A project that I’m working on here at The Jeopardy! Fan is to keep track of everyone who had lost a game on the show, but was then invited back (usually due to being disadvantaged by a faulty clue, but there have been other reasons as well).
As it stands now, this is certainly not an exhaustive list, but I’m working on it! If you have an example that is missing, please send an email with details (you can find contact details at this link) and I’ll add it to the list!
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Vincent Valenzuela (original 2018-07-13; return 2018-09-25)
Vincent Valenzuela was leading going into Final Jeopardy! on July 13, 2018, but there was a technical issue with Final Jeopardy (in that the in-studio screen read “his” and not “this”), prompting Vincent to give an incorrect response. Vincent was invited back early in Season 35, but finished in 2nd place.
Ryan Fenster (original 2018-01-29–2018-02-02; return 2018-07-17–2018-07-20)
When going for his fifth win on February 2, 2018, Ryan Fenster was originally ruled incorrect on this ROAMIN’ CATHOLICS $1200 clue: St. Thomas Aquinas died traveling to Lyon, France while attempting to heal this rift between the Latin & Greek churches (saying “What is the Great Schism?”; the show wanted “What is Schism?) As the incorrect ruling ended up costing him the game, Ryan was invited back on the July 17, 2018 episode, where he won three more games.
Rebecca Zoshak (original 2018-01-11; return 2018-03-21–2018-03-22)
Rebecca was in second place on 2018-01-11 and saw the following Final Jeopardy! clue, in THE MOVIES: “It’s the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an Internet streaming service”. The intended response was “Manchester by the Sea”, and she failed to respond correctly.
After the episode, Alex recorded a statement saying “A word about today’s Final Jeopardy, ladies and gentlemen. We could have been a little more precise with our wording. We should have indicated that Manchester by the Sea was distributed by a streaming service, not produced by one. The contestant who was affected by this has been invited back and will appear with us again later this year.”
Ashley Wilson (original 2015-12-29; return 2015-12-31–2016-01-04)
Ashley was in second place on 2015-12-29 and saw the following Final Jeopardy! clue, in FAMOUS LAST NAMES: “The first woman space shuttle pilot shares this surname with a man on the 1st manned lunar landing 26 years earlier” Ashley failed to respond correctly, betting all of her money and finishing the episode in third place.
However, at the end of the episode, Alex recorded a statement saying, “Our bad, folks. Today’s Final Jeopardy should have referred to the entire Apollo 11 mission rather than to just the lunar landing part of it. We feel that Ashley might have been disadvantaged and so we have invited her to return to play again later this week.” She returned to win on 2015-12-31.
Scott Wells (original 2009-11-16; return 2010-09-13)
Scott’s original appearance in 2009 was marred by a Final Jeopardy (CLASSIC SONGS FROM MOVIES: 6-word title of the song that says, “For the house fell on her head & the coroner pronounced her dead”) where it was contended that the lyrics in the clue weren’t actually mentioned in the movie. The show agreed, and brought Scott back for another opportunity. Unfortunately for Scott, the other challenger in his second appearance: Roger Craig. Scott finished in a distant third place in his return on 2010-09-13.
Kori Tyler (original 2009-01-08–2009-01-09; return 2010-02-26)
In her second appearance, Kori responded to her Final Jeopardy (ALPHABETS: In the phonetic alphabet used by the U.S. military, it’s the only letter that has the same name as a warrior people) with the letter Z instead of Zulu. Eventually, the show agreed that the two responses were equivalent and she was brought back. She finished second to Ben Auer in her return.
Tom Morris (original 2008-04-29–2008-05-01; return 2008-05-02 & 2008-05-19)
As the returning champion, Tom lost to Paul Thomas in game #5454, aired 2008-05-01, but because Alex Trebek gave Paul a little extra time to write down his winning Final Jeopardy! response on the backup paper card after Paul had trouble using the electronic tablet, it was determined that Tom may have been disadvantaged and should return. In #5455, aired 2008-05-02, Tom was again at the champion’s podium and Paul took the middle podium. In that game, Tom defeated Paul and went on to play again, eventually winning 4 games and reaching the quarterfinals of the Tournament of Champions.
