Cosentino

Cosentino appeared as an intruder in the sixth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia in 2020.

Cosentino competed in America's Got Talent: The Champions in 2019. He did not advance to the finals.

Cosentino was announced as the winner of Dancing With The Stars on 26 November 2013, along with his dancing partner Jessica Raffa.

Cosentino made a brief appearance on popular Australian television show Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation, episode aired 22 March 2011, in the game ‘As Quick As’. He is introduced by Shaun first as "a lunatic from Ararat asylum" before the game begins. Contestants had to answer as many questions as possible before Cosentino escaped from a straitjacket.

Overall, Cosentino came second in the 2011 series of Australia’s Got Talent, losing out to Jack Vidgen. Although fans were disappointed Cosentino was incredibly pleased with second place, so as to avoid the ‘winner’s curse.’

On 17 February 2010 Cosentino, in honour of Harry Houdini’s jump off Queen’s Bridge in Melbourne on the same day in 1910, performed a tribute underwater escape act inside the Melbourne Aquarium. Chained, shackled, handcuffed and secured to a 60 kg concrete block, Cosentino was sunk to the bottom of the main tank in Melbourne Aquarium – approximately four and a half metres deep – and surrounded by various fish, sharks and rays, he had to free himself from his bonds using only a lock pick. Cosentino had hoped to complete the escape in 2 minutes 30 seconds, but due to problems with a padlock and his belly chain, the escape took 3 minutes 39 seconds.

Paul Cosentino (born 2 November 1982) known by his stage name Cosentino, is an Australian illusionist and escapologist.

Cosentino was born on 2 November 1982 in Victoria, Australia to an Italian family. When he was a young boy, Cosentino stumbled across a magic book in a library which fascinated him. His mother helped him read it, since as a child, he had learning difficulties that he says magic helped him overcome. As well as this, at age 13, his mother got locked out of the house one day, and to get inside Cosentino had to pick the locks. In lock picking he found a unique skill that he developed and honed. Cosentino also says that he gained confidence through his magic performances. As a boy growing up and to this day, Cosentino admires Harry Houdini saying, "As a child some children had action figures of Superman....but Houdini, he was my superhero". He attended Wesley College, Melbourne, during his high school years.