Top Three Jeopardy Contestants to go Head to Head in 2020

Posted on by Kamesha Williams, DI

2020 will start off with one of the greatest competitions of all time in Jeopardy history!

What We Know:

    • If you’re a huge fan of Jeopardy, this is one episode you will not want to miss. ABC will host the tournament in 2020 that will feature the three top winners of Jeopardy: James Holzhauer (35), Ken Jennings (45), and Brad Rutter (41). Each of these three men have made Jeopardy history by walking away with millions of dollars during their time on the show. Many viewers have speculated what it would be like to see them face off against each other and ABC is giving the people exactly what they want.
    • A Twitter user wrote “one day I hope there’s a jeopardy tournament where it’s James Holzhauer, Brad Rutter, and Ken Jennings competing for the title of ultimate jeopardy god.” The official Twitter for Jeopardy, responded with “wish granted!”

  • Among the three men, James Holzhauer is the most recent winner of Jeopardy who walked away with $2,464,216 after 33 consecutive days on the show, which was also record breaking.
  • “The Greatest of All Time Tournament” will begin January 7, 2020 at 8 PM EST. Unlike the typical schedule of Jeopardy, there will be two back-to-back games, which makes for double the fun! The game will continue on until one contestant wins three games total earning him a prize of $1 million. The remaining men will each receive $250,000.
  • Although Alex Trebek is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, he is quite excited to watch the men compete against each other. “It’s going to be a blast we’re all excited about it,” he said.
  • Twitter users are referring to the tournament with #JeopardyGoat. Based on a Twitter poll shared by one user, more than half of Jeopardy fans on Twitter believe James Holzhauer will win the tournament and take home $1 million.

May the best man win!

 

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