Seann Walsh

Walsh was born in Camden in London, but was brought up in Brighton.[1][2][3] He left school with one GCSE examination pass, in Drama.[1][2]

Walsh is a graduate of Jill Edwards'[4] comedy workshops and performed his first gig in November 2006. He won several awards early in his career including Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (2009)[5] and Chortle Best Newcomer (2009).[6] Walsh supported Stephen K. Amos on his 2008/09 Find the Funny and 2009/10 The Feelgood Factor tours,[1][2] as well as at the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festival.

Walsh was resident host at Komedia's Comic Boom in Brighton and has also been an 'audience wrangler' (a more recent version of the traditional warm-up comedian) for QI.[7]

Walsh performed his 2012 show Seann to Be Wild[8] at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and toured the country with it. He has performed shows with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe named "Ying and Young".[9] His 2013 Edinburgh Fringe show The Lie-In King received good press.[10]

Walsh's stand-up style has been described as "impressively universal, gag-heavy, observational".[10]

Walsh also presents a weekly show on FUBAR Radio with his friend, Mark Simmons.[11]

From 8 September 2018, Walsh participated in the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with professional dance partner Katya Jones. Early in the series, it was reported that he had become romantically involved with Jones despite both of them being in long-term relationships, and his popularity suffered as a result.[12] Walsh and Jones did an interview with Zoe Ball following the controversy, where after a televised grilling from Ball, Walsh apologised.[13] The couple was voted out in Week 6.[14][15]

Seann hosted Flinch, a physical gameshow for Netflix,[16] alongside Lloyd Griffith, and Desiree Burch.[17] The show is produced by Stellify Media.

Walsh is a passionate Queens Park Rangers fan.[18][19]

His relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries ended in October 2018 after a video and photos of him kissing his Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones were published. Walsh subsequently incorporated his experiences on Strictly into his standup act.[12] It was later reported that Katya and her husband Neil Jones had separated as an indirect result of the incident.[20] During an interview with Ellie Calnan in March 2022, Walsh described how the incident was still "trauma" for him and how he underwent treatment for depression and anxiety, to help him cope with the fallout.[21]

Walsh lives in Notting Hill, London.[22][23]

• Winner: Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2009
• Winner: Chortle Awards Best Newcomer 2009
• Second place: Hackney Empire New Act of the Year 2009
• Runner-up: Amused Moose Laugh Off 2008
• Runner-up: So You Think You're Funny 2008

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• Seann Walsh at IMDb
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