(source: J! Archive)
Arianna Kelly (original 2008-01-30; return 2008-07-08)
Stefan Goodreau writes:
“Arianna Kelly played and lost two games in season 24; in the first one there were some rulings against her that people on the Sony board took issue with. The one that I believe was confirmed to have something to do with her return was a clue that asked for the main constituent of so-called tin cans, which allowed them to be separated via magnet from other recyclables. She responded with iron and was told to be more specific, then said iron ore and was ruled wrong. Returning champ Melissa Prusi rebounded with steel and was ruled correct. This was an $800 clue, Arianna entered FJ in third place, $2,200 behind Melissa, and FJ was a triple get in which the challenger in first place did not bet to cover Melissa, and Melissa won. (She was brought back in the midst of Aaron Schroeder’s run, put up a good fight, but lost.)”
Karla Sortland (original 2006-05-24; return 2007-06-11)
Stefan Goodreau writes:
“Matt Sojot [see below] and Karla Sortland lost from second and first place respectively on this clue, in the category PORT CITIES: “It was Russia’s third-largest city until it became the capital of an independent republic in 1918″ Only returning champion Tricia Barreiro got Riga, and Karla and Matt guessed Odessa and Kiev. According to his player page at J! Archive, Matt objected to the ruling, saying the clue was ambiguous enough to make Kiev a potentially correct response, and they opted to bring both players back as a result.” Karla finished second in her return, to Susan Mitchell.
Matt Sojot (original 2006-05-24; return 2007-04-13)
Matt Sojot and Karla Sortland [see above] lost on the Final Jeopardy! clue described above. Matt finished in third place in his return.
Source: Stefan Goodreau (as above)
Holly Owens (original 2006-04-17; return 2007-07-03–2007-07-05)
Stefan Goodreau writes:
“Holly Owens and Brian Lamb [see below] were contestants in the game when Bob Mesko was brought back [see below], and they lost on a triple stumper FJ about actors that had been nominated for Oscars in each the last five consecutive decades. The clue was looking for Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine, who were each nominated in the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. But Holly and Brian both said Paul Newman, who got nominated during each of the five ten-year periods from 1956 to 2006.” In her return, Holly defeated Cathy Lanctot en route to winning two games.
Brian Lamb (original 2006-04-17; return 2007-06-26)
Stefan Goodreau writes:
“Holly Owens [see above] and Brian Lamb were contestants in the game when Bob Mesko was brought back [see below]. In his return, Brian lost to eventual 5-time champion Cathy Lanctot.
Bob Mesko (original 2006-01-23–2006-01-26; return 2006-04-17–2006-04-19)
A poorly-worded Daily Double that cost Bob his fourth game (“Fitting name of a unit between group & division, like the 509th Bomb one or 349th Air Mobility one”) resulted in his return to the show a few months after his first appearance. He went on to win two more games in Season 22, reaching the semifinals of the year’s Tournament of Champions.
(source: J! Archive)
Leslie Burns-Dell’Acqua (original 2005-01-12; return 2005-11-02)
Stefan Goodreau writes:
“Leslie Burns-Dell’Acqua was in a distant but not hopeless second place when she encountered this FJ in DATES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: “On this date Philadelphia partied with fireworks & music from a Hessian band captured 6 months earlier” Everyone missed, and the player in first place held on to his lead. But Leslie’s FJ thought process, as she explained in her blog first went to the first Independence Day celebration, but then the clue’s “six months earlier” gave her pause, since the capture of the Hessian band would have been on Christmas day 1776. So she added six months to that to get her response of June 25, 1777, only to find out that July 4, 1777 was indeed what they were going for.” On her return, Leslie finished in second place to Maria Wenglinsky.
Doug Meyer (original 2004-03-11; return 2005-06-09)
In Doug’s initial appearance on the show, the penultimate clue of Double Jeopardy! was intended to pertain to The Barber of Seville; Doug’s response of “What is The Marriage of Figaro” was also deemed to fit the clue (as it named three characters from both play with no further information). As the final clue of the round was a Daily Double, and it would have gone to Doug had he been ruled correct, it was determined that Doug was sufficiently disadvantaged so as to warrant a return. Doug finished in second place in his return the following season.
