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Contents
Introduction:..........................................................................................................................................1
Purpose and context of the speech:......................................................................................................1
Background:...........................................................................................................................................2
Early career:.......................................................................................................................................3
Career:...............................................................................................................................................4
TV and radio:.....................................................................................................................................4
Stage shows:......................................................................................................................................4
Content:.................................................................................................................................................4
Related topics which are current and relevant in today’s environment:.............................................11
Analysis:...............................................................................................................................................13
Conclusion:..........................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction:
America's Got Talent (often abbreviated as AGT) is a televised American talent show
competition and is part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. The
program is produced by Fremantle USA and Syce Entertainment, distributed by the former,
and broadcast on the NBC television network, premiering on June 21, 2006, after plans for a
British edition in 2005 were suspended following a dispute within the British broadcaster
ITV; production would later resume in 2007,following the success of the first season. Each
season is mainly run during the network's summer schedule and has featured various hosts
over the course of the program's history; the current host is Terry Crews.
The program attracts a variety of participants, from across the United States and abroad, to
take part and who possess some form of talents, with acts ranging from singing, dancing,
comedy, magic, stunts, variety, and other genres. Each participant who auditions attempts to
secure a place in the live episodes of a season by impressing a panel of judges - the current
line-up consists of Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia Vergara. Those that make
it into the live episodes compete against each other for both the judges' and public's vote in
order to reach the live final, where the winner receives a large cash prize, primarily paid over
a period of time, and, since the third season, a chance to headline a show on the Las Vegas
Strip.
Since its premiere, America's Got Talent has helped to unearth new talent and kickstart/boost
the careers of various performers who took part in the competition, while the show itself has
been a rating success for NBC, drawing in on average around 10 million viewers per season.
In 2013, a book titled Inside AGT: The Untold Stories of America's Got Talent was released,
providing a description of the seasons, contestants, judges, and production techniques of the
show, along with detailed interviews with contestants from all seasons, up to the date of the
book's publication. The program has run for a total of fourteen seasons and spawned a spin-
off competition titled America's Got Talent: The Champions, consisting of notable
contestants from the U.S. and other international versions of the franchise, which premiered
on NBC on January 7, 2019.

Purpose and context of the speech:

The concept of America's Got Talent was devised by X Factor creator and Sony Music
executive, Simon Cowell, who sought to create a talent competition far grander than those of
other televised talent contests. His proposal, first made to British television network ITV in
2005, was for a competition in which participants of any age and location could enter with

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any form of talent they choose to perform. The network favoured the concept, and green-lit
production of a pilot episode to test out the format, with Cowell forming a panel consisting of
himself and two other judges, including tabloid journalist Piers Morgan. The pilot proved a
success, and the original plan for the program was for a British edition to be produced and
broadcast between 2005-2006, hosted by British television personality Paul O'Grady, who
had assisted with the pilot, before Cowell would propose the format for American television.
However, O'Grady became involved in a dispute with ITV during work on the new program,
ultimately terminating his contract with them and defecting to another British network.
As a direct result, Cowell suspended work on the British edition, and hastened his efforts on
launching the format in America. Approaching several networks, Cowell received an offer
from NBC to produce his televised competition for their network, owing to feedback given to
the pilot made for ITV, and agreed to a contract to produce fifteen episodes for the 2006
summer schedule. Cowell worked heavily with production of America's Got Talent, working
alongside Freemantle with his company Syce Entertainment, but decided against becoming a
judge for the new program, relegating himself as an executive producer instead. Cowell and
his producers recruited assistance from Regis Philbin as host for the new program, with
David Hasselhoff, Brandy Norwood, and Morgan agreeing to be judges for the first season.
The first season proved a success, not only leading NBC to commission additional seasons,
but also prompting ITV to later contact Cowell with the intention of resuming production on
the British edition for 2007. The success of Britain's Got Talent, alongside the American
original's own further success, effectively led Cowell to accepting offers for the rights to the
competition and its format, creating the Got Talent franchise as a result.
The nature of audience of the show is American people. The Judges of the show are Jud,
Simon, Harry, Mel, Heidi and Howie. The speech delivered to the live audience through the
TV. The
Degree of importance for the speech to the indirect stakeholders is encouraging talent, how
you should talk and how to prove your talent in front of thousands of audiences. How to
showcase your talents. How to stand in difficult Situations.

