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Host
Alex Trebek
Announcer
Johnny Gilbert
Broadcast
Jeopardy Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational
Syndicated: September 17, 2009-May 7, 2010
Packager
Sony Pictures Television Studios

Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational began on September 17, 2009, and subsequent games aired on the third Thursday of every month from September 2009 to April 2010, with an additional quarter-final on the third Friday of April 2010. The semi-final and final rounds aired during the first full week of May 2010. A total of 27 celebrities—three per game for the nine semifinal episodes—competed for a grand prize of $1,000,000 for their charity. The winners of each qualifying game returned in May 2010 for three semi-final games.

Contestants[]

Twenty-seven celebrity contestants from Celebrity Jeopardy were invited back to compete in the $1,000,000 prize, as listed below:

Name Charity Results
Aisha Tyler International Rescue Committee
Anderson Cooper Friend Indeed, Inc.
Andy Richter Scleroderma Research Foundation
CCH Pounder African Millennium Foundation
Charles Shaughnessy 1736 Family Crisis Center
Cheech Marin Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Chris Matthews LaSalle College High School
Christopher Meloni Smile Train
Dana Delany Scleroderma Research Foundation
David Duchovny UNICEF
Doug Savant St. Vincent Meals on Wheels
Elizabeth Perkins Doug Turner Memorial Scholarship Fund
Harry Shearer Common Ground Relief
Hill Harper Manifest Your Destiny Foundation
Isaac Mizrahi Good Shepherd Services [1]
Jane Curtin U.S. Fund For UNICEF
Jane Kaczmarek Clothes Off Our Back
Joshua Malina Archer School for Girls
Julie Bowen Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Skyhook Foundation
Michael McKean International Myeloma Foundation
Neil Patrick Harris Food On Foot
Pat Sajak Vietnam Veterans of America
Rebecca Lobo St. Mary's School
Robin Quivers SEED School of Maryland
Soledad O'Brien Soledad O'Brien and Brad Raymond Family Foundation
Wolf Blitzer American Cancer Society

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score Detail
QF #1 September 17, 2009 Wolf Blizter $2,000
(-$4,600)
Dana Delany $9,300 Andy Ritcher $68,000 #
QF #2 October 15, 2009 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar $8,800 Soledad O'Brien $6,200 Michael McKean $24,800 #
QF #3 November 19, 2009 Julie Bowen $0 Jane Kaczmarek $30,601 Robin Quivers $1 #
QF #4 December 17, 2009 Christopher Meloni $200 Harry Shearer $17,000 Joshua Malina #
QF #5 January 21, 2010 Pat Sajak[2] $55,300 Elizabeth Perkins $0 Doug Savant $9,499 #
QF #6 February 18, 2010 Chris Matthews $20,000 David Duchovny Charles Shaughnessy $20,800 #
QF #7 March 18, 2010 Anderson Cooper $0 Aisha Tyler Cheech Marin $10,200 #
QF #8 April 15, 2010 Neil Patrick Harris $9,000 Rebecca Lobo $4,400 Hill Harper $0 #
QF #9[3] April 16, 2010 Jane Curtin $37,900 Isaac Mizrahi $20,800 CCH Pounder #
SF #1 May 3, 2010 Pat Sajak[2] $1,600 Jane Curtin $18,600 Harry Shearer $16,400 #
SF #2 May 4, 2010 Michael McKean $37,100 Isaac Mizrahi $28,600 Charles Shaughnessy $16,399 #
SF #3 May 5, 2010 Neil Patrick Harris $24,000 Jane Kaczmarek $16,201 Cheech Marin $31,200 #
Final May 6, 2010 Michael McKean $31,600 Cheech Marin $6,600 Jane Curtin $29,000 #
May 7, 2010 $4,100 $12,000 $1 #
Total $35,700 $18,600 $29,001

Notes[]

  • This was the first time a tournament has more quarterfinals than any tournament.

References[]

  1. Mizrahi advanced to the semifinals as an alternate after Andy Richter dropped out due to a scheduling conflict losing "The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Pat Sajak still host Wheel of Fortune after being a contestant on this day until his retirement on June 7, 2024.
  3. Celebrity Jeopardy! has nine quarterfinals after this tournament.
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1998 1998-A 1998-B 1999 1999-A 1999-B
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Tournaments
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Notes[]

  • This was the first time a tournament has more quarterfinals than any tournament.

References[]

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1998 1998-A 1998-B 1999 1999-A 1999-B
2001 2003 2006 2009 2015
Tournaments
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