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Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is a special tournament that features up to 27 players (21 in 2022, 15 players in two weeks prior to 2022) who won at least 5 games or close to winning 5 games in a row, starting in 1985. To view the competitors, click here.

Its companion show, Wheel of Fortune, has no tournament.

So far, 4 women have won the Tournament of Champions: Rachel Schwartz (S11), Robin Carroll (S16), Celeste DiNucci (S24), and Amy Schneider (S39).

So far, 4 ToC Finalists have made it through the entire round without coming up with a single correct response in Final Jeopardy (Marvin Shinkman (S3), Steve Fried (S16), Stefan Goodreau (S26), and Alex Jacob (S32)); only Jacob has won the event by not coming up with a single correct response in Final Jeopardy during the ToC.

So far, 10 contestants from Canada have participated in the Tournament of Champions (Bruce Fauman (S2), Barbara-Anne Eddy (S5), Bob Blake (S7), Robert Slaven (S9), Michael Daunt (S13), Lan Djang (S18), Doug Hicton (S24), Andrew Haringer (S32), Mattea Roach (S39), Ray Lalonde (S40), and Juveria Zaheer (S40)); only Blake has won the event.

Season Airdate Finale Winner
2 November 11, 1985 November 22, 1985 Jerry Frankel
3 November 10, 1986 November 21, 1986 Chuck Forrest
4 November 9, 1987 November 20, 1987 Bob Verini
5 November 7, 1988 November 18, 1988 Mark Lowenthal
6 November 6, 1989 November 17, 1989 Tom Cubbage
7 November 5, 1990 November 16, 1990 Bob Blake
8 November 4, 1991 November 15, 1991 Jim Scott
9 November 9, 1992 November 20, 1992 Leszek Pawlowicz
10 November 15, 1993 November 26, 1993 Tom Nosek
11 November 14, 1994 November 25, 1994 Rachael Schwartz
12 November 13, 1995 November 24, 1995 Ryan Holznagel
13 November 18, 1996 November 29, 1996 Michael Dupée
14 February 2, 1998 February 13, 1998 Dan Melia
15 February 8, 1999 February 19, 1999 Dave Abbott
16 May 8, 2000 May 19, 2000 Robin Carroll
18 October 22, 2001 November 2, 2001 Brad Rutter
19 May 5, 2003 May 16, 2003 Mark Dawson
21 September 20, 2004 October 1, 2004 Russ Schumacher
22 May 8, 2006 May 19, 2006 Michael Falk
24 November 5, 2007 November 16, 2007 Celeste DiNucci
25 March 11, 2009 March 24, 2009 Dan Pawson
26 May 10, 2010 May 21, 2010 Vijay Balse
28 November 2, 2011 November 15, 2011 Roger Craig
29 February 13, 2013 February 26, 2013 Colby Burnett
31 November 10, 2014 November 21, 2014 Ben Ingram
32 November 9, 2015 November 20, 2015 Alex Jacob
34 November 6, 2017 November 17, 2017 Buzzy Cohen
36 November 4, 2019 November 15, 2019 James Holzhauer
37 May 17, 2021 May 28, 2021 Sam Kavanaugh
39 October 31, 2022 November 21, 2022 Amy Schneider
40 February 23, 2024 March 19, 2024 Yogesh Raut

Trivia[]

  • The Season 16 Tournament of Champions was taped at the Atlanta Civic Center.
  • The Season 19 Tournament of Champions quarterfinals saw eight of the ten non-winners finish with $0 or below. Because of this, the last two wildcard spots were determined by score going into Final Jeopardy; the spots were claimed by Eric Floyd ($9,000) and Max Levaren ($7,600).
  • A Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions started on February 9, 2005, and ended on May 25, 2005.
  • From Season 34 to Season 37, the Tournament of Champions was presented by Consumer Cellular.
  • The Season 37 Tournament of Champions was hosted by Buzzy Cohen and is also the first to be held after the death of Alex Trebek.
  • Starting with Season 39, a whole new format has 21 players competing in six quarterfinal games without wildcards, the top three champions are seeded in the semifinals preceded by the special exhibition match, and the finals is now a best-of-seven match similar to Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time, the first player to win three matches wins the tournament.
  • In Season 40, 27 players will compete in nine quarterfinal games.

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