‘Claim to Fame’: Elton John is not from Utah — these 11 celebrities are

For a number of weeks, 12 kin of A-list celebrities have been holed up in a mansion, doing their greatest to maintain their celeb connections a secret. However every week on the truth competitors present “Declare to Fame,” clues are revealed and mysteries begin to fall in place.

In contrast to viewers at dwelling, the contestants don’t have entry to the skin world as they attempt to piece issues collectively, and a few persons are more durable to determine than others — like Chris.

Regardless of wanting similar to his celeb relative — we received’t put any spoilers right here like we did on this different article — the “Declare to Fame” contestants are actually struggling to determine how Chris is famous-adjacent.

And after one of the crucial latest episodes — which revealed actually a few of the most evident clues about Chris’ celeb relative — it’s clear that the “Declare to Fame” contestants don’t know who this particular person is. At this level, the one different factor there’s left to disclose is the identify.

Which implies there’s an excellent likelihood Chris will win the entire present.

Throughout the Aug. 7 episode, contestants paired up and needed to piece shredded paperwork collectively that exposed clues about one another. Chris’ file was fairly revealing. It indicated that his relative is 65, was born in Ogden, Utah, and that recognized associates embrace Andy Williams, Bizarre Al Yankovic and Andrew Lloyd (final identify redacted).

And it didn’t cease there. Contestants additionally discovered that this particular person was final seen hanging out along with his (redacted) in Vegas, and that he had an 11-year (redacted) residency carrying an “superb colored dream coat.”

If that doesn’t give it away, nothing else will.

Sorting by way of all of this new data, the contestants obtained extraordinarily excited as they landed on the celeb they had been assured was the reply: Elton John.

Sir Elton John.

The contestants don’t have entry to their telephones, so the age discrepancy is mildly forgivable — John is 76, not 65. John did have two yearslong residencies in Las Vegas. And John did collaborate with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s longtime lyricist, Tim Rice, for the music of “The Lion King.” Oh, and Bizarre Al Yankovic has mentioned that John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Highway” was the primary rock album he ever purchased along with his personal cash.

However what the contestants actually latched on to was the thought of the “superb colored dream coat.”

The Rocket Man is understood for his flashy outfits, they figured. Pair that with Vegas, and also you’ve obtained a profitable combo.

There may be one a part of this equation, nonetheless, that merely can’t be rationalized: Sir Elton John shouldn’t be from Ogden, Utah.

Because the “Sir” title would point out, John is, in actual fact, from England. He was born in Pinner, situated lower than 20 miles from London.

Whereas the “Declare to Fame” contestants briefly debated this matter, the opposite proof was apparently sturdy sufficient to override it. Wildly assured of their guess, the contestants opted to maneuver ahead and guess that Chris was associated to Elton John.

Spoiler alert: They had been incorrect.

Hugo, the contestant who made the official guess, obtained despatched dwelling and the present revealed he was the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter. And Chris survived one other episode — and can doubtless survive the entire remaining episodes, as a result of the guesses from the “Declare to Fame” contestants are getting wilder every week.

Elton John could not hail from Ogden, however there are a variety of celebrities who had been really born in Utah — though many now dwell elsewhere.

Under are 11 leisure celebrities who had been born in Utah — so that you received’t see David Archuleta on this listing (the “American Idol” star moved to Utah when he was 6), or The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, who was born in Nevada however spent a lot of his childhood in Nephi. Or stars like Katherine Heigl, who selected to boost her youngsters right here, and Publish Malone, who selected to remodel the Elevating Cane’s in Midvale right into a glowing salmon pink constructing with medieval-esque loos.

However be warned: Chris’ relative could or is probably not on this listing.

Jewel

Singer-songwriter Jewel was born in Payson.

“I left across the age of two, although,” she advised the Deseret Information in 2007. “I spent most of my youthful years rising up in Homer, Alaska, on a household ranch that my father constructed from the bottom up. We didn’t have electrical energy, and had outhouses. It was a really actual way of life.”

However Jewel has returned to Utah through the years, most just lately to carry out the nationwide anthem on the 2023 NBA All-Star Recreation.

Brendon Urie

Brendon Urie, the longtime frontman of Panic! On the Disco, which broke up earlier this 12 months, is from St. George. However like Jewel, he left across the age of two, along with his household relocating to Las Vegas.

