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Raw Comedy

Raw Comedy is an Australian annual competition for emerging stand-up comedians held by Melbourne International Comedy Festival. It was established in 1996 and is supported by national youth radio station Triple J. In 2011, there were 1,100 contestants.[1]

Raw Comedy
Awarded forStand-up comedy
Date1996
CountryAustralia
Websitecomedyfestival.com.au/raw/

Heats take place in major Australian cities through January, February and March.[2] State semi-finals and finals are held in the state capitals in March. The final is held as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April and televised on ABC.

The winner of Raw Comedy is sent to the So You Think You're Funny competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Three Raw Comedy winners, Drew Rokos, Nick Sun and Demi Lardner have gone on to win So You Think You're Funny.

Past winners and finalists edit

Year Winner(s) Other finalists
1996 Anthony Menchetti (WA)[3][4]
  • Kylie Brickhill & Libby Dempsey are the Plastered Bastard Sisters (Vic)
1997 Subby Valentine (NSW)
1998 Chris Franklin (NSW)
  • Mickey D (SA)
  • The Dickster (NSW)
  • Lindsay Webb (QLD)
  • Marty Wilson (NSW)
  • Des Dowling (VIC)
  • Sarah Kendall (NSW)
  • Katrina Shiels (QLD)
  • Matthew Sutherland (NSW)
  • Monica (SA)
1999 Chris Wainhouse (Qld)
  • Adam Rozenbachs (Vic)
  • Gavin Baskerville (WA)
2000 Drew Rokos (Vic)
  • Penny Pedersen (NSW)
  • Lawrence Leung (Vic)
  • Stav Davidson (Qld)
  • Jyhe Walker (Qld)
2001 Emily O'Loughlin (SA)
  • Alan Rutledge (Qld)
  • Eleven Thh (Tas)
  • Geraldine Hickey (Vic)
  • Luke Whitby (SA)
  • Martin Steel (Qld)
  • Michael Chamberlin (Vic)
  • Penny Tangey (Vic)
  • Robert Nix (NSW)
  • Ronan McChesney (NSW)
  • Ross Janetzki (Qld)
  • Terry North (Vic)
  • Vanessa Hill (NSW)
  • Xavier Michaledes (WA)
  • Yianni Agisilaou (Vic)
2002 Dave Elvins (NSW)
  • Desh (Qld)
  • Robbie Moore (Qld)
  • Simon Nutt (Qld)
  • Nat Locke (WA)
  • Kai Tier (WA)
  • Ben Richardson (Vic)
  • Mia Timpano (Vic)
  • Andrew McClelland (Vic) Runner Up
  • Paul Fitzgerald (Vic)
  • Sam Fewings (NT)
  • Jilkamu (Sean Choolburra) (NSW) Runner Up
  • Jo O'Brien (SA)
  • Zita Whalley
2003 Nelly Thomas (Vic)
Steve Sheehan (SA)
  • Sam Simmons (SA)
  • Jeremy Miller and Chris North (NSW)
  • Shalini Akhil (Vic)
2004 Nick Sun (NSW)
  • Sam Bowring (NSW)
2005 Josh Thomas (Qld)
2006 Hannah Gadsby (Tas)
  • Michael Williams (Vic; runner-up)
  • Celia Pacquola (Vic; Raw Recruit Prize)
  • Dylan Bennett and Kadek Hobman (NT; runner-up)
  • Bart Freebairn (Qld)
  • Bec Hill (SA)
  • Tom Ballard (Vic)
  • Jeff Hewitt (WA)
  • Danii Johnstone (NSW)
  • Paul Ayre (NSW)
  • Sasha Terranova (Vic)
