Jeopardy! has its share of champions: these gamers like Ken Jennings, Mattea Roach, and Ryan Lengthy who’ve gained 5 or extra video games and displayed an unimaginable depth of information in addition to buzzer ability.
Then there are these contestants who landed behind a podium on the legendary quiz present, performed impressively, solely to tumble in Closing Jeopardy! For the primary time ever, this system can be giving these gamers one other alternative to triumph with its upcoming Second-Probability Tournament.
A ‘Jeopardy!’ Second Probability Tournament was its exec producer’s brainchild
Jeopardy!‘s executive producer Michael Davies explained on the show’s web site how it’s that the thought of a contest for almost-champs occurred to him.
“I started thinking about a Second Chance Tournament almost the day I started on Jeopardy!, when Jessica Stephens beat Matt Amodio, but lost to Jonathan Fisher by just $401,” he recalled. “I thought, ‘Wow, wouldn’t it be a cool idea to have a tournament where we bring excellent contestants like Jessica back?’ Like most good ideas, it was quickly apparent that many, many other people – both inside and outside the show – had had exactly the same thought, long before me. But now we’re actually going to do it, and slot it in right before the ToC [Tournament of Champions].”
How ‘Jeopardy!’ Second Probability event gamers can be chosen
Davies made it clear that this explicit event had some boundaries surrounding which contestants would qualify: “To be clear, though, the eligibility time frame will be the same as for this year’s ToC: We are looking at contestants who appeared on Jeopardy! since the last Tournament of Champions who we believe deserve a second shot.”
As for these gamers whose time on the present doesn’t fall in that point interval, the EP has a message for you: “I know there will be many contestants from previous years who will be howling at this point, and I do not rule out a future opportunity to compete again for some of you. But for now this is part of the postseason for this season. We are all so excited at the prospect, and we look forward to seeing some wonderful contestants again on our stage.”
Davies says he’s assigned sure tournaments and ‘Jeopardy!’ specials to Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik
As soon as the brand new season begins, Davies continued, newly named everlasting hosts Jennings and Bialik will proceed the tag-team internet hosting that’s working so nicely for the present. Plus, they’ll every be fronting particular tournaments.
“Ken will kick off the season in September, host the inaugural Second Chance competition and the heavily anticipated Tournament of Champions featuring Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Ryan Long, and many, many more,” he continued. “His initial hosting run will take us through December.”
After that, the producer went on, Bialik will get to host what’s going to absolutely be an enormous draw for the present, its primetime Superstar Jeopardy! and extra: “When she takes over from Ken in January, the current plan is to have her host a couple of new tournaments as well as the Jeopardy! National College Championship.”
The brand new season of Jeopardy! premieres September 12.