I just can't handle the magnetism this guy has. Great trick Bernini and congrats! Brilliant.

When it stuck to the guy's helmet, I thought that was going to give the trick away. I'm surprised they didn't realize the simplicity of this slight of handle.

You didn't even need the actual trick at the end - I'd still show up for the entertainment. It's rare for a magician's routine to not sound forced and cheesy. Well done, Sir.

Such a great fool, and even better with Penn's rant at the end 😂

This trick is pretty simple and I'm surprised that it fooled them. Obviously, the cloth changed the atomic structure of the mug to allow the handle to pass through the rope and as it fell clear of the magic cloth the mug returned to a solid state again.

I had to see it twice to see what you did there, but I finally got a grip on how you handled it the second time around. That was a truly attractive display of a deceptively simple bit of skill in the hand of a master.

I'm surprised neither pen or teller had a handle on this trick, just felt like there was enough for both of them to at one point.

This is routine is really special because it becomes even more beautiful once you realize how its done. Each of the first two parts contains a piece of the method used in the end. Even more stunning that you still fooled them. Such a piece of art.

"That was a joke going over his head", nice one! : D

You’ve really got a good handle on things 😊. Some might even say two. Truly magnetic performance.

That trick was absolutely magnetic! I really loved how you handled it twice. Nice job.

Can we just appreciate how daring that is? Having to hide the secret from three different view angles, plus preluding it with all the elements that go into the trick. So many clues, such a simple trick, but damn, so powerful.

You have a magnetic personality! Very well done.

Wow, what an amazing trick. Not only the excellent and friendly and funny presentation, but also that you announced to talk in code and kept that truth until the end and fooled P&T without them noticing the code. The red herring is in fact a sign and then you announce "a different science" and it did not stick to them. Fantastic :)

I love this type of magic trick. Simple yet so effective and adding the 'how it works' to the start was fantastic too. Reminds me somewhat of Paul Daniels when he used to do magic tricks.

You looked so genuinely surprised and happy at the end it was like the icing on the cake. Made me happy just to watch that joy.

I love all the jokes you made. Excellent banter

Your energy is infectious. Such a joy to watch you do something you unabashedly love.

I loved the way you handled the mug for the last trick...

Awesome stuff man! Glad to see you back on TV!

Unbelievable job, one of my favorite routines from the show!

This was a great performance! Such a nice homage to P&T's work, and there is something extra magical about how the act leaves you with a better handle on how magic works but still manages to pull off an impressive trick at the end!

I'm so proud of you Giancarlo! Such a fantastic routine and beautiful scripting. You truly are destined for greatness!!!

Congratulations! You've now been added to the fool us foolers' rank. You've handled this really well, and this can never be taken away from you, no matter what sides the people on the comment will be on.

This was absolutely brilliant!! Such a dope performance! I love this!

I love every single little trick you added to the routine :) Not sure whether it’s your magnetism, but you handled the show pretty well, I couldn’t see anything and was also fooled :)

Really cool trick. First the funny comedic act and then ending in a "simple" trick which still fooled them. Beautiful!

Love the early deception with the rope tricks to start off, great show!

Excellent trick and delivery, but the truly priceless moment is your face at the end. Yep, you did fool them, and fooled them well!

You've handled it very well on all sides

I love how clever the routine was !

Giancarlo. You nailed it man. Great job. Awesome to see your growth and can’t wait to see more 💪

You deserved that standing ovation

Seeing the volunteers walk off stage w the helmet cracks me up 😂😂

I was impressed at how quickly and confidently you held the mug between your chin and chest. Like surely if it was ever going to fall to the stage…

one of the coolest and well executed performances ive seen in a while on this show, hats off

Huge stage presence and all around a great magician!

Saw this at my school the other day and loved it. Cool to see it on this show.

I can't help but be duped by your magnetic personality! You have a handle on people. Well done!

excellent performance, brother! GREAT JOB!

Absolutely loved this. Congrats on the win.

That was great! I was totally attracted by the way you handled that last mug. I can without a doubt say you were not lying about a mug swap, or any other means. The best part about it, was you showed them how you were going to do the trick before doing it.

Great job, you had me drawn in the entire time! This would be such an adorable show, especially for kids! Us adults can’t figure it out, the kids would think it was real magic, haha! So happy for your success my dude!

I love how you gave the solution away with the red cup!

This is one of the best presentations I've seen. It's up there with Asi Wind's. Congrats on your magic career and hope to see you continue to do great things!

Wow...I REALLY miss Alyson...

Such a lovely act. There is a lot of beauty in the methods of so many tricks and I always appreciate a trick that lets the audience in on some methodology. I also appreciate a bit of an homage to one of the rope acts P&T have done. The final effect is super well done and extremely clean. I don't think there is enough to glean the method, from the footage alone. There are some potential leads, but nothing concrete. Really lovely effect and execution. I look forward to figuring out the method at some point.

Loved your show at RE Congress today, well done! And glad you performed this trick, it's excellent.

