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Tonight, on the season finale of America’s Got Talent, Shin Lim was declared the winner
of the show and walked away with $1 million and the opportunity to headline a spectacular
in Las Vegas.
You can get your fill of Shin Lim and his tricks whenever you’d like, though.
Here’s what you need to know about him and where you can watch him in action.
Shin Lim is a young magician, known for his fast-paced card tricks.
He prefers to be called a sleight of hand artist, according to his website.
He’s in his mid-20s and was born in Canada but raised in Singapore.
He actually claims on his official website that he’s “actually NOT a magician, nor
a wizard, and has NO intention of LYING to the audience.”
He performs self-choreographed routines rather than “pretending to defy the laws of physics.”
Shin is the 2015 World FISM Champion for close-up card magic.
For his initial act, Shin brought out Tyra to help him out.
With each move, Every judges and audience became more and more impressed.
The entire audience gave Shin a standing ovation once his performance was over.
“That was some crazy magic,” Tyra said after she walked off the stage.
Shin Lim who is a very famous magician, is in love with Casey Thomas.
You won’t believe us if you haven’t checked out their Instagram yet.
They don’t miss to share their best moments of life on Insta.
They look very happy together.
“Shinsey” is their sweet couple name.
Casey also performed on Australia’s Got Talent.
Shin performed on two episodes of the show in 2015 and 2017.
Now he’s competing for a Las Vegas residency and $1 million on America’s Got Talent!
He Is the Only Magician in History to Fool Penn and Teller Twice.
His first appearance on the show has raked in over 50 million views.
Shin started out playing the violin, but he broke it by smashing it to pieces when he
was a child.
“I just didn’t want to play it anymore,” Shin told The Boston Globe.
He then started playing the piano until he found magic.
He started practicing tricks 8 hours a day.
Because he was playing the piano and practicing magic tricks at the same time, At 20, Lim
was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and had to stop playing piano professionally
according to The Boston Globe.
His doctor told him that he had to choose between the two.
He chose magic.
His approach to magic is inspired by three movies — Birdman, Inception, and Transformers.
He got his big break by performing on a 23-city tour through China.
Lim attended high school in British Columbia, Canada, and then enrolled at Lee University
to pursue a degree in music.
He hoped to earn a double major in piano and telecommunications, and at school, he was
a member of the ensemble Choral Union.
Lim has produced a variety of award-winning acts, like the “Dream Act” and “52 Shades
of Red.”
After his appearance on Penn & Teller, he took some time to tour internationally.
He is the reigning FISM World Champion in Close Up Card Magic and has won a number of
other awards for his card magic.
His other awards include admittance into the 2015 International Brotherhood of Magicians,
2015 People’s Choice, 2014 IBM Close Up Magician of the Year, and the 2014 FISM North
American Champion of Card Magic.
“On behalf of the Edmond city council, I[Charles Lamb, mayor of the city of Edmond Oklahoma]
hereby declare April 28th as ‘Shin Lim Day.”
He says of his card magic, “I’m trying to change the outlook on card magic — to
make it more artistic, more visual.”
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