Claim to Fame (TV series)

Claim to Fame
GenreReality competition
Directed byBrian Smith
Presented by
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
  • Chris Coelen
  • Eric Detwiler
  • Scott Teti
  • Paul Osborne
  • Brian Smith
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJuly 11, 2022 (2022-07-11) –
present

Claim to Fame is an American reality competition series that premiered on ABC on July 11, 2022. The series is hosted by Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas. A second season premiered in June 2023.

Format

Twelve contestants, each of whom has a famous relative, move into a house together and are tasked with deducing which celebrities the other contestants are related to while also keeping their own celebrity relationship a secret. Every episode, the contestants participate in a competition. The winner is granted immunity for the round and a bonus clue about another contestant.

At the end of the episode, the contestants secretly vote between the two lowest-ranked performers in the competition to be the round's "guesser". The guesser will then choose any other non-immune contestant and announce which celebrity they think the other contestant is related to. If the guesser is correct, the other contestant will be eliminated; if the guesser is wrong, the guesser will be eliminated instead.

The final contestant remaining wins $100,000.

Contestants

Season 1

Season 1 contestants
Name Age Celebrity Relationship Placement
Loreal Chanel Palmer ("L.C.") 33 Sister of Keke Palmer Winner
Logan Crosby 21 Cousin of Jason Aldean Runner-up
Pepper Martin 29 Granddaughter of Dean Martin Third place
Lark Skov 24 Niece of Cindy Crawford Eliminated Week 9
Adria Biles ("Louise") 23 Sister of Simone Biles Eliminated Week 8
Amara Skye Dean 33 Granddaughter of Whoopi Goldberg Eliminated Week 7
Jasmine English ("Kai") TBA Sister of Tiffany Haddish Eliminated Week 6
Dominique Sharpton 35 Daughter of Al Sharpton Eliminated Week 5
Brittany Favre 33 Daughter of Brett Favre Eliminated Week 4
M Lamar ("X") 50 Identical twin sibling of Laverne Cox Eliminated Week 3
Cubb Coleman ("Michael") TBA Cousin of Zendaya Eliminated Week 2
Maxwell Norris 22 Grandson of Chuck Norris Disqualified Week 1

Season 2

Season 2 contestants
Name Age Celebrity Relationship Placement
Gabriel Ezra Cannon 34 Brother of Nick Cannon Winner
Jerrica Monay Brooks ("Monay") 29 Daughter of J.B. Smoove Runner-up
Chris Osmond 32 Son of Donny Osmond Third place
Karsyn Elledge 22 Niece of Dale Earnhardt Jr. Eliminated Week 9
Robert Lamar Stafford, Jr. ("J.R.") 33 Brother of Lil Nas X Eliminated Week 8
Hugo Wentzel 23 Grandson of Jimmy Carter Eliminated Week 7
Olivia Aquilina 27 Niece of Jenny McCarthy Eliminated Week 6
Cole Cook 32 Brother of Alicia Keys Eliminated Week 5
Shayne Murphy 28 Daughter of Eddie Murphy Eliminated Week 4
Jada Star ("Jane") 44 Niece of Dolly Parton Eliminated Week 3
Travis Tyson 22 Son of Neil DeGrasse Tyson Eliminated Week 2
Carly Reeves 39 Niece of Tom Hanks Eliminated Week 1

Contestant progress

Season 1

Contestant Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
L.C. BTM SAFE BTM WON SAFE SAFE SAFE WON WON WON WINNER
Logan SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE GUESS SAFE GUESS RUNNER-UP
Pepper BTM GUESS SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE GUESS THIRD
Lark SAFE SAFE GUESS SAFE SAFE SAFE WON SAFE OUT
Louise SAFE SAFE WON SAFE WON WON WON OUT
Amara SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE GUESS OUT
Kai SAFE SAFE SAFE SAVE GUESS OUT
Dominique SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE OUT
Brittany WON SAFE SAFE WRONG
X SAFE WON OUT
Michael SAFE OUT
Maxwell DISQ

Key

 WON  The contestant won the challenge, was safe for the week, and received a clue about one of the other contestants.
 BTM  The contestant was one of the bottom two from the challenge.
 GUESS  The contestant was the guesser, attempted to identify the contestant's celebrity relative, and were safe because they were correct.
 SAVE  The contestant was selected by the guesser, but because the guesser guessed incorrectly and was eliminated, this contestant was saved.
 WRONG  The contestant was one of the bottom two from the challenge, was voted by the other contestants to be the guesser, and was eliminated because the guess was incorrect.
 OUT  The contestant was eliminated by the guesser correctly identifying their celebrity relative.
 DISQ  The contestant was disqualified from the game.

