Travis Kelce Will Host a Celebrity Spinoff of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader ? for Prime Video

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Travis Kelce has had a busy year — you know, winning the Super Bowl and gallivanting across the world with his superstar girlfriend, Taylor Swift — but it looks like the Kansas City Chiefs tight end will be even busier in the coming months as he's landed his very own gig as a game show host.

Following 2016's reality dating show Catching Kelce and a short stint hosting SNL in 2023, Travis Kelce is returning to reality TV thanks to Amazon's Prime Video. Kelce has been tapped to host Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, a spinoff of the popular Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

According to a press releaseAre You Smarter Than A Celebrity? has been given a 20-episode order with Kelce as host, so, yeah, prepare to see his face even more in the coming months.

"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 the release. “The original show is a great success, so 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.”

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According to the show's logline, each episode of Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity? will feature an adult contestant tasked with answering 11 questions in total to win a grand prize money. Much like in Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, questions will be pulled from the elementary school curriculum.

You might be wondering: Where does the celebrity aspect come into play? Well, the contestants will have "a classroom full of celebrities" to help them answer the questions. They would also need to pick one celebrity to discuss the final question with.


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"Travis has proven to be an incredible talent on and off the field, and we appreciate the trust he has placed in us with his first foray into television," Lauren Anderson, head of AVOD originals unscripted and targeted programming at Amazon MGM Studios, said of selecting Kelce as the show's host. “His natural, comedic dynamic with our panelists and guests, coupled with some exciting new twists, will keep our global customers coming back week after week.”

For now, Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? doesn't have a tentative release date, but with the NFL season starting back up in September and Kelce soon jetting off to Europe to support Swift on the rest of her Eras Tour stops, we can assume filming will be happening sooner rather than later.


Originally Appeared on Teen Vogue


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