Building a Live AI Comedy Roast Show with Gemini

This post was created for the purposes of entering the Gemini Live Agent Challenge hackathon. #GeminiLiveAgentChallenge I built GRL: Gemini Roast LIVE , an AI comedy roast show where AI comedians watch you through your camera and roast you in real time. You can talk back, and they respond. Here's how I built it with Gemini and what I learned along the way. The idea Most voice AI demos are chatbots. I wanted to build something people would actually want to use for fun: a live comedy show with an MC host and multiple comedians, each with their own voice and comedy style. The roast format turned out to be a great test for the Gemini Live API. Comedy requires fast responses, consistent character voice, and the ability to riff off what the audience says. If the AI pauses too long or breaks character, the comedy falls apart. Three modes, one app The app has three ways to get roasted: Live Roast Show is the main feature. An AI MC hosts the show and introduces 3 comedians (randomly picked from