Oz Pearlman Finale America’s Got Talent 2015 REVEALED

This will show you how he did his trick.

[@kufitop]

He should do his pre-write sloppier.

[@Verticali]

Right when he says,"Heidi, I am so happy you picked number 3," you can tell he's writing the number 3 at that moment.

[@Ihsannurulimansfd]

for those of you who confused why the colornames written on the paper weren't sloppy as the names do, it's simple. since colornames are absolute things (I mean, there will always be blue, green, red, and yellow, there will be no other chance), he perhaps use kind of transparent stickers that has the colornames on it written already (I dont know what exactly that thing is). so he simply put the stickers on the right order. while person's name is non-absolute thing (you really can't predict it), there is no other choice but to write it manually. so I think there was no force to the judges, it's a beautiful, well-prepared slick-magic tricks.

[@katherinex9166]

Thanks for the explanation Stephen, you've got keen eyes!

[@furyyromaniac1799]

U are dumb

[@pritesbas9247]

For me it's not the one who spots how a trick is done, but the one who takes the trouble in the first place and comes up with a trick is the genius...

[@sarasyed1097]

Well both are smart.

[@EgbertWilliams]

Because you gay yo.

[@rahulgopeesingh4865]

Stephen I love this video, the one reason I have been doing magic is I hate when I do not. Know the solution to a problem and this would have bothered me for weeks. Please continue what you do and if you can do the origami one where he forced the name and how he cut out the celeb since I am doing origami in my art class and I would like to impress my teacher with that trick

[@celina9784]

Good eye!!

[@vikramjitsingh6769]

good one man

[@darkzealot07]

i love u for this btw

[@liorneuman2198]

thanks, it's interesting to learn how he did that. that is a million dollars act, probably a lot more

[@tilsawurramarrba2983]

I think he connect to himself forward in time knowing the right answer & come back in time say the answers correct through spirits world

[@LittleRoCK181]

Really

[@vashandelo]

in the switch envelope there is a mark that the envelope is with x sign and which color in it.. so he pick the exact envelope to right it on whiche each judge is sitting

[@deekshithnaidu4871]

how did he guess the order they sit?

[@DylanMasked]

How do you know this??

[@manjunathgowdar6430]

He did well. You to observed well.

[@imnotsoloing1840]

Legit Logic...

[@liyakharitonova2922]

Question - in the last paper there was prewritten who exactly has picked which color of the chair - what about that? That wasn’t explained

[@pritesbas9247]

He filled in the name of the judges as well as the person they swore on.. Basically every line has to be filled with the name of two people, one at the beginning and one at the end... But I do have to admit,If he was writing it with his thumb, it would be awefully difficult to disguise it inside with so many people watching him...

[@raressan6699]

@@pritesbas9247 Yea but he DIDN'T write it with the thumb thing cuz the paper was folded in half ! So he couldn't write anything

[@furyyromaniac1799]

Yess absolutely someone smart here

[@aded6121]

The names at the end are a bit messier but what about the ones at the front. They are written the exact same as the other words.. so how does that get explained? Also, it's impossible to write down 8 names (of which 4 you have to memorise for 5 minutes in the midst of an intense trick, and also remember which judges chose which name), whilst the paper is folded, and he would have to be constantly rearranging to paper to the correct positions to write the names, and then write them all without looking!

[@furyyromaniac1799]

@@aded6121 yeahh explain it please

[@tamimhasan3084]

Man you are genius

[@FromTheRootsToTheCrown]

The numbers he wrote as he was giving the envelopes while they were sitting in the chairs with a little piece of Pencil granite attached to his thumb. They were different little envelopes with no numbers on them that he switched out as he was walking up. Then He wrote the names as they were walking up to sit on the chairs. After he was already told the names that's why the names are sloppier Then all the rest of the writing. He went up first then you can see him fiddling with the paper. Because the numbers were not written on the envelope and he knew which was red blue, green and yellow he just had to write the correct number with his thumb. They could have sat in any order and he could have given any of them any color. He knew which colors were in which envelopes. And then when they picked a number he wrote it on there. For example howard is in the red chair. He knows which envelope holds the red paper. Howard picks the number and he writes it up there with the little granite on his fingertip.. Then Hands it to him And again as for the names. He.wrote those as he was walking up to the chair's before the judges walked up there but after theyve already said the names they were thinking out loud. Everything else was pre written. He only had to add the names, which is why they are a bit slopier than the rest of the writing. I know I already said this but just reiterating

[@FreemanVashier]

One unanswered question, how did he get the names, chair colors, and correct seating order correct on picture paper as their names and the colors are not written in like the names they swore on are? I can see where _________ will choose, (chair color) and swear on __________ can be done ahead of time, but their names do not look like they were written in haste as the names they swore on are.

