Geno Ploeger Cuts Class To Perform MIND-BENDING Magic! | Semifinals | AGT 2026

You see, since I was last here, I flew back home and school started back up. And I've had the hardest time balancing class and magic here on AGT. But I've been doing magic all over campus. Now, Howie, I want you to see I have a deck of cards here. Can you confirm for everyone in the audience and everyone at home that they are all different? Yes? Yes. Fantastic. Could you just take any card out that you'd like from me? You just slide one out. Yeah, perfect. Show it to me. Which one did you land on? The jack of diamonds. Good choice. See, I want you to see, Howie, look at this. See that spade there? Yeah. Watch that spade. See, look, that is your jack of diamonds. You see, once my professors found out I did all this magic stuff, they decided to load me up with a bunch of homework because I had to ditch their class to be here. So I brought it here. I have a couple notebooks here. You can see we have marketing. We have accounting, world history, and economics. Fun classes, right? Mel B, I'll give you the choice. You get to choose any class that you want. Which notebook? You pick one. Accounting, because we have to know where our money is. OK, great. Accounting. Good choice. Accounting? Fantastic. Sophia, can you confirm for everyone here that every single page in this notebook has something different written on it? They're all different, yeah? Yes. You're going to choose any page you want simply by flipping the notebook open. See how we have chapter seven here? Yeah. You're going to do the same. Just flip open the book. That way? Yeah. Perfect. What is that? That's chapter 15. Cost accounting. Fun. But you see, I didn't just predict, Howie, that you would choose the Jack of Diamonds. I also predicted you would choose chapter 15, Sophia. Because look at the hat. That's your chapter 15. Thank you. Now, Mel, I wanted to make this as random as possible. Out of all of the words and notes in this notebook, you're going to choose just one, okay? But so I can't influence you, I'm going to turn it upside down just like this. So I can't influence you. And I also have a marker here. Could you uncap it? You're going to try to circle a word on the underside. There we go. On the underside of the notebook without looking. Just try to get one word inside. I'll hold it for you. What do you mean? On the underside. Yeah, without looking. I want you to try to... Yeah, tell me. Looking at the circle, did you get a word inside that circle? Yes! You did! Can you memorize that word? Yes, I'm so happy! You're so happy. I love it. Could you tear that page out for me? Yeah. Memorize that word. You have it in your mind? Yeah. Crumple that into a small ball so I can't see it and I'll take it back right here. Perfect. That page that you just chose, Mel B, is now completely gone. What? When I told my friends that I was coming to AGT and I was ditching class, it sounded like it was a pretty good idea. They're actually here in the audience. They ditched class too. Wait a second. You see my buddy on the end here, Jake? Jake, stand up. He's wearing a hat just like mine. Jake, turn your hat around. Take a look. That's Howie's Jack of Diamonds. But it gets better. Just a moment ago, your paper just vanished. Jake, take off the hat. Inside the hat is a crumpled up piece of paper. Come throw it to Mel B. Mel B, can you catch it? Perfect. Uncrumple it. And can you confirm for everyone? That is the exact page you tore out just a moment ago with your word. That's your word. Hold on. Mel B, for the first time, what was the word that you selected? I can't believe this. It's amazing. Future. See, I knew you were going to name the word future. How? It's the semifinals of AGT. And I wanted to show you in the biggest way possible with the help of my buddies. Stand up. Show them what our future looks like. It's been so spectacular. That was so amazing. We saw it happen. That was flawless and super funny. You are, you know, you are just, I love you. I love your magic. I also, everything you rose to the occasion, I would imagine if anybody at home is disappointed, is that some of the girls from your class didn't come. Them especially. Mel B. Well, first of all, sit down. It's a family show. There we go. Can I just say, this is my favorite act of the night. Thank you so much. I was going to choose. This is the most super magic I have ever actually seen. I've got to give it to you. Thank you so much, Mel B. Thank you. Now, Gino, from doing magic as a kid to the A.G.T. semifinal, what does this moment mean to you? This has been a dream over a decade in the making. Thank you so much. And America, thank you for voting for me. Thank you, Gino.