Viggo Venn (born 22 March 1989) is a Norwegian comedian who won the sixteenth series of the ITV talent show ''

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'' in 2023.

Biography

Venn trained at the French clown school

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, studying under master-clown

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. 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

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for their show Zach and Viggo: Thunderflop. The following year, Thunderflop won a Weekly award for Best Comedy at the

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, and Venn was once again nominated for the Best Comedy award at the Brighton Fringe with his solo show "The Life of Pepito". In 2018, The Life of Pepito was nominated for Best Comedy at the Perth

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. In 2022, Venn won the NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show in London and was runner-up in the Leicester Square Theatre's "New Comedian of the Year". In 2023, Venn auditioned for the sixteenth series of ''

''. His act entailed humorous skits featuring him wearing

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. After winning the series on 4 June 2023, he received a £250,000 prize and the opportunity to perform at the

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at the

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