Frank Amanat (original 2003-11-03; return 2004-01-15–2004-01-20)
Stefan Goodreau writes:
“[In Frank Amanat’s original game], he led entering FJ. The category: CANDY. The clue: “This person after whom a candy bar may have been named was part of a family on an 1892 Election Day souvenir medal” He responded “Who is Cleveland?” and was ruled incorrect, after third place was ruled correct on ‘Who was Baby Ruth?'” Frank returned a couple of months later and won three games.
Phillip Steele (original 2002-10-25–2002-10-31; return 2003-04-14)
In his fifth game, Phillip faced the following Final Jeopardy in HISTORIC CONGRESSMEN: “Armed Services Committee head Carl Vinson was the first living American for whom the government named 1 of these”. Intending for the correct response to be “aircraft carriers”, the show erred in accepting Mark Jurecki’s response of “What is a naval vessel?”.
Philip returned April 14, 2003—upon his re-introduction, Alex opened the episode by stating, “we were not as precise as we should have been”. Unfortunately, he ran into the buzz saw known as Brian Weikle, who proceeded to set a new one-day record of $52,000 that day.
Richard Finch (original 2002-02-26; return 2003-07-14)
Richard Finch and Anthony Trifilio [see below] lost on the following Final Jeopardy! clue: “Peter Roget’s new device for performing mechanically the involution & evolution of numbers”, in the category 19th CENTURY INVENTIONS. Because it was determined that some slide rules dated to the 18th century, it was determined that both Richard and Anthony were disadvantaged and should return. Richard finished in 3rd place in his return to the show.
Anthony Trifilio (original 2002-02-25–2002-02-26; return 2003-03-04–2003-03-05)
Anthony Trifilio and Richard Finch [see above] lost on the Final Jeopardy! clue described above. In his second appearance, Anthony won a second game before being defeated by 4-day champion Max Levaren.
Darren Millam (original 2000-04-20–2000-04-21; return 2001-02-27)
In his second game in 2000, challenger Kate Lowe was given credit in-game after the judges overturned a ruling on Kate’s pronunciation of Robert Zemeckis; before Final Jeopardy! Alex Trebek said “We went over Kate’s response in super slow-motion and found that it wasn’t a “T” that she said, but just a pause, so she’s credited with $2,000.” This caused Kate to dethrone Darren as champion; this judgment call was further reviewed afterwards, resulting in Darren’s return to the show the following season, where he finished in second place to 4-day champion Sid Moore, Jr.
Tony Burrell (original 2000-03-20; return 2002-06-28)
In Tony’s first appearance, he was leading going into Final Jeopardy, where he faced the following clue: “The national orchestra of this nation on the Mediterranean Sea is larger than its army”. Unfortunately, the clue—whose correct response was intended to be “What is Monaco?”—was outdated (its source was likely a 1983 newspaper article) and no longer correct at the time of taping. Thus, Tony, as well as Melissa Gaul (see below), were brought back. Tony lost in his return nearly two years later.
Melissa Gaul (original 2000-03-20; return 2000-09-21)
Melissa was also a nonwinning player on March 20, 2000; she returned to the show without comment by Alex, though presumably for the same reason as Tony Burrell (see above), on September 21, 2000, where she lost to Andrew Garen.
Milo Dochow (Original 1999-02-22 [Teen Tournament]; return 2000-02-09 [College Championship])
In Season 15’s Teen Tournament, Milo successfully protested; it is believed that a delayed judges’ overturning an incorrect response on a Daily Double would have resulted in him having more money after Final Jeopardy! and advancing to the next round. He was returned in the following season’s College Championship, where he finished in third place in his quarterfinal.
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Carol Tierney (original 1997-12-05; return 1998-03-20)
Carol was returned to the show about three months after her original appearance after an initially-ruled-incorrect response on a poorly-phrased clue cost Carol a chance to play the final Daily Double, which ended up giving fellow challenger Ron Seide the victory. In her return, she finished in second place.
Pat Pauken (original 1997-01-21; return 1998-04-07–1998-04-08)
Per Pat’s J! Archive profile, Pat Pauken appeared on the show in January 1997 and lost. Upon his return to the show in 1998, Alex gave no explanation on-air. However, Pat later published an article in the Bowling Green Sentinal-Tribune where he indicated that his signaling device had malfunctioned, and the game was close enough that the show’s producers couldn’t be sure that he wouldn’t have won. Upon his return, Pat won one game.
