Phenomenon is an American television competition program judged by mystifier Uri Geller and illusionist Criss Angel and hosted by Tim Vincent which debuted live on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, on NBC.

The program featured ten contestants competing to become the next great mentalist, to be determined by viewers voting by phone and online.

[1] On October 30, 2007, during an interview with Larry King about the show, Angel said "No one has the ability, that I'm aware of, to do anything supernatural, psychic, talk to the dead.

Jim Karol performed a mind over matter demonstration, placing his hand inside of a large bear trap.

Uri Geller performed his Mental Challenge with a "land-on-one-of-the-nine-planets" effect where home viewers spell the name of any planet, yet come to the same conclusion of Venus.

Funovits allowed Ross Matthews to leave the knife pointing upwards in any one of five mixed stands, each covered with paper cylinders.

Uri Geller called Funovits' performance "gripping", and claimed that she proved she was just as good as the men in the competition.

Self-proclaimed Paranormalist Jim Callahan performed an automatic writing routine, claiming to contact dead author Raymond Hill in order to identify an object that Raven-Symoné had placed inside of a closed case.

Angel called the act "comical," and challenged Callahan to tell him what was inside of an envelope he removed from his pocket in exchange for one million dollars of his personal money.

[5] Addressing both Callahan and Geller, Angel said: "I will give you a million dollars of my personal money right now if either one of you can tell me specific details of what's in here right now.

Guy Bavli performed Russian roulette using eight jars of hydrochloric acid, eliminating the unsafe beakers of liquid by dropping metal in them.

The strong acid bubbled and ate away at the metal, and Bavli concluded his routine by successfully drinking the only safe beaker of water.

In episode four, on November 14, 2007, Gerry McCambridge and Guy Bavli both received the lowest number of votes out of the remaining five contestants.

Angel complimented Guy on his act which involved bending spoons, a trick Geller is famous for, saying it was his "best performance yet".

Guy Bavli was eliminated, leaving Eran Raven, Mike Super, and Angela Funovits as the top three remaining contestants.

Eran Raven performed a routine in which he made Ross Matthews' body strong enough to balance on the backs of two chairs.