Kelly Clarkson vs. Amy Schumer and Bindi Irwin vs. Chrissy Metz

Kelly Clarkson vs. Amy Schumer and Bindi Irwin vs. Chrissy Metz will be the first episode of Celebrity Family Feud in the 2017 season. It will air on June 11, 2017 on ABC Television Network. The tournament is expected to take place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The episode concludes with the grand final on June 15, 2017, the day before when usual IndyCar race weekends begin (expect for the Indy 500). Instead of three sets, the event opted to have three laps around Le Mans race track and the racer with the two fastest laps wins. If either Pee Saderd, Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon, Mikhail Aleshin or Gilles Marini qualify for the final, the final was held Thursday night. The eventual tournament champion Mikhail Aleshin was left, since Saderd, Pagenaud, Dixon and Marini were first round losers. BATC scheduled the third and fourth rounds to be a best of three sets, and the quarterfinals, semifinals and final in a best of three laps. However, due to Sébastien Bourdais suffering injuries at the Indy 500, the final originally would be held Friday but instead will be held Thursday at Le Mans. After the second round, it will take place at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France and tennis occurs in the third and fourth rounds, and will turn into motorsport racing at Le Mans after the fourth round.

Pee Saderd was the defending champion, having won Garrett Morris vs. Alfonso Ribeiro and Todd Chrisley vs. Sara Evans, but lost to Carlos Muñoz in the first round, Saderd's earliest exit since the 2016 Swiss Open and therefore Saderd's 2017 W-L was from 25-1 to 25-2. Saderd was aiming for a first Celebrity Family Feud title in 2017, but if he doesn't win a tournament before the Mike Piromporn album comes out in July/August 2017, in which Pee Saderd has to play, Saderd is mathematically eliminated (unlike Nong mai tai dao, where Saderd got eliminated after finishing last at the Barber). The successes of Lumplern Wongsakorn and Sorn Sinchai meant that this was for the first time since 2016, Pee Saderd wasn't the Thai language singer making the farthest since Phai Pongsatorn won The Band Perry vs. Giuliana Rancic and Melissa Joan Hart vs. Paul Sorvino.

Mikhail Aleshin won his first Celebrity Family Feud title, defeating Maneesh Gupta in the final.

24 Hours of Le Mans participants

 * A-I
 * 🇵🇱 Mikhail Aleshin2
 * 🇷🇺 Marco Andretti
 * 🇺🇦 Aurorus
 * 🇳🇿 Earl Bamber
 * 🇧🇦 Beartic
 * Mathias Beche
 * 🇸🇰 Beedrill
 * 🇩🇪 Timo Bernhard
 * 🇧🇦 Sébastien Bourdais
 * Sébastien Buemi
 * Hélio Castroneves
 * 🇬🇧 Mike Conway
 * 🇮🇷 Conor Daly
 * 🇬🇧 Anthony Davidson
 * 🇺🇦 Scott Dixon2
 * Dragonite
 * 🇮🇷 Allen Ford
 * 🇳🇿 Brendon Hartley
 * David Heinemeier Hansson
 * 🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe
 * 🇸🇰 Ryan Hunter-Reay


 * J-R
 * Neel Jani
 * 🇨🇿 Ueli Kestenholz
 * 🇨🇿 Charlie Kimball
 * 🇯🇵 Kamui Kobayashi
 * 🇯🇵 Yuji Kunimoto
 * 🇫🇷 Nicholas Lapierre
 * 🇦🇷 José María Lopez
 * 🇪🇸 Mario Lopez
 * 🇩🇪 André Lotterer
 * 🇭🇺 Cameron Marshall
 * 🇨🇦 Cameron Mathison
 * 🇪🇸 Carlos Muñoz
 * 🇯🇵 Kazuki Nakajima
 * Josef Newgarden
 * 🇯🇵 Apolo Anton Ohno
 * 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud
 * 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr.
 * 🇦🇺 Will Power
 * Graham Rahal
 * 🇧🇪 Alexander Rossi


 * S-Z
 * 🇷🇺 Pee Saderd1
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphane Sarrazin
 * 🇯🇵 Takuma Sato
 * Emmitt Smith
 * 🇬🇧 Nicholas Tandy
 * 🇬🇧 Oliver Webb

1Saderd chose to participate in the event because he opted to defend his title from Garrett Morris vs. Alfonso Ribeiro and Todd Chrisley vs. Sara Evans instead of praying for Pumpuang. Saderd opted to not wear a bandana and instead wear sports glasses he usually uses when getting out on court because wearing a bandana for the whole race might affect him in the second episode. After the entry list for Le Mans was announced, originally Saderd will represent Russia for the remainder of his career until พี สะเดิด ชุดที่ 10 comes out in his birth country Thailand. It was revealed after Takuma Sato won the 2017 Indianapolis 500, Saderd will play for Russia until the end of his music career.

2Aleshin plays for Poland in the tournament and represents Russia in the event, and Dixon plays for Ukraine in the tournament and will represent New Zealand in the event.

3Since Charlie Kimball withdrew from the tournament due to his Texas car with mechanical issues, lucky loser Lumplern Wongsakorn will participate instead.

