Leonid the Magnificent

Leonid the Magnificent

Leonid the Magnificent (born Leonid Filatov. Russian: Леонид Филатов) is a Russian performance artiste born in 1973 in Siberia who now lives in Brooklyn, New York City. Leonid has been performing on stage since the age of 12. He finished Russian Circus School and University of Art and Culture to become an artist and a show creator. While in Russia, Leonid Filatov gained recognition by the Cultural Committee of the Government of Moscow as an acclaimed artiste of the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya" - the most prestigious in the nation. Since coming to the USA he has performed in many cities across America including Miami, Las Vegas, New York City, New Jersey, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

His repertoire includes classical, modern or exotic dances, highly-skilled circus acrobatics, musicals, comedy and drama. He performs solo or with his troupe, the Leo-Leopatra show. His style is highly versatile depending on the venue and occasion, ranging from serious and classical to raucous and edgy.

Leonid became known nationwide after his appearances on the first season of "America's Got Talent" in 2006. He was selected to go to the semi-finals. David Hasselhoff, a judge on the show, picked him to go on the wild card episode. His appearances on this show gained him a cult following and internet videoclips of these performances have been viewed by thousands of fans from around the world.

He reappeared in the final audition round of Season 2, and got in, although this time Hasselhoff's support for him had vanished as the Hoff threatened to leave the show and walked off temporarily after the other two judges, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan, voted Leonid through. On June 26th 2007, when this episode was broadcasted on national TV, the search terms "Leonid The Magnificent" rose to nationwide No. 13 on Google Trends. [ [http://www.google.co.uk/trends/hottrends?q=leonid+the+magnificent&date=2007-6-26&sa=X Google Trends: leonid the magnificent, Jun 26, 2007 ] ]

Leonid has also appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 19th 2005, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in August 2006 and "The New Yorker"—a live variety TV talkshow—on March 7th 2007. On April 22nd 2006 he was given the PREMIO ARTE Award as Extravagant Artist of the 2005 Year, in New Jersey. On March 28th 2007 he appeared on Greece national TV as a special guest star on "Greece’s Got Talent" in Athens, Greece. Today, Leonid The Magnificent is an independent artist and works mostly by invitation.

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External links

* [http://www.leo-leopatra.com/ Official website of Leonid the Magnificent]
* [http://www.leonidthemagnificentfanclub.com/ The Official Leonid The Magnificent Fanclub]


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