Meet The Last Comic Standing
Credits: Won $10,000 Grand Prize at the Royal Flush Comedy Competition. He's also a U.S. Paralympic soccer player.
Style: Blue, who has cerebral palsy, uses his self-deprecating sense of humor to defy stereotypes and encourage others to overcome their pre-conceived notions about disabled people.
Ty Barnett - Runner-Up
Credits: Barnett was named "Up-and-coming Comedian of the Year" in 2002 at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. He's performed at numerous colleges and comedy clubs, and appeared on several talk shows.
Style: Barnett describes his comedy as "comfortably social with funny political views that aren't forced on the audience."
Michele Balan
Credits: Balan was voted one of the "Top 10 Comics" by Backstage Magazine in 2004. She has performed at top clubs around the country and recently recorded the DVD "LIVE Just Barely."
Style: The brash New Yorker says she's often told she's "like a female George Burns."
Eliminated: August 1, 2006 - Michele lasted through to the final four.
Roz
Credits: Roz has performed at colleges and top comedy clubs, and opened for Jamie Foxx, among others. Her TV credits include BET's "Comic View 2005" and Comedy Central's "Premium Blend"
Style: A naturally funny performer whose comedy is "exciting, electrifying and in-your-face."
Eliminated: July 25, 2006 - Roz was the first of the final five to go.
Gabriel Iglesias
Credits: A Comedy Central special, and guest spots on sitcoms.
Style: Stories with characters and sound effects that bring his personal issues to life.
Eliminated: July 11, 2006 - Gabriel was a favorite to win the competition, but he blew it when he was caught with a Blackberry. It's against house rules to contact the outside world, so producers sent him packing.
Kristin Key
Credits: A relative newcomer to the standup scene, Key has performed at several clubs around the country including The Improv, the Funnyfarm and Laff's Comedy Club.
Style: Her fearless style of comedy has earned her the title of "Preacher's Kid Gone Wild."
Eliminated: July 11, 2006 - Kristin competed against Ty and Rebecca in the face-to-face.
Rebecca Corry
Credits: Corry was a castmember of the Chicago production of "Tony & Tina's Wedding." She has performed on several TV shows including Comedy Central's "Premium Blend."
Style: Corry describes her style as "random thoughts, stories with few segues -- and kicking."
Eliminated: July 11, 2006
Bill Dwyer
Credits: Dwyer had his own half-hour comedy special on Comedy Central and currently hosts GSN's "I've Got A Secret."
Style: Dwyer's style can be described as a hip and sardonic take on marriage, kids and family.
Eliminated: June 27, 2006 - Bill went head-to-head with Joey, Chris and Michele, but got the lowest votes.
Joey Gay
Credits: Gay is a regular at New York comedy hotspots and at clubs around the country. As an actor, he's guest starred on several TV shows.
Style: Gay says he mines his laughs from his infamous surname, his colorful childhood in Brooklyn, and his place in the family as the younger brother of five sisters.
Eliminated: June 27, 2006
Stella
Credits: Stella is a regular at on the L.A. comedy scene.
Style: Stella pokes fun at her daughter and husband as well as her "crazy Russian relatives."
Eliminated: June 20, 2006 - Stella admitted that she didn't get along with any of the other comics, so it was no surprise that they voted her in to the head-to-head challenge with April and Michele.
April Macie
Credits: Performed at various comedy clubs including The Improv, Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, Caroline's and Punchlines.
Style: Says her routine gives "a behind-the-scenes look at women's views on sex."
Eliminated: June 20, 2006 - April did better than Stella but couldn't beat Michele, in the head-to-head challenge.
Chris Porter
Credits: Porter has been a comedian for the past eight years, working the comedy club and college circuits.
Style: Unique observations on life -- often told from a Midwest perspective -- help define Porter's rock 'n' roll style of comedy.
Each episode goes go behind the scenes on the luxury liner to reveal all the backstage drama. The finalists compete in various challenges, each one trying to remain on the show long enough to be the last comic standing.