D.J. Demers

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D.J. Demers
OccupationStand-up comedian

D.J. Demers is a Canadian stand-up comedian, best known for his television appearances on season 11 of America's Got Talent and on the late night talk show Conan.[1] Originally from Kitchener, Ontario,[1] Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss in childhood, and focuses his comedy largely but not exclusively on his experiences as a person who wears hearing aids.[2]

Career[]

Demers began performing comedy in his second year of university, making his first comedy club appearance at Yuk Yuk's.[1] He won the 2013 Toronto Comedy Brawl and the Homegrown Comics Competition at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2014, and won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Breakout Artist in 2015.[3]

He appeared on America's Got Talent in 2016,[3] advancing to the Judge Cuts round but not making it to the live shows.[4] In 2017 he appeared on Conan,[5] and undertook a comedy tour of university and college campuses across the United States sponsored by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak.[4] He has also appeared on episodes of the CBC Radio comedy series The Debaters.[6]

He received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018, for his comedy album [Indistinct Chatter].[7]

In 2019 his stand-up comedy special Interpreted was released as a Crave original,[8] and he headlined Comedy for a Cause, a stand-up show in Montreal that consisted entirely of comedians with physical disabilities.[9] His second comedy album Uninterpreted, a selection of segments from the Crave special, was also released the same year.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Kitchener-born comedian D.J. Demers needs your votes to become top comic". Kitchener Post, August 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Healthy Hearing conversation: D.J. Demers. Healthy Hearing, November 17, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Kitchener comedian makes his mark on ‘America’s Got Talent’". Waterloo Region Record, June 8, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "D.J. Demers kicks off comedy tour at WSU". The Daily Evergreen, October 3, 2017.
  5. ^ "D.J. Demers Performs Stand Up on Conan". The Interrobang, July 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Eavesdropping is harmless fun". The Debaters, May 20, 2017.
  7. ^ "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Ernie Tripper, "Who is On Late Night Tonight in Comedy: Week of November 11, 2019". The Interrobang, November 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Montreal's first fully accessible stand-up comedy show takes the stage". CBC News Montreal, May 28, 2019.

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