Viggo Venn

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Viggo Venn
Born ( 1989-03-22 ) 22 March 1989 (age 35)
Kongsberg , Norway
Education Ecole Philippe Gaulier
Notable works and roles Britain's Got Talent Winner
Website https://viggovenn.com/

Viggo Venn (born 22 March 1989 [ citation needed ] ) is a Norwegian comedian who won the sixteenth series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2023. [1]

Biography [ edit ]

Venn trained at the French clown school Ecole Philippe Gaulier , studying under master-clown Philippe Gaulier . For four years he toured in a double act "Zach and Viggo" with American comedian Zach Zucker . The duo won the Best Comedy award at the 2016 Brighton Fringe for their show Zach and Viggo: Thunderflop. The following year, Thunderflop won a Weekly award for Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe , and Venn was once again nominated for the Best Comedy award at the Brighton Fringe with his solo show "The Life of Pepito". [2] In 2018, The Life of Pepito was nominated for Best Comedy at the Perth Fringe World .

In 2022, Venn won the NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in London [3] and was runner-up in the Leicester Square Theatre's "New Comedian of the Year". In 2023, Venn auditioned for the sixteenth series of Britain's Got Talent . His act entailed humorous skits featuring him wearing high-visibility clothing . After winning the series on 4 June 2023, he received a £250,000 prize and the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall . [4]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Viggo Venn fra Kongsberg vant Britain's Got Talent: ? Som om Skeid vinner Champions League" . NRK (in Norwegian). 2023-06-04 . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .
  2. ^ "Viggo Venn: CLOWN (Work in Progress)" . Brighton Fringe . Retrieved 2023-06-06 .
  3. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Viggo Venn tops the Natys bill : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide" . www.chortle.co.uk . Retrieved 2023-06-06 .
  4. ^ "Norwegian comedian Viggo Venn wins Britain's Got Talent 2023" . ITV . 2023-06-04 . Retrieved 2023-06-04 .

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Preceded by
Axel Blake
Winner of Britain's Got Talent
2023
Succeeded by