A place to discuss all things Claim to Fame on ABC! Check out the AMAs w/cast! Hosted by Kevin and Franklin Jonas each season features 12 contestants, who all have a famous relative, competing to keep their claim to fame secret while trying to figure out who their castmates are related to for a grand prize of $100,000!
A place to discuss all things Claim to Fame on ABC! Check out the AMAs w/cast! Hosted by Kevin and Franklin Jonas each season features 12 contestants, who all have a famous relative, competing to keep their claim to fame secret while trying to figure out who their castmates are related to for a grand prize of $100,000!
Do you think Kevin Jonas has been absent a lot in recent seasons to tee up Frankie/Franklin as solo host?
Kevin has always been more of a “family guy”: he married and started having kids fairly young, largely staying out of the spotlight except for touring. Nick and Joe, however, dated around a bit before marrying and starting families. I think filming the show fits Kevin’s personality: he is off filming for a few weeks a year, then he gets to go back to staying out of the spotlight (aside from touring) and focuses on his family.
Frankie has always been funny, but his humor works best when playing off of someone. I don’t think he’d be as amusing on his own. Plus, as others have said, the joke is that Frankie’s CtF is that he is the “bonus Jonas.” It was a rather rude nickname that I think hurt his feelings when he was younger, so I love that, by hosting the show, he’s taken control of the narrative and the joke.