Last night, part two of the semi-final competition heated up on Last Comic Standing as the contestants battled it out for the five remaining spots. In part one of the episode, which aired last week, five finalists had been selected. The semi-finals consisted of 40 comics who each performed a 3-minute set for an audience and three judges – Kathy Griffin, Tim Meadows and Garry Marshall.

Last night’s show promised a twist…who doesn’t love a good twist? After the final 5 finalists were selected, host Anthony Clark (anyone else missing Jay Mohr?) announced that 2 additional people would be joining the finals as well. OK, kind of fizzled as a twist, but it did make things slightly more interesting.

The final 12 comics will live aboard the Queen Mary and continue to compete over the weeks for the coveted Last Standing prize. The finalists are: Chris Porter, April Macie, Joey Gay, Roz, Josh Blue, Gabriel Iglesias, Bill Dwyer, Michele Balan, Stella, Ty Barnette, Kristin Key, and Rebecca Corry.

If you visit NBC.com, you can select one of five contestants that didn’t make it to the finals to join the house. So, if one of your favorites didn’t get through, you have some voting power. The winners of the online voting will compete and the viewers will choose two comics to return to a later episode of Last Comic.