The finale of 'Surreal Life Fame Games' will go down as one of the top five most outrageous TV moments and depending on how you classify the series, the last episode of the inaugural season should definitely garner the top spot the next time Bob Eubanks and Chuck Woolery put together another 'Most Outrageous Game Show Moments.'

What's the hot fuss? Rob 'Vanilla Ice' Van Winkle trashed the set. For those of you familiar with his previous set-trashing antics, I'm sure you're thinking 'been there, done that.' After all, he did smack the set around a little bit even the week before. However, this is train wreck television and as such, the set trashing on the season finale was epic. So epic in fact, the name of the episode is not 'Finale' or something synonymic. VH1 titled the episode 'Ice Ice Storm.'

The outburst was 100% real as viewers saw host Robin Leach duck when Rob threw his drum kit cymbals over his head.

"Thank goodness I ducked because the cymbals could have decapitated me like Oddjob's bowler hat in the Bond movie. Vanilla Ice really broke the set to pieces," said Robin. "Nobody's ever quite seen TV like that where crew and a producer had to restrain him. Now, that's reality."

Viewers saw Rob's hand bleeding while producers and crew tried to subdue him from hurting anyone else, but they were unsuccessful. Mark, a producer, had two of his fingers broken in the tirade that also saw the Vegas sign and the aforementioned drum kit take the majority of the blunt-force drama.

What caused the 'Ice, Ice Storm?'

With only two episodes remaining and five celebrities left in the Las Vegas mansion, 'Surreal Life: Fame Games' is heating up for next week's season finale.

In this episode, 'non-accusations of subconscience cheating' were flying about in a shouting match with Sandy 'Pepa' Denton in one corner and Rob 'Vanilla Ice' Van Winkle in the other and neither one of them were getting kicked off the show.

It was American Badass, Verne Troyer that lost this edition of 'Back to Reality' and got booted out of 'Fame Games.' With Verne out, Pep, Rob, Traci Bingham and Ron Jeremy are the remaining Surreal stars heading into the finale where the winner will take the $100,000 grand prize.

Verne will be missed and he almost made it to the finale which isn't too shabby for the guy that was supposed to just be Robin's sidekick. You may remember he filled in when Jordan Knight unexpectedly and suspiciously left the show in the first episode.

The challenge for this episode involved each celeb's No. 1 fan being tethered to them for as log as possible with the first three duos who 'lost touch' with each other in jeopardy of getting kicked off of the show. To ensure the fan and star stayed in contact, a touch-sensitive buzzer was placed between the couple. If the buzzer alarm went off, it means that there had been a gap in physical contact. and the first three buzzers would be bad news.

I guess Gandhi was a genius or something when he said, "A stone thrown up, must come down." What some are calling a karmic retaliation, Andrea Lowell's 'Fame Game' stone has come down and she is off of 'Surreal Life: Fame Games.'

And we're sad, more sad than you will ever know, to see her go. The nickname 'Natural' which refers to her god-given assets could also be applied to the way she competed during 'Fame Games.' She was a natural.

As you recall, last week, Andrea was almost a lock to be kicked out of the Vegas mansion the Fame Gamers have been calling home during the competition. She was able to cry her way out of elimination pulling at the heart strings of Kennedy. Chyna Doll ended up getting dropped to the mat and sent packing off the show and 'back to reality.' The remaining celebrities kept wondering why they allowed Andrea to stay, even foreshadowing the karmic implications. Sandra 'Pepa' Denton even confessed that she is an amateur psychic and has a premonition.

A few tears and Sherman Hemsley caused former wrestler Chyna Doll to be kicked out of the 'Surreal Life: Fame Games' house Sunday night, leaving only seven cast members to battle for the $100,000 grand prize.

This week's game was the "Famous Friends Challenge." For the challenge, the Surreal Lifers were told they had to call anyone and everyone they knew who was famous.

Immediately, Andrea Lowell was upset, saying she did not know many famous people and Verne Troyer said he didn't want to bother his celebrity friends. Then the calls started. Rob "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle was the first with a "celebrity," as he contacted Blues Traveler singer John Popper. Then the calls started rolling in. Vince Neil, Tyson Beckford, Chuck Lidell, Russell Simmons were just a few.

