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The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award ran from 1994 to 2002 when it was discontinued due to sponsorship running out. During its short life time its winners and finalists boast some of the UK's most notable comedy talent today. Amongst them are Noel Fielding, Jimmy Carr, Danny Bhoy, Frankie Boyle & Alex Zane. In its day it attracted over 1,000 entrants each year.
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Despite having a short life span the competition rewarded the winners of each year with a highly lucrative reward that enabled all of them to continue as professional stand up comedians. The prize consisted of
The competition was open to any performer that was over the age of 16 and who had not performed a paid gig.
The heats and semi-finals were held at the Comedy Network Clubs that were located in Universities across the UK. The finals were then held in Edinburgh during the festival in August
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