FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TUNE IN MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 FOR THE START OF THE

FIRST-EVER ‘JEOPARDY!’ SECOND CHANCE COMPETITION
BROUGHT TO YOU BY MODERNA

 

18 Contestants Will Return to Play in Two Week-Long Mini-Tournaments

Airing October 17-21 and October 24-28

 

Two Players Will Advance to the Tournament of Champions

 

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (October 11, 2022) – JEOPARDY!’s first-ever Second Chance competition begins Monday, October 17. Second Chance, brought to you by Moderna, features 18 select contestants who didn’t become JEOPARDY! champions in their initial appearances returning to the stage for an unprecedented opportunity to change history.

 

The competition will air over the course of two weeks; each week will feature three semifinal games and a two-day final. The winner of each week’s mini-tournament will earn a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions, which begins Monday, October 31. For more information about the format, please visit jeopardy.com/secondchance.

 

The roster includes only contestants who played since the last Tournament of Champions in May 2021. Here are the contestants set to return for a second chance at becoming a JEOPARDY! champion:

 

Week 1 (October 17-21)

James Fraser, a naval aviator from Newport Beach, Calif. (Season 37)

Aaron Gulyas, a community college history instructor from Grand Blanc, Mich. (Season 38)

Molly Karol, a certified public accountant from Austin, Texas (Season 38)

Tracy Pitzel, an accountant from Ellensburg, Wa. (Season 38)

Renée Russell, a branch office administrator from Baltimore, Md. (Season 38)

Pam Schoenberg, a dentist and entrepreneur from South Salem, N.Y. (Season 38)

Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tenn. (Season 38)

Erica Weiner-Amachi, a teacher from Philadelphia, Pa. (Season 38)

Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, N.Y. (Season 38)

 

Week 2 (October 24-28)

Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, Md. (Season 38)

Alicia O’Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, N.Y. (Season 38)

Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minn. (Season 38)

Tom Philipose, a writing professor from Forest Hills, N.Y. (Season 38)

Nikkee Porcaro, an educational consultant and business owner from Silver Spring, Md. (Season 37)

Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, Calif. (Season 38)

Sarah Snider, a teacher from Fishers, Ind. (Season 38)

Rowan Ward, a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, Ill. (Season 37)

Jack Weller, a law student from San Diego, Calif. (Season 37)

 

Second Chance is brought to you by Moderna, biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines.

 

For more information about Second Chance, please visit jeopardy.com/secondchance

 

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JEOPARDY!, America’s Favorite Quiz Show™, is in its 39^th season in syndication. With a weekly audience over 20 million viewers,* JEOPARDY! is the top-rated quiz show on television. The show has won a total of 43 Emmy^® Awards, holds the Guinness World Records^® title for the most Emmy^® Awards won by a TV game show and received a Peabody Award for “celebrating and rewarding knowledge.” JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Media Ventures and internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution, both units of Paramount.

* Source: Nielsen NPower, 2020/21 (9/14/20-7/4/21)

 

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Press Contacts:

Alison Shapiro Cooke

Executive Director, Communications & Community Engagement | JEOPARDY!

(310) 244-6514

alison_shapiro@spe.sony.com

 

Susie Eun

Senior Publicity Manager | JEOPARDY!

(310) 244-6517

susie_eun@spe.sony.com