Claudia Perry (original 1996-09-11; return 1997-01-01–1997-01-07)
Per her J! Archive profile, Claudia Perry suffered from “technical issues” in her initial appearance in early September 1996; to be fair, the show invited her back, where she won 4 games, reached the semifinals of her Tournament of Champions, and was invited to both the Million Dollar Masters and Battle of the Decades.
Harry Barker (original 1996-09-10; return 1996-12-02–1996-12-03)
Harry first appeared on the show early in Season 13 and occupied the same lectern that Claudia Perry (see above) occupied one day later. Presumably beset by the same technical issues that resulted in Claudia’s return, Harry was returned to the show a few months later, where he won 1 game in December.
Alexandra Grochol (original 1995-11-27; return 1996-05-28–1996-05-29)
In her original appearance, it was deemed that there was a discrepancy in the Final Jeopardy! clue on November 27, 1995 regarding the identity of the world’s richest man; Alexandra was deemed to have been sufficiently disadvantaged by it to earn a return appearance on the show later in Season 12, where she won 1 game.
Pete Brunner (original 1995-06-21–1995-06-22; return 1996-06-24)
Pete Brunner won his first game in June 1995. In the Jeopardy! Round in his first title defense on June 22, Pete was ruled incorrect with a response of “What is a barcode reader?” on the following clue: “One of these laser devices “reads” a Universal Product Code”, with the show expecting “What is a scanner”. As Pete eventually came within $100 of a runaway before Final in a loss to Paul Bondor, he was returned to the show in June 1996, where he lost in Karl Coryat’s second game.
Kim Smith (original 1994-06-24–1994-06-27; return 1994-09-06)
Kim Smith won his first game in June 1994. Late in his first title defense on June 27, he was ruled incorrect when responding “What is keep?” (instead of the intended “What is the dungeon?”) to a clue reading “What was once a term for the living quarters became this word for the castle’s prison.” Challenger Margaret Robbins rebounded on the clue, and immediately found the final Daily Double, which she used to cement a runaway game. As Kim got Final and Margaret did not, Kim was returned to the show in September. Upon his return, he lost to Steve Chernicoff in Steve’s fourth game.
Tom Nichols (original 1994-01-31–1994-02-04; return 1994-10-10)
Tom Nichols was a four-time champion who lost his fifth game in early 1994 as a result of being ruled incorrect on the following clue in EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY on February 4, 1994: “This German seaport’s full name calls it a Free & Hanseatic City”. Tom gave the equally correct “What is Bremen” (instead of the intended “What is Hamburg”); his being ruled incorrect on this clue cost him a victory. He won in his return, becoming a five-time champion in his sixth game, just in time for the Tournament of Champions (which he would have qualified for anyway).
Dave Gordon (original 1993-03-03–1993-03-04; return 1993-06-23)
Dave Gordon, in his second game, responded to a clue of “Famous deposits of this mineral can be found in western Kansas & Dover, England” with “What is limestone” instead of “What is chalk?” The show later felt that Dave’s response could have been ruled correct and elected to return him to the show a few months later. Dave lost to Ray Agran in his return in June.
India Cooper (original 1991-05-01; return 1991-12-16–1991-12-20)
In her original appearance, India was leading going into Final Jeopardy (SHAKESPEARE: Character who says, “The evil that men do lives after them”). India lost after second place’s response of “Who is Mark Anthony?” was accepted, but she was brought back in December of 1991 to win 5 games. However, Alex chose to cite a “technical malfunction” as India’s reason for returning upon her return; such a malfunction was not readily apparent to a home viewer. Her most recent appearance was in the Battle of the Decades.
(source: JBoard)
Mark Thompson (original 1990-10-01; return 1991-12-30)
Mark’s original appearance was beset by a couple of judging errors. Upon Mark’s return, it was cited that Mark should have been credited for what was originally an incorrect response, presumably on the following Daily Double: “One of Africa’s richest countries & one of Africa’s poorest are named after this river”, with “Congo” likely being seen to also fit the clue. However, the initial game was also beset by a late reversal by the judges on returning champion Jim Scott’s second Daily Double, which likely would have also affected Mark’s bet sizing. On Mark’s return, he lost to Jim Alverson.
