
The final has taken place of The Not So New Comedian Of The Year Awards at the Museum of Comedy in London.
12 performers competed for the title which is open to older comedians. The competition is open to anyone over 35 who has been performing for 5 years or more, and not making a living from comedy. Entries from character acts, musical acts and sketch groups are welcome. The only restriction is that all contestants must stick to five minutes of original material or risk disqualification.
And the results are in and are as follows:
1st: Pete Teckman
2nd: Sallyann Fellows
3rd: Javier
Teckman won the Silver Stand Up competition at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2017 and is also a former Laughing Horse New Act of the Year finalist.
The other finalists were:
Arielle Souma
Garrie Grubb
Georgia Thorp
Mark Flynn
Matt Smith
Saban Kazim
Simon Jay
Zoe Brownstone