Dan Tiernan has been crowned BBC New Comedy Awards winner 2022. Tiernan previously won the Beat The Frog World Series final and has been tour support for Jamali Maddix.

Over a thousand performers applied; more than 80 went head-to-head at showcases across the country; 30 battled it out in the regional heats; six finalists took to the stage in their bid to win over the judges and be crowned the BBC New Comedian of 2022. 

Filmed in front of a full house at St David’s Hall - the National Concert Hall which sits in the heart of Cardiff - this grand final also featured the award for the best New Digital Comedy of 2022.

Dee Allum won in Deptford; Omar Badawy in Exeter; Robbie McShane in Derry; Marjolein Robertson in Kilmarnock; Dan Tiernan in Middlesbrough and Joshua Bethania sealed his place at the final in Coventry.  The three judges will have a tough job picking a winner from this bunch of cutting-edge comics.

The final, hosted by Kerry Godliman with Fern Brady as head judge, was broadcast on BBC One and can be watched along with all the heats here.