World's Most Talented

WMT Episode Guide

Who are the World's Most Talented? Meet the amazing acts in the planet's ultimate talent competition.

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Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

It's all to play for going into the series finale with the score tied at 2-2. Laura's backing Germany while David is rooting for Morocco. Who will be crowned the final World's Most Talented?

The Arrow Catcher wouldn't have any problems fending off Robin Hood. He can quite literally pluck arrows out of the air at 60kph. Germany's Joe Alexander is a martial arts champion, Extreme Coach and most importantly, a ten-time Guinness World Record holder for records such as 'Most Arrows Caught By Hand in 2 Minutes', 'Most Arrows Caught By Hand in 1 Minute' and even 'Most Harpoons Caught Underwater'.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Did you know Bicycle Ballet is a sport? Well it is, and Katrin Schultheis & Sandra Sprinkmeier are Germany's champion Bicycle Ballet duo, and have been reigning world champions since 2007. Impressively, this is just a hobby, albeit one they dedicate 15 to 20 hours a week to. Katrin works as a physiotherapist while Sandra is a school teacher.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Muhamed Kahrimanovik is 'The Hammer Hand'. He's a Tae Kwon Do master who's quite literally broken work records for snapping, smashing and cracking the seemingly impossible. Muhamed can break coconuts, rocks and multiple baseball bats with just his (extremely powerful) right hand - a skill that's taken him over 30 years of training to achieve.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Biwi Rehm is a world renowned yodeller and German national treasure. Known as 'The Yodel King' Biwi has been perfecting his skill since he was 4 years old. Now 80, it's fair to say he knows his way around a mountain yodel.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Ikram Salhi can boast an amazing feat of strength. She's able to pull a car weighing more than tonne with nothing more than her hair. She's been performing the stunt since she was nine years old with the heaviest vehicle she's pulled being a Range Rover.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Morocco seem to really get a kick out of impressive shows of extreme power. Azize Salhi (the uncle of Ikram) is a strongman, famed throughout Morocco for his dangerous stunts. Using just his own brute strength and some rope, Azize is able to prevent two revving superbikes from pulling away and ripping his arms from their sockets. He began training at ten years old when he started doing challenge sports and many say he has seven souls and is he's unable to die. Judging by his stunt, they might be right.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Hamza Dilali, nicknamed 'The Wheelie King' is a teenager and risk-taker who performs one-wheeled stunts on his scooter. Much to the worry and concern of his mother, she eventually grew to support his hobby and encourage him. Now he competes nationally and is a respected stunt rider on the Marrakesh motorbike scene.
Episode 5: Germany vs Morocco

Simo Croc is a 'B-Boy', or breakdancer if you're not up on your street slang. But he's not any old breakdancer. He specialises in power moves - routines that require a lot of strength. He was inspired to take it up after being inspired by his brothers and now he's one of the most popular breakdancers in Morocco.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

It's Episode 4 and after David's win with Italy last week putting him 2-1 in the lead, can he make it a hat-trick with an Argentina win, or can Laura score an equaliser with Japan?

The 3 Gaga Heads (Gaga meaning 'Happy Guys') are a comedy/mime/dance troupe who can do some remarkable things with full-body tights. The trio began performing together in 2005 and have appeared across Japan, the USA and here in the UK at the Edinburgh Festival. By imaginatively manipulating their tights using their hands and everyday objects they're able to recreate images of famous icons, like Marilyn Monroe and Godzilla.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

Purin is one of Japan's best-loved performing dogs. She's an extremely talented eight-year-old Beagle. She can skip, catch balls with her paws and of course, skateboard. She's become a bit of an Internet sensation thanks to her own Facebook and YouTube channels.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

Aichi Ono, a Guinness World Record holder and break-dancer from Kyoto, is the world's fastest head-spinner. He hasn't got the nicknames 'Spinboy' and 'Human Tornado' for nothing. He can manage a dizzying 142 headspins, bolt upright and maintaining superb balance, in one minute without experiencing any wobbliness afterwards.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

Naofumi Ogasawara is a Mental Arithmetic World Champion. Fittingly, he's been dubbed 'The Human Calculator'. Nao, a 23-year-old abacus teacher at a school in Tokyo, is able to immediately calculate the total of any numbers flashed in front to him, without even thinking of reaching for a calculator. This really has to be seen to be believed.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

Unfortunately for David, he's left an act down in week 4. He had hoped to witness the skills of extreme tightrope walker, Sebastian Petriw but the the weather wasn't on his, or Argentina's side. So his three remaining acts have to be really special!

