Amélie van Tass

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Amélie van Tass and Thommy Ten 2017

Amélie van Tass (* 1987 in St. Pölten ), real name Christina Gruber , is an Austrian magician and mentalist .

Life

Amélie van Tass comes from Hofstetten-Grünau in the St. Pölten-Land district and attended the tourism school in St. Pölten. She then completed training in contemporary stage dance in Vienna, which she finished in 2010, and is also a qualified social pedagogue.

As part of the ORF talent show Die Große Chance , she met Thommy Ten in 2011 , who was looking for a stage partner for this performance. Two years later they also became a couple in private. In 2012 they appeared together on the RTL show Das Supertalent . 2014 they became German champion of magic of magic circle of Germany (MZvD) in the category of mental magic , 2,015 were from MZvD as Magician of the Year award. At the World Championships of Magic in Rimini organized by the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques in 2015, they took first place in the category of mental magic.

In the 11th season of the NBC talent show America's Got Talent they reached second place as The Clairvoyants (German translation Die Hellseher ) in 2016. At the end of 2016 they appeared as the first European magic duo on Broadway in New York City . Also in 2016 they appeared on the TV show The Next Great Magician on ITV . In February 2017 they started a tour through Austria, Germany and Switzerland. In August 2017 they could be seen at the Frequency Music Festival on the "LOL Stage". In 2016 and 2019 they were guests on the Ellen DeGeneres Show .

Awards and nominations (selection)

  • 2014: German master of magic in the Magic Circle of Germany (MZvD) in the mental magic division
  • 2015: Magician of the Year of the Magic Circle of Germany
  • 2015: World champion of mental magic
  • 2017: Academy of Magical Arts - Award in the category Best Stage Act 2016 as the first European couple
  • 2018: Academy of Magical Arts - nomination in the category Best Stage Act 2017

Publications

  • 2019: The magic of connection. How to bewitch people and inspire them , together with Thommy Ten, Rowohlt Polaris, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-499-63462-8

Web links

Commons : Amélie van Tass  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b orf.at: The Clairvoyants enchant in the Ö3-Wecker . Article dated September 23, 2016, accessed April 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Interview from November 3, 2016 . Stöckl (talk show) from November 3, 2016, accessed on April 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c Kurier: Lower Austria: Magician couple conquered the world . Article dated August 7, 2016, accessed April 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ Magic in the tourism school . Article dated November 25, 2016, accessed April 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Fresh, charming: magic from the valley . Article dated February 4, 2015, accessed April 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ Das Supertalent 2012 Thomas Höschele and Amélie make the jury speechless with "Mental Magic" - website from. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  7. ↑ orf.at: World Magic Champion from Lower Austria . Article dated July 13, 2017, Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  8. ↑ Thommy Ten & Amélie van Tass guest in "Stoeckl." - tv.ORF.at . Broadcast on November 3, 2016, accessed on April 4, 2017.
  9. ^ Diepresse.com: "America's Got Talent": Clairvoyants from Lower Austria in second place . Article dated September 15, 2016, accessed April 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ NÖN: Thommy Ten & Amelie van Tass enchanted at the start of the tour . Article dated February 8, 2017, accessed April 4, 2017.
  11. ^ Diepresse.com: Frequency Festival: Fun fair for warmed-up items . Article dated August 17, 2017, accessed August 17, 2017.
  12. ↑ Teresa Sturm: Thommy Ten and Amélie van Tass at the Ellen Degeneres Show. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . October 31, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  13. ^ "MZvD: Magician of the Year" . Article dated December 24, 2015, accessed April 4, 2017.
  14. ↑ orf.at: World Magic Champion from Lower Austria . Article dated July 13, 2017, Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  15. ↑ orf.at: High distinction for the Krems magician couple . Article dated April 3, 2017, accessed April 4, 2017.
  16. ↑ NÖN: Thommy & Amélie again nominated for “Magic Oscar” . Article dated March 7, 2018, accessed March 7, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Tass, Amélie van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gruber, Christina (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian magician and mentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Poelten , Austria