The format of Killer Magic is simple, and brings to mind both The Magicians (Another Magic show from the BBC) and Come Dine With Me. We have five magicians, who each perform a trick based on a certain theme. They will watch each other's performances, and give them marks out of ten. The magician who comes last will have to take part in an especially dangerous trick, with the "help" of the winner. For example, if the trick is "Sawing a person in half", the loser will be the one in the box, and the winner will be the one wielding the saw.
The five magicians are
- Ben Hart (The Gent)
- Damien O' Brian (The Geezer)
- Dee Christopher (The Goth)
- Jasz Vegas (The Girl)
- Chris Cox (The Geek)
The theme for this week was "Food"
(If you haven't watched the show on BBC IPlayer yet, the following may contain spoilers)
The Tricks
- Damien went first, and he performed his trick in a fish-and-chips takeaway. He asked two volunteers to pick a card and sign it. He then made it vanish and appear inside the fried fish that they had ordered. It was a simple but effective trick, well performed, and Damien received a score of 32 out of 40 from his competitors.
- Ben fared even better with his trick. In an ice bar, he asked two women to pick a raw egg from a box. He then stripped down to his pants and put the egg inside his pants, before taking it out to reveal that it had turned into a hard-boiled one. He then put a slice of bread between two plates, and appeared to cook it with his bare hands, turning it into toast. This unusual, creative routine earned a score of 33.
- Chris performed next, giving us an elaborate mentalism routine. He asked a volunteer to pick a dream meal (Spaghetti Bolognese) and a dream date (Simon Webbe from the boyband Blue). After a couple of "fakeouts", he revealed that the chosen items had been correctly predicted, and made Webbe appear with two dishes of Spaghetti Bolognese. The trick was funny and hard to figure out, but the overuse of fakeouts annoyed the other magicians, who gave him a score of 29.
- Dee also used a celebrity guest in his trick, enlisting the help of the model Imogen Thomas. His trick involved a toad and five blenders. Imogen put the toad in one of the blenders, and was asked to plug in four of them. You can guess how this trick is supposed to go, but the fourth and final blender turned on was actually the one with the toad in. Fortunately, Dee made the toad reappear under a bowl, completely unharmed. Dee received the low score of 26, because the danger posed to the toad made his fellow magicians uncomfortable, and they were also unsure about the extent to which the trick followed the theme.
- Jasz performed last, and chose to do a "Hidden Camera" trick. She invited a guest to dinner at a restaurant, but, instead of the food, she ate a flower, a glass and a plate. She finished by levitating off her seat, which caused her increasingly worried guest to leave. The other magicians liked the spontaneity of the trick, but felt sorry for the guest, and gave Jasz a score of 29.
The Forfeit
Ben won and Dee lost, so Dee had to do the Bullet Catch trick, with Ben firing the bullet. Due to UK gun laws, the bullet used was a paintball (Although this didn't really eliminate the danger involved). Fortunately, the trick went to plan, with Dee catching the signed paintball in his mouth.
