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Comicstaan
Promotional poster
Directed byKhuzema Haveliwala
Presented by
Judges
Country of originIndia (Multiverse)
Original languages
  • English
  • Hindi
  • Tamil
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes25
Production
Executive producers
  • Adit Tulsyan
  • Shweta Chavan
Producers
  • Ajay Nair
  • Dhruv Sheth
  • Vikram Singh
  • Kreeti Gogia
Production locationMumbai
Running time55–71 minutes
Production companyOnly Much Louder
Original release
NetworkAmazon Video
Release13 July 2018 (2018-07-13) –
present
Related
Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa

Comicstaan is an Indian stand-up comedy competition television series created by Only Much Louder for Amazon Prime Video.[1] The show brings together budding Indian comedians to find the next big name in stand-up comedy.

The series premiere and three following episodes dropped on 13 July 2018. In its first week, Comicstaan became the most-watched show on Amazon Prime Video in India.[2] The judges for Season 1 were Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat, Sapan Verma, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, and Naveen Richard and it was hosted by Abish Mathew and Sumukhi Suresh.[3] The grand finale of Season 1 was released on 17 August 2018 and Nishant Suri, a contestant from Noida, emerged as the winner.[4]

On 6 August 2018, Comicstaan was renewed for a second season.[5] Comedian Zakir Khan was reported to be included in the lineup of judges and mentors for Season 2 with Sapan Verma and Naveen Richard not expected to return.[5] Additionally, Tanmay Bhat was dropped from Season 2 on 14 November 2018, a month after he was ousted from All India Bakchod due to allegations of inaction against sexual harassment.[6] Season 2 premiered on 12 July 2019 with the addition of judges Neeti Palta and Sumukhi Suresh (who co-hosted Season 1) as judges and mentors and Urooj Ashfaq joining as co-host.[7]

Comicstaan Season 2 premiered on 12 July 2019 where it released its first three episodes along with one bonus episode. This season had Biswa Kalyan Rath, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Zakir Khan, Neeti Palta and Kenny Sebastian as judges.

The winner of Season 1 was Nishant Suri. Season 2 had combined winners namely Samay Raina and Aakash Gupta. The winner of Season 3 is Aashish Solanki with Gurleen Pannu coming as runner-up.

Hosts and judges

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Starring Seasons
1 2 3
Kanan Gill Judge Mentor
Kenny Sebastian Judge
Sapan Verma Judge Mentor
Tanmay Bhat Judge
Naveen Richard Judge Guest
Kaneez Surka Judge
Biswa Kalyan Rath Judge
Abish Mathew Host
Sumukhi Suresh Host Judge
Prashasti Singh Contestant Mentor
Rahul Dua Contestant Guest Host
Zakir Khan Judge
Neeti Palta Judge
Urooj Ashfaq Host
Aakash Gupta Contestant Guest Host
Kusha Kapila Host
Aadar Malik Mentor
Anu Menon Mentor
Rahul Subramanian Mentor
Rohan Joshi Mentor

Series overview

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Season Premiere Date Finale Date Winner(s) Runner-up No. of contestants Winner's prizes
1 13 July 2018 Nishant Suri Rahul Dua 10
  • A cash prize of ₹10,00,000
2 12 July 2019 16 August 2019 Aakash Gupta
Samay Raina 		Raunaq Rajani
Tamil 1 10 September 2020 (2020-09-10) Abishek Kumar Syama Harini 6
3 15 July 2022 (2022-07-15) Aashish Solanki Gurleen Pannu 8
  • Winner gets a cash prize of ₹20,00,000
  • Runner-up gets a cash prize of ₹10,00,000

Selection process and format Season 1

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In September and October 2017, auditions for Season 1 took place in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore in the form of open mics.[8][9] No contestants were chosen on the spot; videos of their performances were viewed by all judges and hosts together before they decided on the best 10.

