be more than happy to hear them.
The trick begins with two halves of cards (bottom cards being an ace and a king showing).
The deck is then split and each half is fanned. He uses a brilliant fan force with duplicate cards while controlling the spread of each half, switching the halves out for each judge.
For the manipulation of the phone, he uses a gecko device. (If you look closely at his jacket, you can notice that there's a gimmick keeping it slightly open.
Uses a Vapr gimmick (or something similar like PureSmoke) for effect.
The Gecko gimmick draws the phone into his pocket. Since the cards are forced, the seat has been prearranged.
Franco wants us to believe that the seat has never been tampered with... however, I believe that before the trick, he slit a hole in the SIDE of the cushion.
As Mel B reaches into the seat, note how Francos left hand immediately comes to the side of the seat. He slips the phone into the side hole, and Mel retrieves it.
The real deception is the tricky camera angle and having Mel B frantically search the seat to avoid exploiting Franco planting the phone AS she's searching.
If you have a contradiction to this, please let me hear it!
yeah but how did he get it to ring, and if you think he planted something that immitates that noise, how could he possibly know mel b's ringtone, plus wouldnt that be risky cause mel b might accidentally find that ringer thing. Also if he slipped her phone in there, why wasn't it ringing in his pocket.
If you think about it, a celebrities phone wouldn't be set to ring anyways. When Mat Franco was taking pictures, it'd be very easy to put the phone on silent.
THAT WAS OUTSTANDING !
Very elaborate setup on this magic trick, I'm impressed :)
wow... great performance, Mat Franco! and I love your smile :-)
Thats one of my favorite videos from agt!!!!☺😀😂😃
Howie's face when he dropped the phone in the drink killed me!😂
wow! i really liked that one! he went somewhere other then the stage. :)
Great trick! He made me believe it was magic and that was a great illusion, his skill is so great, his showmanship amazing. He gotta make it to top 6 together with the other magicians :D
I just love him! He is so cool! And his tricks are even better!
The poor guy who had to sit on that seat after for the rest of the show 😂
Mat Franco is contagious XD
Awesome looking trick. This is how it was possibly done. You place an iphone under the seat # 642 before the show starts. With the card trick, he makes sure that the cards are always 2, 4 and 6. Look at 0:07, he picks a bunch of cards (all 6s). Between then and Heidi, he makes sure he has all 4s in his hand. Between then and Howie again he switches the cards in his hands to be all 2s. Now we have the number 642 (seat #). If that iphone 5c is really Mel's phone (which I doubt it is), she possibly damaged it in this trick. He probably gave the phone to her to use for the magic trick and gave Heidi another for her to call with. While he says he is talking the second pic, he sends the picture to the phone (maybe behind the scenes his assistant uses a software to send it) under seat #642. He drops the phone in water, it may have just lost battery (or an app to blackout the screen). He then puts the phone in his black cloth which has a pocket (in the center of the cloth). At 1:38, you can he folds it and carefully places it in the pocket. The drier again creates the smoke after it starts. At 2:02, you can see in borders of the phone in the middle of the cloth. The phone remains here and doesn't leave from here for the remainder of the trick. When Heidi calls, she is calling the phone under the seat. He then walks Mel to the seat and dramatically tears it open to retrieve the phone. The photo he retrieves from the phone is the first pic, with her mouth open (matching her jaw dropped posture at 0:53). Great implementation.
Go online and look up the seating chart at Radio City Music Hall. There's no seat 642.
Bruh!!! Really?
Not after this trick. Lol.
Haha. Yeah, they probably feel weird about that seat now. lol
Lol guys it doesn't matter if it's fake or not it's if u enjoyed the trick 😂 I, for one, thought his presentation was good and he has a very good personality. He could win over any crowd.
unlucky for the person who was sitting there haha
He is the best magician I have ever seen perform.
All of magic tricks have a preparation. Magician just an actor.
Why do we still need to see the other performances? Just give this guy the 1m already
AWSOME AWSOME AWSOME TRICK!!!! best trick I have ever ever EVER seen!!!! OMG
if can see at :53 and at 4:20 its the same picture... because at :53 is her mouth open when he took the picture and at 4:20 is her mouth open too... i dont konw how he did it but it was awesome
Send that man off to Vegas. Hes amazing!
