Kyle Ravin (born 14 November 1988), is a Singaporean host, radio presenter, emcee, and magician. He is currently the host of The Weekend Wake Up on ONEFM 91.3 a station of Singapore Press Holdings.[1][2]

He has hosted shows on television and on stage[3] and has three national records in the Singapore Book of Records for, ‘The Most Number of people performing a magic trick together’, ‘the most number of straitjacket escapes in an hour’ and the ‘first underwater magic performance’.[4]

Career

Ravin started magic at the age of 7 and had his own television series on Mediacorp’s Vasantham titled Maya when he was 18 years old.[5]

He was buried alive as part of the season finale of the first season, a recreation of Houdini’s buried Alive stunt. A night vision camera captured his escape attempt and when he was seen gasping for air, producers pulled the buried box back out from the ground only to find him on a hill 200m away.[6][7]

In 2013, Kyle Ravin performed in Las Vegas at Jeff Mcbride’s Wonderground.[8]

In 2021, Kyle Ravin performed Singpore’s first virtual magic theatre experience in a show titled DREAM. A full evening show performed on Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic.[9]

Kyle Ravin joined SPH Media ONEFM 91.3 in 2022.[10]

Media appearances

  • Ravin also starred in a Mediacorp Channel 5 movie titled The Circle House in 2015.[11]
  • He was the host of Abraureka on Mediacorp Channel 5. A show that combines science and magic tricks for children.[12]
  • He played the character of Med, on Busy Bodies, a science based edutainment show on Mediacorp Channel 5.[13]
  • He voiced the show Food Chain on Channel 5, as the voice over artist of the food reality competition.[14]
  • Juggling both Tamil and English media, he hosted 60 episodes of a variety cooking show on Mediacorp Vasantham, titled ‘Galata Samayal’ – meaning fun cooking in Tamil.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "The Weekend Wake Up with Kyle - ONE FM 91.3 Good Times, Greatest Hits". One FM. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Patterson, Sarah (21 June 2023). "Zooming ahead: When Covid has a silver lining". Radio Today. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "印族通过交流学华语 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "kyle ravin | Search Results | Singapore Book Of Records". Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "NewspaperSG". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Kyle Ravin Buried Alive Pt.2". YouTube. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "The New Paper, 13 August 2007". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "NewspaperSG". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ↑ bakchormeeboy (8 July 2021). "Review: Dream by Kyle Ravin". Bakchormeeboy. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Radio". SPH Media. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  11. ↑ The Circle House - mewatch, retrieved 26 September 2023
  12. ↑ Abraureka S2 - mewatch, retrieved 26 September 2023
  13. ↑ Busy Bodies - mewatch, retrieved 11 September 2023
  14. ↑ Food Chase - mewatch, retrieved 26 September 2023
  15. ↑ Galatta Samayal - mewatch, retrieved 26 September 2023
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