Ehud Segev
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Ehud Segev is an Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i performer. He was most recently seen on NBC
NBC
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's reality competition, Phenomenon
Phenomenon (TV series)
Phenomenon is a competition show judged by mystifier Uri Geller and illusionist Criss Angel and hosted by Tim Vincent which debuted live on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 on NBC. The show featured ten contestants competing to become the next great mentalist, to be determined by viewers voting by phone...

. He has since released a couple of DVDs along with a new album titled "Exposing It All," a compilation of songs written and performed by Segev.

Early life

Ehud Segev was born in 1979 in the Israeli city of Safed
Safed
Safed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters...

.

In the summer of 2004 Segev premiered his "Mentalizer Show" in Theatre Row at 42nd street. In January 2006, Segev had the debut of his play "ANOMAL", which tells Segev's life story.

On August 9th, 2006, while Ehud was performing his tour through Mexico, his only brother, Nimrod, was killed in combat in Lebanon. Ehud returned to Israel and soon established "Cafe Nimrod," a restaurant in the Tel Aviv Seaport, to commemorate his brother. At the same time he also founded Free Freedom, a movement that attempts to forge an anti-terrorist alliance consisting purely of civilians.

In December 2006, Ehud starred in the Israeli Reality TV series "Ha Yoresh". This series, which aired weekly on the Israeli network Keshet, was set to declare an official successor to Uri Geller
Uri Geller
Uri Geller is a self-proclaimed psychic known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other supposed psychic effects. Throughout the years, Geller has been accused of using simple conjuring tricks to achieve the effects of psychokinesis and telepathy...

.

Segev competed in NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's primetime TV series "Phenomenon
Phenomenon (TV series)
Phenomenon is a competition show judged by mystifier Uri Geller and illusionist Criss Angel and hosted by Tim Vincent which debuted live on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 on NBC. The show featured ten contestants competing to become the next great mentalist, to be determined by viewers voting by phone...

", which is based on his earlier Israeli TV show, "Ha Yoresh".

In 2008 Segev released a DVD called "B.A. Phenomenon" with interactive lessons teaching some of his favorite illusions. Later that year he released his first musical album, "Exposing It All," a Hebrew language compilation of songs written and performed by Segev.

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