The 51-year-old from Tarragona, a benchmark for “close-up magic”, is proclaimed the winner due to the viewers. He already knew Risto Mejide, who suggested him to not present up “as a result of he did not have to”, and gave him the golden cross with Paula Echevarría and EdurneHe has carried out in 15 international locations for celebrities like Messi or Charlize Theron, however the pandemic led him to unemployment and this system has now modified his life
Jordi Caps made historical past this Tuesday on Got Talent Spain by changing into the primary magician to win the competition in our nation, after many illusionists of every kind have tried all through its six years of broadcast.
The 51-year-old magician, from Bràfim (Tarragona), specialised in “close-up, improvised, elegant and inventive magic”, was proclaimed the winner of the eighth version of Got Talent. Unlike the earlier two years, when because of the pandemic this system was recorded and it was the jury who selected the winner, this time it was the viewers of this system who voted by way of the official Mitele app, a digital platform for Mediaset, awarding him the ultimate prize of 25,000 euros and one other 10,000 euros extra in a coaching scholarship.
The unimaginable magic of Jordi Caps wins ‘Got expertise 8’
“We all want magic,” Risto mentioned when the voting was already closed, earlier than realizing the choice of the viewers, in what appeared like a premonition.
And it’s that in an version through which magic has had a higher presence than ever, Jordi Caps has prevailed over two different illusionists, Joaquín Matas and the younger Adrián Vargas, in addition to the remainder of the finalists: the singers Betsy Remedios, the younger Ukrainian Rrealina, little Zlata Khomenko and Martina (the younger lady who accompanies her spectacular voice with signal language); dancers Dakota & Nadia, Quality Youth Megacrew and La niñas de Lola; the acrobats Dúo Dádiva and Wesley Williams (who couldn’t be within the ultimate); and Mateo Turbelin and his diávolo.
The magician Joaquín Matas, Martina and the duo fashioned by Nadia and Dakota have been the opposite three artists most voted for by the general public within the ultimate, which has had particular friends, such because the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has given a shock to Las Niñas de Lola:
Isabel Díaz Ayuso visits the ultimate of ‘Got expertise’ to shock ‘Las niñas de Lola’
This has been the stunning trick of Jordi Caps within the ultimate
Jordi has achieved a tremendous magic quantity within the ultimate with which he wished to point out that every part in life is linked, guessing all of the playing cards from Risto, Edurne, Paula Echevarría and Dani Martínez. “Your minds have been beneath my management for a very long time,” he warned.
Thus, he revealed that the primary letter of that final trick was thought by Risto in auditions, the second was from Dani, the third of the 4 judges, the fourth from Paula and the fifth from Edurne. In addition, they weren’t “simply any letters. It is the primary letter of my identify and my date of delivery (1971). A magical date that marked the start of my love for magic.”
Jordi Caps’ magic quantity, in full
His mom and brother, who couldn’t be with him within the ultimate, despatched him a message. And what Jordi didn’t count on is that his father, of whom he has spoken a lot in his performances, has been watching him from the viewers and the magician has not been in a position to keep away from tears.
Risto knew him and suggested him to not seem on this system
The playing cards appeared forged for the triumph of Jordi Caps since final September 14, when the magician debuted on Got Talent Spain. The judges Dani Martínez, Edurne, Paula Echevarría and Risto Mejide commented on the curiosity that no magic quantity had but gained Got Talent Spain. Then, Jordi Caps would make his look on stage, and we’d uncover that Risto and he already knew one another.
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“Jordi Caps is a rare magician that I do know, and on one event he requested me whether or not or to not come to ‘Got Talent’ and I informed him not to think about it. And right here you might be,” Risto commented, alluding to the assembly personal that that they had throughout a visit to Andorra in 2019 along with his then accomplice –Laura Escanes-, the place he was fascinated by his expertise:
At that point, Risto really useful that he not seem on this system, one thing that Jordi Caps, thankfully, ignored. “I’m right here to contradict you,” he joked. “I’m glad you did not take note of me, Jordi,” replied Risto, who till then hadn’t recognized that he had gone to the casting.
