Birth Date: | 22 March 1989 |
Birth Place: | Kongsberg, Norway |
Website: | https://viggovenn.com/ |
Education: | École Philippe Gaulier |
Notable Works: | Britain's Got Talent Winner |
Viggo Venn (born 22 March 1989) is a Norwegian comedian who won the sixteenth series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2023.[1]
Venn trained at the French clown school École Philippe Gaulier, studying under master-clown Philippe Gaulier. 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 Brighton Fringe for their show Zach and Viggo: Thunderflop. The following year, Thunderflop won a Weekly award for Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe, and Venn was once again nominated for the Best Comedy award at the Brighton Fringe with his solo show "The Life of Pepito".[2] In 2018, The Life of Pepito was nominated for Best Comedy at the Perth Fringe World.
In 2022, Venn won the in London[3] and was runner-up in the Leicester Square Theatre's "New Comedian of the Year".In 2023, Venn auditioned for the sixteenth series of Britain's Got Talent. His act entailed humorous skits featuring him wearing high-visibility clothing. After winning the series on 4 June 2023, he received a £250,000 prize and the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall.[4]