During the course of the shows, the 10 contestants went through 7 rounds of performances in order to secure a spot in the grand finale. Each round, the contestants performed in a different genre of comedy and, unlike most competition television series, there were no eliminations till the last round.[10] Comedic genres the contestants performed in included anecdotal, topical, observational, improv, sketch, comedy of terrors, and alternative comedy.[10]

Before each round, the contestants were mentored in each genre by one of the judges, who is touted as the expert of that specific type of comedy.[10] The contestants had a week to prepare fresh material and practice before performing that set live in front of an audience and the judges. After their performance, each contestant was given a score, between 1 and 10, by both the audience and all the judges (except for the expert for that round). Each contestant was given feedback by the judges before revealing their score. Two separate scores were revealed to each contestant – an average of the audience's score and an average of the judges'. The mean of both scores became the final score of the round for each contestant. The finals scores were aggregated each round and, at the end of the 7th round, 5 contestants receiving the best aggregate scores were given places in the finale.

For round 4 (improv), the 10 contestants were separated into 2 groups of 5. Each team was scored and their team's score also became the contestant's individual score. For round 5 (sketch), the contestants were paired up and there were 5 performances. Similarly to round 4, each pair was scored, which then became both contestants' individual scores. Aggregates of the points received by all performers each round were given to the mentor of that week. The best mentor was revealed in the grand finale and Naveen Richard came first and Kaneez Surka and Kenny Sebastian were first and second runners-up, respectively.

For the grand finale, the top 5 contestants performed in the Royal Opera House, Mumbai on 20 December 2017.[11] They were allowed to perform in any of the 7 forms of comedy they were mentored in, including a combination of them. They were scored in a similar process as the previous rounds however, the scores were not aggregated with their previous scores. At the end, Nishant Suri, the contestant with the highest score, won the competition along with prize money of ₹10,00,000.[4]

Selection process and format Season 2

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On 10 October 20, auditions for Season 2 took place. This year the top 22 applicants auditioned for the judges in Mumbai itself on the main Comicstaan set. Applicants had to submit an application to the Comicstaan website and then the shortlisted few (around 100 people) met with producers and submitted themselves for vigorous background checks. The top few were invited to Mumbai to audition for the judges. The judges debated and scored the top 22 and based on an 8-hour gruelling debate session, they select the top 10 contestants.

During the shows, the 10 contestants went through 7 rounds of performances to secure a spot in the grand finale. Each round, the contestants performed in a different genre of comedy and, unlike most competition television series, there were no eliminations till the last round. Comedic genres the contestants performed in included anecdotal, topical, observational, improv, sketch, comedy of terrors, and alternative comedy.

Before each round, the contestants were mentored in each genre by one of the judges, who is touted as the expert of that specific type of comedy. The contestants had a week to prepare fresh material and practice before performing that set live in front of an audience and the judges. After their performance, each contestant was given a score between 1 and 10, by both the audience and all the judges (except for the expert for that round). Each contestant was given feedback by the judges before revealing their score. Two separate scores were revealed to each contestant – an average of the audience's score and an average of the judges'. The mean of both scores became the final score of the round for each contestant. The final scores were aggregated each round and at the end of the 7th round, 5 contestants receiving the best aggregate scores were given places in the finale.

For the grand finale, the top 5 contestants perform in any of the 7 forms of comedy they were mentored in, including a combination of them. They are scored in a similar process however, the scores were not aggregated with their previous scores. In the end, the highest scorer wins the competition along with prize money of ₹10,00,000.

Contestants

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Season 1

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  • Nishant Suri (from Noida, Uttar Pradesh) – Winner
  • Shankar Chugani (from Coonoor, Tamil Nadu)
  • Rahul Dua (from Ludhiana, Punjab) – Runner-up
  • Rueben Kaduskar (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Shashwat Maheshwari (from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
  • Saurav Mehta (from Kolkata, West Bengal)
  • Arnav Rao (from Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
  • Aishwarya Mohanraj (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Prashasti Singh (from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh) – 2nd runner-up
  • Sejal Bhat (from Bangalore, Karnataka)

Season 2

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  • Shreeja Chaturvedi (From Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Joel D’souza(from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Rohan Gujral (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Aakash Gupta (from New Delhi) – Winner
  • Supriya Joshi (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Samay Raina (from Jammu and Kashmir) – Winner
  • Raunaq Rajani (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)[citation needed]
  • Ramya Ramapriya (from Bangalore, Karnataka)
  • Devanshi Shah (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Sumit Sourav (from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand)

