Comicstaan is an Indian stand-up comedy competition television series created by Only Much Louder for Amazon Prime Video.
[2] The judges for Season 1 were Biswa Kalyan Rath, Tanmay Bhat, Sapan Verma, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Kenny Sebastian, and Naveen Richard and it was hosted by Abish Mathew and Sumukhi Suresh.
[3] The grand finale of Season 1 was released on 17 August 2018 and Nishant Suri, a contestant from Noida, emerged as the winner.
[5] Comedian Zakir Khan was reported to be included in the lineup of judges and mentors for Season 2 with Sapan Verma and Naveen Richard not expected to return.
[5] Additionally, Tanmay Bhat was dropped from Season 2 on 14 November 2018, a month after he was ousted from All India Bakchod due to allegations of inaction against sexual harassment.
This season had Biswa Kalyan Rath, Kaneez Surka, Kanan Gill, Zakir Khan, Neeti Palta and Kenny Sebastian as judges.
In September and October 2017, auditions for Season 1 took place in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore in the form of open mics.
[10] The contestants had a week to prepare fresh material and practice before performing that set live in front of an audience and the judges.
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.
At the end, Nishant Suri, the contestant with the highest score, won the competition along with prize money of ₹10,00,000.
The contestants had a week to prepare fresh material and practice before performing that set live in front of an audience and the judges.
Comedic genres the contestants performed in included anecdotal, topical, observational, sketch, comedy of terror and character work.
The contestants had a week to prepare fresh material and practice before performing that set live in front of an audience and the judges.