- Delivers razor-sharp, globally-informed comedy, honed through international tours, viral stand-up clips with 300+ million views, and a finalist run on Britain’s Got Talent.
- Unpacks politics, culture, and identity with fearless humor, earning acclaim for hits like Citizen of Nowhere and live specials including What the African Said and Apocalypse Not Now.
- Captivates audiences with smart, high-energy performances, masterfully blending observational comedy, satire, and storytelling to provoke both laughter and thought
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About Daliso Chaponda
Download ProfileWith over 300 million views of his stand up online, Daliso shot to fame on Britain’s Got Talent making it to the final of the 2017 series and establishing himself a firm favourite with the judges and the British public.
Since then, Daliso has gone on to become a TV and Radio regular. Appearances include Have I Got News For You (BBC1), Qi (BBC2), Celebrity Mastermind, Celebrity Pointless (BBC 1) winner, The Royal Variety Performance (ITV1), Good Evening Britain and Britain’s Got Talent Champions 2019 (ITV), The Complaints Department and Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains (Comedy Central), Unforgivable (Dave), and The Apprentice: You’re Fired (BBC2).
Daliso is also the writer, creator, and host of his Rose d’Or nominated BBC Radio 4 show Citizen of Nowhere. The forth series aired in October 2023 and you can catch it on BBC. He also hosted brand new show The Exploding Library for BBC Radio 4 in November 2021. He is also a regular on The News Quiz, Just A Minute and The Now Show (BBC Radio 4). He has also appeared on The Ultimate Choice, One Person Found this Helpful, Evil Genius, Breaking The News and You Heard it here First.
He has performed around the world and at the Edinburgh, Melbourne, Singapore, and Cape Town comedy festivals. He has also toured the UK 4 time to sell out audiences. His stand up specials ‘What the African Said’, ‘Blah Blah Blacklist’ and ‘Apocalypse Not Now’ are available to watch on itvX. Keep an eye out for the special of ‘Feed this Black Man Again’ in 2024.
In December 2021, Daliso made his pantomime debut as the principal comedian in Aladdin at the Redhill Theatre in Surrey, receiving rave reviews.
In addition to Stand up, Daliso is also a prolific fiction writer. He has published science fiction, murder mysteries and fantasy fiction in numerous magazines, and anthologies. He is currently working on his new novel and a children’s book.
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Daliso Chaponda: Britain’s Got Talent
Daliso Chaponda: The Truth Behind His Teenage Years
Daliso Chaponda: Britain’s Got Talent
Daliso Chaponda: All Performances on Britain Got Talent 2017
Daliso Chaponda: Scale of Hate
Daliso Chaponda: The truth behind his teenage years
Daliso Chaponda: Britain’s Got Talent
Speech Topics
Download TopicsStand-Up Comedy
Daliso Chaponda, international stand-up comic and Britain’s Got Talent finalist, delivers a sharp, hilarious take on finding humor in life’s unpredictability. Drawing from his global upbringing and career in comedy, Daliso explores how laughter builds resilience, bridges divides, and offers clarity in chaotic times. With quick wit and smart storytelling, he leaves audiences laughing, reflecting, and recharged.
The Unlikely Partnership of Comedy & Pain
Daliso Chaponda’s TEDx talk explores how comedy can transform pain into healing. He explains that his career unexpectedly evolved into making jokes about difficult and painful topics, racism, slavery, colonialism, and personal trauma, because humor allows people to confront issues they would normally avoid. Inspired by the film Life Is Beautiful, he realized that laughter can make unbearable truths palatable and even educational. Over time, Chaponda found that turning his own struggles, racism, refugee experiences, heartbreak, and childhood trauma, into comedy not only helped audiences process these realities but also acted as a form of therapy for himself. By reframing painful memories through humor, he discovered a “superpower” that allows both comedians and everyday people to heal, cope, and reshape their relationship with hardship.
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