Last Comic Standing 4

On May 30, 2006, competitive realitly show Last Comic Standing began airing its fourth season on NBC with a 2 hour special and a new host, Anthony Clark.

In the opening rounds, Buck Star once again showed up to audition in each city only to be turned down repeatedly. As in season two, he was finally given an opportunity to perform in the last city, where he didn't impress the audience and was cut.

Numerous established comedians auditioned for Last Comic Standing this season. They included:

Some of the finalists have also appeared elsewhere:

In a new web tie-in this season, NBC is allowing viewers to vote online to give with the two comics a chance to perform on the live finale in a head-to-head competition. Each week, five comedians are featured online.[1] The competitors will be narrowed down to the two finalists in later rounds.

Episodes 1-4 consisted of the early auditions and the selection of the finalists.

The contestants moved into the Queen Mary Hotel where they would be staying for the remainder of the competition.

The contestants were paired up. One performed on stage while the other sat in the audience heckling them about their jokes. They then switched roles. The best heckler and the best performer would be rewarded with immunity. Contestant Joey Gay didn't heckle fellow comic April Macie at all saying it was common courtesy. The winner for performing was Chris Porter and the winner for heckling was Roz.

The pairs for this challenge are as follows:

Stella and Michele tied in vote count. They were allowed to discuss whom they should face in the head to head. They chose April Macie. After the performances, Michele Balan received 83% of the vote, eliminating Stella and April from the competition.

The comics were woken up at 3:00 AM to drive in their minibus to Adam Carolla's radio show. They each randomly selected an envelope with a magazine inside. Adam then informed them that they would do a one-minute improv routine on the subject of their magazine on his morning radio show. Some of the magazines were Weapons of Death, Modern Knitting, Farming Journal, and Latina Wedding. Rebecca Corry won the challenge for her routine about Beefcake magazine. She was rewarded with immunity, which she referred to as immunization.

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