DALISO CHAPONDA IS AN ENGLISH STAND-UP COMEDIAN, BORN IN MALAWI. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR PLACING THIRD IN THE 11TH SERIES OF THE VARIETY ACT COMPETITION, BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT 2017. HE WAS BORN IN ZAMBIA IN 1979. HIS PARENTS WERE FROM MALAWI, BUT HAD FLED THE COUNTRY DUE TO THE DICTATORSHIP OF HASTINGS BANDA. HIS FATHER GEORGE CHAPONDA WORKED AS A LAWYER FOR THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, SO THE FAMILY LIVED IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES SUCH AS THAILAND, AUSTRALIA AND SWITZERLAND. HIS FAMILY LATER RETURNED TO MALAWI, AND GEORGE CHAPONDA WAS EVENTUALLY APPOINTED THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION BY BINGU WA MUTHARIKA. DALISO CHAPONDA ATTENDED MCGILL UNIVERSITY AND CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IN CANADA, STUDYING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND ENGLISH LITERATURE.