9,693 vote in the Chortle Awards

Winners announced later this month

The polls have now closed on this year’s Chortle Award, with almost 10,000 votes cast.

A total of 9,693 people voted for the winners - more than 90 per cent of them comedy fans and the rest comedians and industry folk.

Winners will be announced on the evening of March 30, at a ceremony in London hosted by Paul Sinha.

Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe led the shortlists, with two nominations apiece, the latter as club comedian and for his Have A Word podcast with Dan Nightingale.

Here are the nominees:

Best newcomer, sponsored by Audible

Celya AB
Dan Tiernan
Dee Allum
Liam Farrelly
Omar Badawy

Breakthrough act, sponsored by Audible

Amy Gledhill
Helen Bauer
Liz Kingsman
Maisie Adam
Ria Lina

Variety act

Jazz Emu
Just These Please
Paul Currie
Flo & Joan

Club comedian

Jeff Innocent
Scott Bennett
Adam Rowe
Daliso Chaponda

Best compere

Jay Lafferty
Jen Brister
Mick Ferry
Thanyia Moore
Zoe Lyons

Best show

Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man
Kiri Pritchard-McLean Home Truths
Liz Kingsman: One Woman Show
Mark Watson: This Can't Be It
Paul Sinha: Hazy Little Thing Called Love

Best tour

Alan Carr: Regional Trinket
Bill Bailey: Summer Larks
Jonathan Pie: Fake News
Simon Amstell: Spirit Hole

Best podcast, sponsored by Sue Terry Voices

Have A Word
Nobody Panic
Off Menu
Adam Buxton
RHLSTP with Richard Herring

Social media award

Alistair Beckett-King
Alistair Green
Parody Boris Johnson Twitter account
Rosie Holt

Book award

And Away by Bob Mortimer
Cack-Handed, by Gina Yashere
He Used Thought As A Wife by Tim Key
Sidesplitter by Phil Wang

Radio award

Jordan Brookes On
Mark Steel's In Town
It’s A Fair Cop with Alfie Moore
The News Quiz
Olga Koch: OK Computer

TV award

Alma’s Not Normal
Bo Burnham: Inside
Ghosts
Inside No 9
Motherland