Mel Kelly
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Mel Kelly (born 22 October 1972) is an Irish stand-up comedian and international speaker based in Munich since 2003. Kelly began his speaking career in 2004, has spoken on stages in Europe, the US and Thailand.[citation needed] He has also won several European Speaking Contests in English and in German.
Mel is an author of two books.
Kelly began his comedy career in 2014. He has founded the biggest English-German comedy club in Munich “Comedy Club Munich” [1] and started his first comedy tour in Germany with “Die Irren on Tour” in February 2016.[2] Mel is the star of a YouTube show "Disastrous Dating" by which was later rebranded as "Disastrous Life Coaching".[3]
Kelly has been receiving increasing Germany media attention in Germany for his comedy career.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Since 2006, Kelly has won 11 awards in competitions in two languages at district conferences of Toastmasters International:
| Language | Date | Location | Category | Place | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | May 2006 | Cologne, Germany | Evaluation | 1 | [10] |
| English | May 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | Evaluation | 2 | [11] |
| English | May 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | International | 3 | [11] |
| English | May 2008 | Bamberg, Germany | Table Topics | ? | [citation needed] |
| English | May 2009 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Evaluation | 1 | [12] |
| English | May 2010 | Barcelona, Spain | Table Topics | 1 | [13] |
| English | May 2012 | Poznań, Poland | International | 3 | [14] |
| English | November 2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Humorous | 1 | [15][16][17] |
| German | November 2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Table Topics | 2 | [15] |
| German | November 2014 | Kraków, Poland | Humorous | 2 | [18] |
| German | May 2014 | Frankfurt, Germany | Speech | 2 | [19] |