Ever since he played the role of Blitzen in a local amateur production of Rock'n'Roll Santa back in 1997 in his home town of Warrnambool, Tom Ballard's comedy career has been on a steady decline. Having overcome serious sex and chocolate milk addictions at 14, Ballard managed to become a three-time Class Clowns National Finalist and a RAW National Finalist by 2006.

On the strength of his RAW performance, Tom was offered work with national youth radio network, triple j.

Having presented the Summer Lunch slot over the summer of 2008/2009, he now presents Weekend Breakfast with his silly friend, Alex Dyson.

At the age of 20, Tom has performed at numerous venues around the country, has supported the likes of Charlie Pickering and Fiona O'Loughlin and is a regular at Melbourne's Local Laughs and Spleen Bar.

He has been invited to perform at prestigious venues such as The Mic in Hand in Melbourne and Sydney, the Sydney Comedy Store, the Horden Pavillion and Brisbane Powerhouse. He has been chosen to perform as a feature act at RAW Comedy finals, he was part of the star-studded Young Blood Comedy Tours in 2007 and 2008 and was a guest performer in the 2007 Melbourne Comedy Festival's Eskimo Jokes show.

Tom was selected to perform in Candlelight Productions' Squeaky Clean Comedy show at Chapel off Chapel in 2008 and he has made guest appearances on Studio A, The Comic Box and ABC 774's The Conversation Hour.

Tom was one quarter of the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Comedy Zone, a showcase of the best up and coming talent in the country as selected by the festival. The Melbourne Age described him as "lanky".

Not that he's bragging or anything.

In April 2009, Tom brought his debut solo show, Tom Ballard Is What He Is to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and was the youngest person EVER to take out the prestigious Melbourne Airport Best Newcomer award. Is What He Is was also nominated for a Golden Gibbo Award; an award that recognizes independent shows that "buck trends and pursue the artist's ideas more strongly than it puruses any commercial lure".

2009 also saw Tom travel overseas to perform at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, he brought a brand new stand-up show to the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival in September and he appeared on televisual programs such as Good News Week, the 7pm Project and jtv with the Doctor.

La-di-dah.

Tom's mum thinks he's quite funny, but wishes he wouldn't swear quite as much as he does.

In late 2009, it was announced that Tom and Alex would be taking over from the lovely Robbie, Marieke and the Doctor as the new breakfast hosts on triple j.