Jeopardy! announced the field for the first-ever Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament today.
27 players are returning to the show—24 players from Season 36 and earlier joining the three relegated players from Season 1 of Jeopardy! Masters—Andrew He, Amy Schneider, and Sam Buttrey.
First prize for the event is $100,000 and an invitation to compete in Season 2 of Jeopardy! Masters on ABC.
Much like the past events this season, the 27 players will compete in nine quarterfinals and three semifinals. The finals will see the remaining three players compete in a “first to two wins” final that will be between 2 and 4 episodes.
The tournament will begin airing the day after the conclusion of the currently-airing Tournament of Champions.
Competing will be:
Brandon Blackwell, a 2008 Teen Tournament semifinalist and current competitor on ABC’s The Chase originally from Jamaica, N.Y.
Colby Burnett, a 2012 Teachers Tournament winner, 2013 Tournament of Champions winner, Battle of the Decades semifinalist and All-Star Games second runner up (as part of Team Colby) from Chicago, Ill.
Sam Buttrey, a 2021 Professors Tournament winner, 2022 Tournament of Champions second runner up and 2023 Jeopardy! Masters participant from Pacific Grove, Calif.
Lilly Chin, a 2017 College Championship winner and 2017 Tournament of Champions semifinalist from Decatur, Ga.
Arthur Chu, a Season 30 11-game champion and 2014 Tournament of Champions first runner-up originally from Cleveland, Ohio
Leonard Cooper, a 2013 Teen Tournament winner and All-Star Games competitor (as part of Team Austin) from Little Rock, Ark.
Celeste DiNucci, a Season 22 five-time champion, 2007 Tournament of Champions winner and Battle of the Decades participant from Philadelphia, Pa.
Chuck Forrest, a Season 2 five-game champ, 1986 Tournament of Champions winner, Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist, Million Dollar Masters tournament semifinalist, Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine finisher and Battle of the Decades from Marino, Italy
Dhruv Gaur, a 2018 College Championship winner and 2019 Tournament of Champions semifinalist from Cambridge, Mass.
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Victoria Groce, a Season 22 one-game champion and current participant on ABC’s The Chase from Pittsburgh, Pa.
Andrew He, a Season 38 five-game champion, 2022 Tournament of Champions first runner-up and 2023 Jeopardy! Masters fourth place finisher from Concord, Calif.
Ben Ingram, a Season 29 eight-game champion, 2014 Tournament of Champions winner and All-Star Games participant (as part of Team Julia) from Florence, S.C.
Matt Jackson, a Season 32 13-game champion, 2015 Tournament of Champions first runner-up and All-Star Games first runner-up (as part of Team Ken) originally from Washington, D.C.
Alex Jacob, a Season 31 six-game champion, 2015 Tournament of Champions winner and All-Star Games competitor (as part of Team Buzzy) from Tulsa, Okla.
MacKenzie Jones, a Season 36 eight-game champion and 2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist from Tulsa, Okla.
Sam Kavanaugh, a Season 35 five-game champion and 2021 Tournament of Champions winner from Minneapolis, Minn.
Larissa Kelly, a Season 24 six-game champion, 2009 Tournament of Champions first runner-up, Battle of the Decades participant and All-Star Games winner (as part of Team Brad) from Richmond, Calif.
Alan Lin, a Season 33 six-game champion, 2017 Tournament of Champions first runner-up and 2019 All-Star Games second runner-up (as part of Team Colby) from Los Angeles, Calif.
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David Madden, a Season 21/22 19-game champion, 2006 Tournament of Champions semifinalist and All-Star Games winner (as part of Team Brad) from Ridgewood, N.J.
Pam Mueller, a 2000 College Championship winner, 2001 Tournament of Champions semifinalist, 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Sweet Six finisher, Battle of the Decades semifinalist and All-Star Games second runner-up (as part of Team Colby) originally from Chicago, Ill.
Terry O’Shea, a 2014 College Championship winner and 2014 Tournament of Champions semifinalist from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dan Pawson, a Season 24 nine-game champion, 2009 Tournament of Champions winner, and Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist from Arlington, Va.
Jennifer Quail, a Season 36 eight-game champion and 2021 Tournament of Champions first runner-up from Dowagiac, Mich.
Austin Rogers, a Season 34 12-game champion, 2017 Tournament of Champions second runner-up, and All-Star Games participant (as part of Team Austin) from New York, N.Y.
Amy Schneider, a Season 38 40-game champion, 2022 Tournament of Champions winner, and Jeopardy! Masters fifth place finisher from Oakland, Calif.
Monica Thieu, a 2012 College Championship winner, 2013 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist and All-Star Games first runner-up (as part of Team Ken) from Atlanta, Ga.
Jason Zuffranieri, a Season 35/36 19-game champion and 2021 Tournament of Champions semifinalist from Carrollton, Texas
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Can you do a preview with each player’s odds please, Andy
Glad to see Pam in this tournament. She’s come so close to winning so many tournaments after her college tournament win. I really hope she wins this one as she’s always a threat. As one that has felt tournament fatigue I am still looking forward to this one.
I have only been watching religiously since early February of 2022, so I am very much looking forward to watching players that I have never seen play. Alex Jacob I very much remember in terms of playing poker on ESPN in 2006 in winning a major poker tournament at Trump Taj Mahal.
Jeopardy gets Pro/Rel before the North American soccer pyramid does. What a world.
Why wasn’t BUZZY Cohen invited?
Because Buzzy is currently considered to be ineligible to appear as a contestant, by virtue of having hosted 13 episodes of the show and making regular appearances on Inside Jeopardy.
Does this mean Amy will have to compete for her spot in the Masters? That doesn’t make sense.
Considering she was relegated due to finishing 5th last year:
Yes.
Would love to see one of the winners from the old Kids Jeopardy brought back! I bet some of them went on to be pretty good at knowledge games…
https://thejeopardyfan.com/2024/03/andys-mailbag-3-17-who-would-i-like-to-see-back.html
Why wasn’t one of the all-time greatest champions, even better than Amy Schneider, invited? Of course,I am speaking of James Holzhauer whose credentials should put him at the front of the line for an invitation.
It appears as if you missed the “prize is an invitation to Jeopardy Masters” part in the story above.
When the prize in an event is to an event you’ve already qualified for, it would stand to reason that there is no need for you to compete, no?
Thanks for the clarification regarding James Holzhauer.