Strong Prediction Effect

[Toby]

Hey guys,

I'm currently in "Serbia's Got Talent" TV show, and I passed the first stage with all 4 judges votes. I am going as a mentalist, since there are already a few magicians, so I wanted to be different and unique, which could help me get further into the competition, being the only one.
Anyways, for that first phase, I wanted to do a drawing duplication (Director's Cut effect, with movie posters), but I had zero information about the stage, lighting, music etc. So I backed out of it in the last moment and did an Invisible Deck with a psychological presentation.
As good as the effect is, especially for the intimate setting, it was not that "big", it was good enough to get me through, but that's about it. That is why, for my second phase of the competition, I need to do something extraordinary, something worth of the finale.
I am thinking about a big prediction effect, that will get the "wow" effect.
Do you guys have any ideas or a particular effects that I should do? Oz Pearlman did the Svenpad in the second round, which is good, but I would like something even bigger than that.

Thank you!

 

[Josh Burch]

Congrats on your success!

One of Scott Alexander's Roulette effects could fit the bill. Both versions are very dramatic, they play big and they are completely safe to do (Almost self-working)

http://scottalexander.bigcartel.com/product/nailed-it

Smart A$$ by Bill Abbott is always solid and pretty funny

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S15639

Here's a powerful newspaper prediction

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2497

There's a great chair test here on Mentalities

http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/S14979

Then of course there is the magic square

 

[Toby]

Thank you Josh, those are some good ideas. I was also thinking about the Smart Ass, but with the famous actor presentation. However, maybe a some sort of a confabulation effect would be better? Any ideas for those?
Chair test is maybe the best routine to go for, however, it is really difficult to pull of because the audience doesn't have a direct path to the stage, so I cannot just pull the people from the audience. Judges need to stay in their seats because of the buttons if they don't like the act. The only solution would be to have audience members on the stage before the effect begins, but then people may think that they are stooges. Is there a way to go around that as well?

 

[Josh Burch]

Thank you Josh, those are some good ideas. I was also thinking about the Smart Ass, but with the famous actor presentation. However, maybe a some sort of a confabulation effect would be better? Any ideas for those?
Chair test is maybe the best routine to go for, however, it is really difficult to pull of because the audience doesn't have a direct path to the stage, so I cannot just pull the people from the audience. Judges need to stay in their seats because of the buttons if they don't like the act. The only solution would be to have audience members on the stage before the effect begins, but then people may think that they are stooges. Is there a way to go around that as well?

I have played around with 4 or 5 different chair routines. They aren't easy to do over all, there is a lot of thought that you have to do on the spot with most.

The Comedy Confabulation, Confab-shoe-lation, and A Show in Review are all good. The confabulation routine really works best with a whole show. IT's the kind of thing that you can return to. It always seems a little cramped when it is all performed at once. Well, not always. I suppose it can be done.