## Welcome to the 47th week of The Comedy Open Mic Comedy Contest.

## [Please read the contest rules here](https://steemit.com/comedyopenmic/@comedyopenmic/4pmdkb-comedy-open-mic-round-rules)

Please note this is a special Christmas themed contest, so if your jokes make Santa laugh you get a bonus!!

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## Rules for Judges

- Prizes to be sent out within 24hrs of contest round closing
- Every effort will be made for @comedyopenmic to upvote all valid entries


## Round 47 Judges:
Are a secret. If you happen to find a judge and bribe them you're aquite likely to win!

There are 4 judges, the first to comment below with the names of the 1 of the 4 judges will win 10 Steem, the firrst person to guess all 4 judges will win 50 Steem!!

Happy Hunting!!


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Prizes

- **Court Jester will get 50 Steem**
  - Court Jester will be chosen by the judges
- **Top 15 prize pool is 75 Steem**
  - Contestants selected for Top 15 will receive 5 Steem each.
- **Lucky Door Prize will be 20 Steem**
  - 5 lucky contestants will get a 4 Steem each as a bonus prize.

## This week's prize pool 145 Steem 

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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)
- @doomsdaychassis (Laughter is his fuel)

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 to all who have been very generous in donating funds towards prizes and continue to be supportive.**
	
@ausbitbank - 1250 Steem, @curie - 400 Steem, @idikuci - 208SBD, @dj123 - 132SBD + 8 Steem, @carlgnash 120SBD, @punchline - 80 Steem + 10SBD, @take5 - 68 SBD,  @nonameslefttouse - 55SBD, @dandesign86 and @redlipstick - 32SBD, @ilt-yodith - 22.891SBD + 10.899 Steem, @amirtheawesome1 / @yesaye - 20SBD, @thedailylaugh - 10SBD, @amirtheawesome1 - 32SBD, @meesterboom - 10SBD, @buttcoins - 10SBD, @groovatti - 10Steem, @profanereviews - 10SBD + 2 STEEM, @linnyplant - 6SBD, @dreemit - 5SBD, @thevillan - 5SBD, @sisygoboom - 5SBD, @mourningnoodles - 4Steem, @belemo - 7SBD + 5 STEEM, @steemmatt - 3SBD, @holybranches - 9SBD + 2 Steem, @pangoli - 7SBD, @jedi-won - 5SBD, @bitfiend - 2SBD, @diebitch - 12SBD, @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, @granolalight - 3SBD, @mineopoly - 1 Steem, @sharanaithal -  1 SBD + 6 Steem, @sparrowbernard - 2 STEEM, @llfarms - 30SBD + 34.54 Steem, @lordbutterfly - 5SBD, @pechichemena - 25 Steem, @dandays - 5SBD, @raj808 - 5 Steem

### Delegations
**A big thank you to all those who continue to support us with their delegations.**
 
@ngc - 20,000SP, @roelandp - 15,556SP, @idikuci - 1,000SP, @dj123 - 900SP, @holger80 - 500SP, @take5 - 500SP, @buttcoins - 402SP, @gamer00 - 300SP, @amirtheawesome1 - 256SP, @mightpossibly - 250SP, @carlgnash - 200SP, @abh12345 - 200SP, @pechichemena - 200SP, @bobaphet - 200SP, @yesaye - 162SP, @holybranches - 150SP, @bitfiend - 125SP,@diebitch - 100SP, @zenkly - 100SP, @artakush - 100SP, @sluttynsfw - 55SP, @ubongj - 50SP, @groovatti - 50SP, @anouk.nox - 50SP, @doomsdaychassis - 50SP, @davemccoy - 50SP, @sisygoboom - 50SP, @rahul.stan - 30SP, @samueldouglas - 25SP, @belemo - 20SP, @kkkkkl - 20SP, @jonsnoww - 10SP, @betavirosis - 10SP 

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 start of Round 47 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.

## Reddit
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](https://discordapp.com/invite/E8MeMUx) 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](https://discordapp.com/invite/E8MeMUx) 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.

<Sub>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.</Sub>

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