Joel M SHATTERS Howie’s Phone In A Shocking Magic Trick | Auditions | AGT 2026

What is your name? My name is Joel. Joel, where are you from? I'm from a place really far away called Northern Ireland. I don't know if some of you have heard of it. Come on! I'm 28 years old. You're what? 28. 28! 28, yes. Well, imagine my accent and your accent. It's going to be a little confusing tonight. Okay, we're ready for you. Thank you for coming and entertain us. Yeah? Well, thank you very much. Okay. Judges, I should start by saying I brought you a gift. There's something inside that box that one of you guys is going to really want later on. Nice to meet you all. Simon, I'm going to need to use some of your personal belongings for this, which I know is a bit risky. So I'm going to leave my wallet on your hand so you can see. Take a good look at that. Put your other hand on top and just hover above. Yeah, just like that. Stay there. When I was five years old, we saw a magician. He took a little key and gave me my first lesson in magic, which was, if you don't know the rule, anything that disappears reappears. I did mention personal belongings. Okay. See those very stylish glasses of yours? Could I please take them for one moment? Yeah. Thank you so much. Did you know that your glasses are haunted? Whoa! Let's up the stakes a little bit for one second, Howie. Can I borrow your phone? My phone? Thank you. Yeah. I'm going to need some personal belongings from you guys as well. But I think I know a better place to get them. So if you'll excuse me, I will be right back. High fives anyone? Oh, here we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The place I think I'm going to find them is, judges, in your dressing rooms. Oh, God. Our dressing rooms? Oh, yes. Security. No. Is this Sophia's? No. My baby's inside of it. Who's this? Amori. And what's your name? Chi. Nice to meet you. I'm Joel. Well, Sophia, this is perfect because I did say I need one of your personal belongings. Oh, no. Touch her. Can I use Amori for sewing in half something? No. No, we don't have to do that. We've got like some hair brushes. There's food, which is very nice as well. My cakes. No. Oh, this is like a, oh, it is. It's Amori in a picture. Thank you so much, Chi. Okay, let's go. I need something from Mel. Which one's Mel's? Mel. No. I'm looking for something personal. It even has your name on it, Mel. Bow speaker. Is this jewelry? No. What's this? No. Is this like a little bracelet? That bracelet was from my Spice Girls for my 50th birthday. I'll leave this inside my hand. And in fact, I'll roll my sleeve up so you know I cannot cheat. Take a good look. I have a nice bag here. I'll leave your phone, Howie, inside. I'll leave this lovely picture frame of Amori in here. I'll even zip it up. Judges, for this, I'm going to need my magic wand. It's got a hammer. For the evidence, I'm coming back to you, judges. Have no fear. Your phone. Why did you give him your phone? Because he asked me to. I think we have learned a valuable lesson. And that lesson is don't give a stranger your stuff. This is like an entire episode. Judges, we're going to try and fix this situation right now. Because I told you something at the very beginning. Everything that disappears must reappear. And so... You may remember I said I had a gift. This box has been in front of you the entire time. I'm going to bring it down to you. This is coming to you, Simon, because you may remember our little key right at the very beginning. I don't want you to take my word for it. Take the key for me, Simon. Open up that box. There's a phone. There's a phone. Can I take it, please? You got it. Howie, one question for you. Is that your phone? It is. And it says, Sophia, stand up. Stand up for me, Sophia. Stand up. I want you just to tell me... Sophia, your picture frame... Is it now between your seat cushions? Oh, sugar. Are you sure? Is that phone on the floor, maybe? The picture of Amore, it's not there, no? This sometimes happens. And yet... If I tear inside this cushion... Look. It's yours. I've been watching this show a long time. I've always wanted to do this. Inside, do you see this? There's a tiny envelope that's been wrapped up inside. Yeah. Okay. I want you to see this. Now, this is the bit that terrifies me. Could you open your hands like this for me? Final question. Is that your bracelet? Making sure it's still got all the diamonds in it. Check it. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. We worked. How did you do that? It's very sentimental. I don't know how you do it. I believe in magic. I loved it. Thank you very, very much. It was actually very impressive, but... I don't know if this was necessary, though. But it was very exciting at some moments. You're charming. You've got a good look. I always say that magic is about presentation. It's just too long. I don't have that kind of attention span. Sure. Yeah, yeah. That being said, nobody could be more thrilled than everybody backstage who is going, Hey, there's no way I'm going to get four buzzers now. Okay. But I think that did take a long time. Sure. I mean, you can't do that on a live show. Yeah. Okay, we're going to vote for you. Man, I love you and I'm saying yes. Thank God you could pull out my bracelet. Thank you very much. No. Too slow. I think our audience love magic. Which is exactly the reason why I'm going to say yes. Thank you very, very much. I'll never take it off again. We love you.