The Intercontinental Stage Magic Championship was a new event for Blackpool this year, with the biggest prize yet offered by the Blackpoo Convention $10,000.

The standard was very very high, and actually ran under time! The acts were a mix of Manipulation, and small non box illustons, and one act, Marc Oberon who really was something very special, and different.

Kyoko from Japan did a fantastic hairdresser themed act, with comb, and mirror productions, ending with a ‘appearance’ of an invisible customer, ending up with Kyoko producing herself under the cloth with a costume change. Marc Oberon did a ‘one man show’ which, to be honest you’d be forgiven for thinking was a multiple person act it was that good. His act was a UV/Blackart act based around what appeared to be an alien type figure, floating objects, flying, and turning in midair, and really was something to behold. Han Seol Hee finished the second half with a phenominal CD manipualtion art, that was clean, fast, polished and faultless, the stage was filled with CD’s and he recieved a standing ovation.

The judges decided that the winners were:

1st Han Seol-Hee $10,000 and Intercontinental Stage Magic Champion
2nd Yumi
3rd Marc Oberon

With the originallity award going to: Han Seol-Hee