The Revels Student Comedy Awards with Chortle.co.uk
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The Revels Student Comedy Awards with Chortle.co.uk, is a national search of the UK’s universities to find the “funniest student”. The competition officially opens for entries in the autumn & during the spring term there are 12 regional heats. For the 2006-2007 comptetition the heats were held at the following universities Newcastle University, Leeds University, Edinburgh University, Swansea, Sheffield University, Birmingham University, Bristol University, London, Nottingham, Warwick, Southampton, Manchester universities. The final is held in Edinburgh in August during the Fringe festival
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[edit] Heats & the Final
This year there are twelve heats being held around the UK. From these heats twelve winners will go automatically to the final which is being held in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Another finalist from the runners-up of the heats will be chosen after the heats finish.
[edit] Peoples Choice Finalist
Video footage of all Acts participating in each Heat will be available on www.chortle.co.uk within one week of the Heat taking place. Visitors to www.chortle.co.uk will be able to vote for their favourite Act (excluding any Act selected as winner of any Heat). The Act which receives the most votes by midnight on May 31, 2007 will be selected as the People's Choice Finalist. In addition to the winners of the Heats, the People's Choice Finalist will also be invited to take part in the Final.
[edit] Entry requirements
- The Event is open to students aged 18 years or over on 25 September 2006 enrolled in tertiary education at any UK university.
- Applicants must submit a completed Application Form to be received no later than 30 November 2006.
- Only one Application Form is required per Act.
- Application Forms will be available from the Chortle website at www.chortle.co.uk.
- Application Forms must be submitted on-line at the Chortle website at www.chortle.co.uk.
- Entries submitted by any other method shall not be accepted. Only fully complete Application Forms shall be valid.
- Following submission of a valid Application Form, successful Applicants will be contacted by email on or before 31 January 2007.
[edit] Prizes
- The Act selected as the winner of the Final will win £2,500.
- The Act selected as the runner-up of the Final will win £500.
[edit] Winners & Finalists
2007 Final to be held in August in Edinburgh. The finalists competing are as follows:
- Bethany Black
- Ed Gamble as Selsdon Krupp
- Dean O’Callaghan
- Ed Patrick
- Andy Vaughan
- Dave Howarth
- Tom Deacon
- Prince Abdi
- Dave Steele
- Rodney Marques
- Kerry Howard
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- a overall runner up has yet to be voted for.
2006 final
- Donnchadh O’Connail (Winner)
- Paul Hayfield (Finalist)
- Darren Richman as Mr Headmaster (Finalist)
- Tony Richardson (Finalist)
- Chris Martin (Finalist)
- Simon Bird (Finalist)
- Andy Vaughan
- Nathan Caton (Winner)
- Tony Richardson (Finalist)
- Luke Catterson (Finalist)
- Ben Travis (Finalist)
- Ian Hunter (Finalist)
- Kai Barron (Finalist)
- Idil Sukan (Finalist)
- Paul Byrne (Finalist)
- Symon Garner (Finalist)
- Lloyd Langford (Winner)
- Dave Sayers (Finalist)
- Ian Hunter (Finalist)
- Dec Munro (Finalist)
- Mike Belgrave (Finalist)
- Tom Bright (Finalist)
- Bullett and Gunn (Finalist)
- Elliott Tiney (Finalist)
- Luke Buckley (Finalist)
- Jarlath Regan (Finalist)
- James Bench Capon (Finalist)
- Demitris Deech (Finalist)
- Paul Byrne (Finalist)
[edit] The Competition from 2004-2006
This competition was formerly known as the Chortle Student Stand up comedian of the year from 2004 to 2006. It was sponsored by the comedy website Chortle during this time. However in 2007 it was decided to bring in a bigger sponsor so as the competition would have better funding and resources. Apart from the obvious funding reason it was made clear that the competitions sole aim is to find genuine comic talent within the student population that just doesn't make their friends laugh but who appeals to a wider audience and someone who will have a good career in comedy. Chortle has not totally bowed out they have taken up the duty of being the promoter.
[edit] Past Winners & Finalists
Although the competition is still in its infancy and there is a change of sponsor to date some of comedy's notable newcomers have featured in final shortlists. These include Lloyd Langford, Bullett and Gunn & Jarleth Regan