  • Matt Burton (Tas)
  • Ben Jenkins (NSW)
  • Selina Jenkins as "Beau Heartbreaker" (Vic)
2007 Jonathan Schuster (Vic)
  • Aamer Rahman (Vic; runner-up)
  • Jack Druce (NSW; Raw Recruit Prize)
  • Xavier Susai (WA)
  • Shaun Conroy (Qld)
  • Ellen Briggs (Qld)
  • Maverick (NT)
  • Aleisha McCormack (Tas)
  • Anyone for Tennis (Vic)
  • The D (SA)
  • Tracy Crisp (SA)
  • Saikim Wan (NT)
2008 Neil Sinclair (Vic)
  • David Cunningham (NSW; runner-up)
  • Laura Davis (WA; Raw Recruit Prize)
  • Mel Buttle (Qld)
  • Ryan Coffey (Vic)
  • John Conway (WA)
  • Michele Fryer (SA)
  • Scott McGowan (NT)
  • Luke McGregor (Tas)
  • Louise Sanz (Vic)
  • Smart Casual (NSW)
  • Jay Sullivan (ACT)
2009 Cassie Workman (WA)
  • Charles Barrington (Anthony Rogers) (Vic; co-runner-up)
  • Don Tran (Vic; Raw Recruit Prize)
  • Mikey Mileos (NSW)
  • Rhys Nicholson (NSW)
  • Tracey Cosgrove (Tas)
  • Shikhar Thakur (WA)
  • Adam Keily (SA)
  • Nicole Roddy (NT)
  • Pam Rana (Qld)
  • Ben and James Stevenson are The Stevenson Experience (ACT)
  • Ash Walmsley (Qld; co-runner-up)
  • Shannon Woodford as "Adele" (Vic)
2010 Luke Heggie (NSW)[5]
  • Ronny Chieng (Vic; Special Mention)
  • Geoffrey Windle (Qld; Special Mention)
  • Catherine Hall (Vic)
  • Callan Durlik (WA)
  • Levi Dobson (NT)
  • Moataz Hamde as "Mo-Taz" (SA)
  • James Mullany (WA)
  • David Bakker (Tas)
  • Sam Radford (Vic)
  • Anne Edmonds (Vic)
  • James McCann (SA)
  • Chloe Alison Escott (Tas)
2011 Dayne Rathbone (Vic)[6]
  • Khaled Khalafalla (Vic; runner-up)
  • Tom Gaynor (SA; runner-up)
  • Xenethor (NT)
  • Adam Knox (Vic)
  • Adam Francis (Vic)
  • Tien Tran (WA)
  • Genevieve Fricker (NSW)
  • Laura Hughes (NSW)
  • Sam Campbell (Qld)
  • Ting Lim (Qld)
  • Claire Sullivan (Tas)
2012 Lessons with Luis (Vic)[7]
  • Amos Gill (SA; runner-up)
  • Cameron James (NSW; runner-up)
  • Andrew Wolfe (NSW)
  • Hayman Kent (Vic)
  • Mitchell McCutcheon (Qld)
  • Georgie Carroll (SA)
  • Mike Nayna (Vic)
  • Dylan Hesp (Stephen) (Tas)
  • Kyle Walmsley (NT)
  • Jon Pinder (WA)
2013 Demi Lardner (SA)[8]
  • Cameron Duggan (Qld; runner-up)
  • Andy Matthews (Vic; runner-up)
  • Chris Menezies (Tas)
  • Justin Crooks (NT)
  • Sean Conway (WA)
  • Colin Ebsworth (WA)
  • Jay Morrissey (Vic)
  • Megan McKay (Vic)
  • Aaron Chen (NSW)
  • Becky Lucas (Qld)
  • Tim Noon (ACT)
2014 Matt Stewart (Vic)[9]
  • Katie Burch (NSW; runner-up)
  • Cyrus Bezyan (NSW)
  • Jennifer Burke (Qld)
  • Michael Kelly (NT)
  • Megan McCrea (Vic)
  • Kerri Gay (Tas)
  • Matt Storer (WA)
  • Marc Ryan (SA)
  • Simon Etheridge (WA)
  • Justin Hayward (Vic)
  • Rohan Desai (Raw India winner and special guest)
2015 Angus Gordon (Qld)[10]
  • Rohan Ganju (Vic; runner-up)
