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"The full list of nominees has been unveiled for the 2012 Foster&amp;#039;s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Josie Long has been nominated for the third year in a row and is up against Claudia O&amp;#039;Doherty, Doctor Brown, James Acaster, Pappy&amp;#039;s and Tony Law. Awards producer Nica Burns said: &amp;quot;The nominees sum up an extraordinarily inventive year for comedy at this year&amp;#039;s Fringe. &amp;quot;The shows demonstrate all the comedic art forms - standup, mime, sketch and multi-media experimentation. &amp;quot;The performers are all immensely charismatic and often thought-provoking whilst being extremely funny.&amp;quot; Now in its 32nd year, the awards have previously been sponsored by Perrier and Intelligent Finance. The winners of the main &amp;#039;Best Comedy Show&amp;#039; prize receive \u00C2\u00A310,000, while the best newcomer wins \u00C2\u00A35,000. \u00C2\u00A35,000 is also given to the winner of the &amp;#039;Panel Prize&amp;#039; for special recognition. The full nominations are as follows: Best Comedy Show Claudia O&amp;#039;Doherty: The Telescope Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth James Acaster: Prompt Josie Long: Romance and Adventure Pappy&amp;#039;s: Last Show Ever! Tony Law: Maximum Nonsense Best Newcomer Daniel Simonsen: Champions David Trent: Spontaneous Comedian Discover Ben Target Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot Sam Fletcher: Good on Paper "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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