Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year
The Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year is held during the Leicester Comedy Festival every February. All the finalists picked are nominated by the UK's top comedy clubs and must meet certain criteria. The competition is sponsored by the Leicester Mercury, a local newspaper, and Equity, the actors union.
Winners and finalists[]
1990s[]
- 1995
- 1996 Jo Enright, Gary O’Donnell, Barry Train, Colin the Fireman, Marcus Cockrell, Bob May
- 1997 Johnny Vegas, Natalie Haynes, Kevin Kopfstein, Leslie Gibson
- 1998 Mitch Benn, Reginald D Hunter (2nd), TJ Murphy, Mark James, Mary Bourke, Pete Bennett, Johnny Kinch, Jack Mann, Darrel Martin,
- 1999 , Dominic Frisbee, Meryl O’Rourke, Kevin Clarke, David Keay, Michael Tombs, Kat Nilsson
2000s[]
- 2000 Jason Manford, Jason Whitehead, , Sean O’Reilly, Barry Glendenning, Eddie Kaulkner
- 2001 Miles Jupp, Jimmy Carr, , Adam Buss, Patrick Monahan
- 2002 , Bill Wooland, Quincy, Rob Mager, Karen Bailey, Nick Gray, Kevin Dewsbury
- 2003 Rhod Gilbert, Greg Davies (2nd), Claire Pollard, Simon Amstell, Greg Cook, Donna Spence, Greg McHugh, Marek Larwood
- 2004 , Russell Kane (2nd), Matt and Faron, Brandi Borr, Anna Keirle, Chris Roche, Mel Barnes, Matt Dyktynski
- 2005 , Dave Longley, Peter Aterman, Lee Bannard, Lee Brace, Quentin Reynolds, Sam Avery
- 2006 , Emma Fryer
- 2007 Carl Donnelly, Sean Moran, Matt Rudge, Johnny Sorrow, Jason Kavan, Jim Smallman, Paul Smith
- 2008 , Jack Whitehall (2nd), Andi Osho, , Helen Keen, Luke Benson, Sam Harlan, Tony Simpson
- 2009 Seann Walsh, Fergus Craig, , Joe Bor, Chris Stokes, Carl Hutchinson, Chris Ramsey, Tom Adams
2010s[]
- 2010 Josh Widdicombe[1], Ivo Graham, Tom McDonnell, Jake Mills, Rob Beckett, Dan Bland, Ben Davids, Ade Ikoli
- 2011 Tom Rosenthal & Ben Target,[2][3] Inel Tomlinson, Suzi Ruffell, Luke Benson, Henry Widdicombe, Michael J Dolan, Pete Walsh
- 2012 Matt Rees[4], , Darren Connell, Danny Sutcliffe, Richard Hanrahan, Joe Wells, Liam Williams
- 2013 Romesh Ranganathan, Lucy Beaumont, Adam Hess, Jamie Demetriou, Danny Ward, Tez Ilyas, , Kwame Asante
- 2014 , (2nd), Mark Silcox (3rd), Dane Baptiste, Dave Green, Elliot Green, Harriet Kemsley, Daisy Earl
- 2015 , Ingrid Dahle (2nd), Stephanie Laing, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Emma Kearney aka Penella Mellor, David Jordan, Jake Lambert, Lolly Adepfope
- 2016 [5], George Lewis (2nd), Rob Mulholland (3rd), Yuriko Kotani, Ed Patrick, Nigel Ng, Twayna Mayne, Travis Jay
- 2017 Alasdair Beckett-King, Sindhu Vee (2nd), Alex Mahoney, Ed Night, George Rigden, Kelly Convey, Tom Houghton, Tom Mayhew
- 2018 , Simon Lomas, Radu Isac, Martin Wratten, Helen Bauer, Catherine Bohart, Rosie Jones, Patrick Spicer[6]
- 2019 , Simon Wozniak (2nd), Kathryn Mather (3rd), Jen Ives, Riordan DJ, Jeremy Flynn, Jamie Hutchinson, Krystal Evans[7]
2020s[]
- 2020 , Matt Bragg (2nd), Louise Young (3rd), Good Kids, Omar Abid, Mustafa Yasin and Dinesh Nathan (Nina Gilligan had been billed to perform but had to cancel due to health reasons).[8]
- 2021 Nina Gilligan, Joseph Emslie (2nd), Christian Jegard (3rd), Hassan Dervish, Liz Guterbock, Jessie Nixon, Arielle Souma, Dan Tiernan.
References[]
- ^ Chortle Review February 22 2010
- ^ "This Is Leicestershire Feb 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ Chortle Review February 20 2011
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Tom Lucy wins Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year award". British Comedy Guide. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Leicester Mercury 2019
- ^ [2]
- ^ Eric Rushton wins Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2020
External links[]
Categories:
- British comedy and humour awards
- Culture in Leicestershire
- Leicester
- Annual events in England