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Daliso Chaponda

Daliso Chaponda is a comedian who finished in 3rd place in Series 11 of Britain's Got Talent, who was the Golden Buzzer choice for Amanda Holden. Originally from Malawi, Daliso lives in Manchester. Before his audition, he stated that he was here 'to make the people laugh'.

In his audition, he made remarks about being single, his former jobs, the recession, UNICEF, and Indian Call Centres in Britain. After pressing her Golden Buzzer, Amanda stated 'it was laugh after laugh after laugh' and that she thought he had 'a golden future', whereas Alesha described him as 'brilliant' and commented 'I can't wait to hear more from you'.

In the Semi-Finals, he made remarks about Malawi, Madonna's adopted child, the benefits of immigration, depressing new channels, and his girlfriend not being ambitious. He also made a remark about the right black people now had; 'If I were here 200 years ago, this would be an auction'. Amanda remarked 'you were so 'on the edge' that you made us howl with laughter', with Simon adding 'you are one of the funniest people we’ve had on this show'. He won his Semi-Final and advanced immediately onto the Final.

In his Final performance, he made remarks about people wanting him to be better, the UK joining the African Union, being politically correct, and his white friend meeting his African relatives. Amanda remarked 'You’ve got such charm, such charisma and brill confidence', with David adding 'you have me bent double with laughter every time you perform, you would be a worthy winner of this show'. He eventually finished 3rd in the public vote, behind Tokio Myers and Issy Simpson.

Before BGT[]

Daliso began his career in 2001 while he was in Canada. To hone his craft, he focused on stand-up clubs and open mic nights. His very first headlining show, Feed This Black Man, was at Concordia University in 2002.

In 2006, he moved to the United Kingdom where he opened for other comedians such as John Bishop. During this time period, he appeared in venues in the United Kingdom, as well as abroad in South Africa and Australia.

In 2008, he appeared in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's "Best of the Fest".

In 2009, he performed for the first time in Malawi. The same year, he also opened for Canadian comedian Sugar Sammy in Dubai and Jordan.

In 2012, Daliso made a joke about the Malawian flag during one of his "Laughrica" shows in Malawi. The government subsequently threatened to arrest him for insulting the flag.

In 2014, he co-wrote a BBC Radio 4 drama-comedy series inspired by the incident, Sibusiso Mamba's When the Laughter Stops.

After BGT[]

In May 2017, Daliso was commissioned to create a Radio series on BBC Radio 4 called Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere, looking at the relationship between the UK and Africa. The show was broadcast in May 2018. His first world tour, What the African Said, began in February 2018. In late 2018 he appeared on an episode of The Apprentice after-show: You're Fired.

In spring 2019 Daliso represented both his home country of Malawi and Great Britain on BGT: The Champions (Series 1). He stated in his opening VT that his father was a government minister and mother was a doctor, and attempted to stop him becoming a comedian, yet later became his biggest fans.

In his Champions performance he made remarks about coming 3rd in Series 11, what Tokio Myers did with the prize money, his dislike of being single, and people recognising him before debating about whether or not he were a good comedian, Brexit making the British government unstable whilst the African Government remained stable, African churches being better than British ones, and how he believed a woman in an African Church were speaking in tongues until he moved to the United Kingdom and discovered she were speaking Welsh. Amanda commented that she 'always had a soft spot [for him]', with David adding that 'the thought of [Daliso] was just enough to make him smile' adding 'comedy just flows from you'. He did not make the final of the champions.

In December 2020, Daliso performed at the 'Royal Variety Performance 2020'.

In Winter 2020, he performed alongside fellow comedians Francine Lewis, Robert White, Steve Royle, Lost Voice Guy and Katherine & Joe O'Malley as part of a skit by David Walliams known as 'Comedy Christmas Calendar' which occurred during the Britain's Got Talent Christmas Spectacular.

In January 2023, Chaponda appeared on an episode of the tenth series of BBC Two's 'QI XL' hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

In April 2024, Chaponda appeared on an episode of the eleventh series of BBC Two's 'QI XL' hosted by Sandi Toksvig.

Additionally in 2024, Chaponda appeared on the first episode of BGT Reacts alongside Fats Timbo.

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