  • Jess Perkins (Vic; special mention)
  • Sam Taunton (Vic; special mention)
  • Jono Mastrippolito (Tas)
  • Amy Hetherington (NT)
  • Anamarg (ACT)
  • Charlie McCann (NSW)
  • Cory John Rist (WA)
  • David McNevin (NSW)
  • Ismail Ali (Vic)
  • Nicholas Huntley (SA)
2016 Danielle Walker (VIC)
  • Clinton Haines (NSW; runner-up)
  • Naomi Higgins (VIC)
  • Chris Kearney (NSW)
  • Craig Quartermaine (WA)
  • David Woodhead (NT)
  • Emily Vascotto (QLD)
  • James McMahon (ACT)
  • Lewis Garnham (SA)
  • Maedi Prichard (TAS)
  • Michael Shafar (VIC)
  • Squirly (WA)
2017 Zack Dyer (VIC)
  • Bonnie Tangey (NSW; runner-up)
  • Shaquille Blackley (WA; runner-up)
  • Andrew Bensley (ACT)
  • Jason Williams (NT)
  • Oliver Twist (QLD)
  • Brad Hollis (SA)
  • Isabella Roldan (TAS)
  • Sharon Andrews (VIC)
  • Carla Wills (SA)
  • Billy D'Arcy (NSW)
  • Daisy Webb (VIC)
2018 Bec Melrose (NSW)
  • Emma Holland (ACT; runner-up)
  • Gavin Sempel (VIC; runner-up)
  • Alex Hall-Evans (SA)
  • Bronwyn Kuss (QLD)
  • Emo (WA)
  • Jane New (TAS)
  • Kevin Jin (NSW)
  • Matthew Vasquez (VIC)
  • Ryan McArthur (NT)
  • Scout Boxall (VIC)
  • Sian Smyth (NSW)
2019 Fady Kassab (NSW)
  • Laura Hutchinson (WA; Runner-up)
  • Suraj Kolarkar (QLD; Runner-up)
  • Rose Bishop (VIC)
  • Steph Broadbridge (NSW)
  • Jacob Jackman (SA)
  • Arun Alexan (NT)
  • Edwin Tetlow (ACT)
  • Double Dee (VIC)
  • Harry Morrissey(VIC)
  • Sam Horton (TAS)
  • Elliott Stewart (NSW)
  • Rakhesh Martyn (VIC)
  • Kathryn Thomas (NSW)
2021 Prue Blake (VIC)
  • Caitlin Maggs (ACT)
  • Dhruv Iyer (WA; special mention)
  • Hamish Levis (TAS)
  • He Huang (VIC)
  • Jayde O'Brien (QLD; special mention)
  • Kelly Gulliver (NT)
  • Mathew Hespe (VIC)
  • Patrick Golamco (NSW; runner-up)
  • Rudy-Lee Taurua (SA)
  • Tom Witcombe (NSW)
  • Zoë Sitas (NSW)
2022 Alexandra Hudson (NSW) and Bron Lewis (QLD)
  • Aves Robins (WA)
  • Blake Pavey (VIC)
  • Cathal Leslie (ACT)
  • Delhi Buoy (SA; runner-up)
  • Dom McGovern (WA)
  • Guneet Kaur (NSW)
  • Heather Joan (VIC; runner-up)
  • Iona Colville (TAS)
  • Joshua Coutinho (QLD)
  • Nathan Powell (NT)
2023 Henry Yan (VIC)
  • Elysia Hall (NSW)
  • Ginny Hollands (VIC)
  • Hadi Kilman (SA)
  • Jack O'Sullivan (TAS)
  • Jacquelyn Richards (ACT; runner-up)
  • Jarryd Prain (NSW)
  • Meg Jager (QLD; runner-up)
  • Nicole Shi (WA)
  • Rapha Manajem (VIC; runner-up)
  • Scott Northover (NT)
  • Trish Hurley (ACT)
  • William Wang (VIC)
2024 Omar Gadd (NT)
  • Stella Kappos (SA; runner-up)
  • Stephanie Hare (TAS; runner-up)
  • Dylan Murphy (VIC)
  • Jamieson Gilders (QLD)
  • Aaqib Merchant (VIC)
  • Nathan Chin (NSW)
  • Stella Wu (NSW)
  • Cam Muratore (VIC)
  • Kiyanosh Sahebi (NSW
  • Suma Iyer (ACT)
  • Jazz Bing (WA)

