D.J. Demers

D.J. Demers (born 1986) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, best known for his television appearances on season 11 of America's Got Talent and on the late night talk show Conan.[1] Originally from Kitchener, Ontario,[1][2] Demers was diagnosed with hearing loss in childhood, and focuses his comedy largely but not exclusively on his experiences as a person who wears hearing aids.[3]

D.J. Demers
Born1986
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
OccupationStand-up comedian

Career

Demers began performing comedy in his second year of university, making his first comedy club appearance at Yuk Yuk's.[1] He won the 2013 Toronto Comedy Brawl and the Homegrown Comics Competition at the Just for Laughs Festival in 2014, and won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Breakout Artist in 2015.[4]

He appeared on America's Got Talent in 2016,[4] advancing to the Judge Cuts round but not making it to the live shows.[5] In 2017 he appeared on Conan,[6] and undertook a comedy tour of university and college campuses across the United States sponsored by hearing aid manufacturer Phonak.[5] He has also appeared on episodes of the CBC Radio comedy series The Debaters.[7]

He received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018, for his comedy album [Indistinct Chatter].[8]

In 2019 his stand-up comedy special Interpreted was released as a Crave original,[9] and he headlined Comedy for a Cause, a stand-up show in Montreal that consisted entirely of comedians with physical disabilities.[10] His second comedy album Uninterpreted, a selection of segments from the Crave special, was also released the same year.

In June 2023, CBC Television announced that One More Time, a comedy series starring Demers as the manager of a used sporting goods store, is slated to premiere in 2024.[11]

References
  1. "Kitchener-born comedian D.J. Demers needs your votes to become top comic". Kitchener Post, August 10, 2017.
  2. Cowper, Janna (2022-05-02). "Talking with Deaf comedian D.J. Demers on World Laughter Day". Hearing Like Me. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  3. Healthy Hearing conversation: D.J. Demers. Healthy Hearing, November 17, 2017.
  4. "Kitchener comedian makes his mark on ‘America’s Got Talent’". Waterloo Region Record, June 8, 2016.
  5. "D.J. Demers kicks off comedy tour at WSU". The Daily Evergreen, October 3, 2017.
  6. "D.J. Demers Performs Stand Up on Conan". The Interrobang, July 14, 2017.
  7. "Eavesdropping is harmless fun". The Debaters, May 20, 2017.
  8. "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, February 6, 2018.
  9. Ernie Tripper, "Who is On Late Night Tonight in Comedy: Week of November 11, 2019". The Interrobang, November 11, 2019.
  10. "Montreal's first fully accessible stand-up comedy show takes the stage". CBC News Montreal, May 28, 2019.
  11. Greg David, "CBC unveils 2023-24 programming slate featuring over 40 original series from Canadian storytellers". TV, eh?, June 1, 2023.
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