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No, not the fabulous This Mortal Coil album. Spoon-botherer Uri Geller is looking for an "heir":

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After four decades of bending spoons, halting clocks, reading minds, and penning metaphysical thrillers, Uri Geller is seeking a paranormal protege.

A reality television show being produced in Israel, where Geller grew up, will feature 10 contestants vying for the title of "heir" to the world-famous celebrity psychic.

"The format will be something like 'American Idol'. We will keep the performances that are most riveting and amazing," Geller told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that viewers with "intuitive powers" will also be invited to call in and compete.

Geller, 59, declined to elaborate on what supernatural skills the contestants claim to have, and whether clairvoyants -- who might be assumed to have an edge in predicting judges' votes -- are taking part. He described the prize, simply, as "huge".

Keshet, a franchise of Israel's Channel Two television, confirmed on its Web site that the show was being produced but gave no further details.

"This is not a show where people have to prove to me that they are for real," Geller said, adding that he has no plans to retire. "I just want to be amazed."

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There's a trailer for the show here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK6NMXEDDSQ

To my mind, the trailer should have a subtitle: "Actual powers may not match those portrayed."

so it's like a Spoon-Idol type affair...

will he be selling his gems too i wonder?

still, he can be very entertaining...

I would call the show.... 'Bend-off'

Uri's Benders?

abraxus wrote:so it's like a Spoon-Idol type affair...

Tee hee. Spoon factor!

Can you imagine the judges rowing about who goes through. "But Louie, I just couldn't feel zer energy wiz my mind."

"A tragedy struck today as one of the judges in the hit tv show, Uri Benders, was stabbed with a bent spoon. Onlookers say that the judge had just given the young magician a bad rating when the spoon flew out of nowhere and impaled him in the chest. As the magician was not seen to move at all, the incident has been classed as a tragic accident."

HAHA! This should be interesting.

I am actually looking forward to this. Any word if it is airing in the US?

The PK Factor

Which brings us nicely to The Krypton Factor!

Celebrity benders... Oh.. thats been done before

Compleat load of C**p presented by a compleat Twonky with no charicture or real skill, with only people who are stupid,

surely if he is phsycic he will know his proterge?