I just can’t handle your magnetism…! Well done 😉

Sooooo good! Love this act, so engaging and a fooler for sure! Great job:)

This felt like they knew what the trick was and played into the act and the code at the end. Gimmick, by the move needed to drop it off, especially since he used rings before, but the whole act was so good, so fun and clean, guy deserved that trophy. Great tribute act. ❤

Ahhh. The mystery of the enameled metal cup. Brilliantly simple. Well played.

What a magnetic performance. Truly handled it well

5:05 he reaches into the box to get his cloth and picks up a 2nd "fake" blue handle hidden in the cloth, then threads the rope through the fake handle while hiding the real handle under his thumb pointing it towards his body @ 5:20 @ 5:55 he is holding the fake handle and rope then drops at 5:57 where the real handle is directly pointing down, the opposite from where he is supposedly holding it on the rope, then lets go of the rope and keeps a hold of the fake handle under the cloth, holding the cloth like it's empty. This was a brilliantly executed and impressive performance

Let's go!!!! Congrats Giancarlo! I had to slow it down and zoom in and still didn't see anything. See you at Source and Summit!!

I loved Penn getting excited trying to try guess! He felt so happy ^^

Great to finally see an original and clever presentation on this show. So many of the acts are routine with boring setups and uninteresting patter.

Enjoyed this very much. Great job.

Wow your reaction of fooling them was priceless ! Congrats bro

I came here after Ray Lum gushed about this trick and performance, and I wasn't disappointed. Well done!

Great job, Bernini! 🔮

Very entertaining. I love to speculate and guess how a trick is done. Overall when it comes to magic I don't necessarily want to know how it's done but sometimes it's even more impressing when you understand how clever it was to come up with the idea or how much work and practice it takes to pull it off.

Congratulations! Awesome routine. Fun and entertaining! ❤

looking forward to an explanation for this at some point in the future! very good performance

Amazing how the whole trick revolves around a gimmicked rope, but in the end the mug being the star of the show really clicked. ;) Beautiful.

can't believe penn and teller didn't get this one! But what a great act, one of my favourites of the entire show

Fantastic work!

This is an old trick that I bought over $20 years ago. I am surprised Teller wasn’t savvy to it.

You are a legend! What an act and congratulations 👏

I hope we get a video on how it’s really done. Amazing routine. I have some ideas but no clue. Great act

Amazing Bro... Congrats! 👏🏽

Oh my, it makes sense when you think about it, and yet this routine is so entertaining. And that is what counts even if the solution is mag(n)ically simple. Great trick

i absolutely love that Penn and Teller got CW to allow y'all to upload your own trick to your own channel. Great work! Very fun trick!

Such a magnetic personality

I really enjoyed your routine with the helmets. Very entertaining!

A very simple yet very difficult trick. Your sleight and misdirection are top notch. You even showed Penn and Teller exactly how it works and they didn't see it.

My man got them super high cheek bones!! Good bless him

5:38 those two guys saw the extra handle. I'm dead. 😂😂

I like how the trick ended; I wish it hadn't had an extra end., magnetic performance, like how Penn & Teller were duped.

Amazing! Loved it!

Sometimes the most simplest magic routine is the most amazing one

You are so smart. Congratulations my friend!

Really great a wonderful. I had some idea at the end, and had to check again to see, how a professional can handle a magnificent mug and, yes... the helmet helped me to stick to my answer... i think i figured it out... but that doesn't make it an less impressive...

Great act, wonderful 'behind the scenes' magic..

What an interesting way to hold a mug at the end...

You need to imagine that the mug is not threaded, then the mug will no longer be threaded. That's how they do this trick in the matrix. I love your presentation! 😆

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! STRAIGHT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 BRUH! For real for real, your stage presence CRAZY! Levels to this ish, levels 💯💪✅️🤯💣💥

I got it on the second viewing. You did a good job hiding the move needed to make it work. This was a lot riskier to do with two non-stooges on stage with you. Great trick. I like that it ends clean and everything can be inspected. Also appreciated the Slydini nod of involving the audience in the earlier two tricks.

Good job young man. Excellent composition.

Bravo!! That was impeccable!

Your effect was brilliant, so glad you won the trophy 😊👏😊👏👏👏😊😊

Penn is always so funny 😂 they’re a great duo

I got to see this trick live and it still dies not seize to amaze me!

Great routine start to finish!

So good! "I'm going to show you how a magic trick works". I love that you literally did, its so clever. Both of the two pervious mug on rope sections of the act weren't just there for entertainment but actually "show you how the magic trick works". Wow I'm mind blown.

brilliant well thought out full of comedy routine

I only watched it once and i am surprised you fooled them. As soon as you grabbed the cloth to block the view i was suspicious as to what else may be in it. But the way you palmed the handle made it even more clear to me. You definitely have a magnetic personality and you have a handle on things. I would guess the hardest part is to prevent noise of metal on magnet. Did you use something to soften the sound? Or was it just fine motor skills at work? Good performance none the less.

That was truly magical

look at where the handle is when it drops out of the cloth. There was a second handle that he added that stayed in the cloth. this one was rather easy to spot

My guess is at 5:10 he rotates the cup to hide the real handle and attaches a breakaway handle that was concealed in the cloth. When he lowers the cup, he does it by the lip of the cup, not the handle so it doesn't break away early.