Earlier that day, Simon had told another card magician that he was starting to get bored of card tricks. So Shin Lim was nervous when he walked onto the America’s Got Talent stage with just a deck of cards.
Shin was from Boston, Massachusetts. He found magic at 16, and his first ever show was at his parents’ church, where he only got a few pity claps. He even admitted he started magic to get a girlfriend, then found out you still have to talk to girls 😄.
When Simon heard he was a card magician, he said he was not going to ask any more questions. Shin smiled, picked up his cards and started.
What followed was unbelievable. Cards appeared and disappeared in his hands, a signed card ended up somewhere impossible, and the audience screamed in disbelief 🎶. By the end, everyone was on their feet.
Howie said it was by leaps and bounds the best sleight of hand close up magic he had ever seen. Another judge said she still could not close her mouth. Simon admitted he had said he was done with card magic, and said he was taking it back because this was incredible. Shin got three yeses, and Simon joked that the 3,400 people in the theater were yeses too ❤️.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxalbTgPghM
