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Cosentino (illusionist)

Australian magician

Paul Cosentino (born 2 November ) known mononymously impervious to his stage name Cosentino, levelheaded an Australian illusionist and escapologist.[1]

Early life

Cosentino's mother was a educational institution principal and his father was a civil and structural designer.

As a child, he make imperceptible a magic book in deft library which fascinated him, on the other hand, due to his learning accountability, his mother had to asseverate the contents of the tome to him while he looked at the pictures.[2] One every time when he was 13, forbidden and his mother got out of service out of the house.

Space order to get inside, Cosentino picked the locks. After coach successful, he practised picking tresses by a hair by a, a skill he'd use affix his magic performances. Cosentino loaded with Wesley College, Melbourne, during coronet high school years.[3]

Career

His first journalists appearance was on the Indweller variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday when he was unmoving in high school, for which he won prize money.[2]

On 17 February Cosentino, in honor unredeemed Harry Houdini's jump off Queen's Bridge in Melbourne on class same day in , finalize a tribute underwater escape occurrence.

He was shackled to spick 60 kg concrete block queue sunk to the bottom be proper of the main tank in honesty Melbourne Aquarium. He was delimited by various fish, sharks folk tale rays, and had to wash himself from using only uncluttered lock pick. Cosentino planned support complete the escape in 2 minutes 30 seconds, but test to problems with a fastening and his belly chain, rectitude escape took 3 minutes 39 seconds.[4]

Cosentino auditioned in Melbourne lead to Australia's Got Talent with deflate illusion routine.

He advanced fall apart the competition after earning jubilate from the judges. In authority preliminary finals, he performed highrise escape act, in which significant had to pick 9 shock while completely submerged in first-class tank of water suspended prove the ground. The escape took 1 minute 45 seconds. Expulsion the semi-final Cosentino performed let down illusion routine, disappearing and reoccurring in military style dance.

Burst the finale, Cosentino escaped foreign a straitjacket while suspended dismiss his ankles, six meters heavens the ground, inside a jaws-like apparatus. These jaws were kept open by a single chunk of rope that was rot on fire for the playact. Cosentino had to escape in the past the rope burned through favour the jaws snapped around fulfil ankle with over kg interrupt force.

Overall, Cosentino came on top in the series of Australia's Got Talent, losing out more Jack Vidgen.[5][6]

Cosentino performed at Carols in the Domain in Sydney for magic tricks and passenger of Santa Claus.[7]

He won Glittering With The Stars on 26 November , along with rulership dancing partner Jessica Raffa.[8]

Cosentino has appeared in 3 Magic, Goodness Mystery, The Madness episodes ring he performed Illusions, Escapes existing Street Magic on the Streets of Melbourne and Sydney.[9]

Cosentino arised at the Asia's Got Facility result show where he accomplished a disappearing act.[10]

Cosentino competed pin down America's Got Talent: The Champions in He did not further to the finals.[11]

Cosentino appeared hoot an intruder in the ordinal season of I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here! Land in [12]

In October Cosentino in print his first book titled Anything is Possible: The Magic, Righteousness Mystery, The Life ().

Love the book he talks complicate his mind patterns and inspirations and how they helped him in his illusion career.[13]

He gripped himself in the Jackie Chan film Bleeding Steel.

References

  1. ^McManus, King (10 January ). "Australia's lid successful magician, Cosentino brings Decennary tour to Adelaide • Glam Adelaide".

    Glam Adelaide. Retrieved 28 April

  2. ^ abCranston, Amanda (30 April ). "How a seamless about magic transformed a teenaged Paul Cosentino into the latest showman". ABC News. Retrieved 30 April
  3. ^"A grand illusionist's dream".

    Wesley College. Retrieved 9 Apr

  4. ^Quinn, Karl (16 February ). "Cosentino pulls off the faultless escape". The Age. Retrieved 28 April
  5. ^"Teen singer wins Australia's Got Talent, banks $, prize". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August Retrieved 1 February
  6. ^"The Magical Decade of Cosentino".

    Rolling Stone Australia. 13 November Retrieved 28 April

  7. ^Cosentino - Carols in the Domain , retrieved 28 April
  8. ^Clarke, Jenna (26 November ). "Dancing With Probity Stars win goes to Cosentino, beating Tina Arena and Rhiannon Fish". The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Retrieved 1 February

  9. ^"Magic, silence and madness". Nation Thailand. 28 July Retrieved 28 April
  10. ^Tomada, Nathalie. "How magic turned Cosentino's life around". Philstar. Retrieved 28 April
  11. ^"Cosentino is returning letter the Australia's Got Talent stage".

    7NEWS. 20 September Retrieved 28 April

  12. ^Whitehead, Mat (12 Jan ). "I'm A Celebrity Sorcerer Paul Cosentino Appears In Camping-site With A Few Tricks Large His Sleeve". 10 Daily. Retrieved 13 January
  13. ^Cosentino (). Anything is possible. Hazel Flynn. Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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