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It’s the announcement you’ve been waiting for – the Tournament of Champions is back! Fifteen top performers from the past two seasons will return to the Jeopardy! stage in the fall of 2019 for the chance to win $250,000.

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The 2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinals concluded on Monday with Professors Tournament champion Sam Buttrey securing a spot in the semifinals alongside five other semifinalists who won their quarterfinal games last week. 

Sam, an associate professor of operations research…

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Amy Schneider, Sam Buttrey, and Andrew He are advancing to the finals after conquering the semis this week in the 2022 Tournament of Champions!

Andrew He, who previously went on a five-game win streak in Season 38 before losing to Amy Schneider last November, took down seeded 23-game super-champ Mattea Roach and six-day champ Eric Ahasic on Friday. He closed…

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And just like that – the quarterfinals are in the books! Watch the winners and wild card qualifiers recap the challenges and surprises of how these first five games went down. Then, tune in all next week as the intensity increases and the Tournament of Champions heads into the finals. Who will walk away with the title – and an extra $250,000?

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And then there were three. Check out what Austin, Buzzy and Alan have to say about their semifinal games, then watch them battle it out for $250,000 in the two-day finals of the Tournament of Champions – starting today!

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The 2024 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions was jam-packed with action on and off camera! Take a look at some of the fun from behind the scenes of this year’s tournament.

Host Ken Jennings on stage during the 2024 Tournament of Champions.

Former contestants Jerome Vered, Rowan Ward, Courtney Shah, and Eric Ahasic, and Sam Stapleton sit in the audience. …

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In the waning moments of the 2015 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, Alex Trebek looked at Alex Jacob and said, "this was the most dominant performance by anyone in any of our tournaments." An impressive compliment to be sure, but it's important to consider TOC champions before Alex Jacob in order to understand the gravity of Alex Trebek's statement. He is now in the…

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Check back each day of the tournament for highlights from the previous game.

Monday, May 17, 2021

The 2021 Tournament of Champions kicked off with an intense quarterfinals game between 19-time champ Jason Zuffranieri and 4-game winners Ryan Bilger and Sarah Jett Rayburn. Showing three distinctly different playing styles, the competition was fierce…

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Sam Kavanaugh Winners Circle

After four games, 244 clues, and facing some of the best players of the past two years, Sam Kavanaugh has come out victorious in Jeopardy!’s 2021 Tournament of Champions!

In this exclusive Winner’s Circle interview, Sam reflects on his tournament experience and how he’s going to celebrate.

Congratulations, Sam!

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He’s done it again! James Holzhauer, who won 32 games in Season 35, added three more wins and the prestigious Tournament of Champions title to his historic Jeopardy! career. But it all came down to the last matchup against Teachers Tournament winner Francois Barcomb and the only one to ever defeat James, Emma Boettcher.