"Do you have your phone on you?"
*instinctively reaches for phone and pulls it out*
"If its ok with you I would like to take a picture..."
*hands him phone*
"...of you holding those 3 cards, is that ok?"
Mel B was obviously in on the trick. In additional to not being remotely apprehensive about handing a random stranger her phone, she does so before he even finishes asking for it.
The fact that you're trying to guess how it's done just shows that he did his job well. This is how good Mat is....My IDEA of how this was done is that he had two identical phones to Mel B's. Probably had someone tell him what phone she uses. One was inside the seat cushion the entire time. The other was the one he dropped in the cup after he palmed and hid Mel's phone. Then he switched back to Mel's phone and put that inside the "bag" thing just in between the fabric. That went back into his pocket so he had easy access.
Then they walk over the the seat and when Mel took the phone out of the seat he made her give it back right away before she turned it on. This is where I was thinking he used slight of hand to switch the 2nd fake phone that was inside the seat back to Mel's phone and then shows the photo.
The photo was real.... Mel's Phone went into his pocket, then into the bag, then into Mel's hand after she handed the fake phone from the seat back to Mat.
As for the Seat number... he just forced the cards on the judges. It's a pretty basic part of card magic. Could of had all 6's, 2's, and 7's spread out evenly.
BUT then I went back and can't see him switching the phone after it's taken out of the seat.... so I'm stumped again. Mat is GREAT.
The more likely scenario is that Mel B was given the phone beforehand and told to hand it to him when he asked for it. She had already nonchalantly handed him 'her phone' before he even finished asking for it.
The first pic the camera angle was from behind but if you look closely you can kind of see what type of face Mel is doing which looks exactly like the one in the pic at the end. I love this guy he is very good and would pay to see him in Vegas.
He has a great smile. Congratulations!
this is the most amazing thing I've ever seen
Best magic trick I have ever seen !!
For people saying that the picture wasn't the one he took earlier, if you look at 0:51 when he starts to take the picture, you can see Mel B's mouth open wide for her expression as seen in the photo later.
Tbh it scared the hell out of me when Howie came onto the screen at the end and started to talk 😂
Matt Franco Rocks!!
love me some magic!!!
I do too..how did u see my message so fast?
I empty out some pics and videos
Oh
how are you babe
They are all in on it. Puplicity for the show. Now the show will get more and more views to see the "incridible" magic act. Lol
I am surprised that some people watch this and believe it's actually somehow just magic.
i agree
We know it's not ACTUALITY magic. Everyone knows magic tricks are illusions and other stuff like that. These tricks are incredible because they LOOK real
We are SUPER excited for the #AGTfinals tonight! We will be rooting for ***** #RhodeIsland #Rhodypride #yearofthemagician !!!
He's really amazing!
My goodness that's some good magic I love watching him
best act of the day
he is by far my favorite magician on this planet
I HAVE A THEORY! So when Mat takes the second photo, he's actually sending that picture to the second iPhone planted inside the seat. The person in that seat is in on it and Mat uses some slight of hand and and good ol' magic to force those cards onto the judges to make it look like the seat was random. :3
He's a great act, very charming and all, but I have skeptic questions.
I mean why wouldn't Mel put a lock on her phone? And why does Heidi, a close friend I'd assume, get such a basic ringtone? Well the second one is reasonable but the first? Considering she's a celebrity and that anyone could get their hands on her phone and immediately access all her private stuff?
Actually, you can take photos on phones without unlocking them.
GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER I know :) but after you lock the phone you can't view that photo again.
And how did they hear the ringtone far away from the chair?
aassi22 the seat was probably micd up by Matt Franco as he planned it
d He how could he plan that the seat's number is 642? unless he did some trick when he gave them the cards... but then how? the point here we all know that there is a trick, no one is saying that's real magic lol it's a good magic act, we don't know how he did it, we are amazed by it, means he's pretty good at it! simple!
He amazing.
I hope that he wins the competition this year.
