Funniest joke of the Fringe winner revealed

Comedian Darren Walsh has won this year's Funniest Joke of the Fringe award, voted for by TV channel Dave.

Walsh's gag – 'I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It's Hans free.' – topped a list that also included Stewart Francis, Alun Cochrane and a 12-year-old girl called Grace.

The winner was chosen from a shortlist compiled by a panel of judges, who saw an average of 60 shows each. The winner was then decided by 2,000 members of the public.

Walsh, whose show Punderbolt is his first-ever full length offering, scored an impressive 23% of the public vote.

Grace The Child is the youngest performer ever to make the list; her show Playground Politics was performed on a bus.

The top 10 funniest jokes of the Fringe:

1. "I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It's Hans free." (Darren Walsh)

2. "Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse… but enough about Kanye West." (Stewart Francis)

3. "Surely every car is a people carrier?" (Adam Hess)

4. "What's the difference between a 'hippo' and a 'Zippo'? One is really heavy, the other is a little lighter." (Masai Graham)

5. "If I could take just one thing to a desert island I probably wouldn't go." (Dave Green)

6. "Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread. That's not a miracle. That's tapas." (Mark Nelson)

7. "Red sky at night. Shepherd's delight. Blue sky at night. Day." (Tom Parry)

8. "The first time I met my wife, I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves." (Alun Cochrane)

9. "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle." (Simon Munnery)

10. "They're always telling me to live my dreams. But I don't want to be naked in an exam I haven't revised for…" (Grace The Child)

And here's a few that just missed out

"I never lie on my CV… because it creases it." (Jenny Collier)

"If you don't know what introspection is you need to take a long, hard look at yourself." (Ian Smith)

"I usually meet my girlfriend at 12:59 because I like that one-to-one time." (Tom Ward)

"Whenever I get to Edinburgh, I'm reminded of the definition of a gentleman. It's someone who knows how to play the bagpipes, but doesn't." (Gyles Brandreth)

"Let me tell you a little about myself. It's a reflexive pronoun that means 'me'." (Ally Houston)

"Earlier this year I saw The Theory of Everything – loved it. Should've been called Look Who's Hawking, that's my only criticism." (James Acaster)