Travis Kelce Confirms He'll Host “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”: 'I'm Just Happy to Be on the Hosting Side'

"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," the NFL star said

Travis Kelce is officially in his game show era.

Fresh off his victory at Super Bowl LVIII, the Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro tight end will host Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, a new gameshow spinoff of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? that's set to stream on Prime Video.

A source told PEOPLE about Kelce's potential gig back in March, but news of the series was confirmed on Tuesday, April 16 in an announcement from the streaming platform. The series is being produced by MGM Alternative, a division of Amazon MGM Studios, and will stream in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

“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, 34, said in a 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."

"I’m just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up," he joked.

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Kelce will follow in the footsteps of Jeff Foxworthy and John Cena, who hosted previous versions of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? The game show, co-created by Barry Poznick and John Steven, premiered on Fox in February 2007 with Foxworthy at the helm and ran through 2011 before it was canceled. It was revived on Fox in 2015, again with Foxworthy, for one more season.

In 2019, Nickelodeon revived the concept with Cena as host, just for a single season.

Since then, the Are You Smarter brand continues to live on in a board game, a companion book and late-night versions of the show.

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Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?, Prime Video notes,"offers a fun, new twist on the premise of the original popular format."

"Each game will welcome an adult contestant who will rely on a classroom full of celebrities from stage, screen, and sports to help them answer 11 questions on a range of subjects, pulled from elementary curriculum, in an effort to win a $100,000 prize," the show's description read. "They are not competing against the stars…they’re enlisting their help and, in some cases, can even 'cheat' off of them."

On the final question — which is worth $100,000, and is on a 6th-grade level — the contestant selects "one celebrity to discuss the answer with before locking in."

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This isn't Kelce's first foray into television.

In 2016, the NFL champion starred in Catching Kelce, an E! reality dating show. And in March 2023, he scored that coveted spot on Saturday Night Live. (Both shows can be streamed on Peacock).

The eight-time Pro Bowler and four-time All-Pro also co-hosts the top-charting sports podcast, New Heights, alongside his brother, recently retired NFL star Jason Kelce.

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Earlier this month — during a live taping of the podcast at the University of Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena, where the Kelce brothers played college football — Travis was seen dancing to a marching band playing "Shake It Off," the 2014 tune by Travis' girlfriend, Taylor Swift.

“That’s one of my favorites," he teased.

A release date for Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? has not been announced yet.

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