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'Jeopardy!' Calls Champs for Joust
Topic Started: Dec 30 2004, 08:26 PM (41 Views)
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=7205874

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Is Ken Jennings the best "Jeopardy!" player ever?

That's what the producers of the syndicated game show aim to find out with a recently announced "Super Tournament" that will take place over 15 weeks starting early next year.

Jennings, 30, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, started his 74-game winning streak June 2 and went on to win more than $2.5 million -- setting a record for the most money ever won on a TV game show.

Now, producers have invited all previous winners of "Jeopardy!'s" annual "Tournament of Champions," "College Championship" and "Teen Tournament" as well as more than 100 of the top-scoring, undefeated, five-time champions culled from the show's 21 years on the air to compete in the "Super Tournament."

Of the nearly 150 players who will compete, two finalists will emerge to take on Jennings in the finals, set to air in May. The winner will receive a $2 million prize, while the second-place prize is $500,000, and the third-place winner will take home $250,000.

"The 2003 rule change, which allows 'Jeopardy!' players to keep playing until they're defeated (rather than being limited to only five consecutive appearances), raised the question about how other five-time champions might have played under this rule," executive producer Harry Friedman said. "This tournament is an opportunity to give those past champions another chance to shine."





I can't believe they'd give him another chance so soon. I guess he is quite popular though and they'd want to increase ratings by having him on again.
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They are gonna keep riding that horse while they can.

So, Ken doesn't have to do anything until the finals? I know he won all that, but is it fair?
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So, Ken doesn't have to do anything until the finals? I know he won all that, but is it fair?

Short answer... NO

But realistically, they're doing all of this BECAUSE OF Ken... what would be the point if they make him go through the full process and he gets eliminated before the final?

Ken is their showstopper, they have to have him in the final.
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