The 13 contestants meet at a hotel near Raleigh/Durham International Airport. From there, they immediately travel to Research Triangle Park, where the first challenge takes place: each of them stands in front of a podium and, using a touchscreen, place the family members in order from oldest to youngest in as fast a period of time as possible. Jeff Porter wins with a time of 22.8 seconds. Lindsay Hall is second, and Jake Stubblebine is third. Jeff also gains an advantage for the next day's main challenge.
That night, the cast visits the hotel for the first time. Jeff and Lindsay admit to being friends over their shared medical training, and Ivey McClelland is shown to be low on energy as she takes the medication she needs to treat her lupus.
As the next day begins, the superfans gather at the W.J. Barefoot Auditorium in Benson for the main challenge: make a skit in which they act out the life of a family member, selected at random. The skit can last for no more than one minute, and the contestants must copy the voice, facial expressions, and other mannerisms of that member, while at the same time presenting a fact about him or her that preferably is not well-known to most of the viewers in the audience. Oh, and they must do so while wearing his or her dream Halloween costume. The order of the draw was in the same order as their performance in the touchscreen challenge.
Portrayals
- Anna (Lil' Bit) Granthum = Belinda, Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Ivey = Hambone, bitch (female dog)
- Barbie Blank = Brandy, Scarlett O'Hara in hockey jersey
- Lindsay = Jennifer, Little Bo Peep
- Megan Turnipseed = Brenda, Rebecca Randall (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
- Brittany Ramos = Annie, angel
- *Jeff = B.W., Army private
- Jake = Popeye, David Crockett
- *Josh LoMonico = B.R., traditional farm clothes, bobbing for apples
- Frankie Meadows = Bryson, cowboy
- Brendon Bump = Ralph, Elvis Presley
- Mikel De Vries = Bunky, James Bond
- Dustin Plunkett = Harvey, vampire
After the performances, the judging panel (Brandon McLamb, Matt Rogers and stand-up comedian Barney
Laughinghouse) meet to discuss. They unanimously agree that Ivey did the worst job; not only was she not funny, she claimed that Hambone got her given name - Reba Pearl - from country music divas Reba McEntire and Minnie Pearl. Since both became famous after Hambone was born into her first life, this is not possible. (Worse, Ivey put a hat with a label, similar to what Minnie Pearl wore on stage, on top of her dog costume.) Also given bad marks where Jeff ("he made the most exciting Barefoot family member into one of the most boring") and Barbie ("given that she plays someone else in WWE every night [200 nights a year, she told the judges] I expected a world-class performance and I didn't get it.") On the other hand, the standouts were Megan ("her cheerleader radiance shown and I was transformed into Brenda's world"), Frankie ("he may be 40, but captured the childlike innocence of Bryson well") and Brittany ("turned Annie from overlooked into the star of the show"). Brittany is deemed the 
winner and will receive immunity the next time there is an elimination challenge. Ivey's obvious poor effort results in her elimination, but not before she shows delusional behavior in front of the judges, denying that he lied about the origin of Hambone's given name. In the post-show confessional, she apologizes to Hambone for the contents of her skit, and appears to be tearful in doing it.("Barney" is Austin Barefoot, resident of San Clemente, CA)
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