Jeopardy!‘s Invitational Tournament quarterfinals continued with an all-new April 1 match between Sam Buttrey, Colby Burnett, and Lilly Chin. The returning players all have a strong reputation, whether it is Lilly’s title as 2017’s College Championship winner, Colby’s turn as 2023’s Teachers Tournament Winner, or Sam’s 2021 win in the Professor’s Tournament, these contenders all have some serious game, but only one could advance to the semifinals. Jeopardy, Inc That honor belonged to fan-favorite Sam who smoked the competition, coming out of Final Jeopardy! with an impressive score of $29,601 against Lilly’s $3,000 and Colby’s $5,199. Despite coming out on top, Sam’s biggest competition for the match was Colby who was pretty close in Double Jeopardy! until Sam found the third Daily Double, doubling his score to $21,200 giving him an advantage as he finished out the round with $24,400 against Colby’s $14,800. Ultimately, it all boiled down to Final Jeopardy with the category,...
- 4/2/2024
- TV Insider
Fan favorite Sam Buttrey is returning for the now-airing Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament and is already making viewers laugh before he’s even stepped foot on the Alex Trebek Stage. Buttrey first won hearts in 2021 when he triumphed in the Professors Tournament. Fans gravitated to his immense trivia knowledge, good-natured humor, calls of “bring it,” and uncanny resemblance to Steve Martin. He would go on to finish as second runner-up in the 2022 Tournament of Champions and sixth-place in 2023’s Jeopardy! Masters. The associate professor of operations research from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, is set to return to the long-running game show on Monday, April 1, where he’ll face off against 2017 College Championship winner Lilly Chin and 2013 Tournament of Champions winner Colby Burnett. After the official Jeopardy! website revealed the Jit match-ups earlier this week, fans noticed something funny about Buttrey’s listed occupation. Alongside his profile photo and name,...
- 3/22/2024
- TV Insider
After weeks of twists and turns, Jeopardy! has finally crowned the winner of the 2024 Tournament of Champions.
Yogesh Raut towered above the competition throughout the finals, and his third victory allowed him to take the overall win.
Tuesday’s shocking episode featured the power going back and forth between him and Troy Meyer.
Ben Chan, who turned in another strong showing throughout the Tournament of Champions, struggled to keep up the pace.
Ultimately, Raut’s win came after he pulled ahead of Meyer when his opponent got the answer wrong at the start of Final Jeopardy!
Raut’s win secured him a healthy $250,000 prize and an entry in the upcoming Jeopardy! Masters tournament.
Changes are on the horizon for Jeopardy!
Yes, the show is all about tournaments these days and recycling competitors, but that will change very soon.
Raut, Chan, and Meyer recently felt the ire of Taylor Swift fans...
Yogesh Raut towered above the competition throughout the finals, and his third victory allowed him to take the overall win.
Tuesday’s shocking episode featured the power going back and forth between him and Troy Meyer.
Ben Chan, who turned in another strong showing throughout the Tournament of Champions, struggled to keep up the pace.
Ultimately, Raut’s win came after he pulled ahead of Meyer when his opponent got the answer wrong at the start of Final Jeopardy!
Raut’s win secured him a healthy $250,000 prize and an entry in the upcoming Jeopardy! Masters tournament.
Changes are on the horizon for Jeopardy!
Yes, the show is all about tournaments these days and recycling competitors, but that will change very soon.
Raut, Chan, and Meyer recently felt the ire of Taylor Swift fans...
- 3/20/2024
- by Paul Dailly
- Monsters and Critics
Is there such a thing as too much Jeopardy? We don’t think so.
As the current Tournament of Champions approaches the finish line, we already have confirmation on what’s on tap for the rest of the month.
As expected, more alums will return to the show before we meet new faces in April.
The producers’ aim is for the new players to have original questions that haven’t previously been used on the show.
Next up, we’re getting fan favorites back on the show for the first-ever invitational tournament.
Austin Rogers, who gained many fans during his initial stint on Jeopardy, will return alongside Andrew He, Amy Schneider, and Sam Buttrey.
The Jeopardy! invitational tournament has some big names
The cast also includes Brandon Blackwell, Colby Burnett, Lily Chin, Arthur Chu, Leonard Cooper, Celeste Dinucci, Chuck Forrest, Dhruv Gaur, Victoria Groce, and Ben Ingram.
Matt Jackson, Alex Jacob,...
As the current Tournament of Champions approaches the finish line, we already have confirmation on what’s on tap for the rest of the month.
As expected, more alums will return to the show before we meet new faces in April.
The producers’ aim is for the new players to have original questions that haven’t previously been used on the show.
Next up, we’re getting fan favorites back on the show for the first-ever invitational tournament.
Austin Rogers, who gained many fans during his initial stint on Jeopardy, will return alongside Andrew He, Amy Schneider, and Sam Buttrey.
The Jeopardy! invitational tournament has some big names
The cast also includes Brandon Blackwell, Colby Burnett, Lily Chin, Arthur Chu, Leonard Cooper, Celeste Dinucci, Chuck Forrest, Dhruv Gaur, Victoria Groce, and Ben Ingram.
Matt Jackson, Alex Jacob,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Paul Dailly
- Monsters and Critics
Jeopardy! fans rejoice. Some of the competition’s greatest champions are returning for the upcoming, first-ever Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament, including the 2021 Professors Tournament winner Sam Buttrey, the 2021 Tournament of Champions winner Sam Kavanaugh, and 2022 Tournament of Champions winner Amy Schneider. However, one notable key player that is missing from the list below is the show’s highest-earning contestant Brad Rutter, despite fan’s hoping for an appearance from the 2001 Tournament of Champions winner. This debut season of the tournament will be the first to feature invite-only champions and fan favorites from the past, as they return to the stage to compete for $100,000 grand prize as well as an invitation to compete in the upcoming 2024 Jeopardy Masters tournament. The full list of this year’s Jit competitors can be seen below. Brandon Blackwell, a 2008 Teen Tournament semifinalist and current competitor on ABC’s “The Chase” originally from Jamaica, N.Y. Colby Burnett,...