Background:
Colin Cloud is a Scottish stage mentalist who describes himself as a forensic mind reader. In
2017 he appeared on America's Got Talent. He was born in 9 January 1987, Harthill,
Scotland.
His occupation is Mentalist and speaker.

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Colin Cloud, previously known as Colin McLeod, is from Scotland. Having been accepted
into university at the age of just fifteen to study Forensic Investigation and with a passion for
Criminal Profiling, it is no surprise he's developed near superhuman abilities, leading him to
being described by his fans and the media as a modern-day, real-life Sherlock Holmes. Colin
Cloud is an internationally respected mentalist. He is considered by his peers to be the next
'Derren Brown.' Colin’s skills have been taking him all over the world, from performing Off
Broadway in New York and in London’s West End to Caesar Palace in Las Vegas and Magic
Castle in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Colin has performed sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, The Edinburgh
International Magic Festival; headlined The Trickery, in Aberdeen, and The Stand Comedy
Club in both Glasgow and Edinburgh on numerous occasions. His most recent stunt saw him
making history and being the first individual to correctly predict the exact Tweets of other
people, days in advance. His targets were Stephen Fry, Frankie Boyle, Ellie Goulding, Ricky
Gervais and Richard Dawkins. His prediction was sealed in ice in Our Dynamic Earth,
Edinburgh, before being smashed open under test conditions to reveal his thoughts were
astonishingly accurate. He appeared as a contestant on Season 1 of Penn & Teller: Fool Us,
but failed to fool the duo. He also competed on Britain's Got Talent in 2012, where he was
eliminated in the Judge Cuts. He is a member of the touring magic group; “The Illusionists”
along with former AGT contestants Kevin James and Dan Sperry.
Personal Life:
Cloud was born on 9 January 1987 in Harthill, Scotland. In a 2015 interview with sty
Glasgow, Cloud says that he was shy and quiet at school, and that he studied forensic
investigation at university. He has stated that he has been inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's
fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, and the detective's ability to read people.
Cloud began his career by studying a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in forensic
investigation, specializing in criminal profiling, at Glasgow Caledonian University (2003-
2007) before abandoning that line to pursue a career in entertainment.
Cloud recently became engaged to Chloe Crawford while working with her on "The
Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays".
Early career:
Cloud joined Tree of Knowledge as a speaker in 2007. He left the company in 2013 to
concentrate on developing a TV and stage career. under the name Colin McLeod, Cloud
appeared as a contestant on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, where he failed to fool the judges. In
2012, he appeared on Britain's Got Talent with positive reviews from the four judges.

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However, McLeod failed to make it through to the live semi-finals. In 2012, McLeod
performed at the Edinburgh International Magic Festival.
Career:
Cloud performs both public and private shows. He has taken shows to the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe in the years 2014–2016.
In June 2015, Cloud joined the touring magic show, The Illusionists as "The Deductionist"
TV and radio:
In 2014, in collaboration with Don Jack, the Partnership: Colin Cloud - The Forensic Mind
Reader® was established. Since then, Cloud has appeared as a guest on Michael McIntyre's
Big Show, Loose Women, Steve Wright and The One Show among other TV and radio
performances internationally. More recently, Colin was invited to work with the team of
BBC's Sherlock - working with series creator Mark Gaits creating support material for the
Sherlock Christmas Special. In 2017, Cloud was a contestant on season 12 of America's Got
Talent and reached the semi-finals. He later made an appearance on the Royal Variety
Performance. In 2019, Cloud participated in the first season of America's Got Talent: The
Champions, where he was eliminated in the preliminary round. He made an appearance as a
guest performer alongside season 13 winner, Shin Lim, in the season two finale on 17
February 2020.
Stage shows:
2011: It's All in the Mind.
2012: Britain's Got Talent
2014: The Colour Ham
2014: Colin Cloud Forensic Mind Reader
2015: Wild Cabaret (Glasgow)
2015: Colin Cloud Kills
2016: Colin Cloud: Exposé
2017: Dare
2017: The Illusionists Live
2017: America's Got Talent
2017: Royal Variety Performance

