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Host
Alex Trebek
Contestants
see below
Announcer
Johnny Gilbert
Broadcast
Jeopardy! Season 19 Tournament of Champions Title Card
May 5~16, 2003
Packager
Sony Pictures Television

Contestants[]

Rank Season Name Wins TW Results WC
C 19 Kyle Hale A $51,300
1 Brian Weikle ($ S19) 5 $149,200
2 Travis Troyer $83,100 Wild Card
3 18 Ben Tritle $78,600
4 19 Mark Brown $68,094
5 17 Alan Bailey $61,501 (X2)
6 18 Trevor Norris $54,604 (X2)
7 Mark Dawson $52,599 (X2) Wild Card
8 Eric Floyd ($ S18) 4 $99,800
9 Jason McCune $90,041
10 Jill Bunzendahl Chimka $86,099
11 19 Max Levaren $69,801 Wild Card
12 Jackie Harrison $68,602
13 18 Mark Lee $67,500
14 Kathy Cassity $59,200

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score Detail
QF #1 May 5, 2003 Brian Weikle $22,200 Ben Tritle $0
($6,400)
Kathy Cassity -$3,000 #
QF #2 May 6, 2003 Max Levaren $0
($7,600)
Trevor Norris $18,000 Mark Dawson $16,799 #
QF #3 May 7, 2003 Jill Bunzendahl Chimka $14,400 Travis Troyer $2,599 Mark Lee $0
($7,400)
#
QF #4 May 8, 2003 Jason McCune -$2,000 Mark Brown $19,205 Jackie Harrison $0
($2,600)
#
QF #5 May 9, 2003 Eric Floyd $0
($9,000)
Alan Bailey $20,400 Kyle Hale $0
($5,300)
#
SF #1 May 12, 2003 Brian Weikle $799 Mark Brown $101 Max Levaren $5 #
SF #2 May 13, 2003 Alan Bailey $13,000 Mark Dawson $30,001 Jill Bunzendahl Chimka $7,900 #
SF #3 May 14, 2003 Trevor Norris $9,599 Travis Troyer $10,300 Eric Floyd $20,300 #
Final May 15, 2003 Mark Dawson $22,400 Eric Floyd $7,300 Brian Weikle $15,000 #
May 16, 2003 $34,400 $12,399 $41,601 #
Total $56,800 $19,699 $56,601

Notes[]

Contest Related[]

  • Eligibility lasted from July 4, 2003 (the game after 5-time champ Kevin Keach, the last qualifier for the 2001 ToC, retired undefeated) to April 25, 2003 (last regular play game before this ToC).
  • This is the last ToC in the 5-win system and the first ToC to use a digital scoreboard.
  • First ToC after the clue values are doubled.
  • It is also the first ToC in history where the champions of three seasons participated.
  • Clue values were doubled to their current amounts on November 26, 2001. Three players in the S19 ToC (Alan Bailey, Mark Dawson, and Trevor Norris) played before this doubling, and their seeding is based on their winnings being doubled.
  • In this ToC, as many as 6 people were $0, and 2 people recorded negative scores. As a result, the WC was covered by the DJ's score.
  • Starting this season, the prize money for 3rd place has risen to $25K, the prize money for runner-up is $50K, and the prize money for winner is $250K.
  • First ToC to feature players from three seasons

Contestant Related[]

  • Among them, Alan and Mark D were scheduled to appear in the previous ToC, but the previous season was full of 15 players, so it was postponed to the next ToC. The qualification period for the previous ToC ended early due to Kevin Keach's fifth win.
  • Vinita was planned to be in this tournament but due to her college studies that year, she was carried over to the 2004 Tournament of Champions. This is the first ToC participant to postpone their chance to participate in ToC until next year.
  • Brian is the last player to break the minimum guarantee in ToC.
  • Mark D unofficially (before the 2x standard) became the first ToC winner to accumulate more than the ToC winning prize money in regular games.

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