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Billy T Award
The Billy T Award is a New Zealand comedy award recognizing up-and-coming New Zealand comedians with outstanding potential. It has been presented annually since its inception in 1997 when Cal Wilson and Ewen Gilmour shared the award. The Billy T was shared between two comedians until 2001 when it became a solo award.NZ On Air, Press Release: ‘New Zealand Laughs On Air’ 23/4/02. The awards are an initiative of the New Zealand Comedy Trust to ‘foster and encourage outstanding New Zealand talent.'NZ International Comedy festival, Press Release: ‘2007 Billy T Nominees’ 16/1/2007 Billy T James The Billy T Awards were named in honour of New Zealand comedian Billy T. James. The winner receives ‘the yellow towel’ in tribute to the towel worn by James in some of his most famous sketches. Judging The winner is selected from five nominees performing during the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Five judges select a winner based on their proven comedic ability, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ego
Paul Ego (birth name Paul Jones) is a Billy T Award winning New Zealand comedian. He is best known both for his current role as leader of Team One on the New Zealand comedy current affairs panel show 7 Days, and as the voice artist of the Stickman in television advertisements for PAK'nSAVE supermarket. Ego's first gig was in London in 1994 and upon returning to New Zealand in 1995 he soon became a regular sight on the pro-comedy skyline. Ego's Breakfast Radio career began in 2000 with his role on the Kim & Corbett Breakfast Show on Auckland's More FM. His role on the award-winning show involved writing comedy scripts and voicing many of the shows regular characters. In 2006 Paul moved to NZ's Rock Network and he is now one quarter of ’The Morning Rumble’, the 1 Music Breakfast Show in the country. According to his website, he was "parolled in 2011,", in order to "get to know his family again in the mornings." In the early months of 2013 he co-starred alongside Jeremy Corbett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Daniel
Laura Daniel (born 1990) is an actress and comedian from New Zealand. She currently reports on television show ''Seven Sharp''. Previously, she has starred in the television series '' Funny Girls'' and ''Jono and Ben''. She has been in a relationship with fellow comedian Joseph Moore with whom she performs as the comedy duo Two Hearts. The couple were married in December 2022. She has also worked on 7 Days. She was the voice of Riley in the animated television series The Barefoot Bandits and has performed in theater and musical theater productions and also sang "This Is For My Girls" with Teuila Blakely, Daisy Lawless, Lucy Lawless, Saraid Cameron, Kimberley Crossman, Kura Forrester Kura Leigh Forrester (born 1985) is a New Zealand comedian, actor and writer. In 2019, she won the Billy T Award for best emerging comedian, for her show ''Kura Woulda Shoulda''. She currently appears as core cast member Desdemona Schmidt on prime ... and Ilah Cooper. Daniel won series 2 of Task ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Correos
David Correos (born 8 December 1992) is a comedian from New Zealand. He was the winner of the Billy T Award in 2016. Early life Correos's parents immigrated to Christchurch in the 1980s from the Philippines; he grew up in Woolston. During his teens, Correos trained as a weightlifter and represented New Zealand at several international events, and won his weight division at the 2012 Junior Oceania Championships. He narrowly missed out for qualification for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where a broken ankle ended his sporting career. Wishing to perform in musical theatre, Correos attended a two-year drama course at Hagley College, after which he applied to a broadcasting school but was denied entry. He became interested in comedy and started performing arts at Hagley Theatre Company. His friend created a variety show called Monday Night Magic for artists that had no space to perform after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Correos started performing stand-up alongside musicians and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nic Sampson
Nic Sampson is a New Zealand actor, comedian, and writer known for his roles as Chip Thorn, the Yellow Mystic Ranger on ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'', Detective Constable Sam Breen on ''The Brokenwood Mysteries'', and for the New Zealand sketch show ''Funny Girls''. Life and career Sampson portrayed Chip Thorn, the Yellow Mystic Ranger on ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' which premiered in 2006. He was also the voice of the Sentinel Knight on ''Power Rangers Operation Overdrive'', and various monsters in subsequent series. Sampson portrays Detective Constable Sam Breen in ''The Brokenwood Mysteries'', a New Zealand detective, drama television series that premiered on Prime in 2014. In 2014, Sampson won ''Best Newcomer'' at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. In 2015 he was nominated for the Billy T Award and in 2016 Sampson was nominated for the Fred Award for best New Zealand show. Sampson was a writer and performer for NZ news satire show ''The Jono Project'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Montgomery
Guy Montgomery is a comedian from New Zealand. He was the winner of the Billy T award in 2014. Early life Montgomery was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. He then went on to study at Victoria University of Wellington. Television Montgomery's first appearance in TV was on the TVNZ U channel that launched in 2013. He there hosted the show ''U LATE'', where he first met his podcast partner Tim Batt. From ''U LATE'', Montgomery moved into writing for several different comedy shows in New Zealand, such as '' Jono and Ben at 10''. Montgomery's television work includes being a writer and presenter of his magnum opus, ''Fail Army''. Montgomery appeared on the May the 4th, 2020 fundraiser episode of ''The George Lucas Talk Shows'', ''The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along.'' Montgomery took part in series two of '' Taskmaster NZ''. Montgomery was a contestant on the 2022 series of the New Zealand reality television show ''Celebrity Treasure Island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Matafeo
