The 2025 Guild Awards 
​Held at The Classic, Tuesday Dec 9th. And the nominees are....
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Best Gender Diverse Comedian (Raw Meat Monday)

• Booth the Clown
• Bridie Thomson
• Jak Darling
• Liv Ward
• Rebecca Mary Gwendolon

Best Male Comedian

• ?

Best Female Comedian (Guy Montgomery)

• Angella Dravid
• Johanna Cosgrove
• Ocean Denham
• Melanie Bracewell
• Abby Howells
• Renee Church
• Lesa MacLeod-Whiting
• Hayley Sproull
• Liv McKenzie
• Justine Smith

Outstanding Contribution To The Industry (Corin Healy)

• Lauren Whitney - Comedy Festival Director
• Pip Taylor - Good Times Comedy Club Owner
• Joel Wood - Comedy Festival Producer
• Kevin Passman - Cardboard Comedy Club Owner
• Darren Lees - Comedy Guild Chair

“The Classic” Best Comedy Venue

• ?

Best Online Production (Little Empire Podcasts)

• The Male Gayz (Podcast)
  • Eli Mathewson & Chris Parker
• The Worse Idea of All Time (Podcast)
  • Time Batt & Guy Montgomery
• Third and Footlong (Podcast)
  • Darren Lees & DT
• Rats in the Gutter (Podcast)
  • ​Johana Cosgrove & Samuel Te Kani

Best Live Comedy Show

• ?

Best Comedy Performance on Television (Equity New Zealand)

• Jack Ansett - Taskmaster NZ
• Guy Montgomery - Guy Mont Spelling Bee
• Jackie Van Beek - Taskmaster NZ

Best Comedy Show on TV

• ?

Best writing for a TV show

• ?

Cal Wilson Award for Best Improv Group

• ?

The Green Roomer

• ?

Best Producer

• ?

Best Newcomer - Upper North Island

• ?

Best Newcomer - Lower North Island

• ?

Best Newcomer - South Island

• ?

Breakthrough Act - Upper North Island

• ?

Breakthrough Act - Lower North Island

• ?

Breakthrough Act - South Island

• ?

Best MC (Broadtech & Sennheiser)

• Justine Smith
• Tama Alexander
• Tony Lyall
• Lesa MacLeod-Whiting
• Paul Douglas
• Itay Dom
• Craig Westenberg
• Darren Lees
• Alan McElroy
• Charlotte Hansen
• Jerome Chandrahassen
• Keegan Govind

The AK Memorial cup for Best Joke

• ?

NZCG Award for Comic Originality

• ?

Kevin Smith Memorial for Outstanding Artistic Achievement

• ?