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Season 3 Claim to Fame contestants Hud Mellencamp and Mackenzie Adkins formed a bit of a love connection as the show was winding down. It appeared to be strategic but evolved into something much more. So, are the finalists still together? Keep reading for more details as to where they currently stand.

Claim To Fame Hud & Mackenzie Still Dating?

In Season 2 of Claim to Fame, two contestants ended up finding love. Jenny McCarthy’s niece, Olivia Aquilina, and Jimmy Carter’s grandson, Hugo Wentzel were an unlikely pairing. Yet, they connected and are still happily together today, making TikToks and showing their silly but very happy side. For Season 3, nothing was brewing when it came to romance until the very end. Hud Mellencamp, son of John and brother to Rhobh alum, Teddi, started a flirtation with Mackenzie Adkins. Her father is country icon and actor, Trace Adkins. For Mackenzie, she claimed...

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John Mellencamp is lending his name — and mug — to a new whiskey release, that gives both fans and spirits aficionados a chance to own something truly personalized.

A collaboration between Hard Truth Distilling Co. and Mellencamp Whiskey Company (founded by the singer’s son, Hud), the new release features a classic straight rye whiskey finished in toasted French Oak barrels. After resting, the liquid is housed in a...

We have a winner! Claim to Fame Season 3’s championship title goes to the one and only Adam Christoferson! All season long, Adam managed to keep his celebrity relative’s identity under wraps, even if as soon as you hear the phrase “Uncle Michael Bolton” it becomes forehead-slappingly obvious. Better yet? He also managed to win the finale challenge — even somehow turning Mackenzie Adkins and Hud Mellencamp against each other — and figured out their celebrity relatives just in time to walk away with the win. Throughout the season, Adam became something of a lightning rod — which makes that bolt on the Clue Wall even more fitting — for others in the house who didn’t quite see eye to eye with him. Even in the finale challenge, when the previously-eliminated contestants returned to help, they mostly worked against him. So did the opposition make his victory even sweeter? TV Insider caught...

[Warning: The following post contains spoilers about the Claim to Fame Season 3 finale.] They might not have won the cash prize, but they did win the hearts of millions — including each other. Claim to Fame Season 3’s runners-up, Mackenzie Adkins and Hud Mellencamp, made it to the very end of the game without falling victim to the guess-offs. They each had a solid chance of winning the whole thing, too, since the returning castmembers were definitely trying to help them beat rival Adam Christoferson in the finale challenge. Alas, instead of partnering up to get Adam out, they turned focus on each other, which allowed Adam to coast to victory and set the fateful order of the final guess-off. There, Adam correctly guessed that Mackenzie was the daughter of country superstar Trace Adkins and that Hud was the son of folk-rock legend John Mellencamp. After the events of the finale, TV Insider caught up with Mackenzie and Hud to find ...