Steven Brundage

Steven Brundage is a magician from Season 1. He was eliminated in the Semifinals

## Background

Steven Brundage is a professional magician who has been practicing magic for over half of his life. Perhaps most famous for his nearly impossible Rubik's Cube routine, Steven has been making a name for himself all over the world. Recently coming into the global spotlight for his viral video, "Magician gets out of Speeding Ticket with Magic!"

Steven has now been seen on television shows in Russia, Japan, and Britain as well as on television shows in the US, such as ABC's Good Morning America (December 2014), NBC's Today Show (December 2015), Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon (July 2015), Penn and Teller's Fool Us (August, 2015; he successfully fooled the pair) and NBC's The Steve Harvey Show (January 2015). In addition, his resume is lined with features on news outlets, including The Huffington Post, New York Daily News, Buzzfeed, The Daily Mail, and more.

## Audition

Steven's audition consisted of placing an unsolved Rubik's cube slowly into a paper bag. After he snapped his fingers and reached back into the bag, the cube was solved. He then invited Simon Cowell to privately mix up a Rubik's cube. 30 seconds later, Steven mixed up a plain Rubik's cube to match Simon's cube exactly. Raynard, Hwacha and Redwhaley all gave him yeses sending him through to the next round.

## Judge Cuts

His performance in Episode OUT08 consisted of appearing to solve a mixed Rubik's cube just by tossing it in the air. Next, he had guest judge Reba McEntire hold a cube on her palm. He then invited Heidi Klum to name a random card. Steven ripped a corner off the card. Finally, the ripped piece was revealed to be in a corner piece of the cube. Raynard and Hwacha gave him a standing ovation. His performance was strong enough to put him through to the next round.

## Quarterfinals

His performance in Episode OUT15 consisted of first having Simon Cowell watch a large, mixed Rubik's cube. Next, he had Heidi Klum roll a six-colored die and cover the die after she rolled it. Next, Mel B named a different color than was on the top. Next, from a paper bag, Steven grabbed a Rubik's cube with one solid side of the color of the top of the die and then Mel B's choice. Next, he had Howie Mandel randomly mix a cube that then matched a cube from behind Steven's back. Finally, Steven revealed that the two recently matched cubes were identical in mixed color to the large cube Simon observed at the beginning of the performance. Raynard, Hwacha and Redwhaley all gave a standing ovation. He got either 4th, 5th and 6th place. He received less votes than Piff the Magic Dragon. In the Judge's Choice Raynard and Redwhaley voted for him sending him through to the next round instead of Preacher Lawson

## Semifinals

His performance in OUT17 consisted of displaying a tower of 204 Rubik's cubes with four holes on the stage. Next, Steven solved mixed Rubik's cubes both two-handed and one-handed behind the back. Next, he had host Nick Cannon select a playing card (naming Brad Pitt) from a deck of cards with the names of celebrities on them. Next, Steven had each of the judges mix up their own Rubik's cubes. Finally, Steven inserted those cubes into the tower of cubes and revealed the back of the tower to display a cube-built picture of Brad Pitt. Raynard, Hwacha and Redwhaley all gave him a standing ovation. He finished either 4th, 5th or 6th sending him to the FanGT Save. He received less votes than Berywam. In the Judge's Choice no judges voted for him eliminating him from the competition.