Who's going to be the greatest unknown Daredevil of Funny? The Evel Knievel of the mic? RAW Comedy is the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's annual hunt for Australia's as yet undiscovered wit - it's the country's biggest, largest, fattest, most prestigious open mic competition.

It gets under way for 2010 in January, with heats held across the nation.

There will be razzle-dazzle displays of blatant idiocy cloaked in heroicism as contestants willing and able to make the bravest of comedy leaps get to battle it out for the crown of 2010 RAW Comedy Winner at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.