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Comedy Champion
File:Comedy champion.png Logo of Comedy Champion
Created by	OSR Reality
Directed by	Bishal Bhandari
Country of origin	Nepal
Original language	Nepali_language
No. of seasons	2
Production
Editors	Ram Pakhrin Tamang Anil Shrestha
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Network	Kantipur Television

Comedy Champion is an Nepali_language Stand-up comedy Reality Show that airs on Kantipur Television and Youtube which aired since 2019.

Overview

Comedy Champion is a Nepali reality show featuring emerging standup comedians from different parts of Nepal. The program airs in Kantipur Television and Youtube. The show primarily has standalone comedic appearances of the contestants with some episodes of a pairing performances. The show is currently airing its second season in search of its best comedian for this season. Himesh Pant won the title in first season of Comedy Champion.

The show is created by OSR Reality, one of the leading reality show production company in Nepal. The show features Santosh Panta, Manoj Gajurel, Reecha Sharma and Pradip Bhattarai as judges and Rima Bishwokarma as the host of the show. Bishnu Prasad Gaudel also hosted a few seasons in season 2 alongside Rima Bishowkarma.

Format

A Digital Audition takes place prior to the physical audition. The stage performance starts with physical audition which takes place with contestants selected from digital Audition. The performances of 24 contestants selected from Physical Audition is only aired. Top 15 contestants are then selected by Judges based on their individual stage performances. The top 15 contestants are then contested with each other to select the top 10 performances. Top 10 contestants are also selected by judges based upon their individual stage performance. The show then moves forward with elimination of 1 contestant every week based on audience voting through IME pay mobile app. Two eliminated contestants until Top 6 can again get their comeback through a special entry program called wildcard, one directly chosen by judges as performer of the week and the other one from audience voting. The show then moves ahead with elimination of one member each week who achieves the least audience votes until last three contestant remain for the season. The season finale airs with the remaining last three contestants. The season ends with the contestant with the highest number of audience votes along the week being declared as the comedy champion for the season.

Season summary

Year	Season	Host	Judges	Winners
2020	Comedy Champion	Rima Bishwokarma	Santosh Panta Manoj Gajurel Reecha Sharma Pradip Bhattarai	Himesh Panta
2021	Comedy Champion Season 2	Rima Bishwokarma	Santosh Panta Manoj Gajurel Reecha Sharma Pradip Bhattarai	To Be Announced