First ever TWIN FOOLERS | Penn & Teller Fool Us Season 9 | The Van Hargen Twins

They probably wouldn't deserve to win until he asked them outright questions that he shouldn't be asking. Host job is to explain how it was done without asking which was free and which was forced. The card part was extremely obvious removal of top cards, shuffle the rest, and put back the top. Could have been done faster and less obvious.

I got the card trick -- basic sleight of hand with a stacked deck.

I got the last one -- both girls have their backs turned and sound exactly alike and are using individual mics, so the one who saw the ball simply called out what she saw.

I suspected after the first run through that the events and medals were done the same way -- the girl who knew the answer using basic ventriloquism to say the answer while the other one lip synced it, but I watched closely a second time and that wasn't it, or if it is, they're really, really good at it.

They were cringe to me

Nice!!!!

What was that skeptic's name that had a 1 million dollar challenge for anyone to prove psychic ability? I think he's passed away now isn't he? Its a shame these girls didn't get to meet him and win that money. But not just for them for him also, it would of been good for him to have found someone before he died.

Quite possibly, the most annoying act ever. Those voices are so annoying.

at any age that is an honor, let alone at 17

My money is on certain actions meant certain things

The snap of the finger - meant diving
The spinning medal - meant mexico

Last one the girl with back to use started saying it - maybe she said whole thing, maybe other one took over or just mouthed it.

The key is ventriloquism and having the exact same voice. Poppy does the voice, Sasha lip-syncs making it look like she said it. Which is why every time Poppy has her mouth open when Sasha says what's on the medal/card/ball or she turns her back to the crowd like she did on the 3rd trick.

I would guess that the medals were engraved (either the country name, or a pattern on the edges), the girl when she said "Ready when you are poppy" could have said "All set, Poppy" or I am resdy if you are!" And each would have been a unique country.

That would be coded speech in my opinion, which they said wasn't. Thats the only way I can think of, though.

Anybody saying "Ventriloquism" needs to explain how the "speaker" is able to get her mouth to say the word "Mexico" in a way that looks like "Australia" and "France" and every other nation. At least the first syllable has to look thr same.

And also had to do that for "Skiing" to look like "Archery" etcetera.

The headset is the giveaway. Watch the mouth, it's slightly open, it's ventriloquism. Why wouldn't they use a studio mic, like every other magician ever on the show?

They were both wearing earpieces.
Tiny, cheap RFID chips embedded in each of the individual items.
Bring one of them within 3 meters of the earpiece and a computer generated voice says the name in your ear.

Is it as simple as ventriloquism?

If they had hidden the fact that they were twins, they could have recreated the door trick from The Prestige.

those are some really interesting ear pieces

Great job!

Such over acting by girls. Absolutely no need for such acting .

Im sorry i hate them so much based solely off the fact that they had to try to brag/advertise for their whole intro

One knew the name on the ball and she shouted the name while the other lip synced her sisters voice

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

Wow these two are annoying. I applaud any who made it through the whole video

I think they used coding to signal each other

How it was done:

1st trick: Scripted. All she had to do is remember 3 cards.
2nd trick: every sport has a different sound. Diving is click fingers
3rd trick: all medals are the same
4th trick: ventriloquism. Once Sasha said Simone, Poppy knew to lip sync Biles

Eu acredito que o segredo seja o tempo (em segundos) entre o apito da primeira garota e o estalar de dedos da segunda.
Cada segundo que passa é uma resposta diferente.
3 segundos = natação
4 segundos = dardo
5 segundos = hipismo

That's a suspiciously large box behind them.

those twins have an amazing bond

in a perfect world we each have a twin to support and encourage us when we mess up. We also have a donor in case we need an extra organ .

Can't wait for the old fashioned transported woman act (like in prestige) and the mirror routine as well as getting the audience to try and tell them apart (in the midst of the mind reading and magic)

Really impressive magic with a side of “Come play with us”!

Recent studies have suggested that consciousness might be partially due to quantum entanglement within the brain. Since identical twins come from the same fertilized cell, perhaps they are quantum entangled from the very beginning. Could it be the source of their "telepathy"? Lol
My best guess is hidden tech (nfc, bluetooth, etc on the card or ball) Sasha has some scanner which detects the embedded chip, it transmits to Poppy and she gets a silent signal.

they’re rlly annoying

Im a bit disappointed with P&T, they should of caught that Sasha was saying the answers not Poppy.I am sure P&T were on to them and that would have been the third guess... But rules are rules.

The ping pong balls had repeated names. Pause it and look.

Card trick? She does a false shuffle and keeps the top 3 cards the same order - which her sister has already memorised.
Events and medals trick? A hidden camera in the box behind her filmed what she was holding and a stooge relays it to her through a hidden earpiece (long hair conveniently covering her ears).
Ping pong ball trick? It's the girl who's seen the ball that says 'Simone' (while her sister has her back turned) - so that when she turns around she knows to say 'Biles'.

Did she say "pee in tea"?

Top marks for the act, no marks for not removing the braces.

Looking in at the bowl of ping-pong balls, I can spot at least three pairs, so obviously there are a lot of duplicates.

with the athletes, did Penn check all the deep balls? ez to stack different ones at the top, and all simone biles on the bottom (where people grab from)

This performance is so cringy.

did she really say soccer being someone from the uk 💀💀

Morris code is still used.

The sports cards, no one saw what Alison picked, the girl at the back already had the diving card hidden behind her back, same with the medal, I thought they were irritating and I’m from the uk..

I saw people in other comments mentioning ventriloquism for the last trick, but what I found strange in that part is the way she approaches back to stage. As if the number or force of steps were important.

Hand them two trophies come on!!!!!. lol.. great act lovely show. big fan of Pen and Teller and also Allyson (since american pie days). God Bless you guys

What exactly compels the act to not just lie. Technically, I could do any magic trick, then say "Nope wrong" to every question at the end, regardless of the truth, and I would have fooled them.

It's simple really, you're Fred and George in disguise.

they mentione d some app they are working on and a car manufacturing company... pretty sure they used some rfid system to communicate...