The Surreal Life: Fame Games

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The Surreal Life: Fame Games
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Created by Mark Cronin
Presented by Robin Leach
Starring
Theme music composer C. C. DeVille
ComposerAdam Zelkind
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
CinematographyAndrew Oliver
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network VH1
ReleaseJanuary 8 (2007-01-08) 
March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25)
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The Surreal Life

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.

Contents

The show featured a theme song titled "I Wanna Be Famous" recorded by cast member C.C. Deville from his album Samantha 7 .

Contestants

PlayerOriginal seasonFinish
Traci Bingham Season 2Winner
Ron Jeremy Season 2Runner-up
Pepa Season 5Finalist
Vanilla Ice Season 2Finalist
Verne Troyer Season 4Episode 9
Andrea Lowell Season 6Episode 8
Chyna Season 4Episode 7
Emmanuel Lewis Season 1Episode 6
C.C. DeVille Season 6Episode 5
Brigitte Nielsen Season 3Episode 4
Jordan Knight Season 3Episode 1

Game summary

Fame Gamers12345678910
AndreaRobRobRobRobTraciRonRobVerneRonTraciTraciTraci
BrigitteRonAndreaAndreaAndreaVerneAndreaAndreaTraciRobRonRonRon
C.C.TraciC.C.C.C.C.C.EmmanuelPepaPepaPepaTraciPepaPepa
ChynaPepaPepaRonRonChynaRobRonRobPepaRob
EmmanuelBrigitteRonPepaPepaRobTraciTraciRonVerne
PepaC.C.EmmanuelEmmanuelEmmanuelAndreaChynaVerneAndrea
RobEmmanuelTraciTraciTraciPepaVerneChyna
RonAndreaBrigitteBrigitteChynaRonEmmanuel
TraciVerneVerneVerneVerneC.C.
VerneChynaChynaChynaBrigitte
Winning TeamN/AN/AN/AA-ListB-ListA-ListN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/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

Episodes

No. Title
Challenge
Challenge Winner Back to Reality Contestants (Loser in bold) Original air date
1 [1] "Welcome To Celebrity Island"
"Celebrity Autograph"
Rob Van WinkleGrab BagAndrea Lowell, Chyna Doll and Verne Troyer (Sent to The B-List)January 8, 2007 (2007-01-08)
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.
2 [2] "Sex, Size, and Videotape"
"Scandal Video"
Rob Van Winkle and Andrea LowellWhat's Charo Saying?Emmanuel Lewis, Traci Bingham and Brigitte Nielsen (Sent to The B-List)January 15, 2007 (2007-01-15)
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.
3 [3] "Down and Out on the B-List"
"Green Screen"
Rob Van Winkle"Celebrity and Child Mash-Up"CC Deville, Ron Jeremy and Emmanuel Lewis (Sent to The B-List)January 22, 2007 (2007-01-22)
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.
4 [4] "The Chyna Doll Syndrome"
"Hotel Trash"
A-ListSurreal ConnectionsChyna Doll, Brigitte Nielsen and Verne Troyer (Originally eliminated from the show, but Brigitte Nielsen offered to eliminate herself.)January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29)
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.
5 [5] "V for Variety"
"Variety Show"
B-ListCelebrity Go Fish Ron Jeremy, Pepa Denton and CC Deville (Eliminated)February 11, 2007 (2007-02-11)
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.
6 [6] "Pretty Women"
"Hooker Challenge"
A-ListThe Real BlingVerne Troyer, Chyna Doll and Emmanuel Lewis (Eliminated)February 18, 2007 (2007-02-18)
"" — Each team had to choose out of a large group of hookers and club dancers only fifteen girls. whichever team had the fewest hookers in their fifteen choices won. The losing team sent three players back to reality.
7 [7] "Dial M for Mommy"
"Surreal Life Telethon"
Rob van WinkleNoneChyna Doll (Eliminated)March 4, 2007 (2007-03-04)
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, the player who called him received 10 points. The person who received the fewest points was instantly eliminated.
8 [8] "Peeping Toms"
"Paparazzi"
Verne TroyerGourmet or Garbage?Ron Jeremy,Rob van Winkle, Andrea LowellMarch 11, 2007 (2007-03-11)
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.
9 [9] "Five Weasly Pieces"
"Fan Challenge"
Ron Jeremy and Rob Van WinkleFill in the ____ing BlankPepa, Traci Bingham and Verne TroyerMarch 18, 2007 (2007-03-18)
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.
10 [10] "The Ice Ice Storm"
"Commercial Making"
Traci BinghamStick it in GoogleTBAMarch 24, 2007 (2007-03-24)

The contestants had To Make A Commercial For Golden Gaming Palace.Net.The Contestant Who Made the best Commercial Won. 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 2 Contestants: Ron Jeremy and Pepa

Final Two: Traci Bingham and Ron Jeremy
PlaceNamePhotos
1Vanilla Ice6
2Traci Bingham
Ron Jeremy
4
3Brigitte Nielsen
Pepa
C. C. DeVille
Emmanuel Lewis
3
4Andrea Lowell
Verne Troyer
2
5Chyna1

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