References edit

  1. ^ Platt, Craig (11 April 2011). "Raw Comedy won by awkward freak". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ . PerthNow. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 March 2008.
  3. ^ "Sleek Geeks: Adam Spencer". ABC Online.
  4. ^ "My big break". The Daily Telegraph. 30 August 2008. p. 59.
  5. ^ "Luke Heggie Wins National Comedy Title". Australian Stage. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  6. ^ Platt, Craig (11 April 2011). "Raw Comedy won by awkward freak". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  7. ^ Platt, Craig (15 April 2012). "Raw Comedy and the rise of awkwardness". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Demi Lardner wins Raw Comedy". The Age. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  9. ^ Taras, Nick (14 April 2014). "Review: Raw comedy up-and-comers inventive and entertaining". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  10. ^ Platt, Craig (13 April 2015). "Raw Comedy 2015 winner: Angus Gordon wins national comedy competition". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2015.

External links edit

  • Official website

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Raw Comedy is an Australian annual competition for emerging stand up comedians held by Melbourne International Comedy Festival It was established in 1996 and is supported by national youth radio station Triple J In 2011 there were 1 100 contestants 1 Raw ComedyAwarded forStand up comedyDate1996CountryAustraliaWebsitecomedyfestival wbr com wbr au wbr raw wbr Heats take place in major Australian cities through January February and March 2 State semi finals and finals are held in the state capitals in March The final is held as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April and televised on ABC The winner of Raw Comedy is sent to the So You Think You re Funny competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Three Raw Comedy winners Drew Rokos Nick Sun and Demi Lardner have gone on to win So You Think You re Funny Past winners and finalists editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2015 Year Winner s Other finalists 1996 Anthony Menchetti WA 3 4 Kylie Brickhill amp Libby Dempsey are the Plastered Bastard Sisters Vic 1997 Subby Valentine NSW Lawrence Mooney Sue Watt Adam Richard 1998 Chris Franklin NSW Mickey D SA The Dickster NSW Lindsay Webb QLD Marty Wilson NSW Des Dowling VIC Sarah Kendall NSW Katrina Shiels QLD Matthew Sutherland NSW Monica SA 1999 Chris Wainhouse Qld Adam Rozenbachs Vic Gavin Baskerville WA 2000 Drew Rokos Vic Penny Pedersen NSW Lawrence Leung Vic Stav Davidson Qld Jyhe Walker Qld 2001 Emily O Loughlin SA Alan Rutledge Qld Eleven Thh Tas Geraldine Hickey Vic Luke Whitby SA Martin Steel Qld Michael Chamberlin Vic Penny Tangey Vic Robert Nix NSW Ronan McChesney NSW Ross Janetzki Qld Terry North Vic Vanessa Hill NSW Xavier Michaledes WA Yianni Agisilaou Vic 2002 Dave Elvins NSW Desh Qld Robbie Moore Qld Simon Nutt Qld Nat Locke WA Kai Tier WA Ben