Chris Cohen has a unique talent - he can improvise full songs on the spot. Not only that, but the songs are absolutely hilarious.

Like many of the acts featured on Upstaged, Chris rose to prominence on YouTube with sharp songs about sports. His song about Steve McClaren got over 250,000 views on YouTube, and attracted the attention of sports programmes in the UK.

When we met, Chris told me that he’d managed to get a lot of TV work on the back of that song. He’s done performances for Setanta Sports, and was asked to do one song per week for Channel 5. He’s teamed up with another guitarist, Marek Homola and they’re both about to release an album of songs they’ve written.

Chris’ act will center around his improvisational skills, and he’s planning to make up songs about the members of the public standing around the Upstaged box. I asked him if he felt worried about running out of ideas, but he was confident that he could keep entertaining the crowd for a full six hours.

As well as taking the musical mickey out of the crowd, Chris will also be taking requests and instructions from the online community, so he’ll definitely be kept on his toes.

Chris already has the distinction of being one of the most viewed profiles on the Upstaged website, and on the day we spoke, he held the record for the most people assembled around the box.

Chris Cohen On The Web

To get a taster of Chris, go to his YouTube page and watch a few of the videos. He’s starting a series on making music which is pretty funny. He still doesn’t know how he came by the moniker SlurpyJ, so he deserves a raised eyebrow for that one.

There’s also an official Chris Cohen website and blog which you should also check out. Oh yeah, and here’s a clip of Chris versus the formidable YouStage vloggers.