It is also the first ToC in history where the champions of three seasons participated.
Among them, Alan and Mark D were scheduled to appear in the previous ToC, but the previous season was full of 15 players, so it was postponed to the next ToC.
Oddly enough, during the quarterfinal this season, as many as 6 out of 11 were $0, and two didn't even make the Final Jeopardy.
Clue values were doubled to their current amounts on November 26, 2001. Three players in the S19 ToC (Alan Bailey, Mark Dawson, and Trevor Norris) played before this doubling, and their seeding is based on their winnings being doubled.
Brian is the last player to break the minimum guarantee in ToC .
Starting this season, the prize money for 3rd place has risen to $25K, the prize money for runner-up is $50K, and the prize money for winning is $250K.
John was the last 5-time champion under the prior rule.
It is the first ToC in which two or more 3-time champions participated.
It is the least ToC in history with 5-time+ champions.
Ken Jennings, Season 21's biggest winner, did not appear in this year's and the next year's Tournament of Champions because of his UToC Finals appearance.
For second time, all ToC finalists are not 5-time+ champions.
It is a tournament in which most 3-time champions participated in ToC history.
Kermin participated in the 2005 UToC.
For first time, Bill and Vik is the regular-season rematch in a ToC.
Michael and Vik are first 3-time champions in final.
Michael Falk is first and only 3-time champion to win ToC. After S37, the condition for advancing to the ToC has been changed to 4 wins, and it remains the only case from regular game. However, starting with S38, the Second Chance Tournament created a ToC opportunity for the champions with three consecutive wins or less, so another ToC winner with 3-time champion may emerge.
Unlike previous Tournament of Champions tournaments, the champions in the quarterfinals were not in the order of how much money they have won in their initial appearances, but rather the order of their last names. This tradition would last until S28.
As of this year's ToC, no S21 champions who participated in the ToC made it to the finals.
From this season, 3rd place was paid $50K and 2nd place was paid $100K, and it continues to this season.
For the first and only time, without 6-time+ champions from ToC.
This is the last ToC in which two or more 3-time champions participated[1].
In this ToC, all participants were awarded the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System.
For the first time, Tiebreaker Round holds when ToC. during the second semifinal game of the Tournament of Champions, there was a two-way tie at the end of the Final Jeopardy! round. Celeste answered the tiebreaker question correctly and advanced to the finals, ultimately winning the Tournament of Champions (video).
Doug is the last 3-time champion to make a ToC final until S36 player Emma Boettcher.
Cliff is the last winner of another tournament to reach the final since Jeff Stewart on S11, and the last finalist from a college tournament winner to date.
To date, Celeste is the last female ToC winner and the last wildcard semifinalist to win ToC. After her, runners-up Larissa Kelly (6x) for S25, Emma Boettcher (3x) for S36, and Jennifer Quail (8x) for S37 in the former is the best, and in the latter, Jason Zollinger (6x) for S26.
This is the first case of two consecutive ToC winners in the same season.
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↑Starting from the 30th, the ToC participation qualification changed to 4 consecutive wins, making it impossible.