Kathy Fuller (original 1989-04-17; return 1990-04-05)
In her initial appearance, Kathy faced the following Final Jeopardy! clue: “Images replaced on the front of the penny & the nickel by the presidents on them today”. While she was ruled incorrect in the game, she successfully protested that her response of “Miss Liberty” was acceptable as a representation of the images on both the 1913–1938 nickel and the 1859-1909 penny; thus, her response was acceptable and she should have won her game. She was brought back in 1990 when she lost to Joel Goldberg (see below).
Tom Smolich (original 1989-04-11; return 1989-09-21–1989-09-26)
In Tom’s original appearance, defending champion Jim Breed faced the following Daily Double: “Every November the Leonid, which is one of these, occurs in the sky”. Jim responded with “What is a meteorite shower?” instead of “What is a meteor shower?” and was given credit for a correct response. Due to the fact that the two terms are different enough such that Jim should not have been given a correct response, and the response gave Jim the victory over Tom, Tom was returned to the show in the fall of 1989. Upon his return, he tied departing 5-time champion Larry McKnight and won two further games.
Sara Leiber McKinney (original 1989-03-27; return 1989-06-13)
In Sara’s first appearance, she was leading going into Final Jeopardy!, and faced the following Final Jeopardy! in the category ISLANDS: “It’s the most volcanic country in the world.” After the game, Sara’s response of “What is Indonesia?” was judged as potentially correct; thus, she was returned to the show in June. In her return, she lost to 2-time champion John Katchmer.
Joel Goldberg (original unknown; return 1990-04-02–1990-04-06)
Per Joel’s J! Archive profile, Joel was “first on the show 1988 when he was ruled incorrect on a Final Jeopardy! response, and after further review, his response was correct and it did have an effect on the outcome of the game.” Joel later returned to win four games and $33,001.
(source: J! Archive)
Theo Schiller (original 1988-01-22; return 1988-03-08)
In Theo’s original appearance, she faced an audio Daily Double on “The Tiger Rag”; the amount lost on that Daily Double would have made a difference between her winning or not; afterwards, the show felt that the musical selection was too difficult to be fair—Alex’s wording was “We selected about as obscure a piece of music as you could find from a well-known tune”—and brought her back a few weeks later. In her return, she lost to Leslie Goodman-Malamuth, finishing at -$400.
Paul Katz (original 1987-12-04; return 1988-10-10)
In Paul’s original appearance he faced a late-game Daily Double in PRESIDENTS’ RELIGIONS: “Only Jefferson, Andrew Johnson & Lincoln shared this distinction regarding religious affiliation”. While the show’s intended response was “What is they had none?”, it was later determined that Paul’s response of “What is Unitarian?” could have been considered acceptable, as Jefferson did consider himself to be Unitarian. As the ruling cost Paul a victory, Paul was brought back in October 1988, where he lost to Alec Iorio.
Judi Greenberg (original 1987-01-08; return 1987-09-28–1987-09-29)
In her original appearance, Judi was playing against 4-time champion Keith Bell. Keith was ruled correct on a Final Jeopardy! in which he only specified “Who is Roosevelt?”; the show then elected to bring Judi, who was disadvantaged by the ruling, back the show in September of the same year. Ironically, the show also brought back Clare Dellemann on the same episode; Clare had been disadvantaged in the opposite way, with the show having ruled her insufficiently specific in September 1984. Judi won one game in her return.
Sharon Miyasato (original 1986-10-03; return 1987-01-12—1987-01-14)
In her initial appearance on the show, Sharon lost to 4-time champion Carl Brady in Carl’s 2nd game. However, Alex said on her return that he “made a mistake that may well have cost her an opportunity to dethrone our champion”. (It is believed that the mistake was likely overturning a response of “kilowatt” instead of “kilowatt-hour” after “hour” was already in the clue.) On her return, Sharon won two games.
