Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest (17th August 2016)

It’s that time of the year again for our annual Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contest.

For the benefit of non-toastmasters, a humorous speech is a 5-7 minutes speech and contrary to what the name implies, it is not usually a funny speech with jokes, after all this is not a comedy festival. Rather, more often than not it is a serious speech told in a humorous manner. Material must be substantially original, thematic in nature and not be an act or monologue. It is imperative that it is “clean” humour. The speech is evaluated for its content, delivery and language.

The Evaluation Contest is just as what its name implies, it is a contest on speech evaluation. After hearing the test speaker, contestants will study and deliver their critiques. They are evaluated on their analytical quality, recommendations, technique and summation.

Let’s look what is in store…

Look at the shiny medals waiting for its rightful owner. 

And our eager audience.

Drum roll……

Guess who bagged the medals?

Our champion for the humorous speech contest is none other than Gabriel Chong with his hilarious speech on why he ‘hates’ * wink * Elizabeth Gilbert. 

1st runner up goes to Victor Ong with his funny stories on roaches. Eww…

2nd runner up goes to Ivan Cheng who shared comical moments with his wife.

Our winners for the Speech Evaluation Contest- Victor Ong (champion) in the middle, flanked by Benny Chia (1st runner up) on the right and Ivan Cheng (2nd runner up) on the left.

Group photo time.

Our present and past presidents of ITC Bintang !!!

There is nothing like a night of having your funny bones tickled and laughing till your sides ache. If you missed it this round, do not fret, we will have it again next year.