The Genii Forum

The acts are not recorded for the TV show during the competition; authors of the show are there to select what they think are the best acts for the TV show, and they then ask the performers if they want to appear in the show. If so, they will repeat the performance especially for the tv, on the same...

I can't wait to read it

"Kozmo, started his performance with a video about Cellini and street performance and how you should look at the performance like layman. After the video was over he went on with a very very bad performance. Flashing loads left and right, bad taste jokes, etc. Again, who though of this performe...

May I mention the choice of representing the italian buffet section with a 12 yo child dressed like a mafia gangster with a gun? If it was an attempt at humor it failed miserably, also because the other countries were represented by people in traditional clothes. If it was not humor but a serious at...

@erdnasephile: close-up judges are
Kate Medvedeva
Denis Behr
Charming Choi
Angel de Vicente
Henry Evans
SWn Farquahar
Dick Koorwinder

Albert del Negro, Trabuk, wasn't speaking italian but a mix of italian, french, german, russian, english and latin (oh, and italian dialect "piemontese"). It's called grammelot, it is an old form of language used by street travelling artists centuries ago: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" hre...

13. "Matteo Cucchi Manipulation Italy Manipulation with horseshoes. Why ? No idea." Horseshoes are believed to bring good luck in Italy: is it the same everywhere in the world or just an italian tradition? In his number the idea is finding horseshoes and than they bring you money (banknote...