Contest Winners:
Close-Up Award Winners:
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Youth Award of Merit: Jackson Oliver – Honolulu, Hawaii
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Youth First Place: Anja Steyn, Cape Town, South Africa
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Adult Award of Merit: Tetro – West Hollywood, California
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Adult First Place: Micheal Bloemeke – Raleigh, North Carolina
Stage Award Winners:
Finalists:
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Danny King – Garland, Texas
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James Irwin – Arlington, Texas
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Rena Cui – Fresh Meadows, New York
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Anjya Steyn – Cape Town, South Africa
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The Wushuong – People’s Republic of China
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Artem Shchukin – Moscow, Russia
Youth Stage Award of Merit – Rena Cui – Fresh Meadows, New York
Youth Stage First Place – Anya Steyn – Cape Town, South Africa
Adult Stage Award of Merit: The Wushuong – The People’s Republic of China
Adult Stage First Place: Artum Shchunik – Moscow, Russia
Gold Medal: Artem Shchunik – Moscow, Russia
Time stamps for this episode:
00:00:16 – Award winners names announced
00:03:22 – Stuart MacDonald talks to the Order of Merlin group with his speech on his Journey to FISM
00:24:18 – David Garrard and Tommy Ellison recap the previous evening’s contest show
00:35:33 – Jeff and Tessa Evason talk about this and other magic conventions they have performed in plus what they did during COVID
00:45:53 – Jeffrey Alan (an I.B.M Board member and American Museum of Magic Board Member) and his assistant, Angela, talk about this convention and the museum
00:52:54 – Trigg Watson was one of the evening’s performer who can now relax. He chats about his experience as well as part of what he talked about at the Youth Seminar
00:57:53 – Past International President of the I.B.M., David Sandy, has also chaired and produced several magic conventions. We recap this convention including the final night’s gala show.