Jeff Dunham vs. Ming-Na Wen and Taye Diggs vs. Caroline Rhea was the fourth episode of Celebrity Family Feud in the 2018 season, airing on July 8, 2018, the original airdate for Sherri Shepherd vs. Ian Ziering and Tommy Chong vs. Derek Fisher-Govan, had there been an NBA Finals Game 7. Originally this episode would air July 1, 2018, but instead it swapped places with Inside the NBA vs. MLB All-Stars and Rashad Jennings vs. Team Eve (July 1).
Jirayu La-ongmanee was the defending champion, and successfully defended his title using his 1.56 million Instagram followers, to defeat Pee Saderd, 6–4, 5–2, retired, after Saderd retired in the final. It was La-ongmanee's fourth final of the year but his third title, and the first rookie to win consecutive Family Feud titles. Saderd was trailing the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing rookie by a set and 5–2 in the second. La-ongmanee avenged his loss to Saderd in June by over 13 and a half seconds as a result. This was the first retirement in a Celebrity Family Feud final match since James Hinchcliffe, also from a Honda team, retired against Pee Saderd in Neil deGrasse Tyson vs. Rick Fox and Boy Band vs. Girl Group.
Due to the Thailand cave rescue that saw diver Saman Gunan die, IndyCar held a minute's silence to the draw of the tournament. It is also used for the final between Jirayu La-ongmanee (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) and Volcarona (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) in Inside the NBA vs. MLB All-Stars and Rashad Jennings vs. Team Eve (July 1), in which the #30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car won the game.
With Beartic's loss to Joey Fatone and Volcarona losing to Cameron Mathison, this was the first time since Bachelors vs. Bachelorettes and Sandra Lee vs. Lea Thompson that no Pokémon species made the quarterfinals. Notably, the three seeded Team Penske drivers left in the draw had to face one of the three captains from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, with both captains in Sato's car going 2–0 and Rahal losing to Power. The four semifinalists were from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing or Andretti Autosport, driving the #28, #30 and #98.
Because the no.30 (Korea Republic) and the no.98 (Russia) qualified, this marks the first time since MLB Legends vs. NBA Legends and NFL All-Stars vs. NFL Legends (September 17) that the top two seeds played a final against each other.
Players
- Jeff Dunham vs. Wen Mingna
Jeff Dunham - comedian and ventriloquist; playing for Baby2Baby
- Makenna Paige Dunham - daughter
- Ashlyn Evelyn Dunham - daughter
- Bree Dunham Hemphill - daughter
- Audrey Elena Dunham - wife
VERSUS
Ming-Na Wen - actress known for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." and "Mulan"; playing for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
- Eric Zee - husband
- Michaela Zee - daughter
- Lang Yee - brother
- Juliet Silva - sister-in-law
- Taye Diggs vs. Caroline Rhea
Taye Diggs - actor; playing for FosterMore
- Marcia Berry - mother
- Christian Diggs - sister
- Gabriel Diggs - brother
- Shalom Israel Diggs - sister
VERSUS
Caroline Rhea - actress known for "Caroline and Friends"; playing for Hopeland
- Cynthia Rhea - sister
- Celia Rhea - sister
- William Woods - nephew
- Robert Woods - nephew
Seeds
The seedings were announced by Mamoswine and Honchkrow at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, during the all-October 29, 1995 showdown between qualifier Taku Hiraoka and 14th seed Jirayu La-ongmanee; La-ongmanee won the match 6-1, 6-1.
Of those 32 countries that are participating (excluding Spain), 23 of them qualified for Inside the NBA vs. MLB All-Stars and Rashad Jennings vs. Team Eve (July 1).
James Hinchcliffe had originally qualified inside the top eight for the first time since Neil deGrasse Tyson vs. Rick Fox and Boy Band vs. Girl Group; but Joey Fatone swapped places with him and thus qualified in the top eight for NBA vs. MLB and Rashad Jennings vs. Team Eve. Ecuador qualified for the seedings for the first time since that same episode. Four South American countries were represented - the most since Garrett Morris vs. Alfonso Ribeiro and Todd Chrisley vs. Sara Evans. Iceland qualified for the first time since the 2018 Sebring Open and had two Scorpio representatives for the first time since The Kardashians vs. The West Family, where Skorupi and Jirayu La-ongmanee ended up representing Scorpio. Moldova qualified for the first time since that same tournament. Romania shockingly failed to qualify, due to Vaporeon not being announced and Simona Halep's first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Prior to Lopez's withdrawal, none of the Baltic states qualified for the first time since Inside the NBA vs. MLB All-Stars and Rashad Jennings vs. Team Eve, but kept the streak alive when Demers became seeded. Portugal managed to qualify for the seedings for the first time since the 2016 Wimbledon Championships men's singles, where João Sousa was seeded 31st. Three rookie of the year contenders - Jirayu La-ongmanee, Henry Zhang and Jordan Fisher qualified, the most rookies qualifying for the seedings by internal selection.
