BRITAIN’S Got Talent fans are convinced they’ve sussed the secret to magician Eden Choi’s trick.
Over the weekend, the 24-year-old wowed the ITV panel of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli with his savvy card trick.
In a surprise opening, a curtain lifted to reveal South Korea-born Eden standing on stage.
He then held up a red apple, took a bite and appeared to move it downwards using his mind.
Smoke billowed from Eden’s mouth while a playing card suddenly appeared in his hands.
The magician produced a seemingly endless flow of cards from his hands as they fell around him.
After showcasing a trick with a series of balls Eden, dressed in a black shirt with matching trousers, then wrapped his jaw-dropping segment with another card trick.
Yet keen Britain’s Got Talent show fans are now adamant they have clocked the method behind cards seemingly appearing out of thin air.
One posted on X: “Just watched the great magician but you can see him getting the cards out of his jacket.
“Don’t know why they raved so much.”
Another mused: “Every time magicians like this come on people go ‘actually i saw a string’ ’they had the cards up their sleeves.’
“Yeah because it’s not actual magic.. because that’s not real.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Furious BGT viewers complain ‘kids are watching’ as they’re left horrified over ‘dangerous’ act” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6370820355112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”] [authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D110944%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]Yet many were full of praise for Eden – and demanded he go on to win the entire series.
One fan posted: “Best thing ever. Where did the cards come from? A Vegas act but too good for this show.”
Another mused: “The magician Eden was brilliant. Wow.”
One then demanded: “Get #EdenChoi on his own show.”
FAN BACKLASH
Others reacted in fury when Eden missed out on a Golden Buzzer – a free pass to the next round, with some calling out a “fix.”
Instead children’s support worker Linda Mudzenda impressed Alesha Dixon with her audition and secured a spot in the live shows.
The 21-year-old wowed with her smooth rendition of Lauren Daigle’s You Say.
Judge KSI said: “That was so touching, man, seeing how beautifully you sang. I could feel the nerves as you came to the mic and then you blessed this whole room with your voice.”
Britain’s Got Talent continues on ITV1 and ITVX.
