Comicstaan

Comicstaan
Promotional poster
Directed by Khuzema Haveliwala
Presented by
Judges
Country of origin India
Original language(s)
  • English
  • Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 9
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Adit Tulsyan
  • Shweta Chavan
Producer(s)
  • Ajay Nair
  • Dhruv Sheth
  • Vikram Singh
Production location(s) Mumbai
Running time 55–71 minutes
Production company(s) Only Much Louder
Release
Original network Amazon Video
Picture format 4K (UHDTV)
Audio format 5.1 Dolby Digital
Original release 13 July 2018 (2018-07-13)[lower-alpha 1] – present

Comicstaan is an Indian stand-up comedy competition television series created by Only Much Louder for Amazon Video.[1] It is a nine-episode series that includes seven Indian comedians in search of a fresh and talented Indian stand-up comedian. The judges include Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat, Sapan Verma, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, and Naveen Richard. The series is hosted by Abish Mathew and Sumukhi Suresh.

The season premiere, and three following episodes, on 13 July 2018 and, in its first week, Comicstaan became the most watched show on Amazon Video in India.[2] The grand finale of season 1 was released on August 17 2018 and Nishant Suri, a contestant from Noida, emerged as the winner.[3]

On 6 August 2018, Comicstaan was renewed for a second season. Reportedly, all judges but Sapan Verma and Naveen Richard are to return, with the addition of comedian Zakir Khan as a judge and mentor.[4]

Judges and hosts

Judges

Hosts

Selection process and format

In September and October 2017, auditions for season 1 took place in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore in the form of open mics.[5][6] 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. This was shown on the first episode.

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.[7] 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 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.[8] 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 a prize money of ₹10,00,000.[3]

Contestants

Footnotes

  1. ↑ All dates mentioned in this article are according to Indian Standard Time.

References

  1. ↑ "Tanmay, Kenny get together for 'Comicstaan'". Business Standard. ABP Group. IANS. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Comicstaan emerges as the most watched show on Amazon Prime Video in its first week". DNA. Diligent Media Corporation. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 Farzeen, Sana (17 August 2018). "Comicstaan: Nishant Suri declared winner". The Indian Express. Indian Express Limited. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "'Comicstaan' gets green light for second season". IANS. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Comicstaan Open Mic, Mumbai". Insider.in. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Comicstaan Open Mic, Bangalore". Insider.in. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Arora, Akhil. "Inside Amazon's Indian Original Comicstaan, Which Wants to Make You Laugh and Learn". Gadgets 360. NDTV. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Comicstaan Finale, Mumbai". Insider.in. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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