[2] The competition is supported by national youth radio station Triple J.
[3] A series of heats take place in major Australian cities through January, February and March.
Judges select the most impressive state-finalist/s to compete at the Raw Comedy grand finale, which held as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Melbourne Town Hall in April and is televised later in June/July of the same year.
[citation needed] The winner of Raw Comedy is sent to the So You Think You're Funny competition at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Three Raw Comedy winners (Drew Rokos, Nick Sun, and Demi Lardner) have gone on to win So You Think You're Funny.