Ken Jennings (pictured) is a former "Jeopardy!" champion turned host.
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Idiot them twice, disgrace on them — once more.
The “Jeopardy!” sport present’s “Second Probability” competitors is ready to air later this month and options 18 former contestants who misplaced their first time round.
Beginning on Monday, Oct. 17, gamers who didn’t turn into champs throughout their earlier “Jeopardy!” video games will get one other shot on the gold.
The collection will air over two weeks and every week will highlight three semifinal video games and a two-day finale.
The victor of every week’s episode will then rating a spot within the final combating ring: the “Match of Champions.”
The match is ready to begin when the “Second Probability” competitors ends on Halloween evening, Oct. 31.
Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik have been switching off internet hosting duties for the present season. The pair gave their first joint interview about their emcee gig throughout Monday’s episode of “Good Morning America.”
Jennings, 48, and Bialik, 46, spoke in regards to the pressures of the job in addition to dwelling as much as legacy of the late, longtime host, Alex Trebek. He handed away in November 2020.
Jennings is a former “Jeopardy!” champ himself, having scored a win in 74 video games in a row. He famous that internet hosting is more durable than being a contestant.
“I imply, I had performed so many video games proper right here that I assumed ‘I've a fairly good sense of what internet hosting goes to be like’ and then you definitely understand internet hosting’s even more durable, since you mainly need to do the whole lot the contestants do, plus handle the sport for them, plus handle the sport for the house viewer,” he revealed on the discuss present.
“I simply really feel so fortunate,” he went on, including that he holds Trebek’s reminiscence near his coronary heart when he hosts. “To at the present time, I nonetheless hear Alex echoing in my head each time.”
The “Huge Bang Concept” star additionally feels a robust connection to the late host. “I really feel like Alex’s presence is right here,” Bialik stated.
Beneath is the total checklist of ‘Second Probability’ rivals.
Week 1 (Oct. 17 to 21)
- James Fraser, a naval aviator from Newport Seashore, California. (Season 37)
- Aaron Gulyas, a community-college historical past teacher from Grand Blanc, Michigan (Season 38)
- Molly Karol, a licensed public accountant from Austin, Texas (Season 38)
- Tracy Pitzel, an accountant from Ellensburg, Washington (Season 38)
- Renée Russell, a branch-office administrator from Baltimore, Maryland (Season 38)
- Pam Schoenberg, a dentist and entrepreneur from South Salem, New York (Season 38)
- Jessica Stephens, a statistical-research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee (Season 38)
- Erica Weiner-Amachi, a trainer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Season 38)
- Cindy Zhang, a user-experience designer from New York Metropolis (Season 38)
Week 2 (Oct. 24 to twenty-eight)
- Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, Maryland (Season 38)
- Alicia O’Hare, a social employee from Lengthy Seashore, Lengthy Island (Season 38)
- Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota (Season 38)
- Tom Philipose, a writing professor from Forest Hills, Queens (Season 38)
- Nikkee Porcaro, an academic guide and enterprise proprietor from Silver Spring, Maryland (Season 37)
- Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, California (Season 38)
- Sarah Snider, a trainer from Fishers, Indiana (Season 38)
- Rowan Ward, a chart caller, author and editor from Chicago, Illinois (Season 37)
- Jack Weller, a regulation scholar from San Diego, California (Season 37)
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