The Magicians- episode 3

In This week's episode of The Magicians, One act walked on water, one turned water into wine, and one...Just dressed as a giant banana. But who avoided a forfeit?

Jason Latimer + Kimberly Wyatt (Pussycat Doll member and Got To Dance judge)

LIVE GRAND: Latimer levitated Kimberly on a table, as per standard, but then turned her and the table around 360 to prove that he wasn't using metal wires. It was a clever spin on the old favourite

STREET GRAND: The two walked on water in a fountain, with Latimer using the jets of water as steps. As good, maybe even better, then the version  of this trick Dynamo did for Magician Impossible in June.

STREET CLOSE:  Latimer and Kimberly Passed a straw and glass through a glass table. Interesting and hard to figure out.

LIVE CLOSE: the two Turned several blank cards into a card chosen by the spectator. A very clever Sleight-of-hand effect

Pete Firman + Mel Giedroc (Great British Bakeoff host)

LIVE GRAND: Pete and Mel Had a volunteer write the name of a fruit. Thinking it was a banana, the two overzealously revealed a whole Vegas Show with a banana theme, including themselves dressed as Bananas. When the volunteer told them the fruit he had actually chosen, Pete revealed a scroll which correctly predicted the chosen fruit. I must admit, I found it really funny.

STREET GRAND: Pete walked through a wall of baked beans in a supermarket. His clothes got extremely messy, but the wall stayed intact. Inventive and hard to figure out.

STREET CLOSE: In a trick done on Brighton Pier, Pete had a volunteer put her phone in one of four envelopes. He threw three of them into the sea, but the fourth didn't have her phone in. Instead, it was inside a claw game in the arcade. I liked the twist at the end

LIVE CLOSE:  Pete had four random volunteers pick a card each, then predicted all of them correctly. It was a neat trick, but not particularly spectacular.

Barry and Stuart + David Haye (Champion Boxer)

LIVE GRAND: Barry and Stuart did an oversexualized (And wonderfully shambolic) Version of the Slicer illusion, where they divided an assistant into ninths, A very funny version of a strong trick, which amusingly parodied the sexuality inherent in the art of magic, especially when Barry and Stuart stripped naked.

STREET GRAND: Barry and Stuart manipulated the lights in a tower block to spell out the name of a volunteer's friend, then made the friend appear from thin air. It was a spectacular trick that viewers will be talking about all week

STREET CLOSE: Barry and Stuart made a Tattoo appear on a volunteers arm. Original, but rather painful.

LIVE CLOSE: Barry and Stuart turned water into wine whilst pouring it, before Barry made a glass of milk appear in a coat sleeve.. The first trick was excellent, but the second is too familiar to me from several amateur magic books.

Were there any guests?

World Magic champion Juliana Chen did card and mask tricks, similar to Hiroki Hara's two weeks ago, but with added spectacle and professionalism stemming from her increased experience. the aim of the performance was to encourage girls to take up magic, and will succeed in doing this

What was the Forfeit?

After Latimer and Kimberly were announced as the vote winners (Following two straight victories for Barry and Stuart) Pete and Mel were revealed to be the losers. They had to lie in on top of a bed of nails, with another placed  spike-side down on them. Several audience members (and David Haye) walked over the beds on their midriffs. The extra bed made this spin on the stunt more interesting then most.

NEXT WEEK: Adam Woodyat, Tina Hobley, and Myleene Klass join the magicians for more great tricks.