In the lead-up to the 33rd Tournament of Champions, Jeopardy! aired its Jeopardy! Honors for the fourth time. Much like the past incarnations, this was taped the night before the Tournament of Champions; the awards were aired earlier today on YouTube. For the second consecutive year, the Jeopardy! set played host to the ceremony.
Awards were given out in a number of different categories; they’re being listed here in order of presentation on the YouTube broadcast.
Best Celebration: Liam Starnes
The shocked reaction of Liam Starnes winning his fourth game on April 23 was enough to win this year’s award for Best Celebration.
Best Signature: Paolo Pasco
For his creativity in having to sign his name 8 different times, including making a face out of the OLO in his name, Paolo Pasco won Best Signature.
Style Award: Michelle Tsai
Becoming incredibly well-known for hand-knitting the sweaters that she wore on the Alex Trebek Stage, Michelle Tsai took home this year’s Style Award.
Best Interview: Harvey Silikovitz
In his interview on March 10 where he spoke about continuing to chase his dream of getting on the show despite a 2019 diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease, Harvey Silikovitz was given the award for Best Interview. He was also surprised with a special message from Michael J. Fox as well.
Best Game: Ryan Sharpe, Vickie Talvola, Cameron Berry
For the second year in a row, a Champions Wildcard semifinal won Best Game. The tournament’s first semifinal between Ryan Sharpe, Vickie Talvola, and Cameron Berry on January 12 saw zero incorrect responses in the main game, a pair of very large True Daily Doubles, and then a singleton get from Cameron in Final Jeopardy to put him in the finals.
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Breakthrough Performance: Cameron Berry
After his victory in Champions Wildcard over the past two weeks, this year’s Breakthrough Performance trophy goes to Cameron Berry.
Bounceback Award: Stella Trout
After multiple occasions where her scores reset to $0 thanks to Daily Double misses and rebounding to make the finals in Champions Wildcard, Stella Trout picked up the Bounceback Award at this year’s Jeopardy! Honors.
Most Valuable Player: Scott Riccardi
Thanks to 16 victories on the Alex Trebek Stage, Scott Riccardi was selected as Most Valuable Player.
Jeopardy! Hall of Fame inductee: Lisa Broffman
Joining Merv & Julann Griffin, Harry Friedman, Johnny Gilbert, Alex Trebek, Steven Dorfman and Ken Jennings in the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame, Lisa Broffman is the eighth inductee into the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame. After working at Merv Griffin Productions in general beginning in the 1970s, Lisa began working on Jeopardy! in Season 5, working all the way up to becoming Co-Executive Producer prior to her retirement in October 2024.
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Only now I realized that one of Michelle’s sweaters (on the Jan. 6 game) had the “einstein” (aperiodic monotile) pattern.
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