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New Online UK Comedian Of The Year 2020 line-up

New Online UK Comedian Of The Year

The line-up has been selected for the inaugural New Online UK Comedian Of The Year competition.

The competition was conceived by comedy promoter and podcaster Kev Rook of Nodding Dog Comedy as a way of giving newer acts an opportunity to perform during coronavirus lockdown.

He says: "With ongoing uncertainty over when we can actually gig for real again, I wanted to put something out there that actually celebrated online comedy. I think we are over the 'it's not the same as a real gig' mentality now - we know it isn't! The number of online shows, and how much the standard has improved over the last 4 months though is testament to the amount of people embracing this as a way to perform. Gigging online is a real skill, it's its own medium and I want us to find genuine champions of this accessible to all genre."

With over 160 entrants it was a tough job picking the final 60, but Kev Rook hopes they've got it right. "It's an impossible task and you always worry you've left out genuinely brilliant people, which I am sure is the case here! The line-up is fantastic though and we were blown away by the quality and the varied nature of acts that applied."

The six heats commence on Sunday 26th July culminating with the final on Sunday 20th September.

The winner will receive £500, and along with other acts that impress, will get the opportunity to work with Nodding Dog Comedy and Jokepit on other projects in future.

The line-ups are:

Sunday 26th July 2020

Julius Lord
Kym Nash
Aaron Wood
Alex Franklin
Alexandra Haddow
Becky Everest
Ciaran Mullins
Dave Bibby
Elle Tee
Adam Moda
Hayley Corney

Sunday 2nd August 2020

Haseeb Malik
Aisheshek Magauina
Alex Stringer
Ben Hodge
Caitlin Barclay
Farouk Forster
Halde Pottinger
Prue Hay
Jonny Brook
Ben Morgan
Lee Watson

Sunday 9th August 2020

Chris Ashworth
Capriella Hooper
Leon Bukowski
Christian Russell-Pollock
Dani Johns
David Broadbent
Eamon Goodfellow
Kathryn Vine
Lauren Douglin
Michael Mannion
Kate Cheka
Ryan Kenny

Sunday 16th August 2020

Chelsea Birkby
Graeme Rayner
Harry Miles
Katerina Robinson
Joseph Mulvihill
Lorn McCormack
Matt McCann
Mike Pigskin
Angela Legg
Sarah Roberts
Alex Kitson

Sunday 23rd August 2020

Michael Welch
Captain Breadbeard
Jimi Longmuir
Dian Cathal
Charlotte Fox
Laura Mcmahon
Julian Moore-Cook
Mehul Thakariya
Kate Bell
Ribs Norman
Karina Aslanova

Sunday 30th August 2020

Liam Waterhouse
Natalie Husdan
Hitul Unadkat
Mike Wardley
Lucy Orchard
Paul Campbell
Raheil Ahmad
Samia Rida
Sam Serrano
Sean Ogedegbe
Zoe Browne


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Published: Tuesday 7th July 2020

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