Content:
So, what's your name and how old are you. My name is Colin cloud and I have just turned 30
and what are you gonna be doing for us today? Today, I'm going to show the world the

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closest thing to a real-life Sherlock Holmes What they do for career .It's actually easier if I
give you a quick example of what I do before we get to the main event a lady at the front
would you hold up your two hands just Like this. Yep, just hold Ok, would I be correct if I'm
wrong be honest, are you a teacher?
Yes, that's your job. The guy the guy beside this lady not moving, but the body language. Are
you a police officer? Yes Wow, I'd love to teach you how some of this works with me, okay?
Yes, would you mind joining me, please? Do that by far, I won't embarrass you. Okay. Hey
Kyra, grab a seat on this the school. You're going to hold this prediction that may prove very
important very soon. My background genuinely is in criminal profiling specifically detecting
when people are lying So with this in mind, I want to teach you how this works with a very
simple game that I learned as a child Starting with Howie how I'm gonna give you a coin. I
will also give you an antibacterial wipe should you request it. All I want you to do is place
the coin behind your back, please you haven't tried to give nothing away. But hold your hand
straight out in front of you like this. Give nothing away. Just say yes both times that make
sense Yes, that was perfect. Hurry. Right is the coin in this hand? Yes, is the coin in this
hand? Yes
So when he said yes for real when he meant it his eyebrows raised slightly your nose is also
pointing slightly here. So, I believe it's in this hand turned over. Let me see Yes. Yes, there is
Okay. Now I want to try this with the three of you as well. What I'd love you to do now place
the coin behind your back everyone on this side of the room think of a simple colour.
In the middle think of any animal and over here. Think of any name. Hold your hands straight
out to male facing mean shows those colours nice and loud in 3 2 1 go white or blue perfect
So look at me straight face over the coins in this hand think white if it's in this hand think
blue. Look at me just think is it white just think or is it blue? I believe you're thinking white
the coin is here. Turn it over. Let me see Yes Much harder al-qaeda in a place to attend. Hi
DVD. So played hide it and your hands straight out in front of you those animals any animal
go Cat or
Cheetah cat or cheetah must be in one of your hands. Hold them straight out with absolute
aggression Heidi. I love it right over the coins in this hand think cheetah if it's in this hand
think cat So look at me really send the animal. Okay, I Am petrified you are thinking catch
the coin is here turned it over open it up. Yes 202 ladies and gentlemen Simon should be
surprised behind your back sir. Either hand those names any name Charlie.
Charlie What was yours Oscar okay Charlie or Oscar? hands out and from straight face if the
coin is in this hand think Charlie if it's in this hand think Oscar and I get the strike that