Season 3

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  • Adesh Nichit (from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh)
  • Shreya Priyam (from Patna, Bihar)
  • Aashish Solanki (from New Delhi) – Winner
  • Natiq Hasan (from New Delhi)
  • Shamik Chakrabarti (from Bangalore, Karnataka)
  • Gurleen Pannu (from Chandigarh) – Runner-up
  • Pavitra Shetty (from Mumbai, Maharashtra)
  • Aman Jotwani (from Mumbai, Maharashtra) – 2nd runner-up

Summary

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Season 1

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Episode – 1
(Auditions) 		2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2–8
(Total Score) 		9
(Grand Finale)
Genre none Anecdotal Topical Observational Improvisational Sketch Terrors Alternative none
Mentor Biswa Tanmay Sapan Kaneez Naveen Kanan Kenny
Mentor Score 70.8 79 78 80 83.6 75.2 79.8
Nishant 6.6 7 7.5 8.6 8.2
(8.6+8.8+7.3=24.7) 		9.4
(Paired with Shashwat) 		7 9.8* 56.9 9.2 Winner
Rahul 7.5 6.5 8 8.5 7.4+1=8.4
(6.2+7.7+8.2=22.1) 		9.2
(Paired with Prashashti) 		9 8.8* 58.2 8.4 Runner-up
Prashashti 8.3 7.8 7.4 6.5 8.2+1=9.2
(8.6+8.8+7.3=24.7) 		9.2
(Paired with Rahul) 		8.4 9.5* 57.5 7.9 2nd Runner-up
Saurav 7.7 7 9 8.2 7.4
(6.2+7.7+8.2=22.1) 		7.2
(Paired with Rueben) 		7.8 9* 55.2 7.8 4th place
Shankar 9.1 7.8 7.4 8.9 8.2
(8.6+8.8+7.3=24.7) 		8
(Paired with Arnav) 		8.4 6.5* 54.7 7.6 5th place
Shashwat 8.3 6.6 8 8.5 8.2
(8.6+8.8+7.3=24.7) 		9.4
(Paired with Nishant) 		7.2 7* 54.6 Eliminated
Aishwarya 6.4 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.4
(6.2+7.7+8.2=22.1) 		8
(Paired with Sejal) 		7 10* 54.2 Eliminated
Rueben 5.9 7.3 8.4 6.4 8.2
(8.6+8.8+7.3=24.7) 		7.2
(Paired with Saurav) 		7.8 8.7* 53.5 Eliminated
Sejal 9.4 7.6 8 8.6 7.4
(6.2+7.7+8.2=22.1) 		8
(Paired with Aishwarya) 		6.2 7.2* 52.6 Eliminated
Arnav 5.3 6 7.7 6.2 7.4
(6.2+7.7+8.2=22.1) 		8
(Paired with Shankar) 		6.4 7.5* 49 Eliminated
Eliminated/
Final Result 		none Arnav Shankar
Sejal Saurav
Rueben Prashashti
Aishwarya Rahul
Shashwat Nishant
Mentor Winners none Kenny
Kaneez
Naveen
  Team Bananas
  Team Ek Sithaphal
Red numbers Lowest Score
Green numbers Highest Score
Note (*): This episode score is excluding the Audience's Average Score and only Judges' Average Score.
  Eliminated
  Winner
  Runner-Up
  2nd Runner-Up

