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Guy Bavli

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in israel”. Today it says “israeli mentalist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli mentalist and illusionist (1971–)”. It now reads “Israeli mentalist and illusionist (born 1971)”.
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Guy Bavli , also known as Master of the Mind, was born in Israel, August 24. Now days based living in the USA. One of the worlds leading Mentalist - Mind Reading Entertainer. Since the age of five, Guy showed an extraordinary talent for captivating an audience. At age eight, Guy performed his first paid performance for a family audience at a country club in Tel-Aviv. Guy quickly became known as a child prodigy in the field of magic entertainment and the show was so well received that was held on a weekly basis for nearly a year… Guy Bavli was dubbed the “wonder kid” and by age thirteen he had toured with top Israeli stars as their opening act. At age fourteen, Guy won an international magic entertainment competition in the United States. He was the first Israeli performer to win an international award and received an abundance of media coverage for the honor he brought to Israel. Guy was later honored with the awarding of “Best Magician / Entertainer of the Year”, for three consecutive years. In 1990, Guy Bavli was the first ever to receive the award for “Magician / Entertainer of the Decade 80’s – 90’s” from the Israeli Society for Promoting the Art of Magic. Guy served in the Israeli Defense Force for three years, while serving he became the first and only mind reading entertainer-soldier.1 In addition, he was a member of the Air force Performing Group as an actor and singer.2 During his service in the IDF, Guy Bavli developed his telepathic skills and concentrated on psychological entertainment. Following his service in the IDF, he began touring the world regularly as a mentalist , becoming known internationally as “Master of the Mind.” Guy Bavli created a political sensation when he successfully predicted the election results for Prime Minister and leading parties in 1996. During a live television appearance, Guy wrote the prediction two weeks prior to the Election Day. The prediction was kept sealed in a safe only to be opened after the election. Publicity and corporate events became one of Bavli’s known specialties leading to astounding performances in many countries in Europe and the United States, including publicity events such as driving blindfolded in the streets of Germany, predicting headlines of newspapers in Austria and China, and more. In 1997, Guy Bavli received his first contract to perform in one of the most famous casinos in the world, Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, performing 400 shows per year. His show was so extraordinarily successful that Caesars booked him for a three year contract. Making it a record of more than 1200 shows in 3 years to be the Longest Running Mentaist show in Las Vegas History. Performed word wide Bavli best known as Master of Metal Bending. In 2007 Guy Bavli joined forces with NBC in the reality show Phenomenon (Starring Uri Geller and Cris Angel). Guy continues to perform all over the world, amazing audiences in over 55 countries worldwide. The concept of Guy Bavli’s show is making the audience the star of the show. He integrates mystery, humor, audience participation and suspense all wrapped in a beautiful multi-media production of sound, lights, and video. Guy’s extensive traveling has enabled him to become fluent in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.3

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in israel”. Today it says “israeli mentalist”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli mentalist and illusionist (1971–)”. It now reads “Israeli mentalist and illusionist (born 1971)”. Read the current article and compare.
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