Colin Cloud

Colin Cloud is a Magician from Season 1 of Fantasy Got Talent. They were eliminated in the Quarterfinals.

## Background

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 sellout 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. [1]

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.

## Audition

Coliin Cloud's audition in Episode OUT01 consisted of first having host Tyra Banks hold onto a bottle with a piece of paper in it above a box. First, Colin gave Howie Mandel a coin to hide in one of his hands. Reading his body movements, Colin guessed correctly which hand contained the coin. He then asked the audience to shout out random colors, animals, and names. For each of the next three judges, he associated a color choice (white or blue), animal choice (cat or cheetah), and name choice (Charlie or Oscar) for the hands of Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Simon Cowell respectively. Colin then revealed that the piece of paper had instructions to open the box and see what is inside. Inside was a white cat named Oscar, matching the choices corresponding to the judges' hands. Raynard2, HwachaNappa, and RedWhaley14 all voted "Yes", sending the act to the Judge Cuts.

## Judge Cuts

His Judge Cuts performance in Episode OUT07 consisted of first inviting Hwacha and REDACTED to the stage. First, he asked REDACTED to pick a word describing herself and then licking her hand. He then correctly guessed what she ate. Next, he had the three other judges pick random digits for a six-digit phone password. Next, Colin got into the mindset of Hwacha and "influenced" him to pick the last three digits, successfully unlocking the phone. Next, Colin whispered words into REDACTED's mind with information only she would know about. Finally, he revealed a group of audience members with cards holding up the words "Goddess", exactly as REDACTED picked. Raynard, Hwacha, REDACTED and Redwhaley gave them standing ovations. Their performance was so good that Guest Judge REDACTED gave him a golden buzzer sending him straight through to the live shows.

## Quarterfinals

His performance in Episode OUT15 consisted of first introducing his act as solving the murder of Raynard on a piece of paper. Colin asked the audience to think of naughty memories in detail. Colin identified one such member and correctly guessed that member's naughty memory. Colin then asked the stage audience member to pick a knife from a stack of five. He then invited Redwhaley onto the stage to plunge the knife into Raynard's chest; the knife turned out to be rubber. Next, he revealed that a plaque on the bench actually already had the reason for murder engraved on the bench. Finally, he revealed that all four of the other knives were real. Raynard, Hwacha and Redwhaley gave him standing ovations. They did not receive enough votes to advance, eliminating them from the competition in STICKSOFF.

## Trivia

* He was the first Golden Buzzer ever to be eliminated