My List:
Daniel Madison - Really knows how to capture the essence of whatever you need and expand it, and as Christopher said, he is a brilliant creator. Has a pretty great personality too (or at least from what I can tell lol).
Brian Brushwood - As I have been following him outside of his magic stuff too, he has a very amiable personality, and is quite the character. If you haven't seen Night Attack (on Twitch w/ Justin Robert Young), or The Modern Rogue (a fantastic YouTube channel w/ Jason Murphy), go check them out. You'll see what I mean (and be entertained at the same time). Plus go see his Twitter, some stuff on there is absolute gold. He also performs brilliantly. I've also spoken with him many times, and he is downright helpful and nice.
Calen Morelli - Just looks at stuff in such new ways.
Peter McKinnon - Fantastic Photography & Filmography, really knows how to condense something into what you need it to be. Also a very ingenious thinker.
Mac King - Fantastic Comedic Personality.
This was really hard! I was gonna go for some of the guys you guys listed, but then I would wipe the slate clean and think of a new idea. I guess it also depends on what the special is actually going to be about. I mean, obviously magic, but you can take it in so many different ways. Who knows, maybe you put together an hour long magician/comedy sitcom special? Also, if anyone wants to make a magic themed Sitcom, that would be amazing (if it's funny).
Honorable Mentions:
Daniel Garcia, Apollo Robbins, Paul Harris, Gregory Wilson, Juan Tamariz, Joshua Jay, Shin Lim, Blake Vogt, Paul Gertner, Peter Turner, and Justin Wilman (for the TV experience).
Side note:
I'm wasn't gonna answer this question directly first, because I don't have an answer yet but...
I was gonna make a little joke about Jibrizy, but then I realized putting him on would be a genius move. Giant Ego, thinks he is MTV reincarnate, hating on "the all haters", gets caught, and the randomness that's happening rn (idek what he's doing right now. KOI Gang...? WUT?), etc. This stuff would get so much views. The ratings would be insane. It's like Kanye.... but a bigger ego.