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sometimes When I do this, the blond girl behind you is looking very nervous hoping I'd want
the real one of her embarrassing memories. It’s still moves. Look at me at you thinking about
in memory when you were a kid But there's a name involved with this that you were thinking
and we've never met before be honest We don't know each other. The last name is at Miller
Yes, okay, right so silent if it's in this hand it was Oscar this hand Charlie. You are thinking
Oscar the coins herd. Let me see turn it over open it up. Let me see Yes. Oh, yes Before I
walked onto this stage tonight. I had some ideas about the type of audience you are going to
be and I wrote them down on a scroll. Now you guys could have shouted anything. Our
judges could have heard anything in picked anything. But tonight, you wanted the colour
white you went with cat and you picked Oscar. You will see this scroll says that I at Call an
underscore clout want you to open the lid and tell everyone. What's Inside I'm simply stand
up open the lid. I don't want to torture open. Yep Yeah, I'll say this open the lid open the lid
look inside a what? But wait camera lemons you cannot review. Name tag also says Oscar
Right now I want to share with you the most difficult things that I can do and to do this I
would love to ask
for the help of Harry and mal. So now I need you right now don't say it. But think of a unique
word to describe you face me put your two hands up like this. I need you to bring her a little
bit closer. Close your eyes. Don't move a muscle everyone else. She-she-she Don't move.
Now you can open your eyes you can put your hands back down this. There are wipers for
you, but I'd be right in saying just from the taste alone recently. Have you been eating eggs
and the grit the potato chips as well? Am I right? This is my iPhone you are going to have to
deduce the six digits that unlock it here. So fresh right now any six digits on there and tell is
yes or no. Did it open it open? No, of course not. Okay, now judges, I would love used three
right now to think of any number between one and ten Simon. What do you think? The first
digit is 1 1 press 1 perfect second digit Heidi. What do you think the second is? 990 press it 1
1 press 1 the last 3 you're gonna get on your own right now. Let me get into the mindset of
Howie Okay. The last V digits look at me are gonna pop into your hand. Okay, not yet but
when they do this is one in a million, so if you unlock this. He’s done it press the last three
digits that you think unlock my god, press them in whatever feels right press Yeah. Let's get
it to the world's nearest mind really man down so much. So, thank you but with you were
thinking a secret I don't think you would want everyone else to know what I'm gonna whisper
it to you big pinky promise This secret will never go any further. Okay, the thing you're
thinking is Didn't just whisper act surprised play along that's much genuine. Yes, my god,
there's no way I could have found that on Twitter anywhere good. No way keeps that between

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us. We'll leave them wondering but look right to me mail. Look at me you thought of a word
before you came out here. I gave out some letters to people in the audience. I don't want you
to see them. So, keep looking at me
Can I ask the guys over here who have the cars stand up right now? Before mal says her a
word so that everyone knows this can't be changed Would you all turn around your letters so
that everyone else no one say it, but I think this sum you up perfectly. No, this is a free
choice. You could have thought of tens of thousands of words. So, tell us what word are you
thinking of to describe yourself right now? Well for start I think every woman is this, but I
think of myself as a goddess. My god No Simon, you're probably wondering why I've invited
you onto the stage tonight you see tonight Simon I would love to share with America the
most dangerous thing that I can do solving the murder of Simon Cowell Right before it
happened so Mel this is your chance to get some revenge. Can I ask you please to stand up
for me? And would you please point out? Anybody at all in the room that you don't know at
random who will come up on stage? Which person Right on there. Would you please stand
up for us this lady? Is this who you would like Mel? It must be your choice. Would you make
your way to the stage and now you can sit back down? Thank you now. While they make
their way up I need to ask the rest of you in the audience to think for me of any naughty or
guilty memory of yours think of it in as much detail as you Possibly can and hold that
memory right at the very front of your mind. I'll be back with you in a second. Hi, very nice
to meet you. Thank you so much for coming up
Can I ask you to stand right here, please? What I would love you to do is to take this piece of
paper read it carefully fill it in fold it up. But do not let anyone see it that will be important.
I'm gonna ask you to turn away as well So do that now just face this way. That's perfect I'll be
back with you in a second Simon while she does that Can I ask you please to say stop as I
move my hand anytime?
Tonight, anytime just say stop right here. That's perfect. That's great. The lady blonde hair,
but you please stand up for me just confirm We don't know each other. Are you thinking of
something right now? Yes, just to confirm you haven't told this to anyone you're only
thinking of it right now in this moment say nothing. But this is something that happened
when you were younger. Yes, this is something you were outside. Does that make sense and
other people have seen this happen and you've laughed at you you're thinking there's an
animal involved. Does that make sense? Yes, and you're camping? Is that what you're
thinking you're camping with your friends and some things happens with a dog? Am I correct
in saying that you're thinking whilst you were camping? This dog has bitten you on your butt

