Keeping up with the increasingly troubled appetite for reality TV shows isn’t easy, especially when those shows feature celebrity contests. But in an attempt to hunt down the craziest contests possible, Fox has pledged to send a dozen of the most random celebrities imaginable to fake Mars in order to get William Shatner’s approval on the new reality show stars on Mars.
The full list of competitions in the series:
- Lance Armstrong – Legendary cyclist with a tarnished reputation after the doping scandal
- Natasha Leggero – comedian
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Marshawn Lynch — Former NFL player
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse — Actor
- Adam Rippon – Olympic figure skater
- Ronda Rousey – Wrestler and former UFC fighter
- Tom Schwartz – television personality
- Richard Sherman — Former NFL player
- Tinashe – musician
- Porsha Williams Guobadia – TV personality
- Tallulah Willis – the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
- Ariel Williams — actor
Meanwhile, William Shatner will assume the role of mission control. It’s not at all clear what these celebrities have in common other than fame, and that’s exactly how all celebrity reality shows should be cast.
The show will task its contestants with colonizing and conquering a fake Mars in competitions that will slowly eliminate contestants until only one remains. Exactly what these contests might be, and how exactly they might relate to Mars, is unclear as of now. One thing we do know is that the show’s contestants are eliminated by voting, meaning the Fake Mars winner will be decided by social competition just as much as physical competition.
While it’s odd that the aim of the series is supposedly to be deciding which celebrity we’re going to put on Solitude on Mars forever, maybe if the show lasts enough seasons we’ll eventually be able to pick 12 random famous people for one on the real mars send social hunger games.
stars on Mars will debut on Fox starting June 5th.