You can't ignore the fact that, however good-hearted, however generous and however personable, Ron Jeremy really is still the most recognizable and prolific actor in the porn industry. Not only has he performed his trademark moves in over 1,700 adult films, but he's also directed and consulted to dozens of others. It's also why he's known as "the hardest working man in showbiz." Now he shares his scandalous memoirs in a new book, 'Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz' and he turned up at the Reading Room bookstore in Mandalay Bay to autograph copies for a long line of fans. It's a shocking and simultaneously delightful tale to amuse and stun. He blows the sex whistle on some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities, his adventures at Hef's Playboy mansion and the sex games inside Howard Stern's radio studio. Ron is one of the controversial houseguests on our new VH1 'Surreal Life: Fame Games' series that I host and the guessing game about his future there has already begun. By the way, due to Sunday's Oscar telecast we're going to hold this weekend's 'Fame Games' episode for another seven days so the next broadcast will be primetime Sunday, March 4.

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'Webster' and its star Emmanuel Lewis may have been popular in the '80s, but Manny's quest to be a big star in 2007 was thwarted when he was kicked out of the 'Fame Games' mansion Sunday night.

Episode six of 'Fame Games' started with the A-listers enjoying a lunch with host Robin Leach at Spago, while the B-listers drank beer at Hofbrauhaus. Both actually looked like a lot of fun, so it didn't seem like such a bad thing to be on the B-list this time around.

Then it was to Ice nightclub, where the cast competed in the "Hooker Challenge." The idea was that few things can damage your A-List reputation more than getting caught with a hooker. Fifty girls entered the club and Leach told the cast that 19 of the 50 were prostitutes from Sheri's Ranch. Then the teams were told they had 30 minutes to choose 15 girls to bring to their VIP section of the club, and the team with the least amount of hookers would win.

The A-list did well, and only picked two hookers out of the 15, but the B-list chose four ladies of the night, meaning they had to choose three members for 'Back to Reality.' It was decided that Lewis, Verne Troyer and Chyna Doll would play the game which, this week, was "The Real Bling." The contestants had to choose three pieces from a large selection of jewelry, and hope they were choosing the real pieces and not the "absolute crap," as Leach put it.

Chyna was the only one of the three to choose any real bling, getting two out of three. So, this led to a tie breaker between Verne and Manny. All they had to do was choose one of the rings on the fingers of Leach's co-host Inga. The one who chose the most expensive won the game. Unfortunately for Manny, he lost, and was sent packing.

Unlike C.C. DeVille's departure last week, no one was bummed about Manny being booted from the mansion. While I'm sure they would have chosen Ron Jeremy, given the chance, Manny's departure seemed to be no big loss.

He may be a great guitarist, but C.C. DeVille is not a very good Go-Fish player, and because of that, he was sent packing Sunday night from the 'Surreal Life: Fame Games' mansion.

The episode began with the A-List team visiting Canyon Ranch Spa in The Venetian. However, it wasn't as relaxing as they had hoped for, since they had to put up with Ron Jeremy's non-stop sex jokes. Andrea Lowell was the most upset about the experience, but everyone was annoyed, and rightfully so. Would you really want to have your spa visit marred by horrible one-liners? Even if the jokes were funny, it would have been hard to put up with, but they were corny, which only made it worse.

Meanwhile, back at the mansion, the B-Listers were given tonal massages. Yes, instead of getting a rub down, they were treated to "soothing" sounds. They must have not been that soothing, because later that night, Traci Bingham and Chyna Doll decide to do "rubber chicken shots,' which is exactly what it sounds like; liquor from a rubber chicken. The cast was also visited by former Surreal Lifers Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight for nude sushi.

Then it was to the V Theatre in the Aladdin where they met up with producer David Saxe. The challenge? To create a seven minute variety act in only four hours, which would be performed in front of an audience there for Nathan Burton's Comedy Magic Show.

The A-List act was horrible. First up was Ron, who was nearly booed offstage because of his corny sex jokes. I don't think the audience was offended by the subject matter, but because he was just not funny. Then, C.C. came out with a line of dancing dummies. It's hard to describe, but it was harder to watch. Vanilla Ice won the crowd over, but by that time it was too late.

The B-List killed, with the help of a sexy dance by Traci Bingham and a sex joke from Verne Troyer that was actually funny and they won the competition.

So, the A-List had to come up with three contestants for 'Back to Reality.' It ended up being C.C., Ron, and Pepa. It was clear that no one, even those on the B-List team wanted to see anyone but Ron go home, but it was not to be. The game this week was Celebrity Go-Fish, and after starting strong, C.C. eventually fell behind Pepa, and then Ron, thus being eliminated.

It was strange, however, that C.C. lost the Go-Fish game. Even Bingham pointed out how Pepa kept asking him for Jacks. Over and over, she would ask, and he never had them. But, the last time she asked, he did. Why would he not ask her for Jacks, since he had to remember she had them? How could you not?

It was sad to see my favorite cast member be sent home, but there is still plenty of fun yet to be had. Stay tuned ...