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Is that what you were thinking yes, then you can sit back down what sir? What’s hilarious is
the guy in front with red shorts you're now thinking the exact same thing has happened to
you. Is that what you just thought? Yes, yes. Not that this is her moment. Okay, but thank
you. The point is every single person in this room at some point in your life something
naughty or embarrassing has happened to you but tonight. The naughtiest person is going to
be this lady here. You've thought you fill that in
Yes, you can throw the pen away get rid of the pen. Just throw the pen right into the
audience. Perfect. Hold on to that because what I would love you to do is choose one of these
five Potential murder weapons this evening. Okay. I don't want anyone to see which one you
choose
So, we are going to cover them, but would you please come drop your piece of paper there?
Think of one of the five colours in a moment, you'll take it off. But while she does that Mel
Could I ask you please to join us on stage and stand right behind Simon? Okay. Now while
smell makes hurry up. Thank you now think of one of those nights. I want you to watch ever
colour you're thinking of peel that knife off and hide it behind your back so that no one sees
Which colour you have shout done when you have done that Perfect come and face me keep
the knife behind your back. Keep it hidden. Look at me and let's see what I can do juice about
you Think about your name. First, think of your name is your name something like Kirsty
Yes, let's confirm. This your name is Kirsty, right? Okay, think of what you do. Don't say it.
Just think you're a student. Yes, and you think of what you're studying from me, please just
think are you studying physical therapy? Yes, okay good, that's perfect. Think about the
reason you're thinking for killing Mr. Cuddle tonight just think of it this involves a celebrity
Yes. Yeah. Yes, not a man is it? Yes, would I be correct in saying that tonight? You're
thinking the reason you would like to kill? Mr Cowell is because he stole your entire
collection of Justin Bieber CDs. Yeah, is that what you're thinking? Yes, then if I've read you
correctly right now You should have taken the white knife bring it out and let me see if that's
correct Yes is the white knife. You can now flee the scene you're free to go because now it is
the white knife. But this is your moment. Please hold that knife high up in the air hold it high
up in the air male and right now
Mal I would love you please to plunge that knife into Simon Cowell's chest Sorry, yes, I
meant to say I apologize. You panic there Simon it is it is a rubber knife Sorry Sorry Sorry
Sorry
Obviously now we couldn't kill Simon and from the live studio audience buts whilst the knife
was fake. The motive was real. No Mel Good to double-check no. Now you could have

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picked anyone, and they could have chosen any reason but of course the reason I deduced
that they were thinking for Killing Simon is because he stole all their Justin Bieber CDs.
That's what she wrote and that is exactly. What I said, okay. Now what makes this what
makes this more interesting though, is that I knew exactly.
The type of person who would want to kill Simon Cowell long before I came on the show
Simon you've been sat on that bench this entire time. Can I please ask you to slide to your
left? Because Simon you will see that the plaque engraved on the bench that you've been sat
in front of this entire time clearly states in loving memory of Simon Cowell killed because he
stole their entire collection of Justin Bieber CDs. But Why hope you're more delighted way
that is the choice of weapon. You see the truth is that was the only rubber knife you see now
if you'd start Simon with any of these tonight you. Would have been the person Simon
Cowell. Thank you so much and thank you. Oh my gosh, this is creepy Good evening
America, are you well?
What a journey to get to this point in the competition and I'm aware when America first saw
me you were all thinking. Why does he look like the evil twin of Neil Patrick Harris? But we
got past that and you very quickly realized I knew things about people that I shouldn't be able
to know for example How we put your thumbs straight up in front of you? Please wiggle
them slightly and try not to think of your iPhone a lock code one two one four eight four. I'm
not going to tell you why I would tell you we know I'm correct Harry, that's cool, right but.
You can change it later. But you know, I can do that sort of stuff tonight for this semi-final I
want to up the ante and do something quite literally with all of you and this started a few
weeks ago when I put a message on the AGT Twitter account asking everyone to Respond
with a random celebrity City and object in one tweet. We got thousands and thousands of
responses. So, we printed them all out and we've given them to everyone here tonight in the
theatre and this evening. I Risked my future in this competition on the fact. I can correctly
predict what the judges will choose here tonight that City Celebrity and object and just so you
appreciate how difficult it is I've done the math for you when you multiply all the cities by
celebrities by objects. It's over 1 in 43 quadrillion specifically that You get the idea. It's
freaking hard, but I will not be making any of the choices tonight. It's over to the judges. So,
everyone in the theatre? Pick up your tweets have a look and just cheer if you can see all the
tweets on your sheets are different Perfect and there are no duplicates, but it's crucial to
everyone at home knows this as well but again I won't be making any decisions. The judges
will so Howie and Simon I'm gonna give you ten seconds to run and grab the tweets from as
many people. In the audience as you would like, so guys your time starts now Five more

