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Jeopardy! fans slam show for ‘awful’ mistake while honoring iconic contestants ahead of Season 41 premiere
By Courtney Ciandella,
12 hours ago
JEOPARDY! has angered fans after the show shared a seemingly confusing graphic online to promote the new season.
On Sunday, the game show posted a slideshow of photos on Instagram highlighting Season 40’s top contestants.
Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings standing at his podium on the game show Getty Jeopardy! champ Adriana Harmeyer competing on the show during her 15-game winning streak Jeopardy! Graphic of Jeopardy!’s Season 40 top five players with the highest earnings posted on the game show’s Instagram page on September 8 Instagram/ jeopardy
The first few pics showcased stats from the season , including that there were 230 episodes of Jeopardy! and an astounding 432 players who had their chance at the podium.
Also shouted out was Super Champion Adriana Harmeyer , who won 15 consecutive games and was the only contestant to do so throughout the season.
Contestants Alison Betts, Isaac Hirsch, Amy Hummel, and Nam Nguyen also had impressive runs on the show, as shown in a graphic naming them the top five players with the highest earnings.
However, Jeopardy! followers were puzzled by the image and questioned its accuracy.
‘COMPLETELY FLABBERGASTED’
“Can someone explain how the people on the winnings list were ordered? I am completely flabbergasted trying to make any sense of this,” one person asked in the comments.
“Looks like just a stylistic choice. Ranking from top to bottom. It does look like some Venn diagram type of thing tho,” another replied.
“I would get that if it was ranked properly, but it isn’t by any metric; Isaac is fine where he is, but Adriana, Alison, and Amy are in the completely wrong spots, and Drew Basile isn’t so much as mentioned despite being #3 in most metrics this season,” the first user explained.
“I’m sorry, what is that Top 5 Players measuring? Highest single-game wins? Highest average win? That graphic is kind of awful,” someone else chimed in.
Others theorized that the stats measured single-game records, which would explain why some notable players were left out.
Fans expressed their excitement about the switch on social media, claiming the show was “overdoing” it with the tournaments.
Former contestant Sam Kavanaugh also revealed to The U.S. Sun in an exclusive interview that he hopes there will be a more diverse pool of contestants by reverting to the older format.
This change will be reflected right off the bat as Season 41 will begin with regular episodes instead of tournaments like the last two seasons.
Additionally, the game show’s spin-off, Celebrity Jeopardy! , will premiere its third season in the winter, not the fall, as in the past.
This might be to bring some attention to a new spin-off, Pop Culture Jeopardy! , premiering on Amazon Prime Video this fall.
Former Jeopardy! contestant Amy Hummel racking up her earnings during her fifth appearance on the game show Jeopardy Jeopardy! host Ken posing for a photo ahead of the Jeopardy! Masters finale in May Getty
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