Travis Kelce’s Hosting Era Is Almost Here – See the First Look at Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?

Travis Kelce‘s game show host era is almost here.

The Kansas City Chief’s tight end is the host of Prime Video’s Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? and on August 8, the streamer announced that the all-new game show will premiere with the first three episodes on October 16.

Per the official synopsis, each episode will feature an “an adult contestant who will rely on a classroom full of celebrities from comedy, screen, and sports to help them answer 11 questions on a range of subjects, pulled from elementary curriculum” – introducing a new twist from the original Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? which premiered in 2007.

The group of celebrities that contestants will rely on includes a wide-range of stars, from comedians Nikki Glaser and Natasha Leggero to Vanderpump Rules’ Lala Kent, podcaster Sophia Stallone and actress and producer Lilly Singh.

Thursday Night Football analyst Ryan Fitzpatrick, former NFL wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills‘ Garcelle Beauvais and comedians Nicole Byer and Ron Funches will also star among the celebrity panel.

The stars will offer contestants help, and they can even “cheat” off of them if necessary to survive another round, per the description, and vie for the $100,000 prize. For the final question — which will be “at the 6th-grade level” – contestants will have the opportunity to discuss their answer with one celebrity before locking it in.

Kelce, 34, was confirmed as the host of the new game show in April, and said in a statement, “I’m just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up.”

“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?,” his statement continued. “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.”

Previous hosts of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?  include Jeff Foxworthy and John Cena. Foxworthy held the role on Fox from 2007 through 2011, and again when it was brought back for one season in 2015.

Cena stepped in as host in 2019 for the show’s revival on Nickelodeon.

Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? premieres with the first three episodes on October 16 on Prime Video, with weekly releases to follow.