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Host
Ken Jennings
Contestants
see below
Announcer
Johnny Gilbert
Broadcast
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February 17, 2025 – between March 6 - 10, 2025
Packager
Sony Pictures Television

The 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament is a tournament hosted by Ken Jennings.

Rule[]

The tournament was held immediately after the 2025 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, and the ToC winner and JIT winner will advance to the Masters along with the three who were seeded in the last Masters. Three participants from the previous Masters series, the two runners-up from the 2024 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, and 22 other champions, will compete to determine who will advance to the Masters. The rules are the same as the previous 27-player tournament, but instead of a 2-day system, the finals will be held in a format similar to the revamped ToC tournament, the winner of two out of four rounds being the winner. The prize money for the winner is $150,000.

Contestants[]

Rank Name TW Results
1 Amy Schneider $1,859,800
2 Matt Amodio $1,729,601
3 Roger Craig $556,200
4 Ray Lalonde $393,400
5 Ben Chan $354,600
6 Ryan Long $305,400
7 Seth Wilson $288,669
8 Troy Meyer $265,802
9 Robin Carroll $259,100
10 Jaskaran Singh $255,000
11 Jonathan Fisher $253,100
12 Hannah Wilson $236,801
13 Emily Sands $185,000
14 Rachael Schwartz $162,499
15 Luigi de Guzman $152,700
16 Juveria Zaheer $141,000
17 Jackie Kelly $122,100
18 John Focht $115,800
19 Doug Molitor $114,001[1]
20 Avi Gupta $110,000
21 Claire Sattler
22 Raymond Goslow $100,000
23 Shane Whitlock $98,200
24 Margaret Shelton $86,700
25 Skyler Hornback $66,600
26 Jackson Jones $60,000
27 Maya Wright $50,000

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score Detail
QF #1 February 17, 2025 Matt Amodio $45,400 Hannah Wilson $30,401 Doug Molitor -$3,200 #
QF #2 February 18, 2025 Skyler Hornback $3,600 Margaret Shelton $0 Jaskaran Singh $21,800 #
QF #3 February 19, 2025 Emily Sands Rachael Schwartz Jonathan Fisher
QF #4 February 20, 2025 Raymond Goslow Troy Meyer Jackie Kelly
QF #5 February 21, 2025 Maya Wright Roger Craig John Focht
QF #6 February 24, 2025 Avi Gupta Amy Schneider Luigi de Guzman
QF #7 February 25, 2025 Ray Lalonde Robin Carroll Ryan Long
QF #8 February 26, 2025 Ben Chan Claire Sattler Shane Whitlock
QF #9 February 27, 2025 Seth Wilson Jackson Jones Juveria Zaheer
SF #1 February 28, 2025
SF #2 March 3, 2025
SF #3 March 4, 2025
Final March 5, 2025
March 6, 2025

Evaluation[]

Trivia[]

  • The tournament was set to tape on January 13–15, 2025, but the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, California caused its postponement to February 4–6, 2025.[2]
  • Mattea Roach, Cris Pannullo, Brad Rutter, Julia Collins, Andrew He, and Eric Ahasic were originally invited to this tournament, but could not return.
  • Amy Schneider is the only player to appear in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament twice.
  • The tournament was supposed to start on February 14, 2025 but the 2025 Tournament of Champions TuneIn Exhibition Game airing that day caused its postponement to February 17, 2025.

Evaluation[]

References[]

  1. According to his Facebook post, Doug Molitor went on a five-game winning streak in 1979 with Art Fleming as the host, winning approximately $53,000. He then won an additional $61,001 after his four-game winning streak ($51,001), his 1987 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions appearance ($5,000), and his 1993 Jeopardy! Tenth Anniversary Tournament appearance ($5,000).
  2. https://thejeopardyfan.com/2025/01/la-wildfires-cause-postponement-of-jeopardy-invitational-tournament-taping.html
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