Meet All 40+ Contestants on Netflix’s New Series ‘Funny AF with Kevin Hart’

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Ahead of Kevin Hart’s Funny AF, we have a list of all 40+ contestants from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, each vying to be crowned live by your votes. 

Across 8 episodes (including two live episodes) comedy legend Kevin Hart is on the lookout for the next big stand-up comedian, and he’s joined by fellow stand-ups as he travel the United States in search of the next comedy superstar. Together, and live with Netflix for two episodes and real-time voting, a new stand-up legend will be found. 

Joining Hart for the journey are fellow stand-up heavyweights Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Tom Segura (Completely Norman), Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Does) and Nikki Glaser  (Someday You’ll Die). The winner of the competition, as voted for by Netflix viewers, gets the gig of a lifetime: their own Netflix stand-up comedy special. It’s a potentially career-defining prize, and one that 44 contestants from New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, are ardently trying to achieve. 

The official Netflix synopsis for Funny AF with Kevin Hart reads: 

Kevin Hart knows what it takes to turn a mic and a dream into comedy superstardom. In Funny AF, he’s searching for the next comedian ready to follow that path. In this uncensored comedy competition, rising stand-ups from across the country step into the spotlight hoping to make the same leap Kevin once did from grinding it out in small clubs to headlining their own specials. Along the way, Kevin and a circle of comedy heavyweights will decide who progresses in the competition, offering a behind-the-curtain look at the pressure, triumphs and occasional bombs that shape a career in stand-up. The mission is simple: find the next great voice in comedy with the guts, perspective, and punchlines to become the next household name. The competition builds to live final rounds where a global vote will determine the ultimate winner.

Meet the contestants

Ahead of the show’s premiere, Netflix has unveiled every contestant. We’ve listed each of them down below, linked to their Instagram pages so you can check them out. 

New York City Contestants

• LeClerc Andre – Queens, NY

• Eva Evans – Brooklyn, NY

• Winston Hodges – Washington DC 

• Mia Jackson – Hackensack, NJ

• Conor Janda – Brooklyn, NY 

• Andre Kim – Queens, NY

• Glorelys Mora – New York City, NY

• Caitlin Peluffo – New York City, NY

• Usama Siddiquee – Brooklyn, NY

• TaTa Sherise – Jersey City, NJ

• Eeland Stribling – Denver, CO

• Reg Thomas – Brooklyn, NY

• Leonard Ouzts – Harlem, NY

• Salma Zaky – Brooklyn, NY

Los Angeles Contestants

• Dvontre Coleman – Los Angeles, CA

• Dan Donohue – Los Angeles, CA

• Felicia Folkes – Los Angeles, CA

• Steve Furey – Los Angeles, CA

• Macey Isaacs – Los Angeles, CA

• Andrea Jin – Los Angeles, CA

• Papp Johnson – Los Angeles, CA

• Ray Lau – Los Angeles, CA

• Denny Love – Los Angeles, CA

• Kalea McNeil – Los Angeles, CA

• Heather Pasternak – Los Angeles, CA

• Janesh Rahlan – Los Angeles, CA

• Ashley Ray – Los Angeles, CA

• Saul Trujillo – Los Angeles, CA

Chicago Contestants

• Correy Bell – Matteson, IL

• Pam Carrington – Hillside, NJ

• Olivia Carter – Brooklyn, NY

• Daniel Dellanno – Atlanta, GA 

• Caleb Elliott – Austin, TX

• Liz Glazer – New York City, NY 

• Ryan Goldscher – Los Angeles, Ca

• Chris Higgins – Chicago, IL 

• Mason James – Houston, TX

• Luis Juarez – Dallas, TX

• Uncle Lazer – Austin, TX

• Aidan McCluskey – Minneapolis, MN

• Tiera Oleary – Chicago, IL

• Tee Sanders – Chicago, IL 

• Ron Taylor – Detroit, MI

• Michael Turner – Los Angeles, CA

Funny AF Release Schedule: When do new episodes air? 

Funny AF with Kevin Hart will run over a duration of three weeks, beginning on Monday, April 20. The full release schedule is below: 

• Episodes 1–4

• Episodes 5–6

• May 4: Episode 7 (Semi-final)
• May 5: Episode 8 (Finale)

The live episodes will air at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET.

How to vote for your favourites

Live voting for audiences is being brought back for Funny AF. The streamer debuted the live voting system in January 20, 2026 with Star Search.

Audience voting is open to all Netflix subscribers, anywhere in the world. The voting process begins for the final six contestants in the semi-final. It will only be open for a limited time, specified during the live episodes. You’ll need to be watching live in order to cast a vote, since the voting system comes from on-screen prompts. 

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