Stevie Starr

Stevie Starr (born Steven Starr; * July 7, 1966 in Glasgow, Scotland ) is a British illusionist. His performances are based apparently on the principle of regurgitation, ie, in the perception of the audience swallowed rigid objects and brings this at will rise from his stomach out.

Life and career

According to information from Stevie Starr spent the first 18 years of his life in an orphanage in his native city. Starr has ten siblings and is 40 times uncle.

At first he worked in a butcher shop. He then appeared in various TV shows, including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman. In 2010 Stevie Starr appeared in the British talent show Britain's Got Talent, in which he choked including the engagement ring of juror Amanda Holden and a lock and key and the ring enclosed back out of his mouth brought forth. Starr was eliminated in the semifinals. He also appeared in 2010 in the German talent show Das Supertalent on. In the semifinals, he choked including a ring of juror Sylvie van der Vaart. He came into the final of the best twelve participants, in which he placed seventh in the televoting. In 2011, he again took part in the Super talent, but bowed out of. In the same year he also participated in the Czech version of the show and made it to the finals.

Type of performance

One of Starr's most famous art pieces is that he swallowed numbered coins and apparently she brings back from his mouth in the desired order. He also swallowed billiard balls, light bulbs, lighters, Rubik's cube and live goldfish, the uninjured survive. In another feat Starr smokes a cigarette, while retaining the smoke in and then him, sometimes with him previously when swallowed gas, blowing a soap bubble and subsequently ignited.