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01/21/2025 | Press release | Archived content
THE 2025 ‘JEOPARDY!’ TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS STARTS MONDAY, JANUARY 27
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THE 2025 'JEOPARDY!' TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
STARTS MONDAY, JANUARY 27
21 Champions Set To Face Off For
$250,000 Grand Prize and Invitation To Compete In
Upcoming 'Jeopardy! Masters' Event
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (January 21, 2025) - Starting Monday, Jan. 27, 21 JEOPARDY! champions will face off in the most prestigious event in syndication: the 2025 Tournament of Champions. The contestant field features the players who won the most games since the 2024 Tournament of Champions, plus the winner and runner-up of the currently-airing Champions Wildcard competition.
Players will compete across six quarterfinal games and three semifinals which lead to a "best of seven" finals series: the first champion to win three games claims the $250,000 grand prize and an invitation to compete in the upcoming "Jeopardy! Masters" event.
The three winningest champions in the field - 15-game champion Adriana Harmeyer (West Lafayette, Ind.), nine-game champion Isaac Hirsch (Burbank, Calif.), and seven-game champion Drew Basile (Birmingham, Mich.) - have earned byes and will first appear in the semifinal round.
The competition schedule and the rest of the contestant field is as follows:
Mon., Jan. 27: Quarterfinal 1
Alison Betts, a five-game champion originally from San Jose, Calif.
Will Wallace, a four-game champion from Austin, Texas
Rishabh Wuppalapati, a three-game champion from Vernon Hills, Ill.
Tues., Jan 28: Quarterfinal 2
Amy Hummel, a five-game champion from Milwaukee, Wisc.
Grant DeYoung, a four-game champion from Prescott, Ariz.
David Erb, a three-game champion from Seattle, Wash.
Weds., Jan 29: Quarterfinal 3
Greg Jolin, a five-game champion from Raymond, N.H.
Weckiai Rannila, a three-game champion from Albuquerque, N.M.
Neilesh Vinjamuri, a three-game champion from Lionville, Pa.
Thurs., Jan 30: Quarterfinal 4
*Champions Wildcard contestant TBA
Ryan Manton, a four-game champion from Columbus, Ohio
Will Stewart, a three-game champion originally from Nashville, Tenn.
Fri., Jan. 31: Quarterfinal 5
Mark Fitzpatrick, a five-game champion from Riverside, Conn.
Allison Gross, a three-game champion from Cleveland, Ohio
Kevin Laskowski, a three-game champion from Falls Church, Va.
Mon., Feb. 3: Quarterfinal 6
*Champions Wildcard Contestant TBA
Amar Kakirde, a four-game champion from Lake Hiawatha, N.J.
Lucas Partridge, a three-game champion from Las Vegas, Nev.
The broadcast schedule for the semifinals and finals is as follows:
Tues., Feb. 4: Semifinal 1
Weds., Feb. 5: Semifinal 2
Thurs., Feb. 6: Semifinal 3
Fri., Feb. 7: Finals Game 1
Mon., Feb. 10: Finals Game 2
Tues., Feb. 11: Finals Game 3
Weds., Feb. 12: Finals Game 4 (if needed)
Thurs., Feb. 13: Finals Game 5 (if needed)
Fri., Feb. 14: Finals Game 6 (if needed)
Mon., Feb. 17: Finals Game 7 (if needed)
For more information about the JEOPARDY! Tournament of Champions, please visit Jeopardy.com. Check local listings for show times and stations.
JEOPARDY!, America's Favorite Quiz Show™, is in its 41st 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.
Photo Credit: Sony Pictures Television / Tyler Golden
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