After a couple of weeks off, we are now on to the semifinals of Season 3 of Celebrity Jeopardy. Here are your nine players:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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Margaret Cho San Francisco, California  42 correct, 6 incorrect 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities) 48.81% in first on buzzer (41/84) 3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $28,500) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $21,900 Margaret put up the performance of the season in the quarterfinals, picking up 42 correct and $28,500 on the Daily Doubles on January 22 against Seth Green and Rachel Brosnahan. |
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Jackie Tohn Oceanside, New York  15 correct, 0 incorrect 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities) 15.48% in first on buzzer (13/84) 1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $500) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $7,900 Jackie was in third place going into Final Jeopardy on January 15, but a singleton get in Final Jeopardy meant she’s in the semis instead of Melissa Peterman or Neil deGrasse Tyson. |
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W. Kamau Bell Chicago, Illinois  34 correct, 8 incorrect 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities) 45.24% in first on buzzer (38/84) 2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$795) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $16,300 Kamau won the opening game of the season back on January 8, picking up 34 correct responses against Max Greenfield and Camilla Luddington. |
Overall Thoughts: Most people, I think, would put Margaret as the favorite here on paper. But that’s no guarantee of success. All three of these players have won a game–and what happens if Margaret gets a clue incorrect at an inopportune time?
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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Robin Thede Davenport, Iowa  35 correct, 1 incorrect 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities) 36.90% in first on buzzer (31/84) 2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $23,000 Robin dominated her quarterfinal on February 12, picking up 35 correct responses and having a strong runaway victory. |
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Natalie Morales Miami, Florida  28 correct, 4 incorrect 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities) 33.33% in first on buzzer (28/84) 1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$100) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $13,600 Natalie emerged from a very competitive quarterfinal on February 5 over Chris Distefano and Corbin Bleu; all three players were in five figures going into Final Jeopardy. |
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Roy Wood, Jr. Birmingham, Alabama  27 correct, 10 incorrect 5/6 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities) 32.14% in first on buzzer (27/84) 1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $500) 1/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $13,600 Roy defeated Brian Jordan Alvarez and Phoebe Robinson on January 29 after being the only player to get Final Jeopardy correct in his quarterfinal. |
Overall Thoughts: The stats do say that Robin is the favorite in this matchup, but all three of these players are pretty good at Jeopardy; I wouldn’t be shocked if this game was a close one.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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Mina Kimes Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska  36 correct, 5 incorrect 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities) 41.67% in first on buzzer (35/84) 3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $18,300 Mina won on March 12 in a runaway over Omar J. Dorsey and Fortune Feimster. |
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Sean Gunn Manchester, Missouri  39 correct, 7 incorrect 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities) 44.05% in first on buzzer (37/84) 2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,900) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $22,100 Sean defeated D’Arcy Carden and Sherry Cola in a runaway on March 5. |
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Dave Friedberg Cape Town, South Africa  31 correct, 4 incorrect 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities) 35.71% in first on buzzer (30/84) 1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$600) 0/1 in Final Jeopardy Average Coryat: $15,800 People were surprised that I didn’t rate Dave higher coming into this tournament; while Dave’s strategy is generally on point, the fact that the Celebrity game tends to lean more towards material that comes via osmosis to the average American might still prove to work to Dave’s disadvantage. Dave is a semifinalist, though, having defeated Ana Navarro and Yvette Nicole Brown on February 26. |
Overall Thoughts: This is definitely the strongest and most evenly-matched semifinal of the three, in my opinion—I think it will come down to the seven betting clues. Mina did the best on those in the quarterfinals, and as much as it might annoy some, I think this is still a “pick’em” matchup, in betting parlance.
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