Inspired by Ondrej’s success on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, we decided to do our own small version of this popular magic competition. This time, Ondrej Psenicka and Roberto Giobbi will be the judges.
This competition is open to all attendees of Butterfly Wondercon 2026. It consists of an online qualification round and an in-person finale, which will take place on the second day of Butterfly Wondercon 2026 (October 10, 2026).
As with the original show, the qualification round is online.
Film your act, upload it to a cloud service (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive, YouTube), and submit your application via this form.
The act must be under 5 minutes. If the act exceeds that length, it will be automatically disqualified. This applies to the finale as well.
Your act, if spoken, has to be in English.
The video doesn’t need the absolute best sound and visuals; we just need to clearly hear and see you.
The qualification round ends on July 31, 2026.
After we review all the entries, we will select the top eight to participate in an in-person finale at Butterfly Wondercon 2026. This time, they will perform their routine in front of Ondrej and Roberto.