Jandro (magician)

Jandro (Born 1 April 1977 Valencia, Spain, full name Alejandro López García, height 1.76m) is a Spanish television personality and magician who has fooled Penn & Teller 5 times.^[1] He spent 15 years at El Hormiguero as a script coordinator, a magician, and creating short films, as well as writing comedy for celebrities like Taylor Swift and Will Smith.^[2] He is the presenter of Mapi on RTVE. He is the director, screenwriter, and executive producer of the short film "CAVA" (2024).^[3] His magic is heavily inspired by Juan Tamariz.^[2]

Jandro first appeared on Fool Us with a routine involving a freely selected card sealed inside a locked box protected by several layers of security. Penn & Teller deliberated only briefly before acknowledging that they had been fooled and awarding him the show's trophy.^[4]

On his second appearance, Jandro performed a routine in which a freely chosen card was predicted on LEGO embedded within a LEGO portrait of Teller. Penn & Teller quickly concluded that they had been fooled and presented Jandro with the trophy before the usual post-performance interview.^[4]

Jandro's third appearance, during the COVID-19 pandemic, involved a large-scale prediction effect. Penn and Teller were asked to select a number between 0 and 1,000, which had been sealed in an envelope. A domino effect subsequently revealed the chosen number. Penn & Teller were unable to determine the method and awarded him a third trophy.^[4]

His fourth appearance featured an elaborate vanishing illusion in daylight conditions, in which two model Statues of Liberty along with three people disappeared from a platform on an airport runway. The routine incorporated multiple witnesses and misdirection techniques. Penn & Teller opened an envelope provided by Jandro revealing the method and awarded him his fourth trophy.^[4]

During his fifth appearance, after assisting with several of Penn & Teller’s own routines for the season, Jandro performed a coin-selection effect in which both Penn and host Alyson Hannigan independently chose the same “lucky” coin from different containing otherwise different coins sets. The performance resulted in a fifth trophy.^[4]

In a sixth appearance, Jandro collaborated with Piff the Magic Dragon on Penn & Teller’s 50th anniversary special. The performance secured another Fool Us trophy.^[4][5]