Season 2

Contestant Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Gabriel SAFE GUESS BTM SAFE WON WON WON BTM WON WON WINNER
Monay SAFE WON SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WON SAFE GUESS RUNNER-UP
Chris SAFE SAFE SAVE WON SAFE BTM SAVE SAVE SAFE THIRD
Karsyn SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE GUESS SAVE SAFE SAFE OUT
J.R. BTM SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE WRONG
Hugo GUESS SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE SAFE WRONG
Olivia SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WRONG
Cole SAFE SAFE SAFE GUESS OUT
Shayne SAFE SAFE WON OUT
Jane SAFE BTM WRONG
Travis WON OUT
Carly OUT

Key

 WON  The contestant won the challenge, was safe for the week, and received a clue about one of the other contestants.
 BTM  The contestant was one of the bottom two from the challenge.
 GUESS  The contestant was the guesser, attempted to identify the contestant's celebrity relative, and were safe because they were correct.
 SAVE  The contestant was selected by the guesser, but because the guesser guessed incorrectly and was eliminated, this contestant was saved.
 WRONG  The contestant was one of the bottom two from the challenge, was voted by the other contestants to be the guesser, and was eliminated because the guess was incorrect.
 OUT  The contestant was eliminated by the guesser correctly identifying their celebrity relative.

Production

On March 23, 2022, it was announced that ABC had ordered the series with Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas as hosts. On April 7, 2022, it was announced that the series would premiere on July 7, 2022.

On January 11, 2023, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on June 26, 2023.

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
110July 11, 2022 (2022-07-11)September 6, 2022 (2022-09-06)
210June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26)August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28)

Season 1 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"It's All Relative"July 11, 2022 (2022-07-11)1011.95
22"Along Came a Spider"July 18, 2022 (2022-07-18)1021.92
33"There's No X in Team"July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25)1031.77
44"The Domfather"August 1, 2022 (2022-08-01)1041.76
55"The Domfather Part II"August 8, 2022 (2022-08-08)1051.83
66"Poker Face"August 15, 2022 (2022-08-15)1061.94
77"Spot the Difference"August 22, 2022 (2022-08-22)1071.71
88"The Puppies Are off the Leash"August 29, 2022 (2022-08-29)1081.64
99"A Blind Dog in a Meatshed"September 5, 2022 (2022-09-05)1091.79
1010"Truth or Dare"September 6, 2022 (2022-09-06)1101.91

Season 2 (2023)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date Prod.
code 
U.S. viewers
(millions)
111"Megastars and Meltdowns"June 26, 2023 (2023-06-26)2012.51
122"Don't Get Chummy, You Dummy!"July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)2022.24
133"Head Shots and Thick Plots"July 10, 2023 (2023-07-10)2032.28
144"Flirting With Disaster"July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17)2042.55
155"It's Giving Karma"July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24)2051.58
166"Good Cop Bad Cop"July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)2061.61
177"Absolutely Shredded"August 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)2071.79
188"Defections, Connections, and Total Perplexion"August 14, 2023 (2023-08-14)2081.48
199"Disco Balls and Clue Walls"August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28)2092.37
2010"Needle in a Haystack"August 28, 2023 (2023-08-28)2102.37

Reception

Critical response

Stephanie Morgan of Common Sense Media gave the series two stars out of five and said that the show will, "appeal only to viewers old enough to recognize the celebrities referenced," adding on, "many of the celebrities are either too niche, or too old, for younger viewers to recognize -- making the big reveals less and less satisfying." Entertainment Weekly described the show as, "a bit of a Frankenstein's monster — part Big Brother, part The Masked Singer, a pinch of The Other Two", saying that, "It's almost impossible not to play along".


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