'Claim to Fame' Player's Elimination Leaves the Whole House in Tears
Claim to Fame is back for Season 2, and we've now seen seven the contestants jettisoned from the game. The reality show invites 12 contestants to live in a Hollywood mansion, each with an A-list celebrity relative that they must keep secret. Each week one nepo-baby gets their 'claim to fame' revealed. Whoever can keep their famous relative under wraps until the end takes home the $100,000 prize.
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This week our remaining 6 players dug through piles of shredded documents to uncover more clues than they ever had before. Here's everything that happened on Episode 7 of Claim to Fame Season 2
Who was eliminated during Episode 7 on Claim to Fame Season 2?
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Hugo
With Chris and Gabriel seemingly in the top spots on the leaderboard given how many clues they'd been given access to, the remaining four contestants Hugo, JR, Karsyn and Monay banded together in an attempt to eliminate one of the two. In the shredder challenge, however, Chris and Gabriel won the last clue in the wine cellar (Gabriel's), leaving the remaining contestants to try and decipher who Chris was related to. Despite Elton John being British (a fact no one seemed to remember), Hugo convinced the others that Chris was related to the "Tiny Dancer" singer based on a clue about wearing colored coats (actually a reference to Donny Osmund's starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).
At the guess off, Gabriel put Hugo in the bottom while Chris nominated himself. Hugo, who wanted to blindside Chris, convinced the others to vote him to be the guesser. However, when he incorrectly guessed that Chris was related to Elton John, his celebrity relative was revealed instead.
Who is Hugo's Claim to Fame celebrity relative?
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Jimmy Carter
After an incorrect guess, Hugo was revealed to be the grandson of Jimmy Carter through his daughter Amy Carter. Unlike most weeks in Season 2, there was no video message from the celebrity relative, and Hugo revealed that was due to the fact that his grandfather had begun hospice care. Hugo shared what an inspiration his grandfather, peanut farmer, former President of the United States and longtime Habitat for Humanity activist, had been for his life. By the time he made is final exit, there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
What were the clues from the Claim to Fame Episode 7 shredder challenge?
During this week's challenge, the contestants dug through large bags of shredded paper in order to find bits of dossiers about the other players' celebrity relatives. While they flashed quickly on our screens and were then shredded by the contestants, I meticulously copied down their contents for you. Here's everything we learned off the shredded dossiers, even if the contestants won't remember most of it.
Chris' relative
Age/Year Born: 65/1957
Height: 5' 9"
Born: Ogden, UT
Has Kids: Yes
Known Associates: Andy Williams, Weird Al Yankovic, Andrew Lloyd ___
Last Seen: Hanging out with his ___ in Vegas at ___
11-year ___ residency, wearing ___'s amazing colored dream coat, TV Land favorite singing ___
Gabriel's relative
Thank's to JR's hasty shredding and the Hugo/Monay team sucking at this challenge, no one looked at Gabriel's clue for more than a few seconds, and we don't know what it said.
Hugo's relative
Age/Year Born: 98/1924
Height: 5' 10"
Born: Plains, GA
Has Kids: Yes
Known Associates: Elvis Presley, Barack Obama, Willie ___
Last Seen: Building ___ in the south
___ of Georgia, ___in US Navy, negotiating peace with ___
JR's relative
Age/Year Born: 23/1999
Height: 6' 1"
Born: Lilith Springs, GA
Has Kids: No
Known Associates: ___ Harlow, Billy ___, BTS
Last Seen: At awards shows killing it on the ___
First LGBT___ to win a Country ___ Award, featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list ___ was number 1 on ___ longer than any other ___ in history.
Karsyn's relative
Age/Year Born: 48/1974
Height: 5' 10"
Born: Kannapolis, NC
Has Kids: Yes
Known Associates: Danica ___, ___ Zuckerberg, Jay-Z
Last Seen: Getting his ___ changed
2-time ___ winner, won the most times, won Daytona ___ in 2004
Monay's relative
Age/Year Born: 57/1965
Height: 6' 2"
Born: Plymouth, NC
Has Kids: Yes
Known Associates: Larry ___, Kevin ___, SIA
Last Seen: Spotted rending a ___ at Blockbuster
Won Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama, is face of ___ Sportsbook commercials, starred in ___ of Hollywood
Who's left on Claim to Fame Season 2?
There are 5 contestants remaining on Claim to Fame. They are:
Chris
Gabriel
JR
Karsyn
Monay
Claim to Fame airs Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.