While we can’t reveal too much before our judges decide the finalists, we interviewed a few contestants with some unique talents. Let’s see what they are about to perform!

Cameroon: Traditional Cameroonian Hair Braiding

In Cameroon, it is a tradition for women to learn hair braiding at a young age, as opposed to taking singing or dancing lessons. I do sing well too but I chose to do braids because I wanted to show the uniqueness of my culture. In my country, if your hair is not in braids, you cannot enter school! It might sound easy but braiding hair in this particular style can take upwards of 4 hours to do and requires a lot of technical skill!

Slovenia: Technical Engineering for Dolls

My talent is creating electronic circuits for dolls, allowing them to speak. I study telecommunications and entrepreneurship, which is how I learnt to create such complex technologies and I hope to one-day make a business out of it! I chose to create this technologically specifically for dolls because I believe education is very important, and while not all kids love to study, they all love to play! This technology then allows parents or teachers to record whatever they want into the doll, be it languages or math, so kids can learn when they are playing.

Myanmar: Burmese Martial Arts

For my talent, I performed the traditional Burmese Shan Martial Arts. The reason I chose to perform this is because I want to show that I can do whatever a man can do! Knowing this skill, I feel more confident than ever. I feel always protected and it is great exercise. I believe all women should know how to protect themselves.

Puerto Rico: Patriotic Magic

I originally wanted to perform 5 tricks but I had only 2 minutes in front of the judges, so I had to pick the most interesting ones. For the first trick, I used black cloth and I changed the cloth into various different colours and I think the judges were impressed. For the second trick, I showcased a small empty box and then when I performed the trick, I doubled the box into two! For the third trick, I used 3 different cloths – one red, one blue and one white – and I put the cloths into a small tube and transformed it into the Puerto Rican flag! It was the first time I ever performed that trick, so I was extremely nervous, but I was so glad that I did as it represents my pride for my nation.

Photos! – To see some of this year’s talent finalists, click here for our photo album.

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