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Australian magician and mentalist
Matt Tarrant (born 18 April 1987) is an Australian
magician and
mentalist known for his touring
stage shows and as a contestant on
Australian Survivor .
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Early life
Tarrant grew up in
Adelaide ,
South Australia and studied at
Brighton Secondary School from 2000 to 2004.
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Career
Tarrant began performing at the age of 18 and established his career at the
Adelaide Fringe Festival , winning the People's Choice of the Adelaide Fringe award for five years consecutively.
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[4] His debut solo show in 2016, Honestly Dishonest , received generally positive reviews and won the Best Magic awards in 2016 and 2017 at the festival's weekly awards.
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[7] Deception ran for an entire season at the Adelaide Fringe 2014 with his performing partner Vinh Giang.
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In 2017, Tarrant toured Australia, starting with the
Fringe World Festival in Perth,
[10] followed by the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
[6] Tarrant won the Adelaide Fringe Pick Of the Fringe award in 2019, one of 29 prizes awarded at the closing night ceremony.
[11] In January 2023, Tarrant became a board member of the Adelaide Fringe Foundation, which donated grants to artists and disadvantaged communities.
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Television appearances
In 2016, Tarrant appeared on the
third season of
Australian Survivor , which was the first series of the
Network Ten iteration of the show, finishing in fifth place.
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In 2022, he competed on the
tenth season of
Australia's Got Talent and was eliminated as a semi-finalist.
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Personal life
An avid
Port Adelaide Football Club supporter, Tarrant became an official celebrity ambassador for the club in 2014.
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Tarrant is also an Ambassador for South Australian charities Hutt St Centre
[18] and Barkuma.
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References
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c Spain, Katie.
"Introducing: Matt Tarrant, magician" .
The Advertiser .
News Corp Australia .
Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"Matt Tarrant: From Survivor to FRINGE WORLD" . So Perth . 9 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"Matt Tarrant: Happy" .
Adelaide Fringe . 17 December 2020. Archived from
the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2023 .
^ Tarrant, Matt (21 May 2012).
"Matt Tarrant – Adelaide Magician" . MindBlown .
Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2023 .
^ Keen, Suzie (24 February 2017).
"The survival skills of a mentalist" . The Independent Weekly . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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a
b
"Matt Tarrant's magic show is wizzard" .
OutInPerth . 21 January 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"Matt Tarrant – Honestly Dishonest" . 2 November 2016. Archived from
the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2023 .
^ Aird, Lachlan (10 December 2013).
"Deception: Vinh Giang and Matt Tarrant" . The Adelaide Review . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
^ McDonald, Patrick.
"Fringe duo conjures up art of deception" . The Advertiser . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
^ Gartner, Annelies (9 January 2017).
"Survivor star's magic move" . The West Australian . Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"2019 BankSA Fringe Award Winners" .
Adelaide Fringe . Retrieved 10 December 2019 .
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"Adelaide Fringe Foundation Board Members" .
Adelaide Fringe . 9 May 2023.
Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023 .
^ Lee, Ashling.
"Matt Was Probably the Most Underrated Castaway on Survivor" .
PopSugar . Retrieved 11 August 2017 .
^ Gartner, Annelies.
"Australian Survivor felt a 'little like high school' " . Yahoo7. Retrieved 2 December 2017 .
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"I was having horror dreams" .
news.com.au . Retrieved 11 August 2017 .
^ Laidlaw, Kyle (24 October 2022).
"Powerful performance strikes gold on Monday night's Australia's Got Talent" . TV Blackbox . Retrieved 24 May 2023 .
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"For Matt Tarrant, watching the Power is just magic" . Port Adelaide Football Club . Retrieved 27 August 2017 .
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"Patron & Ambassadors" . Hutt St Centre . Retrieved 12 June 2024 .
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"Congratulations to our ambassador @MattTarrant on another successful Fringe season" . Barkuma . Retrieved 23 March 2018 .
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