Each year Madison’s comedians compete for the title “Madison’s Funniest Comic”. This year’s competition break-down is listed below.
Come watch the competition every Wednesday in February to vote for your favorites and see who advances to the Final Round on Thursday, March 1st.
THIS WEEK’S ROUND: Round 2 (Wednesday, February 22nd)
SHOWTIME: 9pm
TICKET PRICE: $5
THIS WEEK’S JUDGES - Wednesday 2/22
Nate Tice- UW Badger Football
Ben Munson- Onion AV Club Editor
Ken Boll- Pauls Club Manager
Sarah DeRoo- Brava Madison Magazine
Kristin Joiner- Brava Madison Magazine
David Schaeffer- Comedy Lover
Mike Schmidt- Comedian, Winner of MFC 2011
PRELIMINARIES- Broken into two weeks listed below.
67 Comics who entered the competition will each perform a 3 minute set. Only 20 comics will proceed to Round 1.
ROUND 1- Wednesday, February 15th @ 9pm – $5
22 Comics will perform a 5 minute set. Only 15 will move on.
ROUND 2- Wednesday, February 22nd @ 9pm – $5
15 Comics will perform a 5 minute set. Only 10 will move on
ROUND 3 - Wednesday, February 29th @ 9pm – $5
10 Comics will perform a 8 minute set. Only 3 will move on
FINAL ROUND - Thursday, March 1st @ 8:30pm – $8 ($5 w/ student ID)
3 Comics will perform a 10 minute set. One winner will be chosen!
Judging is based on: time, stage persona, creative material, crowd reaction, memorization of material, professionalism, appropriate material, and new material. Each audience member will be given a voting ballot. Winners are chosen based on 40% audience ballots and 60% judging panel ballots.
JUDGES:
Each week our panel will have 6 judges total.
They are chosen from the following categories.
PRIZES:
1st place – $500
2nd place – $200
3rd place – $100
The Big Deuce Open Mic will resume on Wednesday, March 7th @9pm.