Fans of the longtime quiz show ‘Family Feud’ may be delighted as a new season of its spin-off ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ is finally here. The program began airing in 2015 and returns for its eighth season. It will run like normal ‘Family Feud’, except that the competitors will be A-list celebrities and their families will compete on behalf of a charity of their choice.
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Celebrities and their family and friends try to guess the most popular answers to recordings of 100 members of a previous studio audience. Some of the well-known contestants who appeared in season seven include Rob Lowe, Terrence Howard, Zach Braff, Neil Flynn, Patrick Warburton, Terry Bradshaw, JoJo Siwa, Ross Mathews and Loni Love. Scroll down to find out more about the new season.
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When ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Season 8 will be released and where can you watch it?
Season 8 of ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ airs on ABC on Sunday 10 July at 8pm. Fans of the show will also be able to stream the premiere and subsequent episodes on Hulu a day after the broadcast.
What is ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ about?
Most episodes feature two standalone games, each concluding with Fast Money. Some episodes in later seasons consist of a single hour long match. Winning teams earn $ 25,000 for their chosen charity by scoring 200 points in Fast Money, or $ 10,000 if they do not. Teams that lose the main event earn $ 5,000 for their charity.
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Who plays in ‘Celebrity Family Feud’?
Steve Harvey
Steve Harvey has hosted both ‘Family Feud’ and ‘Celebrity Family Feud’, who have held this role since 2010. He also presented ‘Little Big Shots’, ‘Little Big Shots Forever Young’ and ‘Steve Harvey’s Funderdome’. Born in Welch, West Virginia, Harvey began his career as a comedian. He performed stand-up comedy in the early 1980s and presented ‘Showtime’ at the Apollo and ‘The Steve Harvey Show’ at The WB. He launched an African version of ‘Family Feud’ and also invested in the HDNet acquisition with Anthem Sports and Entertainment. He and his wife Marjorie are the founders of The Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses on youth education. He is a seven-time Daytime Emmy Award winner, two-time Marconi Award winner and a 14-time NAACP Image Award winner in several categories.
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Latest News on ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Season 8
A variety of celebs will be on stage with host Steve Harvey to compete for charity. The cast of Netflix’s’ Never Have I Ever ‘will take on the cast of Disney Plus” High School Musical: The Musical Series’. Some cast members of the ‘Saved by the Bell’ rerun led by Mario Lopez will take on the cast of ‘Bel-Air’. Team ‘Good Vibes Tribe’ led by actress Meagan Good will take on the cast of Team ‘Funches’ led by actor Ron Funches. Other well-known teams include: Team ‘Hacks’ with actress Poppy Liu, team ‘The Proud Family’ with Keke Palmer, Kyla Pratt, Soleil Moonfrye, Paula Jai Parker, and Alisa Reyes, team ‘So So Def’ with Jermaine Dupri and team ‘Simu’ with Steven Lim.
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Creators
‘Celebrity Family Feud’ is produced by Fremantle with Jennifer Mullin serving as executive producer, along with showrunner Gaby Johnston.