Richardson Vic Mia Timpano Vic Andrew McClelland Vic Runner Up Paul Fitzgerald Vic Sam Fewings NT Jilkamu Sean Choolburra NSW Runner Up Jo O Brien SA Zita Whalley 2003 Nelly Thomas Vic Steve Sheehan SA Sam Simmons SA Jeremy Miller and Chris North NSW Shalini Akhil Vic 2004 Nick Sun NSW Sam Bowring NSW 2005 Josh Thomas Qld 2006 Hannah Gadsby Tas Michael Williams Vic runner up Celia Pacquola Vic Raw Recruit Prize Dylan Bennett and Kadek Hobman NT runner up Bart Freebairn Qld Bec Hill SA Tom Ballard Vic Jeff Hewitt WA Danii Johnstone NSW Paul Ayre NSW Sasha Terranova Vic Matt Burton Tas Ben Jenkins NSW Selina Jenkins as Beau Heartbreaker Vic 2007 Jonathan Schuster Vic Aamer Rahman Vic runner up Jack Druce NSW Raw Recruit Prize Xavier Susai WA Shaun Conroy Qld Ellen Briggs Qld Maverick NT Aleisha McCormack Tas Anyone for Tennis Vic The D SA Tracy Crisp SA Saikim Wan NT 2008 Neil Sinclair Vic David Cunningham NSW runner up Laura Davis WA Raw Recruit Prize Mel Buttle Qld Ryan Coffey Vic John Conway WA Michele Fryer SA Scott McGowan NT Luke McGregor Tas Louise Sanz Vic Smart Casual NSW Jay Sullivan ACT 2009 Cassie Workman WA Charles Barrington Anthony Rogers Vic co runner up Don Tran Vic Raw Recruit Prize Mikey Mileos NSW Rhys Nicholson NSW Tracey Cosgrove Tas Shikhar Thakur WA Adam Keily SA Nicole Roddy NT Pam Rana Qld Ben and James Stevenson are The Stevenson Experience ACT Ash Walmsley Qld co runner up Shannon Woodford as Adele Vic 2010 Luke Heggie NSW 5 Ronny Chieng Vic Special Mention Geoffrey Windle Qld Special Mention Catherine Hall Vic Callan Durlik WA Levi Dobson NT Moataz Hamde as Mo Taz SA James Mullany WA David Bakker Tas Sam Radford Vic Anne Edmonds Vic James McCann SA Chloe Alison Escott Tas 2011 Dayne Rathbone Vic 6 Khaled Khalafalla Vic runner up Tom Gaynor SA runner up Xenethor NT Adam Knox Vic Adam Francis Vic Tien Tran WA Genevieve Fricker NSW Laura Hughes NSW Sam Campbell Qld Ting Lim Qld Claire Sullivan Tas 2012 Lessons with Luis Vic 7 Amos Gill SA runner up Cameron James NSW runner up Andrew Wolfe NSW Hayman Kent Vic Mitchell McCutcheon Qld Georgie Carroll SA Mike Nayna Vic Dylan Hesp Stephen Tas Kyle Walmsley NT Jon Pinder WA 2013 Demi Lardner SA 8 Cameron Duggan Qld runner up Andy Matthews Vic runner up Chris Menezies Tas Justin Crooks NT Sean Conway WA Colin Ebsworth WA Jay Morrissey Vic Megan McKay Vic Aaron Chen NSW Becky Lucas Qld Tim Noon ACT 2014 Matt Stewart Vic 9 Katie Burch NSW runner up Cyrus Bezyan NSW Jennifer Burke Qld Michael Kelly NT Megan McCrea Vic Kerri Gay Tas Matt Storer WA Marc Ryan SA Simon Etheridge WA Justin Hayward Vic Rohan Desai Raw India winner and special guest 2015 Angus Gordon Qld 10 Rohan Ganju Vic runner up Jess Perkins Vic special mention Sam Taunton Vic special mention Jono Mastrippolito Tas Amy Hetherington NT Anamarg ACT Charlie McCann NSW Cory John Rist WA David McNevin NSW Ismail Ali Vic Nicholas Huntley SA 2016 Danielle Walker VIC Clinton Haines NSW runner up Naomi Higgins VIC Chris Kearney NSW Craig Quartermaine WA David Woodhead NT