Martin Tatta is an Argentinian cowboy, or ?gaucho? to give it its correct term. He's a horse whisperer who shares a magical, hugely trusting bond with the creatures. He has dedicated the last eleven years of his life to 'breaking in' horses using his very own unique method. Through calming, unaggressive, yoga-esque routines Martin becomes one with the horse, able to make them do almost anything. Unsurprisingly, its got him a lot of attention and he performs the feat to crowds from all over the world.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

Fancy doing some painting but find yourself without any brushes? Maybe call upon Leandro Granato. He's an unorthodox artist who paints using just his eye - a skill that took him two years and a lot of tins of paint to perfect. Inspired by Jackson Pollack's style Leandro is able to snort up to a pint and a half of paint through his nose and squirt it onto a canvas from his eye. His works of art can take anywhere between ten minutes to a month to create and catch fetch up to £1,500 when sold.
Episode 4: Japan vs Argentina

Fiorella Castillo is a model and football freestyler. And coming from such a football crazy country it's no surprise she's famed throughout all of Argentina and much of South America. Oh, and she also performs her ball skills in a pair of high heels too. We bet even Lionel Messi couldn't do that.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

In Episode 3 Laura's in Malaysia while David is flying the flag for Italy.

Known as 'The Snake Prince' throughout Malaysia Amjad Khan is a fourth generation snake charmer who's got a fondness for kissing deadly king cobras. Astonishingly his own father died while attempting the stunt and he's even training up his son to do the same.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

Master Ho Eng Hui is a Kung Fu master and Guinness World Record holder who's perfected the skill of piercing a fresh coconut with nothing but his incredibly strong index finger. He's been performing the incredible stunt across the world for half a century and astonishingly, has only broken his finger three times.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

The Penang Troupe are an extremely skilled group who specialise in Chingay - the art of balancing an extremely heavy, giant bamboo flagpole on their heads, jaws, feet, knees or any other part of their body, and effortlessly passing it around the troupe in a beautiful, dance-like performance.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

The Kun Seng Keng (KSK) Troupe have been working together for 10 years perfecting the magnificent Lion Dance - a skill that requires coordination, team work, strength, balance and quite a lot of confidence.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

No, he hasn't gotten lost during the Tour De France. This is trail bike champion, extreme cyclist, road bike freestyler and holder of ten Guinness World Records, Vittorio Brumotti. A man who is very much one with his bike, he attempts to ride across a railing 20 metres high.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

Talented gymnast and fifth-generation circus artist Selyna Bogino came to prominence after uploading a video to YouTube in 2011 of her juggling five basketballs with her feet. Now, that video has almost 2 million views. Selyna has been foot-juggling since the age of eight and her dazzling act has taken her all over Europe.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

Professional acrobat Stefano Scarpa is a human flag. Or in more technical terms, he practices Acropole Flagman - a discipline that brings together gymnastics, dance and circus. He's able to use his magnificent physical strength to hold himself on a flagpole completely straight - and he's only been doing it for for three years.
Episode 3: Malaysia vs Italy

Antonia & Vincenzo Scapicchio are a Pizza Freestyle father and son team. What other skill encapsulates the spirit of Italy more than this pair? Pizza Freestyle is a little like plate spinning. The father and son perform an array of extremely impressive stunts with pizza dough. You certainly don't see this sort of thing in your local Pizza Express.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

Episode 2 sees Laura head off to Sweden while David ventures to Mexico. Who will uncover the next World's Most Talented?

