Paul Ego - MC/Entertainer Profile & Testimonials

Profile

Comedian, MC, TV Personality

With one of the most recognisable voices in New Zealand and a career that spans 20 years, Paul Ego is a veteran of the New Zealand comedy scene. Paul started out as a stand-up comedian in the 1990s, and began his media career soon after, working on MoreFM’s popular Kim & Corbett show alongside Jeremy Corbett and Kim Adamson. Following this, Paul worked on The Rock’s The Morning Rumble show, which won Best Radio Show at the NZ Radio Awards - four times in a row! Currently, Paul is the leader of Team One on the hugely popular comedy show 7 Days, as well as, the voice of the stickman in the PAK’nSAVE ads!

Paul is a highly sought after MC, panellist and keynote speaker. His vast experience combined with his natural charisma and humour make him the perfect pick for a variety of public events. Paul will always engage a crowd, and deliver a polished and entertaining performance

Location

Auckland, New Zealand

Social Links

Paul Ego
Paul Ego

Skills

Comedy Host, Compere/MC, Keynote Speaker, Live Performance Host, Panellist, Speech Writer

Interests

Broadcasting, Film & Television, Music, Producing, Satire, Stand up comedy

Publicity

Paul Ego's Comedy Lounge
Last Laughs hosted by Paul Ego
Paul Ego's top 5 comedy festival picks

Testimonials (19)

Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Flying High Lunch - Nov
Our MC, the legendary Paul Ego, put the fun in fundraising and the charismatic charm of auctioneer Stephen Shale, ensured the event was injected with the vibrancy and community spirit Taranaki is known for.
Vanessa Govender
Marketing and Fundraising Co-ordinator

Harcourts – Highland Real Estate Group Virtual Awa
Our team absolutely loved The Ego zoom experience and was entirely what was needed during Covid.
He was a superb MC and had lots of fun with the team and appreciated the followup from him. A true professional.
Would 150% recommend him as a superb well polished MC and comedian.
Warwick Osborne Managing Director - Growth
Harcourts – Highland Real Estate Group

Vega Lend Virtual Gathering April 2020
We wanted to ensure our customers, suppliers and staff felt a sense of togetherness during the Covid-19 lockdown period, and thought it would be a great idea to gather a 100 or so
Covid- bubbles together on a Zoom video call, to experience a comedy show.
I nervously waited for the session to start knowing a comedy show via a virtual Zoom call may come with some issues. I needn’t have worried one bit, Paul Ego the iconic New Zealand comedian
entertained us with hilarity and rapturous applause. “Comedy is an excellent way to release the tension that comes with isolation or separation, Paul was exceptional and utterly professional
in all interactions. The appreciative emails rolled into my inbox for many days. I have no hesitation in recommending Paul Ego to businesses whom like to stay connected to their people/community.”
Harry Ferreira, Managing Director, Vega Lend

Bakels NZ Pie Awards July 2019
We had an amazing night. Paul was on fire and we, the clients and the audience love him.
He was funny, witty, intelligent and just really amazing.
Vanessa Preece
CREATIVE REFINERY

Real Steel Christmas Function Nov 2018
We were very fortunate in securing Paul for a "stand up" gig at our Christmas function, 100 quest's. The performance was a resounding hit, Paul also took the time to hang back and have a chat,selfies etc which was much appreciated.
Alex Mathieson, Real Steel Ltd

Top of the South Forestry Awards June 2019
Paul Ego continues to be a favourite MC for our events, he delivered to a wide audience, entertains and is super professional and in one sentence “ you get what you pay for and usually more”!
Prue Younger
Event Manager (Public Impressions Ltd)

Dicker Data Festival 2017
“Paul’s humour really helped to lighten the event and he was great at making sure things kept moving to time. He was very easy to work with & we’d be happy to have him again at future events.”

Prue Younger, Public Impressions Ltd May 2017
Once again Paul was a unanimous hit, this master of ceremony can make it with all sorts, winemakers and black ties to forestry workers and high viz! He balances the formality of the awards process with enough humour to make it extremely entertaining without going off the timeline and is great at reading the audience in the first few minutes. Highly recommended and totally a great guy to deal with – thanks Paul

Hillary Riches - Hawkes Bay A&P Bayleys Wine Awrad
Paul was very professional and easy to deal with. He managed and understood the crowd very early on in the evening, I have received nothing but positive feedback from attendees. I would recommend Paul for any MC role in the future.

2019 FCB Drafties Awards
We have a long standing relationship with Paul as the voice of Stickman, so he was top of the list to host the 2019 FCB Drafties Awards.
Paul set the evening up beautifully and with his quick witted quips, hilariously changed it up and down as he sequed from one awards introduction to the next.
Everyone left the evening saying he nailed the tone and totally helped to make it our best yet.
Pip Mayne - Head of Content - FCB New Zealand

Daryl Hughes at Crombie Lockwood 2018
I felt our guys’ sense of anticipation dramatically amped up as soon as Paul (modestly) introduced himself. His ‘edgy’ persona (and part of the reason we chose him) filled our team with a frisson of ‘naughty’ expectation and while he never over-stepped, he tread the line perfectly. His material was clever; provocative and deliciously delivered. The oft derided ‘Dad joke’ has taken on a whole new meaning for everyone who was there. They loved him. From my perspective Paul was perfectly and professionally prepared and performed exactly as promised and better. Talent isn’t always the most reliable of mystical elements but I would have no hesitation endorsing Paul as a host or contributor to be counted on. And #^*~ing funny!

North Canterbury Business Awards - Aug 2018
Paul MC’ed for the North Canterbury Business Awards. Despite spending a stressful day in airports due to delayed flights and arriving just before showtime, he gave an excellent performance. It was polished, irreverent, rude and very very funny while still being respectful of the work and passion people had put in to their applications. Paul is a total professional who had us in tears of laughter.
Miles Dalton
Enterprise North Canterbury

ProCare Conference Nov 2018
Paul was a delight to work with and I would recommend him to anyone for future events. We had a great day!
Ainslie Caldwell - ProCare

"Paul is easily the best MC I have seen in action. When briefed he quickly understood the nature and context for our event, and on the day his humour was pitch perfect. Having Paul on board turned what would have been a good event into a truly memorable occasion for all our guests, many of whom had travelled from overseas and who were still commenting late into the night about how funny Paul was."

AUCKLAND HOUSE OF THE YEAR - MC
AUCKLAND HOUSE OF THE YEAR - MC
"Paul was very accommodating about our requirements and kept the evening well on track. It was a hard audience to crack and he did a superb job – we had nothing but good feedback".
Ali Glover, Registered Master Builders Association of NZ

"Our evening with Paul was absolutely fabulous – he was great fitted in with our group. Everything went smoothly, what a wonderful person, everybody could relate to his “stories” and I know there will be a few more tuning in to 7 days, if they were not already before . We would thoroughly recommend him for any function."

Health 2000 Conference September 2016
Paul was absolutely fantastic!! He was so lovely to deal with and I would 100% recommend him to any one ?
Kaitlin Phillips
Health 2000+ Ltd

"Paul was fantastic on Friday night, he really knew the content and the audience. The client was very happy and we had huge amounts of positive feedback from guests. He managed to have the audience laughing and reduced all the repetition of the formalities, while still keeping all the sponsors happy. We will definitely use him again."