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seconds guys and your time is up as quickly as you can Please hand all of them to Mel pan
them to Mel Thank You Mel. If you would just quickly look through them and just confirm
that the tweets are all different, we've checked in the audience. But just have a look you can
see and we're gonna double check in a second, but they look different. Yes, and we will
check in a moment. Turn them all facedown for me and scatter them across the desk mail.
You seemed quite intuitive. So, I'd love you to hand me. Just hold your hand over you. Give
me the one that feels right to you. Which one do you feel? We will use this one right here
Heidi. Would you please stand up for me? You're gonna make the final choice here. You can
see all the tweets are different. So like Chicago chandelier. But this tweet different to this
three different to this tweet make sense
Heidi you'll get to choose one as I move my fingers around slowly. You will say stop
whenever you like make sure I stop where you say stop. So, whenever you'd like Heidi you
say stop right there. Would you please it on the left? Would you please read those choices?
Can you see? Allen Rome cheese Allen Ron cheese You can sit back down And you guys
turn those over and just quickly see if that combination comes up anywhere else Allen Rome
cheese if you still have your fall tours right now, can you also check in the audience? Just
check and see. Yeah, let's get some right there and here just double-check. Can you see
anywhere having anywhere?
I've known Simon Cowell London handsome. Okay, but it's a Which is great, but it's not the
treat. We're looking for Allen Rome cheese audience. Does anyone have that combination?
No, no, no it was just you Heidi just you Ellen Rome and cheese and even though I made this
as
Random as I possibly could that is the exact combination. I wanted you to pick So well-done
wait. I knew you'd never believe that right. So, before I even sent out that tweet, I filmed
something because I knew exactly. How America would respond that I knew exactly how the
four of you would choose things this evening? So quite simply Watch this
Hi America: cloud here and on September 12, 2017. I will make her judges choose from the
quadrillions of possibilities Cheese, Rome and Ellen. Of course, I'm sure me recording this on
a video is not enough to convince you so I'm going to go undercover. Through our judges
lives and leave proof. Let's see if they pay attention to, I'll tell you something. I'm electrified.
I can't wait to get to work. I want to judge Hey Heidi, we want to test your earpiece quickly.
Talk about going on The Ellen Show Perfect Heidi, thank you very much. Hey, man, what
can I get for you? And is that with cheese Now I need to check your audio can you say Rome
quickly mount say Rome Could you say hi to our friends in Ellen and Romeo? Yeah Ellen

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Romeo why don't you call me anymore? Very ready and Sound speed. But the reality is None
of you observe because even the numbers that have been on displayed this entire time Clearly
spell cheese Rome and Allen Thank You. Judges Thank You America Good night Hey
everyone, its Shin Lim winner of season 13 America's Got Talent.
How Colin cloud can read the mind?
This is quite simple and involves no special body-language reading abilities whatsoever.
All Colin needs is a metal detector, which is probably concealed somewhere under his sleeve.
As he reaches forward with his arm, the metal detector tells him where the coin is.
Why did Colin cloud get eliminated?
In the Judges' Choice, Simon Cowell, Mel B and Howie Mandel did not vote for
him, eliminating him from the competition in Episode 1220 instead of Diavolo (Heidi Klum's
vote was not needed).

