JamesG
10-30-2017, 09:15 PM
"Jeopardy!" Reveals 15 Players Returning for Tournament of Champions 2017
by Andy Swift
Oct. 30, 2017
Fifteen of "Jeopardy‘s" boldest, brightest and most viral contestants from the past two seasons will convene Nov. 6 for the long-awaited Tournament of Champions.
The two-week event will conclude on Nov. 16 and 17, with $250,000 going to the winner. (Second place nabs $100,000, while third place goes home with a respectable $50,000.) The contestants are made up of the 11 players who won the most games since the last Tournament of Champions was held in 2015.
Additionally, two College Championship winners and two Teachers Tournament winners will also compete.
Austin Rogers from New York, NY. (Won twelve games, totaling $411,000)
Seth Wilson from Nacogdoches, TX. (Won twelve games, totaling $265,002)
Andrew Pau from Amherst, OH. (Won six games, totaling $170,202)
Buzzy Cohen from Los Angeles, CA. (Won nine games, totaling $164,603)
Hunter Appler from Augusta, GA. (Won six games, totaling $145,603)
Lisa Schlit from Berwyn, PA. (Won six games, totaling $139,100)
Pranjal Vachaspati from Urbana, IL. (Won six games, totaling $137,088)
Alan Lin from Riverside, CA. (Won six games, totaling $123,600)
Justin Vossler from Homer, NY. (Won five games, totaling $110,000)
Tim Aten from Vermilion, OH. (Won seven games, totaling $107,499)
Jon Eisenman from Los Angeles, CA. (Won five games, totaling $103,902)
Lilly Chin from Decatur, GA. (Won the College Championship, earning $100,000)
David Clemmons from Fort Worth, TX. (Won the Teachers Tournament, earning $100,000)
Sam Deutsch from Calabasas, CA. (Won the College Championship, earning $100,000)
Jason Sterlacci from Somerset, NJ. (Won the Teachers Tournament, earning $100,000)
http://tvline.com/2017/10/30/jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-2017-players-full-list/
by Andy Swift
Oct. 30, 2017
Fifteen of "Jeopardy‘s" boldest, brightest and most viral contestants from the past two seasons will convene Nov. 6 for the long-awaited Tournament of Champions.
The two-week event will conclude on Nov. 16 and 17, with $250,000 going to the winner. (Second place nabs $100,000, while third place goes home with a respectable $50,000.) The contestants are made up of the 11 players who won the most games since the last Tournament of Champions was held in 2015.
Additionally, two College Championship winners and two Teachers Tournament winners will also compete.
Austin Rogers from New York, NY. (Won twelve games, totaling $411,000)
Seth Wilson from Nacogdoches, TX. (Won twelve games, totaling $265,002)
Andrew Pau from Amherst, OH. (Won six games, totaling $170,202)
Buzzy Cohen from Los Angeles, CA. (Won nine games, totaling $164,603)
Hunter Appler from Augusta, GA. (Won six games, totaling $145,603)
Lisa Schlit from Berwyn, PA. (Won six games, totaling $139,100)
Pranjal Vachaspati from Urbana, IL. (Won six games, totaling $137,088)
Alan Lin from Riverside, CA. (Won six games, totaling $123,600)
Justin Vossler from Homer, NY. (Won five games, totaling $110,000)
Tim Aten from Vermilion, OH. (Won seven games, totaling $107,499)
Jon Eisenman from Los Angeles, CA. (Won five games, totaling $103,902)
Lilly Chin from Decatur, GA. (Won the College Championship, earning $100,000)
David Clemmons from Fort Worth, TX. (Won the Teachers Tournament, earning $100,000)
Sam Deutsch from Calabasas, CA. (Won the College Championship, earning $100,000)
Jason Sterlacci from Somerset, NJ. (Won the Teachers Tournament, earning $100,000)
http://tvline.com/2017/10/30/jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-2017-players-full-list/