Phenomenon (TV series)
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| Created by | Keshet Broadcasting Limited Kuperman Productions Limited Explorologist Limited |
| Directed by | Alan Carter |
| Presented by | Tim Vincent |
| Judges |
Criss Angel Uri Geller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Suzy Lamb |
| Location(s) | Tribune Studios, Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) |
Granada Entertainment Keshet Broadcasting Krane Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 24 – November 21, 2007 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Suzy Lamb
Michael Agbabian
Dwight Smith
Phenomenon is a competition show judged by mystifier Uri Geller and illusionist Criss Angel and hosted by Tim Vincent which debuted live on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 on NBC. The show featured ten contestants competing to become the next great mentalist, to be determined by viewers voting by phone and online. The contestants performed their effects on celebrity guests each week. The winner of Phenomenon would win $250,000.
On October 30, 2007, during an interview with Larry King about the show, Angel said "No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead. And that was what I said I was going to do with Phenomenon. If somebody goes on that show and claims to have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust them live and on television."
The winner of the first season was Mike Super.
The series was cancelled on April 2, 2008, after NBC announced its 2008–2009 schedule.
In episode one, on October 24, 2007, the first four contestants performed, with Angel and Geller reviewing their performances. The Celebrity guests were Carmen Electra, supermodel Rachel Hunter, and Ross Mathews, known as "Ross the Intern" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ehud Segev performed a routine in which Electra felt the touches that Matthews felt. Jim Karol performed a mind over matter demonstration, placing his hand inside of a large bear trap. Karol then revealed the celebrity that guest Hunter was thinking of. Eran Raven performed Russian roulette with six nail guns. Gerry McCambridge did a routine that allowed the audience to choose a number from one of three phonebooks. The selected phone number was then shown to perfectly match his prediction. Geller performed his Mental Challenge with a "choose-an-ESP-card" effect, a trick Geller routinely performs, which James Randi had commented tends to select the card "that audiences will [statistically] tend to choose."
In episode two, on Halloween, October 31, 2007, the remaining six performed and Jim Karol and Ehud Segev from the first episode were eliminated. Uri Geller performed his Mental Challenge with a "land-on-one-of-the-nine-planets" effect where home viewers spell the name of any planet, yet come to the same conclusion of Venus. Only Ross Mathews from episode one returned for episode two. The other celebrity guests were Raven-Symoné and former Miss USA Shandi Finnessey.
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