Additionally, Saderd and the two full-time IndyCar drivers (Sébastien Bourdais will miss Le Mans due to injuries from the Indy 500), will miss June 4 testing due to Detroit.

BATC Cup
Because the tournament is in Le Mans, there is a BATC Cup open to top 16 drivers entering Road America, and Scott Dixon, Mikhail Aleshin and Tony Kanaan were replaced by Carlos Muñoz, Mario Lopez, and Charlie Kimball. The BATC Cup will take place Friday, shortly after the final.

Pee Saderd is aiming to bounce back from his shock exit to Carlos Muñoz in the first round with 18 other seeds losing, when he enters the BATC Cup as the defending champion, from the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Seeding plots
Bold determines a round of 16 qualifier.

Players

 * Kelly Clarkson vs. Amy Schumer
 * Kelly Clarkson - Singer/songwriter, author and a Grammy(R)-award winner with album sales exceeding over 25 million worldwide; playing for The Dollywood Foundation
 * Alyssa Watson - Kelly's sister
 * Shane Tarleton - Kelly's friend; vice president and creative director of Warner Music Nashville
 * Ashley Donovan - Kelly's childhood friend and singer on Kelly's albums
 * Tricia Farrow - Kelly's personal assistant

VERSUS
 * Amy Schumer - Award-winning comedian, writer, producer and actress, whose credits include "Trainwreck," the upcoming feature film "Snatched" and her TV series "Inside Amy Schumer"; playing for Everytown for Gun Safety
 * Kim Caramele - Amy's sister; writer and producer known for her work on "Trainwreck," "Inside Amy Schumer" and the "2015 MTV Movie Awards"
 * Kevin Kane - Amy's friend; actor known for his work on "Trainwreck" and "Inside Amy Schumer"
 * Jason Stein - Amy's brother; a bass clarinetist in the band Locksmith Isidore
 * Cayce Dumont - Amy's sister-in-law who helped write Amy's memoir "The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo"


 * Bindi Irwin vs. Chrissy Metz
 * Bindi Irwin - Australian conservationist and "Dancing with the Stars" Season 21 Mirrorball winner; playing for Wildlife Warriors USA Inc.
 * Terri Irwin - Bindi's mother
 * Robert Irwin - Bindi's brother
 * Daniel Marineau - Bindi's cousin
 * Sara Marineau - Bindi's cousin

VERSUS
 * Chrissy Metz - Actress best known for her roles in "This Is Us," "My Name Is Earl" and "American Horror Story: Freak Show"; playing for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
 * Denise Hodge - Chrissy's mother
 * Monica Watson - Chrissy's sister
 * Morgana Witt - Chrissy's sister
 * Abigail Hodge - Chrissy's sister

Seeds
Seedings are by standings after the completion of the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit race 2 entering the 2017 Rainguard Water Sealer 600. Pee Saderd can be unseeded in the episode, since he is the reigning champion, having won Garrett Morris vs. Alfonso Ribeiro and Todd Chrisley vs. Sara Evans and also due to Bourdais' injury.

Due to Sébastien Bourdais' injuries that shortened his season at the Indy 500, the seedings will remain top 16 plus defending champion from the last episode entering a certain race (expect July 2 and July 30) for Thai Festivals where it will be seedings from the Math Open. In this case, Sébastien Bourdais won't be replaced by Bowser and Beartic keeps their seeding; instead Bourdais and Beartic will remain seeded. Also, due to Bourdais' injury, the defending champion will not qualify automatically for seedings and the rule will be restored in the 2018 season.

With Power seeded 15th, this is Will Power's lowest seeding since Kellie Pickler vs. Lance Bass and Ernie Hudson vs. NeNe Leakes. Pee Saderd will be seeded 28th, his lowest since the 2016 Swiss Open. Castroneves originally withdrew from the tournament but decided to participate in the tournament, and Kimball withdrew. Only six seeds (Aurorus, Dragonite, Larvesta, Ed Jones, Mikhail Aleshin and JR Hildebrand) advanced to the third round, a record low.

🇺🇦 Scott Dixon (First round) 🇺🇦 Aurorus (Semifinals) Hélio Castroneves (First round) Nidoking (Second round) 🇯🇵 Takuma Sato (First round) 🇯🇵 Apolo Anton Ohno (First round) 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud (First round) 🇫🇷 Gilles Marini (First round) Josef Newgarden (First round) Dragonite (Third round) Graham Rahal (First round) Venusaur (First round) 🇧🇪 Alexander Rossi (Second round) 🇧🇪 Metagross (First round) 🇦🇺 Will Power (First round) 🇦🇺 Wario (Second round)

🇧🇷 Tony Kanaan (Second round) 🇧🇷 Larvesta (Third round) 🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe (First round) 🇨🇦 Cameron Mathison (First round) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ed Jones (Third round) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jonathan Bald (Second round) Max Chilton (First round) Chespin (First round) 🇸🇰 Ryan Hunter-Reay (First round) 🇸🇰 Beedrill (First round) 🇷🇺 Marco Andretti (Second round) 🇷🇺 Pee Saderd (First round) 🇵🇱 Mikhail Aleshin (Champion) 🇵🇱 Joey Fatone (First round) 🇹🇷 JR Hildebrand (Fourth round) 🇹🇷 Pidgeot (Second round)