Magician Shin Lim Crowned Season 13 Champion of America's Got Talent
Shin Lim is the winner of America’s Got Talent!
“When you told me at 16 that an awkward, shy kid would one day be performing at the Dolby Theatre performing on America’s Got Talent, I wouldn’t have believed them. To compete on AGT, it means the world to me,” said Lim, who opened up about his carpal tunnel syndrome due to a career-ending injury to his thumb tendons.
The 26-year-old magician, who was born in Canada and currently lives in Acton, Massachusetts, wowed audiences through sleight of hand magic and close-up tricks. For his final trick, Lim performed a card trick with host Tyra Banks and American Ninja Warrior co-hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila.
During the competition, both judges Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell called Lim “the best close-up magician they have ever seen.”
“You’re the only one that makes me believe that magic is possible,” Heidi Klum said.
Along with his new title of season 13 champion, Lim, who is the reigning world FISM champion for close-up magic, has plans to perform alongside The Illusionists, a group of magicians who also got their start on the reality competition.
Lim previously appeared on Penn Jillette and Teller’s magic competition show, Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
In third place was electric violinist Brian King Joseph and second place was the acrobatic dance group Zurcaroh.
Lim also beat out fellow top 10 finalists: singers Courtney Hadwin, Michael Ketterer, Daniel Emmet, and Glennis Grace as well as comedians Vicki Barbalok and Samuel J. Comroe, and trapeze couple Duo Transcend.
In addition to the title of season 13 champion, the winner also takes home a $1 million and a headlining gig at the Paris Theater at Paris Las Vegas Nov. 2-4.
America’s Got Talent airs Tuesdays and Wednesdays (8 p.m. ET) on NBC.
Shin Lim blows minds with unbelievable card magic
Lim previously appeared on Penn Jillette and Teller’s magic competition show, Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
In third place was electric violinist Brian King Joseph and second place was the acrobatic dance group Zurcaroh.
Lim also beat out fellow top 10 finalists: singers Courtney Hadwin, Michael Ketterer, Daniel Emmet, and Glennis Grace as well as comedians Vicki Barbalok and Samuel J. Comroe, and trapeze couple Duo Transcend.
In addition to the title of season 13 champion, the winner also takes home a $1 million and a headlining gig at the Paris Theater at Paris Las Vegas Nov. 2-4.
America’s Got Talent airs Tuesdays and Wednesdays (8 p.m. ET) on NBC.
Shin Lim blows minds with unbelievable card magic
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