How to play
Build your roster. Audience growth earns points and an audience fall loses points. Your find type, Headliner and Chip choices can change the total.
Christmas Season 2026 · Rules version 7
Start here
Create your label
Find your first artist, build your draft, then create your account and review season entry.
Build a complete season team
Your draft saves as you go. Fill every place, choose your first Headliner, then explicitly confirm entry before your team can score.
5 artists
Search directly, use Find artists, revisit saved artists or study other labels.
Growth becomes points
Audience growth earns points. An audience fall loses points.
Choose a headliner
Your weekly Headliner applies a 2× strategy multiplier on gains and falls, subject to the overall cap.
How weekly points work
Verified Deezer fan-count snapshots measure audience growth during each Gameweek. Rises add points and falls lose points. Snapshot collection and standings updates happen separately; check each displayed timestamp.
Audience growth
+8%
Base points
8
Organic · 2×
16
Example using this season’s rules: one percentage point of base growth equals 1 base point. A 5% fall loses 5 base points. Multipliers apply to negative results too, the combined multiplier is capped at 5×, and totals use unrounded values.
How an artist was found matters
Attribution is fixed from the first meaningful encounter. Loading a card in the background does not count.
Organic · 2× every Gameweek
You found the artist independently before FRL surfaced them. Their first recorded discovery classification remains Organic.
Assisted · 1×
The Discovery Assistant (including Hot today and Hot this week), Auto-pick or another FRL recommendation helped you find the artist. Their first recorded discovery classification remains Assisted.
Tactical · 1× → 2× in 4 completed Gameweeks
You found the artist by scouting another label. Completed Gameweeks since discovery grow their multiplier: 1×, 1.25×, 1.5×, 1.75×, 2×. Their progress carries across seasons and their label stays Tactical.
Unclassified · 1×
FRL does not have reliable first-exposure evidence. Historical signings are never guessed to be organic.
Set your weekly strategy
You can revise the selection freely before the deadline. It stays private until the gameweek locks.
Headliner · 2×
Choose one every gameweek. Your previous headliner can carry forward, but FRL prompts you to confirm the decision.
Your available Chips
Manage shows your available Chip and its deadline. Review the effect and confirm it for the intended Gameweek before it locks.
Encore
Repeat last week’s Headliner with a 2.5× strategy multiplier, subject to the 5× overall cap.
Double Bill
Choose two Headliners; both receive the configured 2× strategy multiplier, subject to the 5× overall cap.
Deep Cut · 3× total
Back an eligible Organic find at the configured combined multiplier, subject to the 5× overall cap.
Follow the published season
Seasons and Compete show the current calendar, available competitions and eligibility.
Season standings
Your verified Gameweek points contribute to the season leaderboard. Follow the published dates for that season.
Published Sprints
Each published Sprint counts its assigned Gameweeks while your full season total continues. Check Compete for its dates and entry status.
Private Leagues
Play alongside friends using the same season team. Review an invitation and explicitly join the league.
Between seasons
Follow the published transition dates. Previous results remain saved, and Manage explains whether your team carried forward or needs your review before the next season.
Other things worth knowing
Private Leagues use the same engine
Private leagues compare your official scores with friends. Your confirmed team and weekly strategy stay the same.
Real data, game points
Scoring uses verified audience evidence. Points are game information; no real money is invested.
Original results stay on record
The original calculation and its evidence stay on record. Official corrections are added separately, with reasons, and may change the published result for that competition.