So there seems to be a little confusion going around about the FISM Blackpool winners. The post we ran yesterday quoted a Korean article which made a few mistakes.
So here is a full and complete list from our FISM analyst Tim Ellis
Grand prix stage – Yu Ho Jin – Korea
Grand prix close-up – Yann Frisch – France
Manipulation
1st Yu Ho Jin- Korea
2nd Lukas (Lee Gi Suk、イ・ギソク) – Korea
3rd Kim Hyeon Joon(キム・ヒョンジュン) – Korea
General
1st Marko Karvo – Finland
2nd Ha Won Guen(ハ・ウォングン) – Korea
3rd Ta Na Manga – Portugal<
Comedy
1st Doble Mandoble – Belgium
2nd Mikael Szaniel – German
3rd Jean-Philippe Loupi – France
Parlor
1st Yann Fricsh – France
2nd Matthew Wright – UK
2nd Johan Stahl – Sweden
3rd Pierric – Switzerland
Illusions
1st Marcel Prince of Illusions – Netherlands
2nd Cubic Act – France
3rd Guy Barett – UK
Card
1st Jan Logemann – German
2nd Patrick Lehmen – German
3rd Yu Hyeon Min(ユ・ヒョンミン) – Korea
Micro
1st Andost – USA
2nd Jaque – Spain
3rd Red Tsai – Taiwan
3rd Vittorio Belloni – Italy
Mental
1st NOT AWARDED
2nd Kristoph Kuch – German
3rd Christian Bischof – Switzerland
Invention award Close-up – Tango – Argentina
Invention award Stage – Ha Won Geon(ハ・ウォングン) – Korea
Most Original in Close-up – Simon Coronel – Australia
Most Original in Stage – Kim Tae Won (キム・テウォン)- Korea
Creativity and artistic vision – Teller
History, research and scholarship – Mike Caveney
Theory – Eugene Burger