Past editions artist

Chris Ramsay

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2017 FISM European Championship 2024 FISM World Championship 2025

Chris Ramsay is a Canadian magician, YouTuber and television producer, born in Germany and raised in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec. He is known for creating and starring in the magic and stunt show "Big Trick Energy" on truTV, and his YouTube channel, featuring puzzle solving, cardistry and magic, has more than 7 million subscribers. His rise inspired Ian Frisch's 2019 book "Magic Is Dead", in which he is one of the main figures, and The New Yorker has featured his puzzle videos. In 2021 he also appeared in the film "Spiral" as Speez.

A specialist in the arts of perception, he has refined his techniques over thousands of hours of practice, and some of his creations are studied by professionals around the world. He has consulted on shows such as "Penn & Teller: Fool Us", "Tricked: Canada" and "America's Got Talent", and Penn Jillette has called him "brilliant".

Chris Ramsay was a guest of the Masters of Magic Convention in 2017, of the FISM European Championship of Magic in Saint-Vincent in 2024 and of the FISM World Championship of Magic in Turin in 2025.

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This page is part of our historical archive: it tells the story of the PAST editions. The 2027 cast is revealed one name at a time on the Artists page.