Daliso Chaponda
Date of birth: 30-11-1978The son of a Malawian politician, Daliso Chaponda came third in Britain's Got Talent in 2017.
Read MoreBut he began his comedy career in Canada in 2001, later moving to South Africa and then to the UK, where he established himself on club circuit, and appeared n the Big Value shows at the Edinburg Fringe in 2007.
In addition to stand-up, Chaponda is also a fiction writer. In 2002 he was a finalist in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest and in 2005 he was shortlisted for the P&E Award for online writing.