Emily Vascotto QLD James McMahon ACT Lewis Garnham SA Maedi Prichard TAS Michael Shafar VIC Squirly WA 2017 Zack Dyer VIC Bonnie Tangey NSW runner up Shaquille Blackley WA runner up Andrew Bensley ACT Jason Williams NT Oliver Twist QLD Brad Hollis SA Isabella Roldan TAS Sharon Andrews VIC Carla Wills SA Billy D Arcy NSW Daisy Webb VIC 2018 Bec Melrose NSW Emma Holland ACT runner up Gavin Sempel VIC runner up Alex Hall Evans SA Bronwyn Kuss QLD Emo WA Jane New TAS Kevin Jin NSW Matthew Vasquez VIC Ryan McArthur NT Scout Boxall VIC Sian Smyth NSW 2019 Fady Kassab NSW Laura Hutchinson WA Runner up Suraj Kolarkar QLD Runner up Rose Bishop VIC Steph Broadbridge NSW Jacob Jackman SA Arun Alexan NT Edwin Tetlow ACT Double Dee VIC Harry Morrissey VIC Sam Horton TAS Elliott Stewart NSW Rakhesh Martyn VIC Kathryn Thomas NSW 2021 Prue Blake VIC Caitlin Maggs ACT Dhruv Iyer WA special mention Hamish Levis TAS He Huang VIC Jayde O Brien QLD special mention Kelly Gulliver NT Mathew Hespe VIC Patrick Golamco NSW runner up Rudy Lee Taurua SA Tom Witcombe NSW Zoe Sitas NSW 2022 Alexandra Hudson NSW and Bron Lewis QLD Aves Robins WA Blake Pavey VIC Cathal Leslie ACT Delhi Buoy SA runner up Dom McGovern WA Guneet Kaur NSW Heather Joan VIC runner up Iona Colville TAS Joshua Coutinho QLD Nathan Powell NT 2023 Henry Yan VIC Elysia Hall NSW Ginny Hollands VIC Hadi Kilman SA Jack O Sullivan TAS Jacquelyn Richards ACT runner up Jarryd Prain NSW Meg Jager QLD runner up Nicole Shi WA Rapha Manajem VIC runner up Scott Northover NT Trish Hurley ACT William Wang VIC 2024 Omar Gadd NT Stella Kappos SA runner up Stephanie Hare TAS runner up Dylan Murphy VIC Jamieson Gilders QLD Aaqib Merchant VIC Nathan Chin NSW Stella Wu NSW Cam Muratore VIC Kiyanosh Sahebi NSW Suma Iyer ACT Jazz Bing WA References edit Platt Craig 11 April 2011 Raw Comedy won by awkward freak The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 13 April 2015 2008 Raw Comedy Competition PerthNow 24 January 2008 Archived from the original on 31 March 2008 Sleek Geeks Adam Spencer ABC Online My big break The Daily Telegraph 30 August 2008 p 59 Luke Heggie Wins National Comedy Title Australian Stage 12 April 2010 Retrieved 5 June 2015 Platt Craig 11 April 2011 Raw Comedy won by awkward freak The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 5 June 2015 Platt Craig 15 April 2012 Raw Comedy and the rise of awkwardness The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 5 June 2015 Demi Lardner wins Raw Comedy The Age 15 April 2013 Retrieved 5 June 2015 Taras Nick 14 April 2014 Review Raw comedy up and comers inventive and entertaining The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 5 June 2015 Platt Craig 13 April 2015 Raw Comedy 2015 winner Angus Gordon wins national comedy competition The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 5 June 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Raw Comedy amp oldid 1220528588, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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