Contestants who had lost a game on the show but was then invited back (usually due to being disadvantaged by a faulty clue, but there have been other reasons as well). Priscilla Ball, Claudia Corriere, Zach Newkirk, and Ben Chan are among the participants who returned from the recording due to unavoidable circumstances. Jeff Kirby is the only case of a ineligible re-appearance due to a crew mistake (Second Chance and Wildcard tournament competitiors excluded).
1984~1990 [ ]
No.
Name
First Aired Date
Second Aired Date
Result 1
Result 2
1
Paul Croshier
October 12, 1984
January 25~31, 1985
2nd
★x5
2
Clare Dellemann
November 21, 1984
September 28, 1987
3rd
3rd
3
Richard Landon
November 21~27, 1984
December 4, 1984
★x4
2nd
4
Dorian Ellis
April 23, 1985
May 7~8, 1985
2nd
★
5
Rosalie Hill
January 17~20, 1986
October 10, 1986
★
3rd
6
Sharon Miyasato
October 3, 1986
January 12~14, 1987
2nd
★x2
7
Judi Greenberg
January 8, 1987
September 28~29, 1987
2nd
★
8
Paul Katz
December 4, 1987
October 10, 1988
2nd
3rd
9
Joel Goldberg
1988
April 2~6, 1990
?
★x4
10
Theo Schiller
January 22, 1988
March 8, 1988
2nd
3rd
11
Tom Smolich
April 11, 1989
September 21~26, 1989
2nd
★x3
12
Sara Leiber McKinney
June 13, 1989
June 27, 1989
2nd
3rd
13
Kathy Fuller
April 17, 1989
April 5, 1990
3rd
3rd
1991~2000 [ ]
No.
Name
First Aired Date
Second Aired Date
Result 1
Result 2
1
India Cooper
May 1, 1991
December 16~20, 1991
2nd
★x5
2
Dave Gordon
March 3~4, 1993
June 23, 1993
2nd
★
3
Kim Smith
June 24-27, 1994
September 6, 1994
*
3rd
4
Tom Nichols
January 31~February 4, 1994
October 10, 1994
★x4
★
5
Kim Smith
June 24~27, 1994
September 6, 1994
3rd
3rd
6
Claudia Perry
September 11, 1996
January 1~7, 1997
3rd
★x4
7
Alexandra Grochol
November 27, 1995
May 28~29, 1996
2nd
2nd
8
Pete Brunner
June 21~22, 1995
June 24, 1996
2nd
2nd
9
Pat Pauken
January 21, 1997
April 7~8, 1997
2nd
2nd
10
Carol Tierney
December 5, 1997
March 20, 1998
2nd
2nd
11
Milo Dochow
February 22, 1999
February 9, 2000
QF (3rd)
QF (3rd)
12
Melissa Gaul
March 20, 2000
September 21, 2000
2nd
3rd
2001~2010 [ ]
No.
Name
First Aired Date
Second Aired Date
Result 1
Result 2
1
Tony Burrell
March 20, 2000
June 28, 2002
3rd
2nd
2
Darren Millam
April 20~21, 2001
February 27, 2001
2nd
2nd
3
Anthony Trifilio
February 25~26, 2002
March 4~5, 2003
★
★
4
Richard Finch
February 26, 2002
July 14, 2003
2nd
3rd
5
Phillip Steele
October 25~31, 2002
April 14, 2003
★x4
3rd
6
Frank Amanat
November 3, 2003
January 15~20, 2004
2nd
★x3
7
Doug Meyer
March 11, 2004
June 9, 2005
3rd
2nd
8
Leslie Burns-Dell'Acqua
January 12, 2005
November 2, 2005
2nd
2nd
9
Bob Mesko
January 23~26, 2006
April 17~19, 2006
★x3
★x2
10
Brian Lamb
April 17, 2006
June 26, 2007
2nd
2nd
11
Holly Owens
July 3~5, 2007
3rd
★x2
12
Matt Sojot
May 24, 2006
April 13, 2007
3rd
3rd
13
Karla Sortland
June 11, 2007
2nd
2nd
14
Arianna Kelly
January 30, 2008
July 8, 2008
3rd
2nd
15
Tom Morris
April 29~May 1, 2008
May 2, 19, 2008
★x3
★
16
Kori Tyler
January 8 and 9, 2009
February 26, 2010
★
2nd
17
Scott Wells
November 16, 2009
September 23, 2010
2nd
3rd
2011~2020 [ ]
No.
Name
First Aired Date
Second Aired Date
Result 1
Result 2
1
Ashley Wilson
December 29, 2015
December 31, 2015~January 4, 2016
3rd
★x2
2
Rebecca Zoshak
January 11, 2018
March 21, 22, 2018
2nd
★
3
Ryan Fenster
January 29~February 2, 2018
July 17~20, 2018
★x4
★x3
4
Vincent Valenzuela
July 13, 2018
September 25, 2018
2nd
2nd
2020~present [ ]