The Surreal Life: Fame Games (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The Surreal Life: Fame Games was a reality television series on the VH1 cable network. A spinoff of the VH1 show, The Surreal Life, the show assembles ten alumni of the show's 6 prior seasons to compete in a ten-week competition that takes place in Las Vegas, with the winner of taking home a prize of $100,000 provided by the online gaming site Golden Palace.net. Robin Leach is the host. The contestants also compete in a game show format elimination round in each episode called "Back to Reality" that sees the losers, in the first 3 weeks of the competition, sent to "the B-List" which consists of living in a less luxurious wing of the mansion than the rest of the housemates, who are designated as "the A-List". In the later weeks, when the teams are split evenly, they compete in team competitions where the losing team must send 3 members to play "Back to Reality" to eliminate one person from the competition entirely.
Episodes
Welcome To Celebrity Island
Airing date: January 8, 2007
Challenge: "Celebrity Autograph"
-Random Audience members were asked of which star they would most like to meet and get their picture taken with. The three
celebrities with the lowest number of fans lost
Winner: Rob Van Winkle
Back to Reality Contestants: Chyna Doll, Verne Troyer and Andrea Lowell
Back to Reality Losers: Chyna Doll, Verne Troyer (Sent to the B-List)
Sex, Size, and Videotape
Airing date: January 15, 2007
Challenge: "Scandal Video"
-Teams of two had to make a scandalous video that lasted no more than 30 seconds. The team
that won chose the next three celebrities to play back to reality.
Winner: Rob Van Winkle & Andrea Lowell
Back to Reality Contestants: Emmanuel Lewis, Traci Bingham, Brigitte Nielsen
Back to Reality Losers: Traci Bingham, Brigitte Nielsen (Sent to the B-List)
Down and Out on the B-List
Airing date: January 22, 2007
Challenge: "Green Screen Challenge"
Each team was given a script to memorize and then perform in front of a green screen. The
three celebrities that did the worst acting jobs lost.
Winner: Rob Van Winkle
Back to Reality Contestants: CC Deville, Ron Jeremy, Emmanuel Lewis
Back to Reality Loser: Emmanuel Lewis(Sent to the B-List)
The Chyna Doll Syndrome
Airing date: January 29, 2007
Challenge: "Hotel Trash Challenge"- Both teams had identical "hotel rooms" to trash. Whichever team trashed their hotel room
more won the challenge. The losing team sent three players back to reality.
Winner: A-List
Back to Reality Contestants: Chyna Doll, Brigitte Nielsen, Verne Troyer
Back to Reality Loser: Verne Troyer (Originally eliminated from the show, but Brigitte Nielsen offered to eliminate herself.)
V for Variety
Airing date: February 11, 2007
Challenge: "Variety Show Challenge"
-Both teams had to put on a variety show for a live audience. The team that got the loudest
applause won the challenge. The losing team sent three players back to reality.
Winner: B-List
Back to Reality Contestants: Ron Jeremy, Pepa Denton, CC Deville
Back to Reality Loser: CC Deville (Eliminated)(Everyone wanted Ron out)
Pretty Women
Airing date: February 18, 2007
Challenge: "Hooker Challenge"
-Each team had to choose out of a large group of hookers and club dancers only fifteen girls.
whichever team had the least amount of hookers in their fifteen choices won. The losing
team sent three players back to reality.
Winner: A-List
Back to Reality Contestants: Emmanuel Lewis, Verne Troyer, Chyna Doll
Back to Reality Loser: Emmanuel Lewis (Eliminated)
Dial M for Mommy
Airing Date: March 4, 2007
Challenge: "Surreal Life Telethon"
-Each celebrity had to call as many famous people as they knew. Out of the people called, 50
were selected as the top 50. Players then received points based on if someone they called
made the top 50 list. For instance, if Jim Carrey was ranked 40 they player who called him
received 10 points. The person who received the least amount of points was instantly
eliminated.
Telethon Winner: Rob van Winkle
Telethon Loser: Chyna Doll (Eliminated) Because Andrea manipulated Kennedy
Peeping Toms
Airing Date: March 11, 2007
Challenge: "Paparazzi Challenge"
-The teams were sent to a resort for a day of relaxation, however, they didn't know that it was a secret challenge, in which paparazzi snapped scandalous shots of the Fame Gamers. The three celebrities with the worst photos would go to Back to Reality.
Winner: Verne Troyer
Back to Reality Contestants: Ron Jeremy, Andrea Lowell, Rob van Winkle
Back to Reality Loser: Andrea Lowell (Eliminated)
Five Weasly Pieces
Airing Date: March 18, 2007
Challenge: "Surreal Life Fan Challenge"
-The remaining contestants were attached to one of their fans. However, they had to stay attached no matter what, and separating would let an alarm go off, thus eliminating them from the game.
Winners: Ron Jeremy, Rob Van Winkle
Back to Reality Contestants: Pepa, Verne Troyer, Traci Bingham
Back to Reality Loser: Verne Troyer (Eliminated)
The Ice Ice Storm [Season Finale]
Airing Date: March 25, 2007
Challenge: "Commercial Making Challenge"
Winner: Traci Bingham
Back to Reality 1( contestants vote for the person they want to go home...majority vote goes home) Contestants: Ron Jeremy, Pepa, Rob Van Winkle
Back to Reality Loser: Rob Van Winkle (Eliminated)
Back to Reality 2 Contestants: Ron Jeremy and Pepa
Back to Reality Loser: Pepa (Eliminated)
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Final Two: Tracy Bingham and Ron Jeremy
Runner Up: Ron Jeremy
Winner of the Goldenpalace.net $100,000: Tracy Bingham
Contestants and Placings
Host = Robin Leach
Fame Gamers
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Andrea
Rob
Rob
Rob
Rob
Traci
Rob
Rob
Verne
Ron
Traci
Traci
Traci
Brigitte
Ron
Andrea
Andrea
Andrea
Verne
Andrea
Andrea
Traci
Rob
Ron
Ron
Ron
C.C.
Traci
C.C.
C.C.
C.C.
Emmanuel
Pepa
Pepa
Pepa
Traci
Pepa
Pepa
Chyna
Pepa
Pepa
Ron
Ron
Chyna
Rob
Ron
Rob
Pepa
Rob
Emmanuel
Brigitte
Ron
Pepa
Pepa
Rob
Traci
Traci
Ron
Verne
Pepa
C.C.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Andrea
Chyna
Verne
Andrea
Rob
Emmanuel
Traci
Traci
Traci
Pepa
Verne
Chyna
Ron
Andrea
Brigitte
Brigitte
Chyna
Ron
Emmanuel
Traci
Verne
Verne
Verne
Verne
C.C.
Verne
Chyna
Chyna
Chyna
Brigitte
Winning Team
N/A
N/A
N/A
A-List
B-List
A-List
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Legend
The Fame Gamer who won the Competition
The Fame Gamer who came in Second Place(Runner-up)
The Fame Gamer who is in the B-list
The Fame Gamer who is in the A-list
The Fame Gamer who was Eliminated
The Fame Gamer who won the Reward Challenge
The Fame Gamer who is Sent to "Back to Reality" (From Ep. 7-11 only)
The Fame Gamer who Quits
Notes
On Episode 6, The A-List And The B-list Team were Dissolved. It became an Individual Competition rather.
Also on Episode Six, The Fame Gamers who is on the bottom 3 are not sent to "Back to Reality" instead, the person with the least amount of points was instantly Eliminated