Season 2

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Episode – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1–7
(Total Score) 		8
(Grand Finale)
Genre Observational Anecdotal Improv Topical Sketch Terrors Alternative none
Mentor Kanan Zakir Kaneez Neeti Sumukhi Biswa Kenny
Mentor Score 79.1 78.7 80.5 81.1 77.2 78.4 84.5
Aakash 9.5 8.6 7.8
(7.2+8.1+8.1=23.4) 		9.6 7.9
(Paired with Devanshi) 		9.5 8.8* 60.9 9.1 Winner
Samay 8.9 9.4 8.3
(7.7+8.4+8.9=25) 		7.7 6.6
(Paired with Joel) 		8.2 8.7* 57.6 9.1 Winner
Raunaq 8.6 8 8.3
(7.7+8.4+8.9=25) 		8.9 8.4
(Paired with Ramya) 		8.9 8.3* 59.7 8.1 3rd place
Sumit 7.8 7.4 8.3
(7.7+8.4+8.9=25) 		8.9 9.2
(Paired with Rohan) 		6.3 8.5* 56.3 8 4th place
Supriya 8.1 7.6 7.8
(7.2+8.1+8.1=23.4) 		8 6.5
(Paired with Shreeja) 		9 9.8* 56.5 6.5 5th place
Rohan 7.6 6.5 8.3
(7.7+8.4+8.9=25) 		8.2 9.2
(Paired with Sumit) 		7 8.8* 55.6 Eliminated
Ramya 7.1 8.5 7.8
(7.2+8.1+8.1=23.4) 		7.4 8.4
(Paired with Raunaq) 		7.2 7.3* 53.7 Eliminated
Joel 7 8.7 7.8
(7.2+8.1+8.1=23.4) 		8.5 6.6
(Paired with Samay) 		7.3 7.3* 53.2 Eliminated
Devanshi 5.9 7.4 8.3
(7.7+8.4+8.9=25) 		6.7 7.9
(Paired with Aakash) 		6.6 9.7* 52.5 Eliminated
Shreeja 8.6 6.6 7.8
(7.2+8.1+8.1=23.4) 		7.2 6.5
(Paired with Supriya) 		8.4 7.3* 52.4 Eliminated
Eliminated/
Final Result 		none Shreeja Supriya
Devanshi Sumit
Joel Raunaq
Ramya Aakash
Rohan Samay
Most
Unexceptional
Mentor 		none Kenny
  Team Kadak Khopdis (English Translation: Hard Headed)
  Team Lazy Lakadbagghey (English Translation: Lazy Hyenas)
Red numbers Lowest Score
Green numbers Highest Score
Note (*): This episode score is excluding the Audience's Average Score and only Judges' Average Score.
  Eliminated
  Winner
  3rd Place
  4th Place

Season 3

[edit]
Episode – 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1–7
(Total Score) 		8
(Grand Finale)
Genre Anecdotal Topical Improv Sketch Roast Observational Alternative none
Mentor Rahul Subramanian Sapan Verma Aadar Malik Anu Menon Rohan Joshi Prashathi Singh Kanan Gill
Mentor's choice Aman Shamik Shreya Shreya Adesh Aman Shreya
Aashish 8.6 8.4 8
(8+7.9+8.1=24) 		9
(Paired with Aman) 		9.2 8.4 8.3* 60.1 (Mentors: 10
Audience: 8.9)
9.6-0.5=9.1 		Winner
Gurleen 8.5 9 7.9
(6.9+8.1+8.8=23.8) 		9.5
(Paired with Shreya) 		9.7 9.7 8.5* 62.6 (Audience: 8.1
Mentors: 9.3)
8.8 		Runner-up
Aman 8.1-0.5=7.6+0.5=8.1 7.5 7.9
(6.9+8.1+8.8=23.8) 		9
(Paired with Aashish) 		8.8 8.9+0.5=9.4 8.8* 59.1 (Audience: 8.1)
8.5 		3rd place
Shreya 6.9-0.5=6.4 8.3 8+0.5=8.5
(8+7.9+8.1=24) 		9.5+0.5=10
(Paired with Gurleen) 		7.2 8.6 9.5*+0.5=10 58.9 (Mentors: 8.5)
7.6 		4th place
Adesh 8.1 7.8 8
(8+7.9+8.1=24) 		7.7
(Paired with Natiq) 		8.5+0.5=9 8.2 10* 58.7 Eliminated
Shamik 8.6 7.7+0.5=8.2 7.9
(6.9+8.1+8.8=23.8) 		7
(Paired with Pavitra) 		9.2 8.3 8.3* 57.5 Eliminated
Pavitra 8.3 8.6 7.9
(6.9+8.1+8.8=23.8) 		7
(Paired with Shamik) 		8.3 8.8 8.3* 57.2 Eliminated
Natiq 8.5-0.5=8 6.6 8
(8+7.9+8.1=24) 		7.7
(Paired with Adesh) 		8.4 6.9 8* 53.6 Eliminated
Comedians
went
Overtime 		Aman
Natiq
Shreya 		none Aashish
Shreya
Eliminated/
Final Result 		none Natiq Shreya
Pavitra Aman
Shamik Gurleen
Adesh Aashish
  Team Lallupops
  Team Bubblugums
Red numbers Lowest Score
Green numbers Highest Score
Maroon numbers Over-time Minus Score
Purple numbers Mentor's choice to give +0.5 Score
Note (*): This episode score is excluding the Audience's Average Score and only Judges' Average Score.
  Eliminated
  Winner
  Runner-Up
  3rd Place

Comicstaan Semma Comedy Pa (Tamil)

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Selection process and format

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After two spectacular seasons in Hindi, Comicstaan has expanded in Tamil Language. In 2019, auditions took place, applicants had to submit an application to the comicstaan website and then the shortlisted few met with producers and submitted themselves for vigorous background checks. Then top 6 contestants were selected.