[@Sharyk808]

When did he write it in🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Khn806]

How did he write the names they swore if the paper was folded all this time?

[@liyakharitonova2922]

As well as in the end this paper with us pic was folded so he couldn’t write on the spare fields with the finger thing

[@furyyromaniac1799]

Yess thats right

[@thongnguyen9666]

@@furyyromaniac1799 he wrote it (filled in the blank) right after he took it out. But anyway, this Oz guy is really insane !!!

[@furyyromaniac1799]

@@thongnguyen9666 u didn't get it

[@wanzo113]

The paper was folded

[@garykubiak]

How does he write on the paper when it's folded in half? or is there a technique he uses to fold the paper and expose the back?

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

+Gary Kubiak Somehow he did fold the paper into a way that he could write on it. Also there was no need for crew members to come up and attach the hooks they could have done it before the trick even started, This was just buying some time for him to write.

[@andrewdickens7016]

He is doing quite a lot with that paper whilst all that is going on and the cameras/focus isn’t on him

[@dynnlopez5606]

@@andrewdickens7016 how about the audience man? They will notice and react.

[@andrewdickens7016]

dynn lopez they see less than what the camera sees Look how he is holding them

[@abadyabady2293]

@@stephenzoccoli9315 how he can fold it into a way that he could write on it ? lol its either folded or not

[@blairwilson9272]

and um Stepehn Zoccoli you are whom exactly? I think he only wrote the names of the person the judges swore on. As for the colours he would have kept asking them to play musical chairs until they were in correct position (he strongly hinted where he wanted them to sit, saying mix it up:usually the guys sit on the end, he knew saying that would make it likely the ladies would go to the ends and vice versa) - this seems plausible but also risky as it may have taken quite a few swaps which would have looked less impressive

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

+Blair Wilson I believe that how I explained it, that was how it was done.It would have been way to risky to do it the way you said. I could see this trick going very wrong with your explanation. all they would have to say is, that they don't want to move anymore,then the trick wouldn't work. It takes a little more to be a magician than just hoping that they guess the correct chair.

[@primeminisisteroffice7736]

That kind of risks are not taken in magic. It's more logical that he practice more to right judge name and whome they sware He may use sticker of judges name and only write the person name whom they sware

[@legoboy12336]

How do you know how he did it?

[@andrewdickens7016]

Because that IS how he did it

[@scottrichardson8608]

He had the paper filled out like this "Mel will choose the (blank) chair and swear on (blank). Then he filled it in when chairs were being brought down.

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

+Scott Richardson Yep! some people don't understand this part so im glad you do!

[@kostsan]

Not exactly... if you notice, he has the correct names of the judges in the correct order as the have sat.. Mel on the top, Howard on the row below, Howie third, and Heidi last row.. Somehow he must have written the judges names on the paper too.. so i think it is >>>> (blank) will choose the red chair and swear on (blank) - because the chairs are already determined color

[@chaitanyakaralkar7028]

@@kostsan yeah but why are only the names sloppy .. and im pretty sure he didnt have the time to write three words in THRE SENTENCES... not disagreeing.. just wondering

[@Pro-oe6ht]

But the blanks he had to fill were in different positions and the paper was folded before he revealed it. My guess he filled the spaces when he was showing the audience that he got the right envelope for himself. Either way he's brilliant.

[@arneljoseph211]

U should let them pick their own envelop, not you giving them the way how you want. . Ryt? Just saying, .

[@porcospinobianconero2978]

when invites the judges to the stage OZ turns his back to the crowd and has plenty of time to write the names on the still unfolded paper. U can actually see he's playing with the envelopes while walking away. The enveloped are forced. Still...after reading so many comments, the way he had assigned every judge the right chair remains undetermined as their names were clearly not added afterward...

[@KillerMZE]

He can have multiple envelopes, each with a certain order, and pull out only the correct one

[@erickcorrales8100]

well you can go now to AGT and do it .......

[@aded6121]

So you mean to tell me he wrote 8 names on all different parts of the paper with a thumb attachment, without looking, whilst the paper was folded, in that space of time, and was able to remember the name for each judge that they chose. I don't think so .. also, does anyone know what the relevance was of those four people coming to stand behind the chairs and then walking off ?