This is Jonas Hendriksson, better known as ?Lazy Jo?. He's a Swedish stunt motorcyclist and has been riding bikes for 20 years. His most popular stunt is the infamous ?Wall Of Death?, which he kindly demonstrates to a nervous-looking Laura.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

Meet Allassan Issa Gobitaca, he's a car jumper, stunt man, daredevil and athlete. ?Al The Jumper? is a Swedish Guinness World Record holder who casually leaps over cars travelling at 60mph driven by his friend, Hassan. To ensure he makes it over the speeding car safely he's worked out he needs to jump in the air four metres before the car hits him. And when he's not busy defying death Allassan works as a Children's Guidance Councillor in Stockholm.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

Hasse Johannesson is a legendary Oyster Shucker. He's known throughout the Nordic regions as one of the fastest shuckers around (the skill of removing the oyster cleanly from the shell), and demonstrates his fine art to Laura.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

How do you like these apples? Gunborg Dahlstrom from Sweden is an apple juggler. While performing his impressive feat he manages to take a bite out them too, because juggling can make your hungry.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

What do you do when you don't have a hammer handy? Do you do as 'Iron Arm' Eduardo Flores does and quite literally use your head? Eduardo is a 53-year-old martial artist and has broken several world records thanks to his amazing feats of strength.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

The Impacto Crew are a street dance troupe from Mexico. Getting together in 1998 the seven childhood friends were inspired to dance by American breakdancing movies.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

Juan Francisco Rivera is traditional Mexican horseman, known as a 'churro'. He's also a Lasso Artist and has been 'trick-roping' since the age of seven.
Episode 2: Sweden vs Mexico

Jorge Ramirez Sr & Jorge Ramirez Jr are father-and-son cliff divers, and the family can boast three generations of divers. The pair dive twice a day, five days a week, and incorporate meditation and prayer into their daily routine. If a diver begins their career at 17 and retires at 45, they would have dived an astonishing 15,560 times.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

In Episode 1 of the planet's ultimate talent show Laura travels to Romania and David jets off to India as they go head-to-head in search for the World's Most Talented.

Flaviu Cernescu 'The Extreme Unicyclist' is a Romanian daredevil and general fan of balancing in dangerous places. In the past he's ridden his unicycle across the top of a bridge and tightrope walked across a lot of perilous things. In episode one he takes his unicycle and rides it across the top of a dam 166m high.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

Ilie Dobre is a record-breaking football commentator and Romanian national treasure. Most importantly, Ilie has the strongest set of lungs ever to grace a commentary box.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

Meet Andreea Tucaliuc. She's young contortionist who's so unbelievably flexible we're convinced she's made from rubber. She's already impressed the judges of Romania's answer to Britain's Got Talent and we're sure she'll impress Laura too.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

This is Christian Leana. If you've ever been beaten by a Rubik's Cube then this fast-fingered cubist will put you to shame. Not only can Christian solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute 40 seconds but he can even do it blind-folded.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

Over in India David Brain met Mr & Mrs Budati. They're 'The Stunt Couple' who perform all manner of dangerous tricks together. But their biggest feat is slicing a coconut with a rather large machete while it balances on the very forgiving Mrs Budati's throat.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

Gagan Satish is the tiny seven-year-old limbo skater who can stretch his body out impossibly flat and balance just inches from the floor as he effortlessly glides under several parked cars.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

Some of you might do yoga every now and again. But have you ever practised it while balancing on a BMX bike? Power Yoga enthusiast Khivraj Gujar has, and he's even done it up a mountain, just to up the stakes a little.
Episode 1: Romania vs India

Jayalakshmi Sariknoda, or 'Jay' for short is a young 'Extreme Archer' who would give Katnis Everdeen a run for her money. Jay can hit a target just 15mm wide and burst five balloons at once. She trains for six hours a day, fires a staggering 350 arrows and dreams of Gold at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Tune into World's Most Talented every Tuesday at 9pm to see more amazing acts from around the world for yourself.

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