Luca Gallone

Luca Gallone was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire on 14 March 1996.^[1] Gallone attended Abbot Beyne School and Sixth form in East Staffordshire, where he also spent two years performing at weddings and private events alongside his studies.^[2] He dropped out from University of Derby to pursue his career as a professional Magician.^[1]

At 18, Gallone launched his business as a magician with help from The Princes Trust. A year later, in 2016, he was invited to appear on Britain's Got Talent where he won over all four judges.^[3] Following his success on Britain’s Got Talent, in 2018 Gallone began to create online viral videos and has since built an audience of over 10 million followers across social media.^[4] He performed in several countries including performance for Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday event at The London Palladium.^[5]

In 2019, Gallone was signed to United Talent Agency.^[6] Later that year, after one of his viral videos appeared on American TV show Right This Minute.^[7] he appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show where he performed some magic tricks for the TV host and a member of the audience.^[8]

The Daily Mirror published an article featuring Gallone performing a viral magic trick that involved a marriage proposal.^[9]

Gallone has Italian roots and featured in the Italian TV shows^[10] including an article in GQ Italian edition.^[11]

After several years of building his online presence, in March 2020 the BBC listed Gallone as the third biggest TikTok Star in the UK,^[12] whilst the Evening Standard referred to him as "the biggest magician on the app".^[13]