SiriusXM Canada’s Top Comic Finale headlined by Harland Williams

Voting opens today to choose the eight finalists.

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TORONTO – SiriusXM Canada (TSX: XSR), the country’s leading audio entertainment company, today has revealed the 24 semi-finalists in SiriusXM’s Top Comic nationwide comedy search. It’s now up to Canadians to choose which comics make the cut to perform at the SiriusXM Top Comic Finale as part of Just For Laughs’ JFL42 Comedy Festival in Toronto.

Beginning at 10 am today until August 14th, Canadians can vote online once a day for the comedians they would like to move on. The eight comics with the most votes will compete on stage at the finale for the title of SiriusXM’s Top Comic and a grand prize of $15,000, plus a solo show at JFL42 2016 and a TV spot at Just For Laughs Montreal 2016. The always unpredictable and ever-original comedy star, Harland Williams, will headline the finale, which will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on October 1st.

“Canada is a true hot bed of comedy and we are extremely excited to have chosen some outrageously funny comics to represent this great country,” said Ben Miner, Canadian comic and host of SiriusXM’s Canada Laughs channel. “It’s going to be tough to narrow down the finalists to just eight!”

This past June, SiriusXM’s Top Comic saw 96 Canadian comics compete in mic-to-mic auditions on stage in front of a panel of industry judges. Auditions took place in seven cities, Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto and Winnipeg, and the judges chose three semi-finalists from each audition night.

Trixx, Rebecca Kohler, and K. Trevor Wilson Toronto Semi-finalists
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SiriusXM Top Comic 2015 semi-finalists:

Calgary – Ivan Decker, Nigel Lawrence and Kelly Taylor
Halifax – Ian Black, Ryan Dillon and Travis Lindsay
Montreal – Mike Paterson, Jess Salomon and Derek Sequin
Ottawa – Nigel Grinstead, Jeff McEnery and Daniel Woodrow
Toronto (two nights) – Rebecca Kohler, Trixx and K. Trevor Wilson (Night 1) and Ryan Belleville, Gavin Stephens and Steph Tolev (Night 2)
Vancouver – Matt Bilinski, Kyle Bottom and Erica Sigurdson
Winnipeg – Ryan Ash, Tyler Penner and Jordan Welwood

Finalists will be announced later in August. Please visit website for more info.

Vote now to pick your top eight finalists.