Eli Hart winner BBC New Comedy Awards 2025

The BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 winner is Eli Hart. He receives a paid commission to write and perform his own 30-minute audio pilot under the mentoship of a BBC comedy commissioner. Also a glorious trophy and a £1,000 in prize money.

Hart, who is from the Midlands, performed a set that involved talking about his weight and his haircut, and a routine about when he’d take a cyanide pill.

The presented by writer, comedian and former New Comedy Award finalist Amy Gledhill. The grand final is filmed in front of a full house at Bradford City of Culture 2025’s iconic Alhambra Theatre.

Head judge Fatiha El-Ghorri led the panel. She also had to make the hard choice of who would take this year’s title of best new comedian. Joining her is stand-up comedian and podcaster Harriet Kemsley and the writer and star of hit comedy Dreaming Whilst Black, Adjani Salmon.

Almost one thousand applied. Thirty battled it out at regional heats. And then, six finalists took to the stage in their bid to win over the judges and be crowned BBC New Comedian 2025.

The final filmed in Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre earlier this month and broadcast Wednesday 19th November on BBC One.