The 3 Billet Test

The Three Billet Test is a classic for a reason. It is the feature effect of many mentalism acts, flexible enough to fit your persona and strong enough to close the show.

This is a collection of approaches and thoughts by a variety of performers, giving you all you need to pick up three pieces of paper and start reading minds!

• Telepathy Plus Remastered by Theodore Annemann (and Nestor Dee): Telepathy Plus as you have never seen it before. The gold standard of 3 billet tests, edited and annotated for modern readers.
• Psycho Billet by Julien Losa: This is the version Julien uses professionally. You never open the billets to “double-check” anything, there’s no dummy, the routine has 5 applause cues built in (!), and you even get to do some psychometry!
• 3 Thought Transmission Tests by Romain Laguiche: What if you did a psychometry demonstration, returning each billet unopened, then, as an encore, read everyone’s mind? Complete with some clever Acidus work...
• Élégance by Nestor Dee: Pick up three billets and perform an impromptu mini act, ending clean. This is my impromptu 3 billet test, done in a single move, complete with two presentations, including an impromptu pseudo-contact mind-reading act.
• The Élégance Act by Nestor Dee: A full modular mentalism act, performed with as few moves as Élégance, ending in finding your check in the audience!
• And more, including a discussion of ways to get ahead, stay ahead, justify opening the billets, and a 3-envelope test!

This might be all you need to read minds on stage, in a parlor, or at the drop of a hat.