Welcome to the Berlin New Stand-Up Award,
now in its 6th year!

We had nearly 110 signups last year! Congratulations to last year’s winner Andrej Ivanov, runner up Daisy Dick and all amazing competitors and attendees.

Applications are now open for 2025!
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Prizes

  • Winner receives > 1000 Euros (depending on kickstarter!) + a handmade plush trophy + glory!
  • Second prize is 300 Euros
  • All finalists get a certificate & a mug

Key Dates

  • Submissions collected Nov 2024 – Jan 6th 2025
  • Heats announced Jan 13th
  • Heats Feb 2nd – Mar 19th
    @ Cosmic Comedy Kookaburra Mitte
    Winners decided by audience vote
  • Semi-Final 1: Fri Mar 14th
    Semi-Final 2: Fri Mar 21st
    @ Refugio
    Winners decided by audience vote
  • Final – Fri Apr 4th
    @ Heimathafen
    Winners decided by panel of judges + Audience vote

Rules – it’s Germany after all 😉

  1. You should not have performed more than 10 stand-up comedy shows before 18 May 2023, in any language, paid or unpaid. There may be exceptions, please get in touch
  2. You must be a current resident of Germany, and have been for at least 3 months
  3. Your material must be in English
  4. You must be available for 1 heat, 1 semi-final and the finals, don’t assume you won’t do well!
  5. You must not be considered a professional act. If you regularly do solo shows & tours, this might not be for you. Please get in touch
  6. You must have not previously have placed 1st or 2nd in the Berlin New Stand-Up Award
  7. Your material must be completely original
  8. You must have 5 minutes of material for the heats, 6 for the semis and 7 for the finals. It’s fine to re-use material per round
  9. Organisers have the right to refuse entry to the competition for any reason

Berlin New Stand-Up Award