Ike Barinholtz Confirmed for "Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions", First Celebrity Contestant in ToC History to Compete
by Michael Ausiello, Ryan Schwartz
Feb. 20, 2024


"Jeopardy!‘s" strike-delayed "Tournament of Champions" is getting celebritized.

Sony announced Tuesday that this year’s contest — which kicks off Friday, Feb. 23 — will feature among its contestants "Celebrity Jeopardy!" breakout Ike Barinholtz. This will be the first time ToC will welcome a champion from ABC’s starry primetime spinoff.

For the full contestant list, click below:

https://tvline.com/casting-news/ike-barinholtz-jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-date-1235171075/

Ike Barinholtz can't believe his Jeopardy! success (https://www.vulture.com/article/ike-barinholtz-jeopardy-tournament-of-champions-success.html)

Jeopardy! needed Ike Barinholtz (https://slate.com/culture/2024/03/jeopardy-ike-barinholtz-game-final-champions.html?via=rss#:~:text=Ike%20Barinholtz%20Is%20the%20Chaos%20Agent%20Jeopardy!%20Needed&text=Barinholtz%20was%20facing%20off%20against,a%20final%20score%20of%20%240.)

Barinholtz was facing off against a murderers' row of casual players: In the first game of the series, he beat out Constance Wu and Jalen Rose, who each finished with a final score of $0.