During the shows, the 6 contestants went through 7 rounds of performances to secure a spot in the grand finale. Each round, the contestants performed in a different genre of comedy and, unlike most competition television series, there were no eliminations till the last round. Comedic genres the contestants performed in included anecdotal, topical, observational, sketch, comedy of terror and character work.

Before each round, the contestants were mentored in each genre by one of the judges, who is touted as the expert of that specific type of comedy. The contestants had a week to prepare fresh material and practice before performing that set live in front of an audience and the judges. After their performance, each contestant was given a score between 1 and 10, by both the audience and all the judges (except for the expert for that round). Each contestant was given feedback by the judges before revealing their score. Two separate scores were revealed to each contestant – an average of the audience's score and an average of the judges'. The mean of both scores became the final score of the round for each contestant. The final scores were aggregated each round and at the end of the 7th round, 3 contestants receiving the best aggregate scores were given places in the finale.

For the grand finale, the top 3 contestants perform in any of the 7 forms of comedy they were mentored in, including a combination of them. They are scored in a similar process however, the scores were not aggregated with their previous scores. In the end, the highest scorer wins the competition along with prize money of ₹10,00,000.

Hosts and Judges

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Starring Season
1
Current
Karthik Kumar Judge
Rajmohan Arumugam Judge
Praveen Kumar Judge
Vidyullekha Raman Host
Mervyn Rozz Host

Contestants

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  • Mayandi Karunanithi
  • Karthigeyan Durai
  • Syama Harini
  • Yogesh Jagannathan
  • Abishek Kumar
  • Annamalai Lakshmanan

Summary

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Episode – 1
(Introduction) 		2 3 4 5 6 7 1–7
(Total Score) 		8
(Grand Finale)
Genre none Observational Topical Sketch Anecdotal Terrors Character Work none
Mentor Praveen Karthik Rajmohan Praveen Karthik Rajmohan
Abishek 7.9 8.1 9 9.5
(Paired with Mayandi) 		9.2 9.4 10* 62.7 9.5 Winner
Syama 9.1 9.2 8.5 7.1
(Paired with Annamalai) 		9.3 7.6 9.7* 60 9 1st Runner-up
Yogesh 8.2 9 6.9 8.4
(Paired with Karthigeyan) 		9.1 8.5 9* 58.4 7 2nd Runner-up
Mayandi 6.9 7.3 9.1 9.5
(Paired with Abishek) 		8.4 8.5 9* 58.3 Eliminated
Karthigeyan 8.1 8.5 8.2 8.4
(Paired with Yogesh) 		7.6 7.7 10* 57 Eliminated
Annamalai 7.3 7 6.1 7.1
(Paired with Syama) 		7.5 9.4 7.7* 50 Eliminated
Eliminated/
Final Result 		none Mayandi Yogesh
Karthigeyan Syama
Annamalai Abishek
Red numbers Lowest Score
Green numbers Highest Score
Note (*): This episode score is excluding the Audience's Average Score and only Judges' Average Score.
  Eliminated
  Winner
  1st Runner-up
  2nd Runner-up

References

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  4. ^ a b Farzeen, Sana (17 August 2018). "Comicstaan: Nishant Suri declared winner". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b Arora, Akhil (6 August 2018). "Amazon's Comicstaan Renewed for Season 2, Taps Zakir Khan". Gadgets 360. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. ^ Arora, Akhil (14 November 2018). "Amazon Drops Tanmay Bhat, Keeps Kanan Gill for Comicstaan Season 2 Over #MeToo Concerns". Gadgets 360. Red Pixels Ventures Limited. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. ^ Sharma, Sampada (12 July 2019). "Comicstaan 2 first impression: Light comedy that requires some patience". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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  9. ^ "Comicstaan Open Mic, Bangalore". Insider.in. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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