The 'Surreal Life: Fame Games' lost its first contestant Sunday night, but it wasn't the cast member who was supposed to be sent home; it was one who voluntarily left the house.

The fourth episode started off with the A-List getting a visit from world famous chef Todd English, from Olives at the Bellagio. English helped the A-Listers prepare a meal, while the B-List team got a visit from a hot dog vendor. Then, after dinner, each member of the A-List team was given $100 in one dollar bills and, along with the B-List team, headed to Robin Leach's private VIP room in the back of the house. Once there, they figured out that the dollar bills were for, what else, strippers. Several hotties from Scores Las Vegas danced for the cast.

Afterwards, one of the strippers ended up in the bed of Vanilla Ice, but she was only laying there while talking to Ron Jeremy. Vanilla came in, saw the stripper in his bed, and went on a rampage, saying it looked "like a whore house!" It was more than a bit dramatic, and got even better when Traci Bingham told Ice he was being disrespectful. This further set him off, which was great. Ice was upset because he is married, but what kind of wife would get mad about a stripper being in his bed when he wasn't even in the room?!?

Anyway, Ice finally calmed down, but then it was time for him to bring the rage again, when the teams competed to see who could better trash a hotel room. The competition was judged by former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler, and, while the A-List won, it was helped by Chyna Doll. After her teammates did their best to trash the room, Chyna walks in, stands there and looks around, takes off her gloves and does nothing. The rest of the B-Listers were upset with Chyna, but Brigitte Nielsen comes up with some lame "she was being creative" excuse.

The B-List then had to pick three of its members to play 'Back to Reality.' To no one's surprise, Chyna was chosen, as well as Brigitte and Verne Troyer.

For 'Back to Reality' the contestants had to play six degrees of separation, but instead of Kevin Bacon, they had to connect themselves to a star. Chyna went first, and managed to get five points. Next was Verne, who only got three points. This left Brigitte, who only needed to get four points to stay. At first, it seemed like she was going to throw the challenge, like she did earlier in the season. However, when the question was "Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas were together in what movie" Brigitte answered correctly and was safe from elimination.

However, throughout the episode, Brigitte had been complaining about not wanting to be in the house any longer. Verne knew this and was visibly upset about having to go home. Brigitte then offered to go home instead, and the producers said that was fine with them. So, after saying her goodbyes, Brigitte left the mansion for good, and the next time we see her will likely be when she is murdered in Greece.

Stay tuned for more on this weeks episode, as I talk to host Robin Leach for the inside dirt on Brigitte leaving, and what exactly was going on with Chyna when she wouldn't trash the hotel room ...

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The teams were not only set for the Super Bowl Sunday night, they were also set for 'Surreal Life Fame Games,' as Emmanuel Lewis became the last celeb to be banished to the dreaded B-List.

After a night at the Palms Casino Resort, in which the A-Listers played blackjack with house money and the B-listers had to dig into their own pockets to play, the celebs participated in a green screen challenge, in which they each had to act out a movie scene. The results were all pretty bad, but Vanilla Ice ended up winning, while Lewis, Ron Jeremy and C.C. Deville were voted the worst of the worst and had to play "Back to Reality."

This week's game was "Who's Bastard is This?" The contestants were shown a baby picture, created by morphing a photo of a 'Fame Games' member and an A-List celebrity, and the first to identify the two parents scored a point. The game was Manny's to lose when he did just that by failing to identify Alec Baldwin in a photo of Baldwin and Chyna. Deville was able to answer correctly, which sent Manny packing.

Next week the A-List and B-List teams will do battle and a member from the losing team will be kicked out of the 'Fame Games' house forever.

However, it was the budding relationship between Ron Jeremy and Brigitte Nielsen that provided the "Surreal" moment of the episode. After the night at the Palms, the camera caught the odd couple kissing in the bathroom. In an interview, Nielsen poses the question, "What's behind this big d#$@?"

There was no jealous rage from Chyna, but one has to wonder what will happen if Jeremy and Nielsen really hook up. While he wouldn't say if Jeremy and Nielsen do end up getting their groove on, show host Robin Leach
did speak of the porn stars desire for love. "Ron would love to have an ordinary, regular love affair, give up porn
and have a regular showbiz career as an actor or a comic," Leach said. "That's his goal and he believes he'll find it while trapped in the house."

During the NATPE this week in Las Vegas, U.K.-based 111 Pictures showcased a new reality show featuring 'Surreal Life: Fame Games' favorite Brigitte Nielsen.

