‘Declare to Fame’ Stars Jill and Gracie Lou Talk about Double Elimination (Unique)

Warning: This submit accommodates spoilers for Declare to Fame season 3 episode 2.

Declare to Fame is preserving the surprises coming with season 3. 

In episode 2, which aired on Wednesday, July 17, the truth TV present cohosted by Kevin and Franklin Jonas gave contestants a shock as they went into the guess off, revealing on the final minute that it could be a double elimination. 

After all, that wasn’t essentially the most surprising second as each guessers ended up guessing mistaken — on account of some sleuthing from different contestants in the home — and have been in the end despatched residence themselves. 

Talking solely with PEOPLE, eradicated contestants Jill and Gracie Lou (whose actual identify is Gracie Hyland) focus on how that second unfolded behind the scenes. 

“It was sickening listening to that,” Gracie says of the double-elimination twist. “My coronary heart dropped to my abdomen once I heard [Kevin and Franklin] say that, and I believed, ‘It is nonetheless early, we have no clue actually who anybody is.’ I felt very nervous.” 

Jill echoes these sentiments saying she was keen to remain within the competitors. In consequence, she picked Miguel to guess, totally believing his superstar relative was Antonio Banderas, which was a operating principle in the home. Nevertheless, as flashback footage exhibits, Miguel was working with Dedrick behind the scenes to throw everybody off. 

“I used to be simply shocked that I used to be mistaken. I had no clue something was occurring,” she explains, noting that she was “99% certain” she was proper based mostly on what everybody in the home was telling her. “It gave me confidence going into it. After which as soon as I guessed mistaken, I used to be similar to, ‘Did I belief an excessive amount of? Most likely.’” 

In consequence, her personal superstar relative was revealed to be her uncle John Stamos. Whereas the reveal got here as a shock to the forged, Jill says she observed a number of refined giveaways about her relative round the home, together with basketball clues for his Disney+ present Massive Shot, Greek yogurt for his Oikos commercials, and naturally, a San Francisco trolley for Full Home.

Although she was unhappy to go residence, she provides it was uplifting to listen to Stamos’ candy video message for her. “It was truthfully unimaginable,” she says. “Being away from household, being away from my telephone whereas I used to be there, I constructed a household with all of the forged that was there, however simply seeing that little little bit of residence whereas I used to be away was such a heartwarming expertise. I am so blissful that I received to have that.” 

For Gracie, her elimination got here after she was double-crossed by Naomi, who purposely lied to her about Adam’s superstar relative being Dustin Hoffman. In the long run, Gracie was despatched residence and her superstar relative was revealed to be her uncle Jon Cryer. 

Within the second, Gracie says she didn’t notice she’d been betrayed by Naomi. “I actually totally, really thought I may belief what she mentioned,” she explains. “After the very fact, I began to course of every part after which realized, ‘Oh, okay, that is what was occurring.’” 

To make issues much more attention-grabbing, Naomi, whose clue hinted at her relative being a Brat Pack princess, later revealed in a confessional that her and Gracie’s superstar kinfolk have much more in frequent than she realized, teasing they could have starred in a notable ‘80s movie collectively.

Whereas Gracie doesn’t give an excessive amount of away about how which may play out later this season, she does admit, she “had an inkling” about Naomi’s relative whereas on the present. 

From the start, Gracie was enjoying the lengthy sport as she created a faux persona to make folks assume her superstar relative was in nation music. If she had gone additional within the competitors, she tells PEOPLE she would have tried to make folks assume she’s associated to Billy Ray Cyrus, given her uncle’s connection to the “Achy Breaky Coronary heart” singer.

“My uncle has been on Hannah Montana, so I would not must lie about being on set on Hannah Montana,” she says. “I wished to separate myself and going into the home, I used to be like, ‘I can completely be a rustic lady.’” 

Although she was despatched residence, Gracie shares a candy onscreen second together with her uncle on the finish of the episode as he picks her up from the home. “It felt like such an honor,” Gracie says of the second with Cryer. “He is such a beautiful particular person and he is very concerned in my life and all the time has been. Rising up, watching him simply be fantastic and wonderful after which attending to share a second on display screen with him and work with him simply actually is one thing that I’ll cherish eternally as a result of not lots of people get to do this with their kinfolk.”

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Declare to Fame airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on ABC.