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idea by Stephen Merchant and John Krasinski, in which celebrities battle each other with lip

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sync performances. The idea was first realized as a recurring segment on The Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy Fallon before being developed into a separate show.
 Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is the American version of the international game show of Dutch origin of
the same name. The show is hosted by actor-comedian Howie Mandel, and premiered on
December 19, 2005, on NBC. The hour-long show typically aired at least twice a week
during its run and included special extended or theme episodes. The show started its fourth
season on August 25, 2008, a day after NBC's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics ended.
A daily syndicated half-hour version of the show debuted on September 8, 2008 and
continued for two seasons.
The game is primarily unchanged from the international format: a contestant chooses one
briefcase from a selection of 26. Each briefcase contains a cash value from $0.01 to
$1,000,000. Over the course of the game, the contestant eliminates cases from the game,
periodically being presented with a "deal" from The Banker to take a cash amount to quit the
game.
 Cupcake warriors
Cupcake Wars is a Canadian reality competition series that premiered on December 27, 2009,
on cable television network Food Network. The show, which is based on creating unique and
professional-style cupcakes, was hosted by Justin Willman and is now hosted by Jonathan
Bennett.
The show is similar to successful Chopped cooking show aired on the same network, in that it
starts with four contestants who are eliminated one-by-one in three rounds, with the winning
team receiving $10,000 and the opportunity to be featured in an upcoming event. Each team
consists of a chef and a sous-chef.

Analysis:
Colin Cloud performed this trick on his audition on the TV show America's got talent. He
first says that what he will do will be the closest to the real-life Sherlock Holmes. Let's see!
To demonstrate his Sherlock Holmes abilities, he first picks a couple sitting in the front row,
and correctly guesses their professions (the woman is a teacher, the man is a police officer).
Very impressive!
Next, Colin asks Tyra to come on stage and sit on a box that is positioned in the middle of the
stage. He hands her a prediction, which will only be revealed at the end of the trick.

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Cloud then explains that his background in forensic science makes him exceptionally good at
recognizing if somebody is lying or telling the truth. To prove this, he gives Howie a coin and
asks him to secretly put it in one of his hands. Then, Colin asks him »is the coin in this hand«
for each hand, and Howie has to say »yes« both times. With his Sherlock Holmes skills,
Colin figures out when Howie wasn't telling the truth, which tells him in which hand the coin
is. Amazing!
Next, Colin repeats the same thing with the other three judges, but with an interesting twist.
He asks the audience to pick a color, an animal, and a name. Basing his predictions on the
choices of the audience (white, cat and Oscar), combined with his body-language reading, he
correctly predicts every single one!
As if this wasn't enough, Cloud then returns to Tyra to check his prediction. Inside the box
she was sitting on the whole time is a white cat, whose name is Oscar!
Don't believe it? Want to know how does he do it? See the performance yourself, then read
the explanation below.
Explanation:
How did he do it? Is he real or fake? Does he actually have Sherlock Holmes skills? We will
explain everything. First, let's break the trick down and explain each separate part.
Guessing the professions
At the beginning of the trick, Colin correctly guesses the professions of two people sitting in
the front row. How is he able to do that? There are two possibilities: either he somehow got
the personal information of the audience (most likely), or those people were stooges, planted
here by Colin himself.
Guessing which hand, the coin is in
How does he know which hand the coin is in? This is actually quite simple and involves no
special body-language reading abilities whatsoever. All Colin needs is a metal detector,
which is probably concealed somewhere under his sleeve. As he reaches forward with his
arm, the metal detector tells him where the coin is.
How did he predict that the audience will pick 'white', 'cat', and 'Oscar'?
He didn't. Notice he didn't ask one random person from the audience to pick the color, the
animal and the name. Rather, they all shouted, and Colin himself 'selected' the responses he
wanted.
For example, let's look at how the colour white was selected. Colin first asks Mel B to hide
the coin in one hand, and then stretch her hands forward. His metal detector tells Colin which
hand the coin is in (in this case, it is Mel B's left hand). He then asks the audience to shout the

