Sam Campbell Shines as MVP in Last One Laughing Season 2
Sam Campbell came within a hair of winning the UK edition’s latest Last One Laughing series. He lost a finale tie-break to David Mitchell, decided by laugh count. The Australian absurdist has built a name on British panel shows.
How the game works
The show’s premise is simple: ten comics share a room for six hours. They must make each other laugh while avoiding any reaction themselves.
Two strikes send a player home, and rules tighten as the clock winds down. Jimmy Carr hosted and kept the game moving.
Key players and tactics
The field mixed deadpan veterans with louder performers. Names included Alan Carr, Romesh Ranganathan and Diane Morgan.
Bob Mortimer returned as the reigning champion and favoured a near-constant scowl. Alan Carr proved giggle-prone and exited relatively early.
Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou entered in disguise to unsettle the group. They posed as intimacy coordinators and probed comedians about personal habits.
Sam Campbell’s approach
Campbell relied on deadpan absurdity and patient escalation. His awkward, poker-faced persona became a powerful defensive tool.
He targeted Alan Carr with bizarre questions about mole people and extreme sports. One line asked, “Where do you stand on quad bikes?”
Campbell also joked about hosting Junior Naked Attraction to deflect probes. When asked if Jimmy Carr had touched him, he praised the host’s professional resilience.
The finale and result
Campbell and David Mitchell lasted just over five hours without laughing. They reached a tie-break that counted the laughs each had caused.
Mitchell won the tie-break by a two-to-one margin. Campbell’s performance never cracked and drew wide praise.
On screen, Sam Campbell shines, prompting many viewers to call him the season’s MVP during Last One Laughing Season 2.
He arrived as a lesser-known comic and left with higher visibility. Filmogaz.com judges the run a breakout moment in his UK profile.
