claim to fame season 3 contestants Mackenzie Atkins and HUD melan Camp formed a tight Bond on the ABC reality series and now their respective dads Trace Atkins and John melan Camp are getting acquainted while chatting with what's the gossip exclusively ahead of the Wednesday August 28th season finale McKenzie shared that both Trace 62 and John 72 were planning to attend a cast viewing party for the final claim to fame episode both of our dads to this day think that we won the competition said McKenzie so they are both going to get a bit of a shock when they see Adam Christopherson win and they'll be there watching with us tonight McKenzie HUD and their fathers will be joined by claim to fame contestants Jill Kink Gracie Lou Highland Naomi Burns Shane Brando and nail Danny zos for the viewing party McKenzie shared we really excited she said it'll be really fun had chimed in say that has pleasantly surprised by how well the cast gets along in real life one thing I thought throughout the experience is none of us could be friends after this yall are going to see me talk crap about you in the background throughout this entire thing once we watch this show and no one's going to answer my text he joked but we all hang out we all talk all the time and in very grateful for that McKenzie and HUD started to seem like more than friends on the show as they grew closer and began flirting while they played koi about their relationship status during their joint interview the duo hinted that they've been spending time together has here right now so I think that's our answer McKenzie said with a smile the claim to fame finale party marks McKenzie's first time meeting Hud's dad although HUD has already gotten a chance to meet Trace it will also be trace and JK's first official meeting despite crossing paths musically in the past I did a Farm Aid or two but I don't remember ever actually meeting John Trace exclusively told us in a joint interview with McKenzie referencing the annual benefit concert that John cofounded the country star has reality television experience of his own he competed on the Celebrity Apprentice in 2013 and gave McKenzie some advice before her stint on claim to fame I just told her try to fly under the radar for a while and then destroy everybody he quipped but just remember that microphone is on all the time and they're recording everything you say so be careful although Trace was unfamiliar with claim to fame before McKenzie joined the cast he thoroughly enjoyed watching season 3 it's really clever it's entertaining he said it's a puzzle and you get to play along Trace even has favorite players aside from McKenzie and one player has not so fond of I like HUD and Shane I think they've played the game very well I think Adam is just still around by default somehow he said I don't really understand that the Ladies Love Country Boys musician noted that he felt totally confident that McKenzie would do well on the show you have successfully subscribed by signing up I agree to the terms and privacy policy and to receive mails from what's the gossip check our latest news in Google News check our latest news in Apple news McKenzie's very smart and I knew she would handle herself professionally and she did Trace said she's always been very pleasant to be around she always has a smile on her face and it's just contagious she's just a sweet girl and she's been successful in everything that she's done she's never done anything to disappoint me and she's the only one of my kids I can say that about McKenzie and HUD became the claim to fame season 3 runers up after Adam was on the final Challenge and correctly identified both of their celebrity relatives he was then revealed to be Michael Bolton's nephew claimed to fame is now streaming on Hulu