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colour they selected. Naturally, the crowd shouts all different colours and Colin is free to pick
whichever he wants. He just makes sure one of them is white.
So, he picks white and blue. He already knows the coin is in Mel B's left hand. Now all he
has o say is: if the coin is in the left hand (which he knows is true), think of white. That's the
whole secret!
He repeats the exact same trick with 'cat'. But how does he get 'Oscar'? Well, he has a helper
in the audience who shouts 'Oscar'. It's as easy as that.
How does he do it?
Well, the first thing we need to make clear is that he didn't influence the judges to select that
exact tweet. Even if he could subliminally prime them for those three words, there is no way
he could make sure that Simon and Howie will get the correct paper from the audience and
that Mel will pick the correct paper out of many different papers se was choosing from.
So, if he didn't influence the decision, how did he do it? There is only one good alternative:
he forced it.
However, this was not what is usually considered forcing in magic. In proper forcing, the
'predicted' tweet would be printed on one of those pieces of paper and Colin would just make
sure that they pick the right one, while making it look like it was a free decision. But this
wasn't what happened in this case. In this case, the selections that the judges were making
didn't matter at all. After all the choices were done, Colin simply sneaked the' predicted' tweet
to the correct location of the selected piece of paper.
How did he do that?
He had a small piece of paper with the 'predicted' tweet in his hand. When he circles his hand
across the paper and Heidi says 'stop', he just shows the tweet that the was holding in his hand
this whole time. Notice how he continues to tightly hold the paper even after the selection has
been made. He is holding a small piece of paper with his 'predicted' tweet over the originally
selected, large piece of paper.
How did Colin cloud do his act?
He fused his forensic science skills, his love of magic, and his admiration for the legendary
fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, to create a unique blend of mind-bending mentalist
magic. That motivated him to pursue two paths he now uses in his magic acts: forensic
science and mentalism.

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Conclusion:
The entire report covers Introduction the speech, Background of the speaker his
achievements, career, earlier career, his shows and how he started his career and how he
started performing the live shows and tv shows How he showcased his talent, how will he
reads the mind of other person. How he performs his magic and explanation of that his magic
secret got revealed. How Colin cloud can read the mind? This is quite simple and involves no
special body-language reading abilities whatsoever. All Colin needs is a metal detector,
which is probably concealed somewhere under his sleeve. As he reaches forward with his
arm, the metal detector tells him where the coin is. How he got eliminated in the show, how
he impressed the judges with his magic or mind reading capability. What is the purpose of
speech and content how the audience will see the show on which platform, what is
importance of his speech, how he impressed the judges with his actions, how to gain attention
of audience? Related topics which are current and relevant in today’s environment in which
similar shows like America got Talent like MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, Wipe out, fear
factor, The Amazing Race, Hell’s Kitchen, American Idol, Lip Sync Battle, Deal or No Deal,
Cupcake Warriors. Analysing the speech in terms of the message conveyed,
managerial learning and the value for the listener. How did Colin cloud do his act?
He fused his forensic science skills, his love of magic, and his admiration for the legendary
fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, to create a unique blend of mind-bending mentalist
magic. That motivated him to pursue two paths he now uses in his magic acts: forensic
science and mentalism. How he used his Forensic skills, How attentive and interest about his
magic, how to be one passion about career.

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