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Warning: This page contains spoilers for the May 7, 2025, first game of Jeopardy! Masters — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Due to the show’s earlier airing this evening in Atlantic Canada, a full recap will be posted shortly after this episode airs in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (17-6, 0 points)
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Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (11-6, 0 points)
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Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania (8-3, 0 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Jeopardy! Masters returns to the airwaves tonight with the third of our Knockout Round games. The first half of this episode features a rematch of the Tournament of Champions—Neilesh Vinjamuri, Isaac Hirsch, and Adriana Harmeyer. The Unified Prediction model does think Neilesh is favored to win, but anything can happen here—especially with the four major clues (the three Daily Doubles and Final Jeopardy.)
One thing that might end up being a topic for discussion in more ways than one—the finale of Masked Singer airing at the same time. While this obviously does not affect ABC’s scheduling—Jeopardy! Masters still will be airing at 9:00 in the United States, it is causing a bit of a schedule juggle in Canada. In Canada, this episode is airing at 10:00 on CTV in the Eastern time zone westward. However, in the Atlantic time zone eastward, CTV’s usual policy is to move the 10:00 show to the 8:00 Atlantic time slot, in order to preserve CTV’s simultaneous substitution rights for as many shows as possible in the Atlantic time zone and air the CTV National News at 10:00 PM Atlantic. Thus, tonight’s episode airs on CTV Halifax—which also happens to be the “home” CTV station here at The Jeopardy! Fan—at 8:00 PM Atlantic time. Meanwhile, Jeopardy! Masters airing against Masked Singer might also have a depressing effect on tonight’s Masters ratings in the United States.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Jeopardy! Masters (game 1) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: SVU: Shakespeare Victims Unit; 6-Letter Cities; Unabbreviate Me; Talking In Colors; …& Horror Ensues; W. Kamau Bell’s Bells Category)
Neilesh got off to the best start, but Isaac clawed back most of the lead by picking up the Daily Double. By the end of the round, Isaac had a slim $400 lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Isaac 11 correct 0 incorrect
Neilesh 14 correct 0 incorrect
Adriana 3 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Isaac 9,200
Neilesh 8,800
Adriana 1,000
Today’s interviews:
Adriana has been playing a lot of Rock Band to prepare.
Isaac thinks all three of this game’s players are underdogs overall.
Neilesh thinks it’s an honor to be on the Masters stage.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Stars Of Our Show; Art History; A 20th Century Facts Production; This Is Not A Love Song; Whoa! Horses!; Before, During & After)
Adriana and Isaac found the Daily Doubles; both got them correct. Neilesh struggled with four incorrect responses in this round, which was enough to bring Isaac to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Isaac 20 correct 3 incorrect
Neilesh 18 correct 4 incorrect
Adriana 11 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Isaac 20,000
Neilesh 9,200
Adriana 7,400
Correct response: Who is Columba?
Neilesh crossed out the correct response, meaning Adriana picked up the crucial single point for second place. 3 points to Isaac, 1 to Adriana, 0 to Neilesh.
Tonight’s results:
Adriana 7,400 – $3,000 = $4,400 (Who is St. Mungo?)
Neilesh 9,200 – $5,601 = $3,599 (Who is Columba Columbus)
Isaac 20,000 – $0 = $20,000 (Who is Paul)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
- Yogesh Raut, 3 points, 1 win, 24 correct, $22,600 Coryat, $30,800 pre-Final
- Isaac Hirsch, 3 points, 1 win, 20 correct, $15,000 Coryat, $20,000 pre-Final
- Roger Craig, 3 points, 1 win, 17 correct, $8,400 Coryat, $15,200 pre-Final
- Victoria Groce, 1 point, 0 wins, 21 correct, $10,200 Coryat, $14,000 pre-Final
- Matt Amodio, 1 point, 0 wins, 18 correct, $11,600 Coryat, $10,600 pre-Final
- Adriana Harmeyer, 1 point, 0 wins, 11 correct, $6,600 Coryat, $7,400 pre-Final
- Neilesh Vinjamuri, 0 points, 0 wins, 18 correct, $9,200 Coryat, $9,200 pre-Final
- Juveria Zaheer, 0 points, 0 wins, 16 correct, $8,000 Coryat, $8,000 pre-Final
- Brad Rutter, 0 points, 0 wins, 8 correct, $6,200 Coryat, $6,200 pre-Final
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) TALKING IN COLORS $800 (clue #17)
Isaac 3000 +3000 (Neilesh 6600 Adriana 800)
2) THE STARS OF OUR SHOW $1200 (clue #8)
Adriana 600 +2000 (Neilesh 7600 Isaac 11200)
3) A 20th CENTURY FACTS PRODUCTION $1200 (clue #17, $10400 left on board)
Isaac 15200 +4000 (Neilesh 8000 Adriana 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 226
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Neilesh 3 2 1 3 2 5 4 5 4 3 5
Isaac 4 4 3 4*
Adriana 3 5
DJ! Round:
Neilesh 4 5† 4† 2† 5
Isaac 4 3 5 4 3*
Adriana 3 5 2 3* 3 4 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Isaac 3.78
Adriana 3.67
Neilesh 3.56
Game Stats:
Isaac $15,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Adriana $6,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Neilesh $9,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
Lach Trash: $12,800 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,400
Player Statistics:
Neilesh Vinjamuri, career statistics:
258 correct, 32 incorrect
16/19 on rebound attempts (on 60 rebound opportunities)
35.67% in first on buzzer (244/684)
12/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $35,500)
6/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,567
Isaac Hirsch, career statistics:
441 correct, 78 incorrect
23/29 on rebound attempts (on 65 rebound opportunities)
43.32% in first on buzzer (444/1025)
19/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,200)
12/18 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,789
Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:
485 correct, 61 incorrect
29/38 on rebound attempts (on 97 rebound opportunities)
33.67% in first on buzzer (460/1366)
16/24 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $22,200)
17/24 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,475
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Isaac 20,000 Neilesh 9,200 Adriana 7,400)
Neilesh: Cover bet fore second is 5,601. (Actual bet: 5,601)
Isaac: No need to bet anything. (Actual bet: 0)
Adriana: Bet no more than 3,800. (Actual bet: 3,000)
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Great episode!