The 2017 NZ Comedy Guild award nominees are below. The 2017 Guildies are on Tuesday 17 December at The Classic.
Photo Credit: Megan Blackwell - Blackroom photography
The 2017 Guildies Nominees and Winners
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Best Female Comedian
Justine Smith (winner) Angella Dravid Melanie Bracewell Michele A’Court Rose Matafeo Urzila Carlson |
Best Male Comedian
Guy Montgomery (winner) Ben Hurley Brendhan Lovegrove David Correos James Nokise Nick Rado Pax Assadi Rhys Mathewson |
Best MC
Rhys Mathewson (winner) Alan McElroy Brendhan Lovegrove Brendon Green James Nokise Justine Smith |
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Best Newcomer
James Mustapic (winner) Finn Nicholas Josiah Day Keegan Govind Ruby Esther |
Outstanding Contribution To The Industry
Brendhan Lovegrove (winner) Debs McSmith Joel Wood Lauren Whitney Lauren Griffin Rob Brown Scott Blanks |
The Green Roomer
David Correos (winner) Brendon Green Justine Smith Paul Douglas |
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‘The Classic’ Best Comedy Venue
Basement Theatre (AKL) (winner) Backbeat Bar (AKL) Fringe Bar (WELL) George Bar (AKL) San Fran Bathhouse (WELL) The Blue Baths (ROT) |
Best International Guest
Ray Badran (winner) Jon Bennett Rich Wilson |
Comic Originality
Tom Sainsbury & David Correos (winners - tie) Angella Dravid |
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Best Writer - Live Performance
Nick Rado (winner) Nic Sampson Rose Matafeo |
Best Improv Show
Snort (winner) Improv Bandits |
Best Live Show
Rhys Mathewson (winner) Rose Matafeo Two Hearts |
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Breakthrough Comedian Of The Year
Melanie Bracewell (winner) Alice Snedden Angella Dravid Bridget Davies Lana Walters Luke Callaghan Nick Rado |
Gag Of The Year
Fan Brigade - Song about Jarred Fell & Simon McKinney (winner) Jeremy Elwood - Trump Sperm Samples Keegan Govind - What is this? (so many white people in the audience) Li'i Alaimoana - Getting kids to climb tree Nick Rado - Swimming lesson |
Andrew Kovacevich Memorial Cup (Most Offensive Gag)
James Malcolm & Lucy Roche (winners - tie) |
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Kevin Smith Memorial Cup (Outstanding Artist Achievement)
Taika Waititi (winner) Guy Montgomery James Nokise Jamie Bowen Rose Matafeo Urzila Carlson |
Best Comedy Writing For Film Or Television
Taika Waititi (winner) 7 Days Frickin Dangerous Bro Funny Girls Jono & Ben The Project |
Best Comedy Performance On Television
Josh Thomson - The Project (winner) Angella Dravid - Jono & Ben Frickin Dangerous Bro Laura Daniel - Jono & Ben Nick Rado - Flick Electric Comedy Gala Rose Matafeo - Funny Girls |
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Best Comedy Tv Series Or Event
Funny Girls (winner) 7 Days Only in Aotearoa Te Radar's Chequered Past The Project |
Best Comedy Web Series, Podcast Or Radio Series
Tom Sainsbury's Paula Bennet SnapChat (winner) 4Cast I'll Be Back Catalogue Repressed Memories The Worst Idea Of All Time |
Funniest Twitterer
Lauren Mabbett (winner) Melanie Bracewell Nic Sampson Sanjay Patel |
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Funniest Blog/Column
Raybon Kan - NZ Herald (winner) Alex Casey - The Spinoff Alice Sneddon - Stuff.co.nz Michele A'Court & Jeremy Elwood - Stuff.co.nz |
Funniest Online Presence
Tom Sainsbury (winner) Melanie Bracewell |