Current:Home > InvestTravis Kelce to host celebrity spinoff of 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?' -CapitalSource
Travis Kelce to host celebrity spinoff of 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'
View
Date:2025-04-19 14:17:10
Travis Kelce has made his next play.
Amazon Prime confirmed the Kansas City Chiefs tight end will host a streaming spinoff of game show "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" titled "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?"
The 20-episode series puts contestants to the test with elementary school-level questions to compete for up to a $100,000 prize.
"I grew up loving game shows, and I’m excited to be following in the footsteps of so many TV icons by hosting my very first one with 'Are you Smarter than a Celebrity,'" Kelce said in statement. "The original show is a great success, so to be bringing a new format with everyone’s favorite celebrities to the screen will definitely be entertaining."
He added: "I’m just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up."
Contestants will be challenged with 11 questions in a wide range of subjects, assisted by a "classroom" of celebrities from various professions they can tag in for help. The final question, worth $100,000, will be at the 6th grade level.
Amazon Prime has not announced a premiere date.
The announcement comes a month after word surfaced that the NFL player was in discussions to host a reboot of the quiz show.
Kelce, already popular as an NFL player, has become a household name since he began dating pop superstar Taylor Swift. He has also done a bit of acting, guest starring in a short-lived 2020 Showtime comedy, "Moonbase 8," featuring Fred Armisen and made his debut at SXSW festival in March as the executive producer of the dark comedy "My Dead Friend Zoe." During the iHeart Radio Podcast Awards, which took place during SXSW, he took home the podcast of the year award for the "New Heights" podcast with his brother Jason Kelce.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelcedance to Bleachers, Ice Spice at Coachella
“Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” was a hit when it premiered in February 2007 on Fox, and was hosted by comedian-actor Jeff Foxworthy. The show ran for three seasons and returned with a fourth in 2015. It also had a brief run in syndication.
Nickelodeon revived the show in 2019 for one season hosted by wrestler-turned-actor John Cena.
Contributing: Edward Segarra
veryGood! (46731)
Related
- How breaking emerged from battles in the burning Bronx to the Paris Olympics stage
- Here's How to Get $237 Worth of Ulta Beauty Products for $30: Peter Thomas Roth, Drunk Elephant & More
- Tech outage halts surgeries, medical treatments across the US
- U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich's trial resumes in Russia on spying charges roundly denounced as sham
- Tropical weather brings record rainfall. Experts share how to stay safe in floods.
- Sonya Massey called police for help. A responding deputy shot her in the face.
- Social media content creator Aanvi Kamdar dies in fall at India's poplar Kumbhe waterfall
- Shoko Miyata, Japanese Gymnastics Team Captain, to Miss 2024 Olympics for Smoking Violation
- Paris Olympics live updates: Quincy Hall wins 400m thriller; USA women's hoops in action
- A massive tech outage is causing worldwide disruptions. Here’s what we know
Ranking
- Family of explorer who died in the Titan sub implosion seeks $50M-plus in wrongful death lawsuit
- Bissell recalls over 3 million Steam Shot steam cleaners after 157 burn injuries reported
- Donald Trump accepts Republican nomination on final day of RNC | The Excerpt
- Detroit’s giant slide is back. There will probably be fewer bruises this time
- Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections
- Judge turns down ex-Rep. George Santos’ request to nix some charges ahead of fraud trial
- Krispy Kreme giving away free doughnuts Friday due to global tech outage: What to know
- Carroll Fitzgerald, former Baltimore council member wounded in 1976 shooting, dead at 89
Recommendation
Euphoria's Hunter Schafer Says Ex Dominic Fike Cheated on Her Before Breakup
Nevada judge who ran for state treasurer pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges
Rachel Lindsay's Ex Bryan Abasolo Says He Was “Psychologically Beaten Down Before Meeting Divorce Coach
Former postal worker sentenced to probation for workers’ compensation fraud
A New York Appellate Court Rejects a Broad Application of the State’s Green Amendment
Sonya Massey called police for help. A responding deputy shot her in the face.
WNBA All-Star Weekend: Schedule, TV, rosters
Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Aniston are getting the 'salmon sperm facial.' What is going on?