The nominees for Foster’s Comedy God (in alphabetical order) are:

Adam Hills
Al and George (Al Rae and George Westerholm)
Al Murray - The Pub Landlord
Alan Davies
Alex Horne
Alun Cochrane
Andrew Clover
Andrew Lawrence
Andrew Maxwell
Andy Zaltzman
Arj Barker
Armstrong and Miller
Arthur Dung Show, The (Dave Lamb and Jim North)
Arthur Smith
Avner The Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg)
Barb Jungr
Ben ‘n’ Arn’s Big Top (Arnold Widdowson, Ben Willbond with Bernard Hughes)
Ben Keaton
Bill Bailey
Bodgers, The (Peter Baikie, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy)
Boothby Graffoe
Brass Band, The (Loois Tooloose, Jimby, Fritz Frumheimer, The Captain and Buford)
Brendon Burns
Brown Blues (Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr & Michael Parker)
Bruce Morton
Cambridge Footlights 1981 (Penny Dwyer, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer and Emma Thompson)
Cambridge Footlights 2001 (Edward Jaspers, Tim Key, Day Macaskill, James Morris, Mark Watson and Sophie Winkleman)
Carl Donnelly
Catherine Tate - Lee Mack's New Bits
Charlie Pickering
Chris Addison
Christian Reilly
Consultants, The (Justin Edwards, Neil Edmond and James Rawlings)
Corky and the Juice Pigs (Sean Cullen, Greg Neale and Phil Nichol)
Damian Coldwell
Dan Antopolski
Daniel Kitson
Danny Bhoy
Dara O’Briain
Dave Gorman
David O’Doherty
Demetri Martin
Dillie Keane
Dominic Holland
Donna McPhail
Doug Anthony Allstars (Tim Ferguson, Richard Fidler and Paul McDermott)
Dutch Elm Conservatoire (Stephen Evans, Jim Field Smith, Rufus Jones, Jordan Long and Renton Skinner)
Dylan Moran
Ed Byrne
Eddie Izzard
Epitaph (Ethan Sandler, Adrian Wenner)
Fascinating Aida (Adele Anderson, Marilyn Cutts, Dillie Keane)
Fat Tongue (Sophie Black, Seb Cardinal and Dustin Demri Burns)
Flight of the Conchords (Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement)
Frank Chickens (Kazuko Hohki with Kazumi Taguchi)
Frank Skinner
Garth Cruickshank and Eddie McCabe
Garth Marenghi (Richard Aoyade, Matthew Holness and Alice Lowe)
Gary Le Strange
God’s Pottery (Krister Johnson and Wilson Hall)
Graham Norton
Greg Proops
Hal Cruttenden
Hank Wangford Band (Sam Hutt with Andy Roberts, BJ Cole, Melanie Harrold, Howard Tibble and Gary Taylor)
Harry Hill
Howard Read
Idiots of Ants (Andrew Spiers, Elliott Tiney, Benjamin Wilson, James Wrighton)
Infinite Number of Monkeys (Tim Fitzhigham and James Carey)
Ivan Brackenbury (Tom Binns)
Jack Dee
Jack Whitehall
Jackson’s Way (Will Adamsdale)
Jason Byrne
Jason Manford
Jeff Green
Jenny Eclair
Jenny Lecoat
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy Lion (Justin Edwards)
Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Tingle
Jo Brand
Joanna Neary
John Bishop
John Hegley
John Shuttleworth's
John Sparkes
John Thompson
Johnny Meres
Johnny Vegas
Jon Reed
Jon Richardson
Jonny Sweet
Josie Long
Kevin Bridges
Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler
Lano & Woodley (Colin Lane and Frank Woodley)
Laura Solon
League Of Gentlemen, The (Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith)
Lee Evans
Lee Mack
Lily Savage (Paul O’Grady)
Live Bed Show (Caroline Quentin and Arthur Smith)
Los Trios Ringbarkus (Steve Kearney and Neil Gladwin)
Mark Thomas
Mark Watson
Merry Mac Fun Show (Jes Benstock, Ben Twister, Duncan McClean)
Michael McIntyre
Michael Parker
Mick Moriarty
Micky Flanagan
Mighty Boosh, The (Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding with Rich Fulcher)
Mike Wozniak
Miles Jupp
Milton Jones
Nathalie Haynes
Nick Revell
Noble and Silver (Kim Noble and Stuart Silver)
Noel Fielding
Omid Djalili
Owen O'Neill
Pappy’s Fun Club (Ben Clark, Matthew Crosby, Brendan Dodds, Tom Parry)
Parrot
Paul B Davies
Paul Foot
Paul Sinha
Pete Johansson
Pete McCarthy
Peter Buckley-Hill
Peter Kay
Phil Kay
Phil Nichol
Pippa Evans
Reginald D. Hunter
Rhod Gilbert
Rich Hall aka Otis Lee Crensshaw
Robert Llewellyn
Robert Schimmel
Ross Noble
Roy Hutchins
Russell Howard
Russell Kane
Sabotage (Shenoah Allen, Mark Shavez)
Sarah Kendall
Sarah Millican
Scott Capurro
Sean Cullen
Sean Hughes
Sean Lock
Shannon Cochrane
Simon Bligh
Simon Fanshawe
Simon Munnery
Steve Coogan
Sue Ingleton
Terry Alderton
Theatre De Complicité ( Tim Barlow, Jos Houben, Marcello Magni, Simon McBurney)
Tim Key
Tim Minchin
Tim Vine
Tom Basden
Tom Wrigglesworth
Tommy Tiernan
Toulson and Harvey (Stephen Harvey and Luke Toulson)
Umblilical Brothers, The (David Collins and Shane Dundas)
We Are Klang
Wil Anderson
Wil Hodgson
Will Durst
World Of Les and Robert, The (Robin Driscoll and Tony Haase)
Wow Show, The (Mark Arden, Lee Cornes, Mark Elliot and Stephen Frost)
Writer's Inc. (including Victoria Pile, Jamie Rix, Nick Wilton)
Zoe Lyons