It was later revealed, due to Wen Mingna playing the first game, IndyCar gave the top seeding to rookie Jirayu La-ongmanee, with Apolo Anton Ohno and Pee Saderd the top three seeds. This was the second consecutive time a rookie led since Robert Wickens won the pole for the 2018 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The three eventually got second round byes along with unseeded Takuma Sato who would've had qualified with no.1 seed Jirayu La-ongmanee if standings were used. This was the first time since the Math Open that the top three seedings didn't have an IndyCar driver. It was the first time since the Math Open that Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing got the top seed; and neither Team Penske, Andretti Autosport nor Chip Ganassi Racing qualified on top. This was remarkably the first time in Celebrity Family Feud history that the top three seeds all drive for the same manufacturer; in case the top three drive Hondas. No Chevrolets managed to qualify inside the top three seedings. Only one Chevrolet car (Will Power) managed to qualify in the top 8, while the rest of them are dominated by Hondas, and was a record low for Chevrolet cars in the show's history.
All four voted for the Bee Mask in The Mask Singer, due to Abomasnow's involvement with the mask. The IndyCar guys fell to Tanont Chumroen and the Pokémons in the final.
It was revealed that Mario Lopez will undergo achilles surgery, and is expected to miss the 2018 Iowa Corn 300 as well as the 2018 Honda Indy Toronto, and Sherri Shepherd vs. Ian Ziering and Tommy Chong vs. Derek Fisher and Gloria Govan, where Lopez would have been seeded 20th, unlike the 2014 Australian Open where Bojana Jovanovski was unseeded at first but now seeded.
This was Emmitt Smith's last episode as a seed, as Tanont Chumroen replaced him in Sherri Shepherd vs. Ian Ziering and Tommy Chong vs. Derek Fisher and Gloria Govan, keeping the Netherlands' qualifying streak.
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Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Nine countries would then fail to qualify for Sherri Shepherd vs. Ian Ziering and Tommy Chong vs. Derek Fisher and Gloria Govan: Azerbaijan, China, Ecuador, Estonia, Iceland, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal and Spain.
Draw
Finals
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Jirayu La-ongmanee | 6 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Will Power | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Jirayu La-ongmanee | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 6 | 1 | 3r | |||||||||||||||
9 | James Hinchcliffe | 5 | 77 | 63 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 7 | 64 | 77 | |||||||||||||||
1 | Jirayu La-ongmanee | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Pee Saderd | 4 | 2r | ||||||||||||||||
Cameron Mathison | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Apolo Anton Ohno | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Apolo Anton Ohno | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Pee Saderd | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Joey Fatone | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
2 | Pee Saderd | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Top half
Section 1
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | J La-ongmanee | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Lapras | Wen | Hippowdon | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hippowdon | Dunham | 1 | J La-ongmanee | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Altaria | Dunham | Altaria | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Wickens | Wen | Altaria | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Nicholson | Wen | 21 | Scolipede | Rhea | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Scolipede | Dunham | 1 | J La-ongmanee | 7 | 5 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | J Fisher | Wen | 11 | J Newgarden | 5 | 7 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vaporeon | Dunham | Vaporeon | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Bourdais | Dunham | S Bourdais | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Z Veach | Wen | S Bourdais | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Luigi | Wen | 11 | J Newgarden | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Leavanny | Dunham | Leavanny | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Chilton | Wen | 11 | J Newgarden | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | J Newgarden | Dunham |
Section 2
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | G Rahal | Dunham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mario | Wen | 16 | G Rahal | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
Rowlet | Dunham | Rowlet | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Marshall | Wen | 16 | G Rahal | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R Duchak | Wen | K Kantathavorn | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
K Kantathavorn | Dunham | K Kantathavorn | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Pigot | Dunham | S Pigot | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Decidueye | Wen | 16 | G Rahal | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | Larvesta | Dunham | 6 | W Power | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
L Bass | Wen | 24 | Larvesta | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
MR Alvaro | Dunham | MR Alvaro | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T Janus | Wen | 24 | Larvesta | 7 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
C Daly | Wen | 6 | W Power | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Avalugg | Dunham | Avalugg | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Landorus | Wen | 6 | W Power | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | W Power | Dunham |
Section 3
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | S Dixon | Dunham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
D Guiffreda | Wen | 4 | S Dixon | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Wongsakorn | Wen | Machamp | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Machamp | Dunham | 4 | S Dixon | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Nickson | Dunham | 33 | P Demers | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Popplio | Wen | C Nickson | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
N Naurepol | Wen | 33 | P Demers | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | P Demers | Dunham | 4 | S Dixon | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | J Bald | Dunham | 9 | J Hinchcliffe | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
