The day of the nominations arrives

So today over the most amazing breakfast we started the exciting job of deciding the final nominations for the Perrier and Perrier Newcomer.

Each eligible comedian's name was read out, and those in favour argued for why we felt they should be in the final 5. We all argued with a passion, and anti-passion for various people. I saw only a couple of mine fall by the wayside. A few others saw most of their's fall by the wayside.

We had a team of secretaries, and legal secretaries overseeing it all. And at the end they announced it was the best Perrier meeting they'd ever sat in on. Saying it was nice to see everyone argued their points so eloquently and without descending into namecalling or shouting, something other years have done.

And so the final list, as I'm sure you'll have read in the papers today looks like this:

Perrier Nominations

Chris Addison
Dutch Elm Conservatoire
Jason Manford
Jeremy Lion
Laura Solon (Kopfrapper)

Newcomers

Charlie Pickering
Mark Watson
Rhod Gilbert
Tim Minchin
Toulson and Harvey.

I'm now off to see all the main nominees again before Saturday, and have requested to see 3 of the newcomers again, as it's been a while since I've seen their shows, Charlie, Mark and T&H.

For those who don't know Caz is on her way up here tonight. I've got her some free passes to a few parties, and got tickets for a bunch of shows on Friday. We should have some fun.