The latest entry into the reality competition show canon has a bit of a head-scratching premise.
On ABC’s Claim to Fame, 12 people compete to stay in a house—Katy Perry’s old Hollywood Hills mansion, to be exact—for as long as possible without their roommates sleuthing out the name of their famous brother, sister, uncle, or cousin. The prize? For them, it’s $100,000. For us, it’s hours of suspense, shaky alliances, and delicious, bald-faced lying.
Viewers are introduced to the dozen players as they settle into a house with no connection to the outside world for six weeks. They have to get to know each other if they want to make friends and avoid the elimination rounds, but they can’t say too much about themselves if they want to keep their secret.
