FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

‘JEOPARDY!’ ANNOUNCES CHAMPIONS WILDCARD AND

2025 TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS CONTESTANT ROSTERS

 

Champions Wildcard Starts January 13, 2025

Tournament of Champions Begins January 27

 

CULVER CITY, CALIF. (November 18, 2024) – JEOPARDY! announced the full lineups of contestants returning for Champions Wildcard (CWC) and the 2025 Tournament of Champions (ToC) today.

Champions Wildcard, which directly feeds into the ToC, will air January 13-24, 2025. The Tournament of Champions begins airing Mon., Jan. 27.

The contestants returning to the Alex Trebek Stage for Champions Wildcard include the two winners of the Second Chance competition, which directly precedes CWC, and the contestants who won at least one game of JEOPARDY! since the last ToC in March 2024. The roster is as follows:

Jay Fisher, a 3-day, $28,200 champion from Lisle, Ill.

Aiden Orzech, a 2-day, $49,599 champion from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Mehal Shah, a 2-day, $46,062 champion from Seattle, Wash.

Joey DeSena, a 2-day, $44,698 champion from Raleigh, N.C.

Eamonn Campbell, a 2-day, $43,200 champion originally from Manchester, Vt.

Paul Clauson, a 2-day, $36,300 champion from Madison Heights, Mich.

Stevie Ruiz, a 2-day, $35,987 champion from Montauk, N.Y.

Davey Morrison, a 2-day, $29,012 champion originally from Provo, Utah.

Jen Feldman, a 2-day, $27,850 champion from Islip, N.Y.

Marko Saric, 2-day, $27,600 champion from Chapel Hill, N.C.

Evan Dorey, a 1-day, $26,600 champion from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Adam Hersh, a 1-day, $29,200 champion from Brooklyn, N.Y.

*Second Chance Week 1 Winner TBD

**Second Chance Week 2 Winner TBD

 

The winner of Champions Wildcard will join the following contestants in the Tournament of Champions:

Adriana Harmeyer, a 15-day, $349,600 champion from West Lafayette, Ind.

Isaac Hirsch, a 9-day, $215,390 champion from Burbank, Calif.

Drew Basile, a 7-day, $129,601 champion from Birmingham, Mich.

Greg Jolin, a 5-day, $135,002 champion from Raymond, N.H.

Alison Betts, a 5-day, $121,500 champion originally from San Jose, Calif.

Mark Fitzpatrick, a 5-day, $107,201 champion from Riverside, Conn.

Amy Hummel, a 5-day, $100,994 champion from Milwaukee, Wis.

Ryan Manton, a 4-day, $83,179 champion from Columbus, Ohio

Grant DeYoung, a 4-day, $81,203 champion from Prescott, Ariz.

Will Wallace, a 4-day, $79,998 champion from Austin, Texas

Amar Kakirde, 4-day, $55,899 champion from Lake Hiawatha, N.J.

David Erb, a 3-day, $90,754 champion from Seattle, Wash.

Will Stewart, a 3-day, $70,501 champion originally from Nashville, Tenn.

Lucas Partridge, a 3-day, $66,200 champion from Las Vegas, Nev.

Neilesh Vinjamuri, a 3-day, $53,099 champion from Lionville, Pa.

Kevin Laskowski, a 3-day, $52,999 champion from Falls Church, Va.

Rishabh Wuppalapati, a 3-day, $52,802 champion from Vernon Hills, Ill.

Allison Gross, a 3-day, $44,598 champion from Cleveland, Ohio

Weckiai Rannila, a 3-day, $35,200 champion from Albuquerque, N.M.

*** Lisa Ann Walter, “Celebrity Jeopardy!” Season 2 champion who won $1 Million for charity

****Champions Wildcard Winner TBD

 

For more information about JEOPARDY! please visit Jeopardy.com.

 

JEOPARDY!, America’s Favorite Quiz Show™, is in its 41^st season in syndication. With a weekly audience of over 20 million viewers, JEOPARDY! is the top-rated quiz show on television. The show has won a total of 45 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.

 

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