Comedy Champion

Comedy Champion (कमेडी च्याम्पियन) is a Nepali stand-up comedy reality show which started airing on Kantipur Television and OSR Reality channel on YouTube since 2019. It is the first comedy reality show in Nepal.^[1] The show features emerging standup comedians from different parts of Nepal. The show primarily has standalone comedic appearances of the contestants, with some episodes of paired performances. The show is created by Three Production with OSR Reality, they are leading reality show production companies in Nepal.

Comedy Champion
Title screen of the program
Created by	Three Productions
Written by	Suman Karki Suman Koirala Pujan Adhikari
Directed by	Bishal Bhandari
Presented by	Rima Bishwokarma Mexam Gaudel
Music by	Arjun Pokharel
Country of origin	Nepal
Original language	Nepali
No. of seasons	3
Production
Executive producers	Keki Adhikari Bishal Bhandari Raj Ghimire
Editors	Gambhir Rajkarnikar Ram Pakhrin Tamang Anil Shrestha
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Three Productions
Original release
Network	Kantipur Television
Release	2019 (2019) – present

Overview

Comedy Champion features Santosh Panta, Manoj Gajurel, Reecha Sharma and Pradip Bhattarai as the judges and Rima Bishwokarma & Mexam Gaudel as the hosts of the show.^[2] One of the contestants from season 1, Bishnu Prasad Gaudel (a.k.a. Mexam Gaudel) hosted season 2 alongside Rima Bishowkarma.^[3]

The first season premiered at the end of 2019 and ended in 2020. Himesh Panta won the title in the first season. Khadga Bahadur Pun Magar and Suman Koirala became runner-ups.^[4][5] The second season premiered in 2021, and the title was won by Bharat Mani Poudel, where Bkey Agarwal and Santosh Thapa became first and second runner-ups respectively.^[6]

The third season of the show premiered in 2024. The show is also directed by Bishal Bhandari with television producer Babu Surace D.C. as chief associate director. Sunil Khadka from Dakshinkali, Kathmandu won the title.

Format

A digital audition takes place prior to the physical audition. The stage performance starts with a physical audition which takes place with contestants selected from a digital audition. Only the performances of the 24 contestants selected from a physical audition are 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 the judges based upon their individual stage performance.

The show then moves forward with the elimination of one contestant every week based on audience voting through the IME pay mobile app.^[7] This process continues until there are only six contestants left. All the other contestants who were eliminated earlier get a chance to comeback through a special entry program called wildcard, where two contestants are selected; one is directly chosen by the judges as performer of the week and the other one from audience voting. The show then moves ahead with the elimination of one member each week who achieves the least audience votes until the last three contestants 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 the winner of Comedy Champion for the season.

The winner of the show wins Rs. 2,500,000 and a brand new car as the prize.^[3]

Season summary

Year	Season	Host	Judges	Winner	Runner-ups	Ref(s)
2019-2020	1	Rima Bishwokarma	Santosh Panta Manoj Gajurel Reecha Sharma Pradip Bhattarai	Himesh Panta	Khadga Bahadur Pun Magar Suman Koirala	[8]
2021	2	Rima Bishwokarma Mexam Gaudel		Bharat Mani Poudel	Bickey Agrawal Santosh Thapa	[6]
2024	3			Sunil Khadka	Rishav Kafle Suyasha Khanal	[9]

See also

• Comedy Club with Champions

References

1. "कान्तिपुर टेलिभिजन र कमेडी च्याम्पियनबीच सहकार्य". Kantipur (in Nepali). 7 July 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. "DISHHOME HAS CONTRACTED COMEDY CHAMPION SEASON 2 IN POWERED BY CATEGORY". Reviews Nepal. 5 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021.
3. "Comedy Champion returns with a brand new season". The Kathmandu Post. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
4. गौतम, गोकर्ण (20 March 2020). "च्याम्पियन केटो". Kantipur (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
5. "Himesh Panta is Nepal's first 'Comedy Champion'". Khabarhub. 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021.
6. "भरतमणि पौडेलले जिते कमेडी च्याम्पियन २, विक्की अग्रवाल दोस्रो". Setopati (in Nepali). 18 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
7. Wells, Jones (17 April 2021). "Comedy Champion Season 2 Voting Method". GBS Note. Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.
8. "हिमेशले जिते कमेडी च्याम्पियनको उपाधी". Online Khabar (in Nepali). 14 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
9. "Khadka wins title of Comedy Champion 3". The Rising Nepal. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

External links

• OSR Reality on YouTube