The show, curiously titled 'Voyage: Killing Brigitte Nielsen' is scheduled to air on Sky Travel channel next month and no, it does not involve a knife-wielding Flavor Flav.

According to imdb.com, it's "Extreme hidden camera comedy at its finest." In the six, hour-long episodes a group of six men and women think they are in Greece to make a documentary about sailing. However, while on the islands, the "documentary makers" happen upon Nielsen, who is on vacation. A few mishaps later, Nielsen falls in love with one of the volunteers and is "murdered" by drug traffickers. The volunteers end up in a Greek jail and, you guessed it, hilarity ensues. I'm sure you can't wait.

I was never a huge Poison fan during their '80s heyday. I was too busy banging my head to Slayer and thinking it was somehow cool to say "Hail Satan" to people. I wasn't about to listen to no damn pretty boys with big hair. I mean, they were having fun and, damnit, having fun wasn't cool in those pimply-faced, Anarchy-chic days.

As the years have passed and my trips to Sally Beauty Supply for black hair dye have ended, I've realized that Poison was a great rock 'n' roll band. Sure, those "pretty boys" weren't doing anything new, but they weren't looking for 'Nothin' But A Good Time,' and I think we can all agree, there's nothing wrong with that.

Now, however, Poison guitarist C.C. Deville is looking for a new band. Currently featured on 'Surreal Life Fame Games,' hosted by our own Robin Leach, Deville has put out a press release letting the music world know he's "available." The release says that C.C. would like to "get an opportunity to be featured as a solo or guest spot on upcoming songs or show dates with a present artist."

I guess this means that C.C. doesn't win 'Fame Games,' although he should. He's the only truly likable person on the show and nothing about his personality seems like an act. But, it's sad to me that he has to put out a press release to be considered for a band. He's C.C. Deville! Like Poison or not, C.C. has great rock guitar chops, and bands should be begging him to play on their records. Oh well, at least he's not offering his services as an accountant.

As if watching 'Surreal Life Fame Games' wasn't fun enough, now people are betting on the outcome of the VH1 "Celebreality" series, and cast member Andrea Lowell is an odds-on favorite to win it all.

According to the odds, Lowell is a 3 to 1 favorite. Of course, it should probably be noted that Lowell happens to be a representative for the company setting the lines. Either way, here are the odds for the entire cast:

Andrea Lowell: 3 to 1

Vanilla Ice: 7 to 2

Ron Jeremy: 4 to 1

Verne Troyer (Mini Me): 5 to 1

Traci Bingham: 8 to 1

Chyna: 12 to 1

Brigitte Nielsen: 12 to 1

Emmanuel Lewis: 16 to 1

C.C. Deville: 16 to 1

Sandra 'Pepa' Denton: 12 to 1


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It was apparent to anyone who saw Verne Troyer in the first episode of 'Surreal Life' season four, that the actor has some demons. In that now-famous episode, "Mini Me," gets drunk, then urinates on the floor. It made for great, if not tragic TV, but when the laughter stopped, the viewer was left thinking, "what's wrong with him?"

What was/is wrong with Troyer, who is currently staring in 'Surreal Life Fame Games,' is alcohol abuse. That abuse peaked in 2002, when he nearly died of alcohol poisoning after breaking up with his wife of two months, Genevieve Gallen. However, Troyer recently checked himself into rehab once again for alcohol abuse. According to reports, the 2'8" actor is now out of rehab, but continuing with outpatient therapy.

There is already discussion about Jordan Knight's departure from Surreal Life Fame Games, namely, if the reason he gave for leaving was legitimate.

In the show's premiere last night on VH1, former New Kids on the Block singer Knight announced to the Fame Games cast that there was a death in the family and he had to leave the show. But the strange part of it all was the phone call between Knight and his wife Evie.

As realityblurred.com points out, the first part of the conversation, in which she says: "I'm so sorry, Jordan. I've got some terrible news. Grandma died," the audio was obviously recorded afterward, and didn't even sound like the same person who, moments later, said, "I love you too." Maybe it's nitpicking, but in March, when the show was filming, a source told New York Daily News' reporter Ben Widdicombe that Jordan left because he started to "lose it" and "wanted off the show."

So, I went to my own source, and Fame Games host Robin Leach for the scoop on what really went down.

"It all happened within just a few hours of Jordan arriving at the house, so it wasn't because 'he started to lose it,' and 'wanted off the show,'" says Robin. "Jordan was far too emotionally shaken up with the news of her death to continue. And it was impossible for the continuous filming to be halted for him to return and resume two weeks later."

As for the odd-sounding phone conversation, Robin says, "The audio of the call was enhanced in post production. Don't be suspicious. It was that simple."