[@iraniyanaynesh2739]

If you had watched it carefully, the 4 ppl come to attach clip so that they can pull the black covers, also the names where not written all over the page, judges names where profiles only the chair colors and the sware name he needed to fill, and they are all in the same side if you fold the page horizontally from the middle and also color names he must have practiced many times as its fixed red blue green yellow. but still, this was a great trick, well deserved. :-)

[@FromTheRootsToTheCrown]

The numbers he wrote as he was giving the envelopes while they were sitting in the chairs with a little piece of Pencil granite attached to his thumb. He wrote the names as they were walking up to sit on the chairs. He went up first then you can see him fiddling with the paper. Because the numbers were not written on the envelope she had he knew which was red blue, green and yellow I just had to write the correct number with his thumb. They could have sat in any order and he could have given any of them any color. He knew which colors were in which envelopes. And then when they picked a number he wrote it on there.

[@michias33]

how did he get the colors that they choose exactly right on the paper, I mean even if he forced them to pick the colors on the envelope to the colors of the chairs he still got the colors exactly right on the paper that he read out he cant have written it because they're not sloppy

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

Years of practice this trick takes, all he had to do was force it, then try his best to not write it sloppy

[@michias33]

+Stephen Zoccoli yes i understand the names but what about the colors he wrote on the paper

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

There were no numbers on the paper until he wrote down the numbers. for example if someone picked number 4 and he needed it to be blue, he would write number 4 on the blue envelope

[@michias33]

+Stephen Zoccoli u dont understand yes i get that part but finally when he reads the paper that has a picture of him its says that mel b will choose red and howard will choose blue how did he know that or how did he do that? u cant say it written like the names of the people they swore on because the colors written are not sloppy

[@modie2377]

if u look its written in marker and not in thumb pencil

[@scottymcpeak9643]

when people below are asking how he forced the color I think what they really mean is how did he get the letter reveals in the correct order. look again at the final letter he even has it in the correct order he has MEL listed first then HOWARD. etc. my logic I believe the letter was already written except the name of the judge and their choice of family member. he couldn't write the names till they sat down he then wrote the name MEL and STEFON. then went to line #2 and wrote Howard the first word and Bianca the last word. that way they were in order. illusionist / magician fold and bend cards to appear a certain I believe he did the same thing so he could then write those names with his thumb writer. this would take a ton of practice but also on that big of stage the camera are on the judges more than him

[@kostsan]

this was my thought too... but the judge's name are so well written.. the person's names are clearly sloppy written.. maybe he used two thumb markers, one in each thumb? So he used his right thumb to right down the judge's names (better writting using his good hand) and his left thumb to right the person's names (hence the sloppy writting)

[@brandonmendez7438]

Scotty McPeak the spacing between will and the names was very good. Notice that Mel has the closest will and Howard had the furthest will

[@bhtms9105]

I'm rather curious about how he made it on the judge's pick of the chairs. I mean , the answers on the paper did seem a bit sloppy ,which might be written on stage as you said, but the judges' picks of colored chairs were also correct on the paper. Those words considering "colors" don't seem sloppy and was pretty much likely be written previously. But how ? How did he know which colored chair would each of the judge pick?

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

+BHTMS I explained in the video he used a thumb writer to force the correct color to the judges.

[@johnseed131]

Stephen Zoccoli i had this done to me in ny

[@mrlee-oo6zz]

It simple dude. Try to replay the video. Who gave the envelop? Of course. Its a force. U can get it. I only confuse of his last trick.

[@andrewdickens7016]

Stephen Zoccoli you can see him arranging the envelopes to what chair colour is next so it’s at the front and he can thumb pen it

[@unbroken1010]

@@stephenzoccoli9315 no we get the thumbwriter.. because the names are sloppy but the color choices are not sloppy...

[@scynamite]

The only thing that bothers me is he got the order right on the paper; Mel red, Howard blue, so on in the exact order they were sitting. If he has the judges names prewritten and writes the colors, is it just chance that they sat down in the order of the names on the paper (Mel, Howard, Howie, Heidi)? If he wrote their names and not the colors, that would make more sense, except then that disagrees with what the comments are saying how the colors and the people they swore on are all on one side of the paper.

[@wengo4602]

But it says: Mel will choose the red chair on the paper and its well written. How could he know? You only exposed how he forced the right paper. How did he do that?

