Gatis Kandis

Career and comedy style

Kandis was featured on the thirteenth series of the UK version of Big Brother, performing a stand-up routine at the Megalols Cafe for the "No Laughing Matter" challenge. Housemates were tasked with not laughing during his routine. The following year, Kandis recorded a 90-second audition video for the fourteenth edition of the show. He ultimately wasn't selected. Kandis toured alongside eighty other comedians in the Eastern European Comedy Festival in 2018. Also in 2019, Kandis performed for the Leicester Square "Not-So-New Comedian of the Year" Award show, previously titled the "Old Comedian of the Year" Award. Kandis won the first prize award, which came with a "package prize" of £1,000. reciting sixty-nine (a reference to the sex position of the same name) female first names in thirty seconds, and demonstrating how to generate electricity using a fleece. Then comedically transferring static electricity to his metal bed frame to take a measurement of how much electricity he was able to generate in the process, with the ultimate goal being to successfully boil a kettle or power a light bulb. Kandis' comedy has been described as "crap", After performing at the Bloomsbury Theatre as part of the 2015 Musical Comedy Awards Final, Kandis' material was described by Bruce Dessau of Beyond The Joke as "dark and less clownish as he played up his creepiness", comparing his accent to Norwegian comedian Daniel Simonsen. Kandis later moved to the West Hendon area of London having a preference for the warmer weather of the UK in comparison to Latvia, taking up a job as a carer, supporting individuals with autism. His brother is a musician in Ireland, his father is a welder and his mother, a baker, disapproves of his humour.

2012

Britain's Got Talent series 6

Himself, semi-finals

2016

Various

1 episode

2020

What The Frick?

Hansl, 5 episodes

2021

Winnipeggers

Himself

2025

Lukas DiSparrow

Himself

Awards and nominations

Year Award Result Ref. 2014 Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2015 Musical Comedy Awards 2015