It was night two of Vegas week where the judge’s favorite magic acts performed.

Some rose to the occasion, while others stayed in their comfort zone. Here’s a break down of the acts:

Eric Dittelman, 26 is a friend of iTricks. He successfully determined the name of Sharon Osborne’s first crush. It was later revealed that Sharon came up with the name and never even dated a man by that name.

Taylor Reed, 45, did what sent him through in the audition, make big vehicles appear out of thin air.

Justin Rivera, 27, was not seen during the auditions but performed an illusion which received critical commentary by his competitors.

And finally, Spencer Horsman, 26, who kept the judges on the edge of their seats at his audition, replicated the excitement even more so with an escape from a small tank of water.

In the end, Reed and Rivera were sent home while Dittelman and Horsman were sent to New York for the live shows.

Videos for the AGT recaps are gathered by Brandon Parnes.

  • http://www.andrewmayne.com Andrew Mayne

    I know someone wasn’t paying attention when they watched my DVD…

  • http://www.facebook.com/eddyray Eddy Ray

    Wow…. that’s hard to watch..

  • HAL

    Was Reed the one with the ‘screwed-up’ bike appearance? 

  • JR

    And when was the last time we have seen a magician get as much air time and attention as Spencer doing the “lame” escapes? I think it was a brilliant full view escape and presentation (vs the slow covered water metamorphosis that Landon Swank did last year). From the looks of it, the judges/ producers love him and Dittelman and the fresh magic they are bringing to the show. I applaud them. 

  • HAL

     Many get air time, good or bad. The problem with these escapes is, you know in advance they’re going to escape 2 seconds before the supposed danger occurs, like the jaws trick. Lock pickers are a dime a dozen, there’s no thrill seeing somebody pick a lock. Strait jackets, give it up already, let’s see something new. The judges are amazed at almost everything. Look how they reacted to the screwed-up bike illusion. Then we had Howard Stern tie up the guy. You could see the ropes were extra thick to prevent much difficulty. He just shook the ropes till they “FELL” off. Are a game show host, a shock jock, and a wife of a musician any real judges of magicians? They’re just like audience members with a free ticket to a TV show.  It’s no wonder magicians never win on AGT, because the talent we see in the pros just ain’t there. Sorry, but it’s the truth.

  • HAL

     You’re perfectly right. I practiced the “Disappearing toothpick” for months before performing it.

  • HAL

     What would we do without Angel teaching us these fantastic tricks? I tried all these things myself.
    My Vegas show. “Sure you beLIEve” failed, my neighbors wouldn’t wear the bunny costumes.
    TV show “Braindead”. Car stalled half way up the Grand Canyon ramp.
    “Implosion”..Somebody put Superglue in the locks.
    My wife wouldn’t agree to pose as ‘my girl’.
    Robin Leach told everybody I suck.
    When I asked the crowd ‘Are You Ready’, they said NO.
    Flava hit me with his clock.
    I only had enough nail polish for one hand.
    Somebody stole my elevator shoes.
    Orville Reddenbacker caught me buying Jiffy Pop.