The 'Claim to Fame' Telephone Challenge Has Returned. Here Are the Clues.
Claim to Fame just returned for Season 3, and we've now seen four players jettisoned from the game for incorrect guesses. That means we're starting to get antsy for ANYONE to figure out the identity of a competitor.
The reality show invited 11 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, with whoever can keep their famous relative under wraps until the end taking home the $100,000 prize. After last week's double elimination, we returned to the usual format this week with one more player sent packing.
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This week in Episode 3, our 8 remaining contestants competed in the infamous telephone challenge, where they relay clues about one another through a long line of obstacles. Once the winners and losers had been decided, the contestants once again tried to untangle the identities of their competitors with new clues they'd amassed. Here's everything that happened on Episode 23of Claim to Fame Season 3.
Who went home during Episode 3 on Claim to Fame Season 3?
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Miguel
In Episode 3, Miguel became the fourth player in a row to guess incorrectly and be sent home without anyone in the house having a clue who their relative was. Perhaps this season the clues aren't as obvious or the players are just better at their game, but even after three weeks, no one really seems to have much of a clue as to who anyone is. Shane's team lost the telephone challenge and with Miguel having pulled off a masterful move of deception last week, Shane felt certain the other contestants would vote him. In a unanimous vote, Miguel was chosen as the guesser and he decided to wager that his old alliance member Dedrick was related to Little Richard, however that was an incorrect guess and Miguel's relative was revealed instead.
Who is Miguel's Claim to Fame celebrity relative?
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Jamie Lee Curtis
After guessing incorrectly, it was revealed that Miguel is actually the nephew of Oscar-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis. As it turns out Miguel's real name is Raphael Curtis and he's the son of Jamie Lee Curtis' half-sister Allegra Curtis. Miguel played up the latino part of his heritage to throw the other contestants off the scent of his relative.
What were the clues from the telephone challenge?
An old staple on Claim to Fame is the telephone challenge in which two teams of four have to relay a limerick full of clues to one another in a long game of telephone. This year, there were two limericks, each with five lines, with each line containing a clue. Presumably, each contestant's relative is represented in one line and there are two lines that are red herrings. The limericks read as follow:
Limerick #1
On the mountain there once was a lion,
In a handsome rose dress she was stylin,
But her dancing was bad,
And it made the town sad,
So they shipped her right off to the island.
Limerick #2
His toga was in disarray,
On an oddly peculiar Friday,
He wrote a honky tonk song,
But his hair was too long,
And his pompadour needed a spray.
If I had to hazard some guesses based on clues we've already received, I'd say:
"In a handome rose dress she was stylin" is a reference to Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, given that Gracie Lou's win cellar clue pointed to Naomi being related to Molly Ringwald.
"But her dancing was bad" is a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Bad" given that Dedrick might be related to Michael Jackson.
"On an oddly peculiar Friday" is a reference to Jamie Lee Curtis starring in Freaky Friday.
"On the mountain there once was a lion" is a reference to the "courgar" part of John Cougar Mellancamp, Hud's supposed relative.
Otherwise, perhaps we have a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean? Elvis? A country music star? Really a lot going on here to be deciphered as we learn more.
Who's left on Claim to Fame Season 3?
Following Episode 3, there are 7 contestants remaining on Claim to Fame. They are:
Adam
Danny
Dedrick
Hud
Mackenzie
Naomi
Shane
Claim to Fame airs Wednesday nights at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.