Host | |
Alex Trebek | |
Announcer | |
Johnny Gilbert | |
Broadcast | |
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 |
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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 |
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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[]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pat Sajak still host Wheel of Fortune after being a contestant on this day until his retirement on June 7, 2024.
- ↑ Celebrity Jeopardy! has nine quarterfinals after this tournament.
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- This was the first time a tournament has more quarterfinals than any tournament.
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