Jennings said he took part in the competition reluctantly, fearing that because of his age and repeated tournament losses to Rutter (Rutter having won every head-to-head matchup between the two except the IBM Challenge), he was past his peak as a Jeopardy! contestant. Entering the tournament, his total Jeopardy! winnings totaled $3,372,700, which was second-highest behind fellow competitor Rutter. He won 74 consecutive matches, and his total of $2,522,700 is a record for non-tournament winnings. Jennings first appeared on the program in 2004 and set two Jeopardy! records that he still holds. The contestant with the highest combined score from the two games would win the match, and the first one to three match wins won the tournament. Just like in Super Jeopardy!, the first two seasons of Rock & Roll Jeopardy! and Sports Jeopardy!, dollar amounts are replaced with point amounts. Each game was played as normal with the Jeopardy! and Double Jeopardy! rounds followed by Final Jeopardy!. The tournament began on January 7, 2020, and each match consisted of two games. With the $1 million prize added to his previous winnings across several game show appearances, Jennings surpassed Rutter as the highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, a record he had previously held twice. Jennings won the tournament on January 14, 2020, with Holzhauer finishing second and Rutter third. The tournament featured former champions Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and James Holzhauer competing for a $1 million top prize and the recognition of being the show’s greatest champion of all time.
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This was the second time a Jeopardy! competition aired on network television the first occurred in 1990 when the special tournament series Super Jeopardy! was carried by ABC. The tournament was produced for ABC and aired on the network in prime time. That only two other people have done this is just hard to wrap my mind around.Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time was a special tournament limited-run series of the game show Jeopardy! that took place in January 2020. “I have said I did start to think about this number a while ago, but it was really, I didn’t really think so. “I’m just blown away,” she said in an exclusive interview with the show. Earlier in the current 39th season, Jeopardy! champion Matt knocked him down from second place to third for the most consecutive games won on the show.Īfter claiming the historic victory, Amy admitted that she didn’t believe it was possible to accomplish it.
Technicalities aside, Amy is the second person to beat James’ record, which was originally set in June 2019. But that’s perfectly fine with Ken, because he took the consulting gig knowing he would have to retire from the game. So, if the special event Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time got a round two, Ken wouldn’t be able to participate. After Ken became a consulting producer on Jeopardy! in September 2020, he no longer qualified to compete on the quiz show. As it turns out, while there are now technically four Jeopardy! millionaire club members - Ken ($2,520,700), James ($2,462,216), Matt Amodio ($1,518,601) and Amy - one of them doesn’t count anymore.
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