Rose Catherine Lettitia Matafeo (; born 25 February 1992) is a New Zealand comedian, actress, and TV presenter. She was a writer and performer on the New Zealand late-night comedy sketch show ''Funny Girls''. In 2018, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show ''Horndog''. Early life Matafeo grew up in Ponsonby, Auckland, and attended Auckland Girls' Grammar School, where she was head girl. She has two older brothers. Her father is Samoan and her mother is of Scottish and Croatian heritage. Her parents are Rastas and Matafeo has described her upbringing as "quite relaxed". At the age of 15, Matafeo started doing stand-up comedy through the platform of the "Class Comedians" programme put on by the New Zealand Comedy Trust, and went on to win the "Nailed It on the Night" award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2007. She's been a regular at the festival since. Career Since graduating from the "Class Comedian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Furniss
Tom Annan Furniss (born 1988) is a New Zealand comedian. Life and career Tom grew up in Mount Maunganui. He studied Screen and Media Studies at The University of Waikato. In early 2010 he was selected as a finalist in Raw Comedy Quest. In the 2011 New Zealand International Comedy Festival Tom performed alongside John Carr in their debut show ‘Cold Duck and Tamogotchis’. In 2011 his team Grand Cheval Productions won the 48HOURS Filmmaking Competition with their mockumentary A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ... about chumping; guys who jump over children. Tom is currently preparing for the Christchurch Classic body building competition which is an annual event for up and coming athletes. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Furniss, Tom 1988 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Williams (comedian)
Guy Malachi Jones Williams (born 19 September 1987) is a New Zealand comedian and television personality. Williams was a co-host on satirical news and entertainment television programme ''Jono and Ben'', until the show's end in 2018. In 2019, he began hosting '' New Zealand Today,'' a show detailing the lives and events of New Zealand towns and the people who live in them. Early life Williams was born in Christchurch to Gary and Roseanne Williams, and moved to Nelson when he was twelve months old. He attended primary school at St Joseph's School, and was educated at Nelson College from 2001 to 2005; in 2005 he travelled to Gallipoli with Prime Minister Helen Clark after winning a student essay competition. He was a member of the school's 'A' basketball team from 2003 to 2005.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition He attended Victoria University of Wellington, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science in 2011. While at Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urzila Carlson
Urzila Carlson (born 15 February 1976) is a South African born New Zealand comedian and actress, known for her stand-up performances as well as her appearances on television programs in both New Zealand and Australia. Carlson is a regular panellist on ''7 Days''.Du Chateau, Carroll (24 July 2012Urzila Carlson: The comedian standing up for herself ''The New Zealand Herald'', New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Retrieved 27 April 2018.'''' Carlson is a regular panelist on both the Australian and New Zealand version of ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' and was a panelist on ''The Masked Singer Australia'' for the show’s second and third seasons. In 2021, she was a contestant on the second season of '' Taskmaster NZ''. Biography Carlson was born in 1976 at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Johannesburg. She grew up on the Ingwelala nature reserve, next to Kruger National Park [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Randerson
Joanna Ruth Randerson (born 1973) is a New Zealand writer, director and performer. She is the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions, a Wellington-based theatre production company. Biography Randerson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973 and moved to Wellington when she was four years old. She studied at Wellington Girls' College, and then went on to Victoria University of Wellington to major in English, theatre and film. She wrote, directed and performed in theatre productions for the Victoria University of Wellington Student Drama Club. At the same time she also wrote for and performed at BATS Theatre Wellington, and made television appearances as a stand-up comedian. After graduating, She co-founded the theatre group Trouble in 1995. In 2012 she finished her Master of Theatre Arts in directing from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and Victoria University of Wellington as well as participating in the Leadership New Zealand programme. Randerson was a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Wills
Sam Wills (born 28 August 1978) is a Timaru, New Zealand prop comic, busker, and clown residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He performs under the name The Boy With Tape On His Face and, more recently, as Tape Face. He was also half of the two-person act Spitroast and sometimes performed under his own name, Sam Wills. He has been featured in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, the World Buskers Festival, and was a finalist on Season 11 of ''America's Got Talent''. Biography Wills began his performing career in Timaru at the age of thirteen while he trained as a clown. He uses a diverse range of performance styles and skills. He holds a diploma in New Circus from Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology's Circus School where he has taught juggling for two years. His interest in the phenomenon of traditional circus freak shows and influences such as the Jim Rose Circus and the Tokyo Shock Boys led to experiments with shock comedy, earning him his first Pulp Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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