The audition trick that gave him the golden cross to the semifinal
“One of my largest fears is that Risto will inform me no,” Jordi acknowledged on the Got Talent auditions. The magician then gave the jury an improvised magic quantity, his specialization, first utilizing Dani, Edurne and Paula to hit the playing cards that he confirmed them in his deck. He did so properly that the general public requested them to activate the golden button that may take him on to the semifinals:
Paula Echevarría and Risto give their joint golden cross to Jordi Caps
Risto challenged him to do some extra complicated trick, asking him to guess a random card: “I make it unattainable for him or I will not have the ability to give him a ‘no'”. This second variety of magic additionally went surprisingly properly, incomes much more public favor: “Golden cross! Golden cross!”, which lastly arrived, from the hand of Mejide and Paula Echevarría.
His “magical” efficiency within the semifinal, with a nod to Edurne’s daughter
The Got Talent winner reached the primary semifinal “with two decks”, one in all poker and the opposite with pictures: “I’m very keen on it as a result of my father gave it to me once I was a toddler and he informed me that with it I might be a mentalist.” The judges and Santi Millán selected a card and, one after the other, he guessed the article that every one had in his hand.
The spectacular magic efficiency by Jordi Caps strikes Edurne with a wink along with her daughter Yanay
His private story: ‘Got Talent’ saved him from unemployment after the pandemic
Got Talent has modified the lifetime of Jordi Caps. Until two years in the past, he lived from his occupation and keenness, magic. He did his exhibits (with which he has carried out in 15 international locations), in addition to teaching, workshops and coaching.
But the devastating results of the pandemic left him out of a job, and it was then that he made the essential choice to use for Got Talent.
“I hit backside, nobody referred to as,” he remembers in an interview for the Diario de Tarragona. Risto Mejide stopped him in his try to go to this system, when he met him in a personal efficiency. “I requested him if he would welcome me introducing myself and the reply was ‘you do not want it’.”
His time on Got Talent, and much more now after having gained, has boosted his profession once more. “The recognition of a program like that is very nice. Sure it has helped me rather a lot,” she says.
Two months in the past he assured that he had a dream to meet. He has by no means proven his present in his land, Tarragona, one thing stunning that makes him unhappy. “I’ve carried out magic all around the world and I’ve by no means achieved it in Tarragona. And not as a result of I do not wish to. I might find it irresistible ”, confessed Jordi Caps, who did thank the Diputació for the assistance they gave him “when he was very screwed up within the time of the coronavirus, I all the time must be pleased about that ”.
Referent of “close-up magic”, probably the most troublesome
Jordi Caps is among the leaders in probably the most troublesome specialty of magic, close-up. He is the primary magician on the earth to formally carry out on board the most important passenger airplane, the Airbus 380 of the Emirates firm, throughout its Barcelona-Dubai route.
Has acted for Charlize Theron or Messi
Throughout his profession, Jordi Caps has carried out for celebrities from all around the world similar to Charlize Theron, Lionel Messi or the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia:
Collaborate with different nationwide and worldwide magicians
Jordi Caps has collaborated with the perfect nationwide and worldwide magicians. He is a part of the magic advisory and inventive group for Mago Pop for the Netflix sequence Magic For Humans.
He has been a Professor on the Mag Lari School of Magic, instructing lessons to youngsters and adults and for all ranges.
He is inventive administration, along with Charlie Mag, of Magic Proart, the National Magic company and manufacturing firm that organizes and manages occasions for firms and people.
Along with Juan Tamariz, Mag Lari, Jorge Blas, Anthony Blake, Norbert Ferre and Dani Daortiz (amongst different magic greats), Jordi Caps may even have his personal plaque for all times on the Magic Walk in Tamarite de Litera (Huesca), in recognition of his profession and his particular person.