Rosalie Hill (original 1986-01-17–1986-01-20; return 1986-10-10)
Rosalie Hill was a 1-day champion in mid-January 1986; in her second game, she lost after it appeared as though challenger Erik Bergman’s light pen did not shut off in time, allowing him to write just enough of the correct response (though, it is certainly debatable as to whether or not Erik had written enough to be given credit). In her return, she lost to Tournament of Champions and Super Jeopardy! finalist Dave Traini.
Dorian Ellis (original 1985-04-23; return 1985-05-07-1985-05-08)
In her initial appearance on the show, Dorian faced the following Final Jeopardy! clue: “The first university in the Western Hemisphere was founded in 1553 in this Latin American capital”. The show determined that Dorian’s response of “What is Lima, Peru?”, referring to the National University of San Marcos, was ultimately more correct than the show’s intended response of “What is Mexico City?” (referring to the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico), and Dorian was brought back two weeks later, where she won one game.
Richard Landon (original 1984-11-21–1984-11-27; return 1984-12-04)
In his 5th game in 1984, Richard should have been given credit for “Roundheads” on the following clue: In 1642, they closed English theaters for 18 years; he was brought back a week later for a second attempt to win a fifth game, but lost to Daniel Elias.
(source: J! Archive)
Paul Croshier (original 1984-10-12; return 1985-01-30–1985-02-05)
In his original appearance, Staff Sgt. Paul Croshier selected the clue that contained a Daily Double late in Double Jeopardy; however, the show elected to end the round before revealing that Daily Double. The show eventually realized that this was unfair and brought Paul back. Paul went on to win five games in early 1985.
(source: JBoard)
Clare Dellemann (original 1984-09-21; return 1987-09-28)
In her original appearance, Clare was ruled insufficiently specific in Final Jeopardy! with a response of “Who is Roosevelt?”, a ruling which cost her a victory. However, after Keith Bell was ruled correct in 1987 for doing the same thing, both Judi Greenberg (see above) and Clare were returned to the same show in September 1987. Judi won the match; Clare finished third.
Page history
2015-12-31 Original page, with information on Ashley Wilson, Scott Wells, Tom Morris, Bob Mesko, India Cooper
2016-01-13 Updated information from Stefan Goodreau on Scott Wells, added Kori Tyler, Arianna Kelly, Karla Sortland, Matt Sojot, Holly Owens, Brian Lamb, Leslie Burns-Dell’Acqua, Frank Amanat. More to come!
2018-07-16 Added Season 34’s Rebecca Zoshak, Ryan Fenster, and Vincent Valenzuela. Added information about Tom Nichols from Stefan Goodreau.
2022-10-30 Added further information about India Cooper as well as Paul Croshier. More to come!
2022-11-05 Added further information about Richard Landon.
2022-11-10 Page redesign; added further information about Milo Dochow, Claudia Perry, Tom Smolich, Joel Goldberg, and Kathy Fuller.
2022-11-11 Added information about Kim Smith.
2022-11-24 Added information about Rosalie Hill.
2022-12-15 Added information about Dorian Ellis; updated dates for Paul Croshier, Richard Landon, and Tom Smolich.
2023-03-22 Added information about Alexandra Grochol, Darren Millam, Doug Meyer, Anthony Trifilio, Richard Finch, and Sharon Miyasato.
2023-05-28 Added information about Judi Greenberg and Clare Dellemann.
2023-06-01 Updated information regarding Kim Smith, Alexandra Grochol, and Tom Nichols.
2023-07-07 Added further information regarding Tom Nichols.
2023-07-08 Added further information regarding Rosalie Hill.
2023-08-09 Added further information regarding Kim Smith.
2023-08-21 Added information about Pete Brunner.
2023-08-28 Added information about Sara Lieber McKinney.
2023-08-31 Added information about Theo Schiller.
2023-09-02 Added information about Paul Katz.
2023-09-07 Updated information regarding Tom Smolich.
2023-10-17 Page redesign.
2024-02-05 Added information about Phillip Steele.
2024-02-10 Added information about Dave Gordon.
2024-04-14 Added information about Mark Thompson.
2025-02-13 Added information about Pat Pauken, Carol Tierney, Tony Burrell, and Melissa Gaul.
2025-02-27 Added information about Harry Barker.
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