L Birkhead | Wen | 25 | J Bald | Rhea | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Rippon | Wen | T Chumroen | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T Chumroen | Dunham | T Chumroen | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G Chaves | Dunham | 9 | J Hinchcliffe | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Kankoon | Wen | G Chaves | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K Sugimori | Wen | 9 | J Hinchcliffe | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | J Hinchcliffe | Dunham |
Section 4
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | R Hunter-Reay | Dunham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
J Chestnut | Wen | 13 | R Hunter-Reay | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
P Pongsatorn | Wen | T Kanaan | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T Kanaan | Dunham | 13 | R Hunter-Reay | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
JP Montoya | Dunham | Snorunt | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Skorupi | Wen | JP Montoya | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Snorunt | Dunham | Snorunt | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | H Zhang | Wen | 13 | R Hunter-Reay | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | A Ford | Dunham | T Sato | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H Castroneves | Wen | 20 | A Ford | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
Magearna | Wen | M Manieri | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Manieri | Dunham | 20 | A Ford | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
T Sato | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
T Sato | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
G Marini | Wen | 7 | Metagross | Rhea | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Metagross | Dunham |
Bottom half
Section 5
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Fourth Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Volcarona | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
M Leist | Wen | 5 | Volcarona | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Gupta | Durham | M Gupta | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thundurus | Wen | 5 | Volcarona | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Prošić | Wen | Z Claman DeMelo | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Z Claman DeMelo | Durham | Z Claman DeMelo | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E Carpenter | Durham | E Carpenter | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | E Smith | Wen | 5 | Volcarona | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Heracross | Durham | C Mathison | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hydreigon | Wen | 27 | Heracross | Rhea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Litten | Wen | C Mathison | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Mathison | Durham | C Mathison | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PR | B Monger | Durham | 15 | Pidgeot | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Noivern | Wen | PR | B Monger | Rhea | |||||||||||||||||||||
T Poosilp | Wen | 15 | Pidgeot | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Pidgeot | Durham |
Section 6
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | S Pagenaud | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
PR | P Fittipaldi | Wen | 12 | S Pagenaud | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Ceballos | Wen | E Jones | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E Jones | Durham | 12 | S Pagenaud | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
LL | Salamence | Durham | LL | Salamence | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
J Jaturong | Wen | LL | Salamence | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Rossi | Durham | A Rossi | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | R Jennings | Wen | 12 | S Pagenaud | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | Haxorus | Durham | 3 | AA Ohno | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gallade | Wen | 19 | Haxorus | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
J King | Durham | J King | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R Binder | Wen | 19 | Haxorus | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Aurorus | Durham | 3 | AA Ohno | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
K Kaiser | Wen | Aurorus | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | AA Ohno | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 7
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | J Fatone | Durham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
T Chainarong | Wen | 8 | J Fatone | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
B Phromphong | Wen | E Guiffreda | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E Guiffreda | Durham | 8 | J Fatone | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Beedrill | Durham | Beedrill | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Marion | Wen | Beedrill | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Venusaur | Durham | Venusaur | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | D Lachey | Wen | 8 | J Fatone | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Nidoking | Durham | 10 | Beartic | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
I Issarapong | Wen | 26 | Nidoking | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Bennie | Wen | Dragonite | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragonite | Durham | 26 | Nidoking | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Harvey | Durham | 10 | Beartic | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Wadleigh | Wen | J Harvey | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Fennekin | Wen | 10 | Beartic | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Beartic | Durham |
Section 8
First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | U Kestenholz | Dunham | |||||||||||||||||||||||
C Kimball | Wen | 14 | U Kestenholz | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Marchant | Wen | M Piromporn | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Piromporn | Dunham | 14 | U Kestenholz | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Andretti | Dunham | M Andretti | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wario | Wen | M Andretti | Diggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PR | Y Totsuka | Dunham | PR | Y Totsuka | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Diggersby | Wen | M Andretti | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Chespin | Dunham | 2 | P Saderd | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Sceptile | Wen | 18 | Chespin | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tyranitar | Dunham | Tyranitar | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
B Guy | Wen | 18 | Chespin | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R Michelli | Wen | 2 | P Saderd | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Bocanegra | Dunham | L Bocanegra | Rhea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | P Saderd | Diggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||