Welcome to the 26th week of The Comedy Open Mic Comedy Contest.

Please read the contest rules here

_{Thank you to @gnarlyanimations for designing our new logo}

Rules for Judges

Contest will run for a minimum of 26 weeks, and will continue to run as long as it is sustainable.
Prizes to be sent out within 24hrs of contest round closing
Every effort will be made for @comedyopenmic to upvote all entries
A big thank you to @idikuci for his time and effort in upvoting everybody and ensuring @comedyopenmic spread the upvote love in round 25
A special thank you to our wonderful guest judges in round 25 @waybeyondpadthai, @diebitch @johnthefelon idikuci- @yonilkar @doomsdaychassis @pechichemena @belemo and @ange.nkuru your time is greatly appreciated.

Judges:

If you see any of these guys around please upvote and thank them. It is because of their support that this contest is able to keep functioning.

Do you want to be a judge?

Read all the entries, comment on contestant posts. Leave a positive trail of happiness and laughter behind you like you fart laughing gas and we will notice. Our most active curators and contestants will be asked to join us as guest judges on a week to week basis.

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Prizes

Court Jester will get 35SBD
- Court Jester will be chosen by the judges
People's champion will get 0.01-5SBD (Payout depends on value, higher value post will get smaller prize. Remaining value to be handed out to other entrants).
- People's champion is whoever has highest $ payout at competition close
Top 10 prize pool is 30SBD
- Contestant selected for Punchy's Top 10 will receive 3SBD each.
Lucky Door Prize will be 5SBD
- 5 lucky contestants will get a 1SBD each as a bonus prize.

Best COMer Prize.

Be the best COMer you can be and Idi will delegate 1000SP to you for 1 month. To do with as you please. If there are some great COMers he may even give away 2x 1000SP for 1 month.

This week's prize pool 75SBD

Due to the Recent drop in Steem price and a drop in post payouts, we've had to drop the prizes to ensure we continue rewarding funny people

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Curators

A number of people have put themselves forward as curators of content to encourage more entries.

@carlgnash (Also really funny, we want more entries from him)
@punchline (Still hoping George Carlin comes back to life)
@steemwizards (No idea who he is but he's good fun)
@nonameslefttouse (Make it a good story to get his attention)
@trafalgar (Include #punchline tag to grab his attention)
@bitfiend (We just like him, dunno why)
@diebitch (Don't be mean, or she'll roast you)
@acolucky (Careful, he gets lucky a lot)
@bobaphet (He loves to watch)

If you see any of these guys around please upvote and thank them. It is because of their support that this contest is able to keep functioning.

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Sponsors

Donations

Thank you @ausbitbank, @doomsdaychassis, @holybranches, and @sharanaithal who were very generous in donating additional funds towards prizes.

@ausbitbank - 450 Steem, @idikuci - 208SBD, @curie - 200 Steem, @dj123 - 132SBD + 8 Steem, @carlgnash 120SBD, @punchline - 80 Steem + 10SBD, @take5 - 65 SBD, @nonameslefttouse - 55SBD, @dandesign86 and @redlipstick - 32SBD, @ilt-yodith - 16.891SBD + 10.899 Steem, @amirtheawesome1 / @yesaye - 20SBD, @thedailylaugh - 10SBD, @amirtheawesome1 - 28SBD, @meesterboom - 10SBD, @buttcoins - 10SBD, @groovatti - 10Steem, @profanereviews - 10SBD, @linnyplant - 6SBD, @dreemit - 5SBD, @thevillan - 5SBD, @sisygoboom - 5SBD, @mourningnoodles - 4Steem, @belemo - 6SBD, @steemmatt - 3SBD, @holybranches - 9SBD, @pangoli - 7SBD, @jedi-won - 5SBD, @bitfiend - 2SBD, @diebitch - 7SBD, @lunasilver 0.007 Steem, @acolucky - 3Steem + 1SBD, @cemke - 24SBD, @scan0017 - 2SBD, @imjustsaying - 2SBD + 2Steem, @mourningnoodles - 2SBD, @armiaaceh - 1.5SBD, @richjr - 1.243 SBD + 1.364 Steem, @puncakbukit - 0.1SBD, @aaarif - 0.20 SBD, @mahendranikum - 0.021SBD, @mineopoly - 5SBD, @fromthebeginning - 4SBD, @lyndsaybowes - 23 Steem + 12.286SBD, @anouk.nox - 3 Steem, @doomsdaychassis - 2SBD + 10 Steem, @chrisroberts - 3SBD, @mineopoly - 1 Steem, @sharanaithal - 1 SBD

Delegations

A big thank you to all who continue to support us with their delegation.

@ngc - 20,000SP, @roelandp - 15,556SP, @idikuci - 1,000SP, @dj123 - 900SP, @holger80 - 500SP, @take5 - 500SP, @flipstar - 300SP, @gamer00 - 300SP, @buttcoins - 300SP, @amirtheawesome1 - 256SP, @mightpossibly - 250SP, @carlgnash - 200SP, @abh12345 - 200SP, @pechichemena - 200SP, @yesaye - 162SP, @jasonshick - 125SP, @bitfiend - 125SP,@diebitch - 100SP, @zenkly - 100SP, @bobaphet - 100SP, @artakush - 100SP, @profanereviews - 80SP, @ubongj - 50SP, @groovatti - 50SP, @holybranches - 50SP, @anouk.nox - 50SP, @doomsdaychassis - 50SP, @davemccoy - 50SP, @johnthefelon - 40SP, @rahul.stan - 30SP, @samueldouglas - 25SP, @nobyeni - 25SP, @belemo - 20SP, @kkkkkl - 20SP, @jonsnoww - 10SP, @betavirosis - 10SP, @sisygoboom - 9SP, @richjr - 5SP

Please send any donations and SP delegations directly to @comedyopenmic. The more funding we get, the longer it will be possible to run the contest and upvote all you hilarious people.

Important Information
If you see our judges, curators or sponsors comments or posts, please upvote and encourage them. They are giving up their time to help this contest, so if you see these guys around, say hello and give them an upvote:

We are all trying to make this a successful contest to raise participation in #funny and attract more comedians and aspiring comedians to Steem.

This post marks the end of Round 25 and the start of Round 26 of Comedy Open Mic.

Within 24hrs of this post, another post will go out marking the prize recipients. Sorry about the double post, but we need to make sure we have time to enjoy all the entries.

Yes, we're on reddit. Come join us and help spread the news to pull more people in to Comedy Open Mic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DComedyOpenMic/

Come join our discord channel: CLICK HERE and just say hi.

Original Content

If you believe someone has submitted an entry that is not their work, please let the judges know. You can let us know on the discord channel or as a reply to one of our comments. As long as contestants make an effort to produce original content and provide sources for other material we will be happy to accept the entry.

_{Please note: By entering the Comedy Open Mic Contest you agree to allow Comedy Open Mic to use the content you post in its promotion. Full credit will be given to the author as well as links to the original post in cases where Comedy Open Mic opt to use your material in promotions.}

Good Luck and Happy Steeming!!

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_{Thank you to @matytan for the great banner}

@ComedyOpenMic is the Proud Sponsor of @ProjectGiving

_{@ProjectGiving uses the power of the Steem Blockchain to raise exposure and funds for small scale non-profit initiatives around the world. Click on the banner to learn more about this week's fundraiser for: Yokaenso, a Tanzanian non-profit which seeks to create an ecologically sustainable community.}