The final has taken place new of Leicester Square Theatre's annual New Comedian of the Year.
Over 300 acts entered Leicester Square Theatre‘s hunt for the best new acts in the country. Now in it’s 12th year previous winners and finalists include Rob Beckett, Rachel Parris, Dane Baptiste, Sofie Hagen, Tim Renkow, Bilal Zafar and Tez Ilyas.
Fifteen stand-ups competed in the final that was compered by Mick Ferry. The last winner - David Eagle, back in 2019 – did a set too before the results were announced.
The finalists were - in their running order –
Dan Tiernan
Chris Nelson
Chelsea Birkby
Dee Allum
Tamsyn Kelly
Matty Hutson
Sam Nicoresti
Sergi Polo
Karen Hobbs
Freya Mallard
Ania Magliano
Michael May
Andrew Nolan
Sachin Kumarendran
Ashish Suri
And the results are...
3rd place, winning £250 - Dan Tiernan
2nd place, winning £500 – Dee Allum
1st place, winning £1000 and a trophy – Sam Nicoresti
