The Surreal Life: Fame Games is an American reality television series originally broadcast on the VH1 cable network. A spin-off of the VH1 show, The Surreal Life, the show assembled ten alumni of the show's six prior seasons to compete in a ten-week competition that takes place in Las Vegas, with the winner taking home a prize of $100,000 provided by the online gaming site Golden Palace.net. Robin Leach was the host. The contestants also competed in a game show format elimination round in each episode called "Back to Reality" that saw the losers, in the first three weeks of the competition, sent to "the B-List" which consisted of living in a less luxurious wing of the mansion than the rest of the housemates, who were designated as "the A-List". In the later weeks, when the teams were split evenly, they competed in team competitions where the losing team must send three members to play "Back to Reality" to eliminate one person from the competition entirely.
The show featured a theme song titled "I Wanna Be Famous" recorded by cast member C.C. Deville from his album Samantha 7.
Contestants Player Original season FinishTraci Bingham Season 2 WinnerRon JeremySeason 2Runner-upPepa Season 5FinalistVanilla Ice Season 2FinalistVerne Troyer Season 4Episode 9Andrea Lowell Season 6Episode 8ChynaSeason 4Episode 7Emmanuel LewisSeason 1Episode 6C.C. DeVilleSeason 6Episode 5Brigitte NielsenSeason 3Episode 4Jordan KnightSeason 3Episode 1
Game summary Fame Gamers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 AndreaRobRobRobRobTraciRonRobVerneRon Traci TraciTraci BrigitteRonAndreaAndreaAndreaVerneAndrea Andrea TraciRob RonRonRon C.C.TraciC.C.C.C.C.C.EmmanuelPepa Pepa PepaTraciPepaPepa ChynaPepaPepaRonRonChynaRob RonRobPepaRob EmmanuelBrigitteRonPepaPepaRobTraciTraciRonVerne PepaC.C.EmmanuelEmmanuelEmmanuelAndreaChynaVerneAndrea RobEmmanuelTraciTraciTraciPepaVerneChyna RonAndreaBrigitteBrigitteChynaRonEmmanuel TraciVerneVerneVerneVerneC.C. VerneChynaChynaChynaBrigitte Winning Team N/A N/A N/AA-ListB-ListA-List N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Legend
The Fame Gamer won the Competition The Fame Gamer is in the B-list The Fame Gamer is in the A-list The Fame Gamer was Eliminated The Fame Gamer won the Reward Challenge The Fame Gamer was sent to "Back to Reality" The Fame Gamer quit the Competition
Notes In Episode 1, Jordan Knight went home due to the death of his grandmother and he was replaced by Verne Troyer. In Episode 6, the A-List and The B-list teams were no longer used and it became an individual competition. In Episode 7, the Fame Gamers who were in the bottom three are not sent to "Back to Reality", but instead, the person with the fewest points was instantly eliminated.
Episodes
Place Name Photos 1 Vanilla Ice 6 2 Traci BinghamRon Jeremy 4 3 Brigitte NielsenPepaC. C. DeVilleEmmanuel Lewis 3 4 Andrea LowellVerne Troyer 2 5 Chyna 1
See also List of television shows set in Las Vegas
References
External links
Surreal Life Fame Games on AOL -- Weekly Coverage with Exclusive Robin Leach Interviews