I hate magic tricks but this one was the best. I love how MelB was mad then hugging and kissing the magician
Howie "haha hey u don't get one." Lol
that awkward moment when your watching this video, and when Heidi starts calling Mels phone your own iphone starts ringing! CREEPY! Very cool trick :)
There are things that even as a casual viewer I can point out. First off, just curious why the second Mel B took out her phone Mat Franco was already taking a picture? Did he not have to unlock it or go to camera mode? Second off you can see starting at 0:58that the pictures hes taking, her face is a distance away from the cards unless its the camera angle and later on, when the pictures are on the phone they are right in front of her face 3:55 ? Second off at 3:05 he calls the first 3 guys to stand up, but then the 4th guy stands up before hes even called, coincidence or a flaw in their rehearsal? Also When Mel B grabs the phone she instantly curves her hand backward instead of reaching in normally?Just stating some of the obvious I thought was a bit suspicious.
he won the season for a reason. this was a million dollar act
I LOVE THIS GUY SO MUCH
You are amazing mat. You are a real magican
This guy is amazing
THIS IS AWESOME!
I cannot do all that he did, but this is a theory which seems good enough:
-Phone was not planted first, and the seat was chosen beforehand (seat number 642)
-The pile of cards that judges chose from are full of 6's, 4's, and 2's, how he organize them IDK but clever enough that only 6, 4, or 2 will be chosen
-He cleverly hides the phone in his body
-Go to seat 642, tore it open, and let the judge reached over (notice he did not want her to stand beside him, but to reach over from the front row)
-Finally, watch closely when the judge was looking for the phone inside the seat, his left hand touched the bottom of the seat, this is when he sneaked the phone in from under (seat was prepared beforehand for him to easily sneak it in)'
THAT WAS SO AWESOME
Do people not remember what icloud is? My theory is that he took the pic with phone #1, then dropped it in water and made it vanish (probably had a waterproof case on it or something), but ONCE the pic was taken, it was SENT to the other phone by ICLOUD and thats how it appeared on phone #2. thoughts?
1. How could you hear the ringer from all the way over there and have the sound echo around the auditorium?
2. MelB looks like she is forcing herself to be distressed and then acts really not relieved at all when she finds the new iPhone
3. MelB from the Spice Girls can't afford another iPhone 5c and transfer the old phones data to the new phone using iCloud?
First, Nothing in AGT Nothing!! Is staged every emotion is real. But nice try on having effort to find out but Icloud backups last a lot of time
Alex Style not a very compelling argument, but okay.
MrSpencerMcIntosh Ok let me explain the trick:
1) Mat used a deck of cards that had an all 6 section an all 4 section and an all 2 section with only the bottom 2 cards being an ace and a king. Then when he fanned out the cards he hid the ace and king at the bottom so they can't be picked. Look at 0:11 as Howard takes from the first section then at 0:19 when Hyde takes from the middle (he even says to) and at 0:28 as Howy takes from the end section because that's how Mat is holding the cards to him.
2)Before the show Mat prepared by putting an identical iphone in chair 642 because that's the only possible combination. (he can easily research her phone type and ringtone)
3) He takes 2 photos because the first is the actual photo and the second time he just sends it to the phone in the chair (that's why he only shows one photo at the end)
4) Look at: 0:35 how he holds his left arm completely still and 0:54 at the square shape in his sleeve. He has a fake phone in there.
5) At: 1:03 when we don't see him he switches the phones which is easy for a good magician and I can prove this because straight after he rolls up his sleeves and drops the fake phone in the water
6) Mat then makes the phone disappear because the folds the fabric in a special way so that it fits into a sleeve. Pause at: 2:02 and you will see the outline of the phone in the fabric (its in a small pocket and hidden you can also tell by the way he put the phone in at: 1:38 ). The hair dryer blows out the smoke.
7) Hyde calls the phone and Mels phone will not ring because Mat out it on silent while holding it before. And then Mat presses a button and makes the other phone ring and he then cuts open the chair, shows the sent pic and pre-set seat number that matches the cards and voila crown amazed (but not me)
Mat has 3 phones in total: the fake sleeve phone that can drop in water, the seat phone and the real Mel's phone!
***** Yeah I think they used the speaker only as an amplifier though.
Mekinar this is a really good explanation but why when we see the phone he showed in the chair we automatically see the picture? we dont see him turning the phone on checking messages or going to the camera roll or checking email. the picture is just already on the phone
Howie's reaction is hilarious