Watch the 2024 Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists | 20th contest culminates at the Edinburgh Fringe

Watch the 2024 Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists

20th contest culminates at the Edinburgh Fringe

Here's the footage of the 20th Chortle Student Comedy Award Final held in Edinburgh this week.

South African-born comic Foo, who's studying for a DPhil in management at Oxford, took the title and £1,000.

And Jade Kelly, who's studying a postgraduate diploma in education at Edinburgh University, was runner-up.

Here are all the other finalists:

Oliver Moore

Caitlin Powell

Leo Hincks

Cormac Sinnott

Anna Rae

Mohaimen Quaunine

The final – hosted by Mark Watson – was filmed NextUp tonight. Use code STUDENT10 for a 10 per cent discount on an annual subscription to all their stand-up specials and livestreams.

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Published: 14 Aug 2024

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