D.J. Demers (born 1986) is a Canadian

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, best known for his television appearances on season 11 of ''

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'' and on the late night talk show '' Conan''."Kitchener-born comedian D.J. Demers needs your votes to become top comic"
''Kitchener Post'', August 10, 2017. Originally from

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, Ontario, Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss in childhood, and focuses his comedy largely but not exclusively on his experiences as a person who wears hearing aids.

Career

Demers began performing comedy in his second year of university, making his first comedy club appearance at Yuk Yuk's. He won the 2013 Toronto Comedy Brawl and the Homegrown Comics Competition at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2014, and won a

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for Best Breakout Artist in 2015."Kitchener comedian makes his mark on ‘America’s Got Talent’"
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'', June 8, 2016. He appeared on ''America's Got Talent'' in 2016, advancing to the Judge Cuts round but not making it to the live shows."D.J. Demers kicks off comedy tour at WSU"
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'', October 3, 2017. In 2017 he appeared on ''Conan'', and undertook a comedy tour of university and college campuses across the United States sponsored by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak. He has also appeared on episodes of the CBC Radio comedy series '' The Debaters''. He received a

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nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018, for his comedy album '' ndistinct Chatter'. In 2019 his stand-up comedy special ''Interpreted'' was released as a

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original, and he headlined Comedy for a Cause, a stand-up show in Montreal that consisted entirely of comedians with physical disabilities. His second comedy album ''Uninterpreted'', a selection of segments from the Crave special, was also released the same year. In June 2023,

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greenlit '' One More Time'', a comedy series starring Demers as the manager of a used sporting goods store. The series premiered on CBC in January 2024.Debra Yeo
"How hard-of-hearing comedian D.J. Demers turned his high school job into a Canadian sitcom"
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'', January 6, 2024.

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