| Year | Performer(s) | Production |
|---|
2007
(7th) | Adam Hills | Adam Hills - Joymonger |
2007
(7th) | Akmal Saleh | Akmal Live! |
| Fiona O'Loughlin | N/A |
| Tom Gleeson | Tom On! |
2008
(8th) | David Collins and Shane Dundas | The Umbilical Brothers - Don't Explain |
2008
(8th) | Frank Woodley | Possessed |
| Julia Morris | Shoosh Please! |
| Ross Noble | N/A |
2009
(9th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin - Ready For This? |
2009
(9th) | Adam Hills | Adam Hills - Inflatable |
| Judith Lucy | Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger |
| Julia Morris | "Don't you know who I use to be?" |
2010
(10th) | Wil Anderson | Wil Anderson - Wilful Misconduct |
2010
(10th) | Kitty Flanagan | Charming and Alarming |
| Fiona O'Loughlin | On a Wing and A Prayer |
| Hannah Gadsby | Hannah Gadsby - The Cliff Young Shuffle |
2011
(11th) | Denise Scott | Regrets |
2011
(11th) | Hannah Gadsby | Mrs Chuckles |
| Tom Gleeson | Up Himself |
| Wil Anderson | Man vs Wil |
2012
(12th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II |
2012
(12th) | Wil Anderson | Wilarious |
| Judith Lucy | Nothing Fancy |
| Sam Simmons | About the Weather |
2013
(13th) | Julia Morris | No Judgement |
2013
(13th) | Kitty Flanagan | Hello Kitty Flanagan |
| Hannah Gadsby | Happiness is a Bedside Table |
| Wil Anderson | GoodWil |
2014
(14th) | Sam Simmons | Death Of A Sails-Man |
2014
(14th) | Ronny Chieng | Chieng Reaction |
| Tom Gleeson | Quality |
| The Boy With Tape on His Face | More Tape |
2015
(15th) | Judith Lucy | Ask No Questions of the Moth |
2015
(15th) | Ronny Chieng | You Don't Know What You're Talking About |
| Nazeem Hussain | Legally Brown |
| Matt Okine | The Other Guy |
| Sam Simmons | Spaghetti for Breakfast |
2016
(16th) | Tom Ballard | The World Keeps Happening |
2016
(16th) | Zoë Coombs Marr | Trigger Warning |
| Doug Anthony Allstars – Paul McDermott, Tim Ferguson, Paul Livingston | Reunion. Rebirth |
| Julia Morris | I Don't Want Your Honest Feedback |
2017
(17th) | Hannah Gadsby | Nanette |
2017
(17th) | Aunty Donna | Big Boys |
| Tom Ballard | Problematic |
| Joel Creasey | Poser |
| Nazeem Hussain | Public Frenemy Nazeem Hussain |
| Sammy J | Hero Complex |
2018
(18th) | Celia Pacquola | All Talk |
2018
(18th) | Urzila Carlson | Studies Have Shown |
| Zoe Coombs Marr | Bossy Bottom |
| Anne Edmonds | Helen Bidou – Enter the Spinnaker Lounge |
| Colin Lane & Frank Woodley | Lano & Woodley – Fly |
| Julia Morris | Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee |
| Rhys Nicholson | Seminal |
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