{"id":2506993,"date":"2026-07-18T04:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506993"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:51:30","slug":"nations-dumbest-who-was-sent-home-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nations-dumbest-who-was-sent-home-first\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nation\u2019s Dumbest\u2019: Who Was Sent Home First?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A group of 12 celebrities headed back to school in the new Fox series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nation's Dumbest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/nations-dumbest\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nation&#8217;s Dumbest<\/a>, which premiered on July 15. Unlike other competition shows, the goal here is\u00a0not to make it to the end, because the last person left standing will officially be named the &#8220;Nation&#8217;s Dumbest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The premiere began with a logic test. The contestants had to hold onto two ends of a rope that were too far apart to reach without some help. A number of props were provided for the players to utilize, and they had three minutes to figure out how to grab onto both ends of the sash at the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jon Heder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jon-heder\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Heder<\/a>, of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Napoleon Dynamite;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/napoleon-dynamite\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Napoleon Dynamite<\/a> fame, completed the challenge the fastest. The other stars who were able to finish the logic test were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:JoJo Siwa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/jojo-siwa\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JoJo Siwa<\/a>, Matt Leinart, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elle King;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/elle-king\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Elle King<\/a>. Eight celebrities did not complete the task: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anthony Michael Hall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/anthony-michael-hall\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Michael Hall<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ice-T;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/ice-t\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ice-T<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hilaria Baldwin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/hilaria-baldwin\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hilaria Baldwin<\/a>, Chase Hudson, Anthony Yang, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steve-O;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/steve-o\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Steve-O<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carmen Electra;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/carmen-electra\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Carmen Electra<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drew Pinsky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/drew-pinsky\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Pinsky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Every player started with two gold stars. The four who won the logic test each gained a star to bring their total to three, while the other eight lost a star and were left with just one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jack Whitehall and Elle King\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/b7b53f09f627317d856d0996028853c66fa28c3d791dd7e3a3d2dd644be9a93e\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w616_h570;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Ftv_insider_639%2Fa189a8d369bac209a9e59e382f3803e1\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Jack Whitehall and Elle King<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shane Mahood\/ FOX<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Next, the contestants had to hit the classroom. They had to individually answer elementary school-level questions, earning a star if they got a question right and losing one if they got it wrong. At the end of the round, only King and Leinart had three stars. Electra, Pinsky, Baldwin, Ice-T, Heder, Siwa, and Steve-O finished with two stars, while Hall, Yang, and Hudson ended the round with one star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The players then tested their zoological smarts by answering questions about animals. Siwa, Yang, Baldwin, and King won that round and gained stars. This put King, Baldwin, and Siwa at three stars, Yang and Leinart at two stars, and the rest of the cast with one star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another challenge was next, and this time, the players were split into teams captained by King and Baldwin. The teams stacked up as follows: Team Baldwin (Hudson, Steve-O, Leinart, Pinsky, and Yang) and Team King (Electra, Ice-T, Siwa, Hall, and Heder.) Baldwin&#8217;s team won the competition.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/nation-dumbest-fox-competition-show-155039711.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"'Nation's Dumbest': All About Fox's New Competition Show\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"234\" height=\"155\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/56667b81a9273c83bf27548249311215082fa037e20f2acdd374b030e737c14f\/lightyear_networkapi\/resizefill_w234_h155;quality_80;format_webp\/https:%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Ftv_insider_639%2F57259310ed59bf6974a452eb31a197e8\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Nation&#8217;s Dumbest&#8217;: All About Fox&#8217;s New Competition Show<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0Related\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:'Nation's Dumbest': All About Fox's New Competition Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/nation-dumbest-fox-competition-show-155039711.html\">&#8216;Nation&#8217;s Dumbest&#8217;: All About Fox&#8217;s New Competition Show<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Heading into the final exam, the three-star holders were Yang, King, Baldwin, Siwa, and Leinart, while Hudson, Pinsky, and Steve-O had two each. Hall, Electra, Ice-T, and Heder finished with one star. This all came into play during the final exam, as the stars represented the number of lives each player had as they answered more trivia questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The competition came down to Yang, a former presidential candidate, and King, a singer. It was King who won, which meant Yang who was sent back to the classroom with the others, and King who went home. And on this show, home is exactly where you want to be! King officially will not be crowned &#8220;Nation&#8217;s Dumbest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Nation&#8217;s Dumbest,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Wednesdays, 9\/8c, Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 12 celebrities headed back to school in the new Fox series Nation&#8217;s Dumbest, which premiered on July 15. Unlike other competition shows, the goal here is\u00a0not to make it to the end, because the last person left standing will officially be named the &#8220;Nation&#8217;s Dumbest.&#8221; The premiere began with a logic test. 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