The Class of 2027 comedy draft: who becomes a headliner?

The rules

Who can be drafted

A comedian is in the rookie pool when all four of these are true:

1. Their SUCDb record says they are working now.
2. A Club Directory room’s own listing, or its ticket seller’s page, has billed a show with them named in its lineup: among its performers, or in its title. D.O.C.’s appearances store has kept every show read at a Club Directory room since 1 October 2026.
3. No listing in the store has billed them as headliner: first in a show’s lineup, or alone on its bill.
4. Their SUCDb record holds no stand-up special and no comedy album: an hour of their own is a headliner’s mark.

Your draft

• Twelve different comedians from the pool, one of them marked as your Long Shot: the pick you would back against the odds.
• Enter it, then change it as often as you like until 11:59 p.m. Central on 31 December 2026. At the close every draft is final.
• A comedian who leaves the pool after you drafted them stays in your draft; a new pick must come from the pool as it stands.
• One draft for each key. The key is made on your device the first time you enter, and only it opens your draft elsewhere.

How the Class is judged

Five years on, at the end of 2031, the Class of 2027 is judged on the same store: a pick has become a headliner when Club Directory rooms’ own listings have billed them as headliner at two or more listed rooms in one calendar year. Listed in a published lineup is the measure, never pay and never opinion.

Until then, the board shows which comedians are drafted most and which are named Long Shots most, once 10 drafts or more name them.