Of the 27 players who started Season 2 of Celebrity Jeopardy, we are now down to nine. Three of them will make it to the final on January 23. Who do you think it will be?
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Tuesday, January 2, 2023:
Utkarsh Ambudkar 37 correct, 6 incorrect 5/7 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities) 38.10% in first on buzzer (32/84) 1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $18,000 Utkarsh’s quarterfinal: September 27, 2023 |
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Mira Sorvino 35 correct, 9 incorrect 4/6 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities) 40.48% in first on buzzer (34/84) 2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $800) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $12,400 Mira’s quarterfinal: October 25, 2023 |
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Lisa Ann Walter 32 correct, 4 incorrect 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities) 32.14% in first on buzzer (27/84) 2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$200) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $18,000 Lisa Ann’s quarterfinal: October 4, 2023 |
Overall Thoughts: I think this is actually the most interesting of the three semifinals. This could be a very closely contested three-way battle. Lisa Ann has the most net attempts out of any of this season’s semifinalists (in calculating net attempts, I subtract any incorrect responses from the attempt count from each game’s respective box score), but she also has the lowest success rate on the signaling device, by over 10%, of any of the semifinalists. If her signaling device timing comes around, Lisa Ann will take this handily, as she has the widest knowledge base of any of the three players. However, if not, any of these three players could end up in the final.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2023:
Steven Weber 56 correct, 9 incorrect 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities) 39.86% in first on buzzer (55/138) 3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,400) 1/2 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $15,050 Steven’s quarterfinal: October 18, 2023 |
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Katie Nolan 37 correct, 5 incorrect 7/8 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities) 35.29% in first on buzzer (30/85) 2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $16,700 Katie’s quarterfinal: October 11, 2023 |
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Dulé Hill 25 correct, 7 incorrect 3/5 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities) 28.57% in first on buzzer (24/84) 2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $900) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $9,600 Dulé’s quarterfinal: November 1, 2023 |
Overall Thoughts: While Dulé did have the best stats on the signaling device in the opening round of our semifinalists, his attempt numbers were significantly lower. Thus, I believe that this is going to be a very close battle between Steven and Katie. I do remember Katie being very nervous in her quarterfinal; if she can overcome that (and having played already may help that), I think she has a very good chance to advance. I’m expecting this to be a great game, though!
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Tuesday, January 16, 2023:
Rachel Dratch 36 correct, 1 incorrect 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities) 35.71% in first on buzzer (30/84) 3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $22,800 Rachel’s quarterfinal: November 15, 2023 |
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Mo Rocca 60 correct, 5 incorrect 6/7 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities) 39.26% in first on buzzer (53/135) 5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $19,800) 1/2 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $18,850 Mo’s quarterfinal: December 6, 2023 |
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Heather McMahan 28 correct, 3 incorrect 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities) 32.14% in first on buzzer (27/84) 2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,900) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $15,400 Heather’s quarterfinal: November 29, 2023 |
Overall Thoughts: Much like the quarterfinals, I do think Mo is the favorite to win this one; even though he was only 57% on the signaling device, he does have 64 net attempts (second only to Lisa Ann Walter of the nine semifinalists). He also has shown a willingness to make aggressive Daily Double bets. I would predict Mo to win about 50-55% of the time, Rachel to win about 30% of the time, and Heather 15-20% of the time.
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Hey, I can actually make predictions for this!
Semifinal #1: Utkarsh – While the stats for all three players are somewhat close to each other (for the most part), I think Daily Doubles will be the saving grace for Utkarsh – he is typically a much more aggressive player than either Lisa Ann or Mira, being the only player to have recorded a Daily Double bet of above $1,500 in this matchup. This could go any way, but I think Utkarsh is a weak favorite.
Semifinal #2: Katie – This was an even closer and even harder-to-predict matchup than the first one. But overall, I’d probably consider Katie a very weak favorite to win, and I’d go as far as to say she might have been a reasonable player in the civilian version. But she’s gonna have to adapt to DD hunting, and she’s gonna have to adapt well; Steven is quite possibly the most aggressive wagerer we’ve seen in the Primetime Celebrity version. If he gets a good Daily Double or two, it’s game over. And of course, I can’t count Dulé out just yet, in spite of having just 41 attempts through the whole game.
Semifinal #3: Mo – Based off of both his quarterfinal this time and 2015’s game, I think he’s the favorite to win this one, but it’s not gonna be easy. Rachel was already able to fend off one extremely strong player in Macaulay Culkin – who says she can’t do it again? Plus, in spite of her low attempt numbers, I can’t count Heather out just yet. While all of these games are likely to be fireworks, I think this one is the most fireworks-like of the bunch.
We’ve got some insanely strong players in these semifinals – I can’t wait!