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.
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]
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.
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↑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).