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The 2025 Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard is a tournament for wildcard players who will compete for a berth at the Tournament of Champions. The champions from 1 to 3 wins, along with the Second Chance winners of the season will face off, and the winner will be given the right to participate in the ToC, which will be played in the post season.

Contestants[]

Rank Season Name Wins TW Results WC
SC 41 Drew Goins A $38,000
Will Yancey $37,000
1 40 Jay Fisher 3 $31,200 Wild Card
2 41 Aiden Orzech 2 $51,599
3 Mehal Shah $48,062 Wild Card
4 Joey DeSena $46,698
5 Eamonn Campbell $45,200
6 Paul Clauson $38,300 Wild Card
7 Stevie Ruiz $38,987
8 40 Davey Morrison $31,012
9 41 Jen Feldman $30,850 Wild Card
10 Will Weiss $29,600
11 40 Marko Saric
12 41 Evan Dorey 1 $32,200
13 Adam Hersh $32,000

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score Detail
QF #1 January 13, 2025 Will Yancey $13,800 Paul Clauson $8,000 Jen Feldman $8,200 #
QF #2 January 14, 2025 Davey Morrison $0 Stevie Ruiz $5,199 Evan Dorey $20,600 #
QF #3 January 15, 2025 Drew Goins $23,400 Jay Fisher $15,400 Aiden Orzech -$2,400 #
QF #4 January 16, 2025 Joey DeSena $24,000 Mehal Shah $19,600 Eamonn Campbell $0 #
QF #5 January 17, 2025 Adam Hersh $0 Marko Saric $24,400 Will Weiss $0 #
SF #1 January 20, 2025 Joey DeSena $9,811 Drew Goins $26,800 Jen Feldman $10,000 #
SF #2 January 21, 2025 Evan Dorey $12,400 Jay Fisher $2,800 Will Yancey $52,000 #
SF #3 January 22, 2025 Marko Saric $11,600 Mehal Shah $13,799 Paul Clauson $9,900 #
Final January 23, 2025 Will Yancey $5,600 Drew Goins $17,600 Mehal Shah $27,200 #
January 24, 2025 $0 $0 $19,000 #
Total $5,600 $17,600 $46,200

Trivia[]

  • Five of the participants have competed with ToC entrants before in their original appearance:
    • David Erb – Jen and Drew
    • Isaac Hirsch and Neilesh Vinjamuri – Jay
    • Mark Fitzpatrick – Eamonn
    • Alison Betts – Marko
  • This is the first Champions Wildcard tournament to have wildcards.
  • Jen Feldman is the only female participating in the 2025 Champions Wildcard.
  • Jay Fisher is the only 3-time champion to play in the 2025 Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard competition, due to his 3-game total being the lowest among the nine 3-time champions in the 2024–2025 Jeopardy! postseason events.
  • For the first time since 2021 Jeopardy! Professors Tournament (which was three years and a month ago), the 15-player system and WC system were reintroduced.
  • Since Lisa Ann Walter declined to play in the 2025 Tournament of Champions due to Abbott Elementary taping the same week, Drew Goins (the 1st runner-up of this tournament) took her spot in the 2025 ToC.
    • This is also the first tournament to determine two ToC finalists in one tournament.
      • This tournament was taped on November 12–13, 2024, three weeks before the first runner-up knew that they will be advancing to the ToC as Lisa Ann Walter's replacement.
  • As of this tournament, the runner-up prizes are $40,000 each instead of $50,000 for second place and $25,000 for third place.

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