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

+Wen Go he did it with the pencil thumb thing

[@wengo4602]

+Stephen Zoccoli no, because the name is really clean written. How you describe is it impossible

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

+Wen Go Well that is my guess, magicians spend years profecting thir act. So on this one he had to learn how to write good with it.

[@Armanqasim]

he pre wrote the parts where it was like, "mel will swear on", and then after the "on" it was blank, so he wrote it down while they were getting distracted by the chair part, thats why the names of the things that the people swore on was sloppy, because he wrote the names with his thumb writer

[@stephenzoccoli9315]

Exactly!

[@sahilnaik6353]

Carbon paper does the job

[@viverntahl2541]

even though u are a bottom feeder, i'll give you a tip. you got most of it right, the change of order of envelopes etc. that was obvious, part of magic is "slight of hand" he did good on that. But what you, and most of the commentators did not get right is the "special envelope", his envelope did NOT contain one paper, it contained grand max 16... papers. on which there was all the judges names written and "their" seats. that's why no "weird" writing, that was all prep'd, he just had to choose the one out of 16 with the right order. Then he added the names on which they swore, with some sort of a finger pen or the paper is just sensitive to the pressure of a finger, obv, all the text was written the same way so as the new words (only 4, names) won't stand out. obv again, the personnel attaching the clips to the clothes was the way to gain time for him to write down. but he didn't need as much, he was quick to write, when they were there, he already finished the additional names. Superb trick anyway. blew my mind, and was very entertaining. You don't need to explain how magicians do their thing, we all know it mostly hand and eye tricks.

[@Sharyk808]

When was he filling the blanks?

[@timwiegand5622]

watch it again, there's no way there are that many papers in that small envelope. It would have had to be heavily stuffed, but it is the same thickness of the other envelopes. Also, after showing his picture, its unfolded for about 5 secs only, then its folded back and remains folded. Don't see the opportunity to write the names in unless he can do it while the paper is folded and never moving his hand. He would need to write in names all in 4 different positions on the paper. Also he was gripping the paper with 4 visible fingers in front and his thumb behind. You need the thumb to press against the fingers to hold the paper still, so there is no way the thumb could be writing out names at the same time. I timed it and while doing the chair thing, he had 65 secs, which would have been about 15 secs per name, which sounds doable, but the paper stayed folded. Its obvious the swear-names are in sloppier text so were written in somehow in real-time. I've read thru this entire thread, and don't find any really convincing answers to when/how the names got added based on the observations above.

[@sweez-i6819]

Lots of people dont get how he froced it on mel, HE SAID HOW!

[@MizanurRahman-uv7sz]

Even I don't😂

[@djelalhassan7631]

The great deceivers the mentalist and the magicians

[@mali5il8]

lets say that okay he wrote mel will choose the (blank) chair etc ... how the hell did he know it was in this order Mel first then howard the howie then heidi did he write that 2 don't be an idiot thats a lot of writing on a folded paper

[@primeminisisteroffice7736]

Actually he write (Blank) will choose red chair . Because he know the order of chair

[@audiemuniz6445]

Why people like to reveal secrets of magic?

[@ronnykalama8646]

how then did he read there minds?mmh

[@ghostlover951]

He had his picture folded the entire time; your theory fell short at the end. I actually know someone who has this ability, and I assure you that there are people who are capable of pulling this through . I don't know this guy, so I can't say if he's legit or not, but he did a fantastic job fooling millions of eyes staring at him

[@gertjanvandermeij4265]

LEGIT ? a "mentalist" Are you kidding me ? You clearly also still believe in Santa ?

[@ghostlover951]

@gertjanvandermeij4265 yeah I clearly believe in Santa just like you clearly still believe your dad is your real father... say hello to your mom for me son!

[@SpookyFaceGaming]

I don't get this. Why do people feel the need to pick apart the man's work. Why not just be entertained? It takes away the fun and magic of it.

[@mash8349]

Its not magic

[@viverntahl2541]

@@mash8349 it IS magic, or at least what we call magic, you mean it aint dragon and wizzards magic, which does not exist irl

[@EgbertWilliams]

This is fake because he was tricking people yo.

[@mkushiandikayakoachananaya7944]

The revelation is not clear at all! The illusionist did something that can't be discovered in that way.

[@IvanMallia]

And the funny thing is he got it wrong

[@markthomasson5077]

Pure ‘ magic’…not mentalist