- 3/13/2024
- TV Insider
Sam Kavanaugh, a substitute teacher from Carlton, Minnesota, emerged triumphant at the 2021 Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions on Friday night.
The annual Jeopardy! event saw Kavanaugh best fellow contestants Jennifer Quail and Veronica Vichit-Vadakan and win a $250,000 grand prize. Quail came in second with $100,000 in winning snad Vichit-Vadakan with $50,000. Jeopardy! all-star Buzzy Cohen hosted the 10-day trivia tournament.
Kavanaugh joins previous winners James Holzhauer, Buzzy Cohen, Alex Jacob, Ben Ingram, Colby Burnett, Roger Craig, Vijay Balse and more as Tournamnet Of Champions victors.
Jeopardy! will match Kavanaugh’s winnings and donate $250,000 to the Hope of the Valley Trebek Center for the Homeless, in honor of Alex Trebek.
“It’s so wonderful that Jeopardy! is supporting Hope of the Valley’s – The Trebek Center in Northridge, CA,” Jean Trebek, the former host’s widow, said of the donation. “The show’s generosity continues to reflect Alex’s desire to assist underrepresented communities.
The annual Jeopardy! event saw Kavanaugh best fellow contestants Jennifer Quail and Veronica Vichit-Vadakan and win a $250,000 grand prize. Quail came in second with $100,000 in winning snad Vichit-Vadakan with $50,000. Jeopardy! all-star Buzzy Cohen hosted the 10-day trivia tournament.
Kavanaugh joins previous winners James Holzhauer, Buzzy Cohen, Alex Jacob, Ben Ingram, Colby Burnett, Roger Craig, Vijay Balse and more as Tournamnet Of Champions victors.
Jeopardy! will match Kavanaugh’s winnings and donate $250,000 to the Hope of the Valley Trebek Center for the Homeless, in honor of Alex Trebek.
“It’s so wonderful that Jeopardy! is supporting Hope of the Valley’s – The Trebek Center in Northridge, CA,” Jean Trebek, the former host’s widow, said of the donation. “The show’s generosity continues to reflect Alex’s desire to assist underrepresented communities.
- 5/29/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
For the past two weeks, 18 of Jeopardy!‘s most beloved contestants have returned to their podiums for a chance to be immortalized as all-stars. And on Tuesday, a winning trio finally emerged victorious.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the Jeopardy! All-Star Games, here’s some quick background info: In a first for the long-running game show, players were divided into six teams of three to compete for a $1 million grand prize. There was Team Colby (Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan Lin), Team Buzzy (Buzzy Cohen, Alex Jacob and Jennifer Giles), Team Julia (Julia Collins, Ben Ingram...
If you haven’t been keeping up with the Jeopardy! All-Star Games, here’s some quick background info: In a first for the long-running game show, players were divided into six teams of three to compete for a $1 million grand prize. There was Team Colby (Colby Burnett, Pam Mueller and Alan Lin), Team Buzzy (Buzzy Cohen, Alex Jacob and Jennifer Giles), Team Julia (Julia Collins, Ben Ingram...
- 3/6/2019
- TVLine.com
Jeopardy! is celebrating 35 years on the air by doing something it's never done before: the All-Star Games. Yep, for the first time ever, Jeopardy! will be played in teams. The tournament kicks off on Wednesday, Feb. 20 and lasts 10 weekdays until March 5. "It's going to be a lot of fun, but it's also very frightening," host Alex Trebek told E! News' Erin Lim on set of the long running game show. Six teams of three will compete, with Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, Julia Collins, Austin Rogers, Colby Burnett and Buzzy Cohen serving as captains. Their roster of players includes Leonard Cooper, Roger Craig, Jennifer Giles, Ben Ingram, Matt Jackson, Alex Jacob, Larissa Kelly, Alan Lin, David...
- 2/20/2019
- E! Online
“Jeopardy!” announced on Monday that it is launching a fantasy league sweepstakes to coincide with its upcoming All-Stars Games tournament.
For those of you playing at home, that’s a fantasy football-style contest in which you pick your own team of All-Stars and track their progress throughout the competition.
It’s ideal for anyone who has a love of both sports and game show trivia and anyone who also is looking for something else to obsess over if they were eliminated from their fantasy football playoffs.
Also Read: Alex Trebek Will Stay With 'Jeopardy' Through 2022
Here’s how it works: participants pick one captain and two team members from the 18 former champions playing in the tournament to build their team during the selection period, which runs from Dec. 3 to Dec. 31. Then, during the “Jeopardy! All-Star Games,” which airs from Feb. 20 to Mar. 5, 2019, fantasy team owners can watch and...
For those of you playing at home, that’s a fantasy football-style contest in which you pick your own team of All-Stars and track their progress throughout the competition.
It’s ideal for anyone who has a love of both sports and game show trivia and anyone who also is looking for something else to obsess over if they were eliminated from their fantasy football playoffs.
Also Read: Alex Trebek Will Stay With 'Jeopardy' Through 2022
Here’s how it works: participants pick one captain and two team members from the 18 former champions playing in the tournament to build their team during the selection period, which runs from Dec. 3 to Dec. 31. Then, during the “Jeopardy! All-Star Games,” which airs from Feb. 20 to Mar. 5, 2019, fantasy team owners can watch and...
- 12/3/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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