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Russia's Got Talent

Claim:   Video clip shows a Russia's Got Talent contestant accidentally shooting his partner in the head with an arrow.

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Example:   [Collected via e-mail, July 2009]

There is a video on Youtube; it's an audition for Russia's Got Talent. One guy fires an arrow at a tin can on his friend's head, but he misses and it appears to pierce his friend in the eye, killing him instantly. Everyone thinks it's real. I want to know the truth!



 

Origins:   The above-linked video is variously reported as an audition for the television show Armenia's Got Talent, Poland's Got Talent, or Russia's Got Talent gone horribly wrong, a haplessly comedic "William Tell" act that ends with one participant taking an arrow straight through the head. No such show exists, however (the set in the video curiously features only a generic sign reading "Talent" in English), and the clip is rumored to be a viral marketing campaign for the beverage in the red can which appears prominently in the video.

Last updated:   17 July 2009

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