Tonight's game ended in a tie. For the first time ever, there was a sudden death tiebreaker question at the end of Final Jeopardy. While it was interesting seeing this extra, the old way of both winners coming back the next time and keeping their winnings is a lot more fair to the contestant who ended up losing.

The tiebreaker has been in effect for non tournament games for about three years

https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/behind-scenes/jeopardy-first-tiebreaker

Here’s the first time it got put into play


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https://youtu.be/c7cYON3uVZo

I like the old way of co-champions returned too. I don’t know why shows feel the need to reinvent the wheel.

I like the old way of co-champions returned too. I don’t know why shows feel the need to reinvent the wheel.

Then you’ll love this. Three way tie. They ALL came back.

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https://youtu.be/72zn2KODSsY

Then you’ll love this. Three way tie. They ALL came back.


Oh heck, while I’m at it, the opposite. 3 way loss. NO ONE came back.

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https://youtu.be/ShV5nNqQKyc

Then you’ll love this. Three way tie. They ALL came back.

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https://youtu.be/72zn2KODSsY

Yeah I saw this clip a while back on YT. So cool.

I like old pattern where 2 or 3 winners have to come back on the next show but I’m not a fan of the sudden death rule

I love this site! So interesting that some one dug up these clips.

Here’s a story on the Jeopardy tiebreaker and some of the reasoning behind it

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/1/23/22245900/jeopardy-tiebreaker-scenario-rules-changes

Since it was put in effect years ago in regular play it’s only come up three times. So yeah, while some people bitch and moan when it occurs, overall, relatively speaking, it’s really a non factor.