Season 1 contestants of ‘Claim to Fame’
Claim to Fame
ABC’s Claim to Fame is back for season 2 with 12 new contestants who are all related to someone famous whose identity they are desperately trying to keep secret from the group. The reality guessing game is once again cohosted by Franklin “Frankie” Jonas and his own celebrity relative, brother Kevin Jonas. They make a delightful pair as they lead contestants through challenges where clues are exposed and get very hyped for every big reveal.
This season, each person’s famous relation is being kept under wraps from viewers at home too, which means we get to guess along with the houseguests. Follow along below as we collect the biggest clues for each contestant, make our own predictions for their notable kin, and keep track of every reveal.
CLAIM TO FAME – Travis; Neil deGrasse Tyson poses before “National Geographic’s Cosmos: Possible Worlds”
Travis, his dad Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Travis
Biggest clues: He tells the group his father is an actor who has won a Critics Choice Award, but we know one of the latter two is a lie. He worries that reciting the first 100 digits of pi puts him “in the nerd category,” which he says is a risk based on who his father is.
Status: Eliminated episode 2 on July 3, 2023 after being correctly guessed by Gabriel
EW’s best guess: Our calculations tell us he’s related to celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Celebrity relative revealed: Neil deGrasse Tyson was revealed as Travis’ dad
CLAIM TO FAME – Carly; Tom Hanks attends the “Asteroid City” New York Premiere
Carly, her uncle Tom Hanks
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Carly
Biggest clues: Her uncle is an Oscar winner and “one of the biggest actors in Hollywood ever since the ’80s.”
Status: Eliminated episode 1 on June 26, 2023 after being correctly guessed by Hugo
EW’s best guess: N/A (But we swear we called this one before the reveal.)
Celebrity relative revealed: Tom Hanks is her uncle
CHRIS, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Chris on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Chris
Biggest clues: His relative is a singer, who he looks and sings like, and has a star on the Walk of Fame. Says he his relative was big in the ’70s. His bonus clue contains symbols for a puppy, heart/love, T-shirt, letter N, eye, doll, in, seven tees.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: Episode 2’s clues changed everything. We’re switching our first guess of John Mayer, to a bet-it-all prediction that Chris is related to “Puppy Love” singer and ’70s teen idol Donny Osmond. Now, we’re more curious if the youngsters in the house will be able to put this together.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
COLE, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Cole on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Cole
Biggest clues: All we got from him during the Two Truths and a Lie icebreaker is that his famous relative is his father, which we can’t be sure is a truth or lie.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: We’re gonna need an actual clue to crack this one.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
GABRIEL, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Gabriel on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Gabriel
Biggest clues: His brother won an NAACP Award and they look nothing alike. His relative was born in San Diego.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: Devoting an hour to cross-checking every celebrity born in San Diego with NAACP winners? That’s journalism, baby! And that led us to change our earlier wild guess of Wayne Brady to our final prediction that Gabriel’s non-look-alike brother is actually prolific TV host and father Nick Cannon. That one-off comment someone made in the premiere about Gabriel giving more TV host energy than athlete was more relevant than anyone realized.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
HUGO, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Hugo on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Hugo
Biggest clues: His grandfather won a Nobel Prize and was at one point in time “the most powerful man in world.”
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: We’re pretty certain he’s related to former President Jimmy Carter.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
JANE, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Jane on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Jane
Biggest clues: Two of these things are true and one is a lie: Her famous father is a musician who won a Grammy. We also know her relative was born in 1946.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: Jane came to play and she has us kind of stumped. The only concrete clue we have is her relative’s birth year. There is an incredible list of big stars born that year, including the likes of Cher, Dolly Parton, Liza Minnelli, Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Sally Field, Diane Keaton, Cheech Marin, David Lynch, Susan Sarandon, Tim Curry, Tommy Lee Jones, and Andre the Giant. None of the men on the list have a daughter named Jane so we’re betting “father” was the lie in her icebreaker clue and the relative could be more distant than a parent. Olivia may have been wrong to so easily dismiss Hugo saying all the wigs on the clue wall pointed to Jane being related to a rockstar. Could southern-twanged Jane be related to famous wig-enthusiast Dolly Parton, who has 10 Grammys and 11 siblings. We’re ready to lose our minds seeing Aunt Dolly pop up on this show.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
JR, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
JR on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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J.R.
Biggest clues: He has a famous brother who is not in the NBA. His relative was born in Lithia Springs, Ga.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: The list of celebs from Lithia Springs is incredibly short, and of those only one is listed as actually being born in the city: Lil Nas X.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
KARSYN, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Karsyn on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Karsyn
Biggest clues: Tells group she is related to a male musician, but we don’t yet know if part of this is a lie.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: They have still given us nothing
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
MONAY, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Monay on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Monk
Biggest clues: Says her father is an athlete with an Emmy, but one of these is a lie.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: We’re dying for a better clue for Monay!
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
OLIVIA, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Olivia on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Olivia
Biggest clues: Says she is related to a Razzie winner, which we don’t yet know is true.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: Assuming her relative’s highest achievement really is a Razzie, we’re going with Pauley Shore or Tom Green for now.
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
SHAYNE, ABC’s Claim to Fame season 2
Shayne on ‘Claim to Fame’ season 2
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Shayne
Biggest clues: She says her father is a musician who has won a Grammy, but we know one of these is a fib. Her bonus clue contains symbols for a crown, coin, traveling, the U.S., as well as a deer with antlers and wheat. We also know the relative was born in 1961.
Status: Still in the game
EW’s best guess: Otay! Based on that bonus clue, we are sure she is related to SNL’s Buckwheat and the star of Coming to AmericaEddie Murphy, who was born in 1961 and has a Grammy for a comedy album. (Funny enough, Murphy also received a Razzie, as did the Jonas Bros.)
Celebrity relative revealed: Not yet
Check back each week for updates. Claim to Fameairs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
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Season 1 contestants of ‘Claim to Fame’
Claim to Fame
Twelve contestants who are related to big stars live in a house and try to uncover who each player is related to, all while keeping the identity of their own famous family member a secret.