Chrissy Teigen

Mannequin and TV persona Chrissy Teigen, who’s the spouse of John Legend, was born in Delta— a shocking Utah connection that apparently had nothing to do with BYUtv touchdown Legend for its Christmas particular in 2019.

Derek and Julianne Hough

Siblings and dance stars Derek and Julianne Hough each hail from Utah. Rising up, the Houghs skilled at Middle Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem — which has produced various award-winning dancers who’ve appeared on reveals like “So You Assume You Can Dance” and “World of Dance.”

The siblings not dwell in Utah. Each have been mainstays on “Dancing With the Stars,” however they return to their dwelling state every so often — Derek Hough is bringing his present, “Symphony of Dance,” to the Eccles Theater for 2 nights in October.

However their father, Bruce Hough — who was on the ballroom dance staff at Brigham Younger College-Idaho — has stayed in Utah and is presently one among three Republican candidates vying to fill Rep. Chris Stewart’s 2nd Congressional District seat.

James Woods

Longtime actor James Woods — who voiced Hades in Disney’s 1997 movie “Hercules” — was born in Vernal. His household was dwelling in Rangely, Colorado, on the time, and Vernal had the closest hospital — 65 miles away, based on Route Journal.

In accordance with a 2022 examine despatched to the Deseret Information that checked out IMDb’s field workplace and birthplace information for almost half 1,000,000 actors, Woods, 76, is Utah’s most worthwhile actor, grossing greater than $3 billion for his roles through the years.

The Used

Just a few members of The Used, together with lead vocalist Bert McCracken and former guitarist Quinn Allman, hail from Utah. The band has carried out within the Beehive State various occasions, most just lately at Salt Lake’s The Advanced in June.

Roseanne Barr

Comic Roseanne Barr was born in Salt Lake Metropolis and attended East Excessive, per the Deseret Information. Barr has returned to Utah a number of occasions through the years, together with in 2018, shortly after the hit revival of “Roseanne” obtained canceled amid controversial statements from Barr on social media.

Gedde Watanabe

Actor Gedde Watanabe, recognized for his position in “Sixteen Candles” and voicing the character Ling in “Mulan” and “Mulan II,” was born and raised in Ogden. His mom sewed costumes for productions at Weber State College (then Weber State Faculty), and Watanabe’s first stage look was within the college’s manufacturing of “The King and I,” per the Deseret Information.

Wilford Brimley

The late Wilford Brimley, recognized for his roles in movies like “The Pure,” “Absence of Malice” and “Cocoon,” was born in Salt Lake Metropolis and lived a lot of his life in Utah. Brimley died in 2020 on the age of 85.

“Even when he wasn’t feeling as properly, that man had a reminiscence like you wouldn’t consider,” John Diehl, a longtime household buddy, beforehand advised the Deseret Information. “The person had an unbelievable repertoire of music that he knew. He remembered phrases to each tune that he wished to sing. I assumed it was fairly superb to have all these songs in your mind. 

“And he remembered individuals, too,” Diehl continued. “You may meet Wilford one time after which 10 years later meet him once more and he knew who you had been.”

Donny and Marie Osmond

Each Donny and Marie Osmond, who collectively had an 11-year Las Vegas residency after rising to fame throughout their childhoods, had been born in Ogden.

In a six-minute rap that goes over his six-decade profession, Osmond begins: “It began again in Utah, I used to be 4 years previous. Began singing with my brothers and the sound was like gold.”

Each Donny and Marie nonetheless dwell in Utah, though Donny just lately introduced he’s extending his solo Las Vegas residency at Harrah’s by way of Could 2024, The Las Vegas Assessment-Journal reported. Marie additionally continues to carry out extensively, and is performing on the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake Metropolis on Dec. 2.

Mike Lookinland

Mike Lookinland, a toddler actor who rose to fame as Bobby Brady in “The Brady Bunch,” was born in Mt. Nice, Sanpete County. Lookinland left Hollywood at 17 and returned to his Utah roots. At the moment, he runs a concrete countertop enterprise known as Simply Add Water in Midvale.

“I wished to get out of L.A., get away from brokers and managers and Hollywood and simply be a child within the mountains,” he beforehand advised the Deseret Information. “I went to the College of Utah and met my spouse whereas we had been each attending the U., and put down roots and haven’t even considered going anyplace else. That’s how a lot we prefer it right here.”