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  • -You're really strong. -Thank you.

  • Move over, Dynamo. There's a new magician in town. Introducing Troy.

  • Hello, lovely to meet you.

  • Yeah, we love him already.

  • The 25-year-old from South London is the latest magician to land his very own TV show, and

  • not only is he talented, but he's probably the best looking magician on the planet.

  • I think this is what they'll look like in their natural environment. If I just...

  • And actually get them out the picture.

  • Okay Troy, so we're going to make some magic now.

  • We're going to make some magic.

  • I've never met a magician before, so I'm really excited about this.

  • This is the first time we've met today, right?

  • Yes, it is.

  • It's not possible that I could know anything about you.

  • I hope not.

  • Like anything like super personal.

  • I'm going to try a little card effect on you, okay?

  • -All the cards are different, right? -Yeah.

  • -That's quite a fancy way of showing the cards. -Yeah, that was quite impressive.

  • -That alone's fine. -So that's it? Okay.

  • And what I want you to do for me is just pick a bunch of cards, okay? So you say stop whenever

  • you want at any point in the deck.

  • -Stop. -Right here. Okay.

  • I just want you to take about four to five cards. Actually take four cards.

  • Now just looking at these cards, do they mean anything to you?

  • Um, no. I don't know anything.

  • If I did this, does that mean anything to you?

  • If I just did that and covered the one?

  • Oh my God. That's my... That is my card number, my pin.

  • So maybe we should not say this outloud. We might have to...

  • No way. You're joking. How did you do that?

  • -You can actually steal my money if you wanted to. -I could, but I'm not.

  • Lucky for me. Troy didn't access my bank account and steal my last remaining tenner. Ah phew.

  • -You are a very talented man. -Thank you very much.

  • I've got to ask you. When did you know you had a special talent?

  • Um well... I got into magic when I was around 12 years old, and you know like any kid getting

  • into magic, you try different things and you practice on your friends and your family.

  • And I was getting really good reactions. I joined a magic club called the Young Magicians

  • Club, and when I was 15, I did a competition called the Young Close Up Magician of the

  • Year, and I won that. And I think from there, I thought I had something.

  • Troy's been hailed as the new Dynamo, something he's very pleased about.

  • You know, he's done great things for magic, and he's certainly opened the door for me

  • to sort of come through and show what I've got as well. But yeah, it's definitely a compliment.

  • Now, Troy's been practising magic for years, but all his luck changed during one fateful

  • night at a restaurant. Dramatic, we know.

  • While performing at a restaurant. I used to do a residency. The restaurant's closed down

  • now, but I did a little two hour gig there. Just parties around the tables. There was

  • this guy. He's just like this, watching me, and I sort of clocked him. He wasn't watching

  • me like everyone else. He was just like... And he asked for my business card, he sent

  • me an email the next day and he says: Hi, my name's Danny Fenton. I'm the CEO of ZigZag

  • Productions. I saw your performance at the restaurant. I thought you were really good,

  • and I don't know if you've done TV before, but I think you'd be great. And it started

  • from there really, and that was over two years ago.

  • -Wow. -So yeah.

  • -Best email you've ever got. -I know. I was just like whaaaaat?

  • And of course there are plenty of benefits when you're a magician.

  • I use it definitely to get discounts, if I'm going into shops. I'll just walk in.

  • If I see something that's a bit pricey, and I'm like uhhh...

  • Get a salesperson over, and I'm like... would you be able to give me a discount if I showed

  • you something really amazing?

  • What about the ladies? I can imagine you're very popular with the ladies. I can imagine

  • as well as being very charming, you can impress them with your magic. Have you ever used it

  • to get a girl's phone number?

  • I have once or twice, but I always like to leave the magic as the last thing I sort of

  • reveal to them, so I like girls to get to know me for me and not for the magic. I like

  • the magic to be a surprise. But if all else fails and they're like ugh, Troy's... Not

  • really feeling Troy. I'll be like, okay wait. There's something else. I can do magic.

  • And he's certainly worked his magic on me.

  • -I want you to say stop. -Stop.

  • -Right here? Are you sure? -Yeah.

  • Have a look at that card for me. I'm going to look at it as well. 8 of Hearts.

  • -Now say stop whenever you want. -Stop.

  • Remember that. King of Spades. So I'm going to get you to write your name on both those

  • cards, okay?

  • There we go. 8 of Hearts. We've got the name on it. If you'll sign the King of Spades for

  • me, and we'll leave the 8 sticking out. King of Spades, 8 of Hearts. It's like they're

  • kissing now. They're face to face, but what I'm going to do. I'm going to put them back

  • to back, okay? 8 of Hearts. Kind of Spades. I want you to put your hand out for me. I'm

  • going to put them in your hand, but if you put your other hand on top like a sandwich.

  • Yeah. Squeeze it tight. I'm going to help you out as well.

  • -You're really strong. -Thank you.

  • Lift up your hands.

  • Now you squeezed them to a point where it's actually merged into one card.

  • Shut up. No, that's stuck together.

  • -That's one card. -No they're stuck together!

  • If you tear it... Look, I can tear it for you. That's one card, right?

  • What? That's ridiculous.

  • One card baby. One card.

  • I'm very impressed.

  • Thank you very much.

  • I can keep this?

  • Keep it. That's my gift to you.

  • I'm going to work this out. I am. I'm going to find out what the secret is because that is crazy.

  • And actually get them out the picture and...

  • And you can watch Troy work his magic every Tuesday at 10 on E4.

  • -Wow. -That's crazy.

  • You've ruined the water dispenser.

  • I think it looks prettier like that.

-You're really strong. -Thank you.

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