Jeopardy! Masters
GenreGame show
Created byMerv Griffin
Directed by
  • Russell Norman
  • Lucinda Owens Margolis
Presented byKen Jennings
Narrated byJohnny Gilbert
Ending theme"Think!"
ComposersJohn Hoke (Bleeding Fingers Music)
Chris Bell Music & Sound Design
Original theme composed by Merv Griffin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producerMichael Davies
Running time42 minutes
Production companySony Pictures Television[a]
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseMay 8, 2023 (2023-05-08) –
present
Related
Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! Masters is an American game show hosted by Ken Jennings on ABC. Its first season featured six recent notable Jeopardy! champions competing against each other in a "Champions League-style" format.[1] It premiered on May 8, 2023.[2] In a slight change to the Jeopardy! format, each round begins with the revelation to the television audience of the location of that round's Daily Double(s).

Contestants

Season 1 (2023)

The following six contestants, listed below in order of finish, competed in the first Jeopardy! Masters competition:

As the top three finalists, Holzhauer, Roach, and Amodio all received invitations to the next Masters competition.

Tournament format

The tournament features six former Jeopardy! champions competing round-robin style, with ten hour-long episodes featuring two games each, for a total of twenty games.[5][6][7]

Unlike traditional Jeopardy!, which is scored in dollars, all of the games in this tournament are scored in points, just like in Super Jeopardy!, the first two seasons of Rock & Roll Jeopardy!, Sports Jeopardy! and Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time.

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals consist of seven round-robin matches of two games each; in each round, three of the contestants play each other in the first game, and the remaining three play in the second game. The winner of each game receives three match points, the runner-up receives one match point, and the third player receives no match points. The second game of each round except for the first pairs up the winners from the previous round against another randomly-selected contestant who has not already played against both winners.

After seven rounds, the match points are totaled; the top four contestants advance to the semifinals, while the other two are eliminated from the competition.

Semifinals

The four remaining contestants play each other round-robin over four games, with each player sitting out one game. Each player's match points total is reset to zero, and, as in the quarterfinals, the winner of each game receives three match points, second place receives one, and last place receives none. The three highest-ranked players move on to the finals, while the lowest-ranked player is eliminated.

Finals

The three remaining players play each other in a two-game match, as is standard in the final round of most Jeopardy! tournaments. The player with the highest combined score over the two games is declared champion. Furthermore, the three players will be automatically qualified in next year's tournament.

Tiebreakers

Should either the quarterfinals or semifinals end in a tie for match points, the following tie-breaking criteria are used, in order:

  1. Number of wins
  2. Number of total correct responses in that stage (including Final Jeopardy!)
  3. Cumulative scores, excluding Daily Double and Final Jeopardy! wagers
  4. Cumulative scores, excluding only Final Jeopardy! wagers

Prizes

Standings

Season 1 (2023)

Quarterfinals

Ranking Contestant Match
points 		Tiebreakers Result
Games
won 		Correct responses
(including FJ!) 		Score
(excluding FJ! & DD) 		Score
(excluding FJ!)
1st James Holzhauer 18 6 193 152,600 247,805 Qualified for semifinals
2nd Andrew He 13 3 131 107,000 121,800
3rd Matt Amodio 9 3 115 88,800 112,800
4th Mattea Roach 8 2 112 75,000 86,400
5th Amy Schneider 5 0 95 66,800 70,800 5th place
6th Sam Buttrey 3 0 115 70,000 80,600 6th place

Semifinals

Ranking Contestant Match
points 		Tiebreakers Result[8]
Games
won 		Correct responses
(including FJ!) 		Score
(excluding FJ! & DD) 		Score
(excluding FJ!)
1st James Holzhauer 9 3 72 51,400 70,000 Qualified for finals & Jeopardy! Masters season 2
2nd Matt Amodio 3 1 44 36,200 46,200
3rd Mattea Roach 2 0 50 35,000 44,400
4th Andrew He 2 0 45 33,400 37,600 4th place

Finals

Contestant Game 1 Score Game 2 Score Total Score Result
James Holzhauer 34,315 9,481 43,795 Champion
Mattea Roach 24,800 16,885 41,685 Runner-up
Matt Amodio 12,000 3,200 15,200 3rd place

Episodes

The winner of each game and the final is highlighted in bold.

Season 1 (2023)

No.Title [9][8]Contestant 1
(score)		Contestant 2
(score)		Contestant 3
(score)		Original air date [9]U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating
(18–49)
1"Game 1"Schneider (28,200)Amodio (14,201)He (28,401)May 8, 2023 (2023-05-08)5.78[10]0.6[10]
"Game 2"Holzhauer (30,988)Roach (6,199)Buttrey (18,401)
2"Game 3"Buttrey (2,399)Schneider (17,700)Roach (22,401)May 9, 2023 (2023-05-09)5.49[11]0.5[11]
"Game 4"He (9,600)Holzhauer (0)Amodio (27,400)
3"Game 5"Holzhauer (44,681)Schneider (9,121)Buttrey (20,600)May 10, 2023 (2023-05-10)5.45[12]0.5[12]
"Game 6"He (20,700)Roach (30,401)Amodio (15,201)
4"Game 7"He (37,600)Buttrey (0)Schneider (9,800)May 12, 2023 (2023-05-12)5.20[13]0.4[13]
"Game 8"Holzhauer (23,678)Roach (5,958)Amodio (-2,000)[d]
5"Game 9"Roach (13,599)Amodio (16,799)Schneider (16,401)May 15, 2023 (2023-05-15)5.80[14]0.7[14]
"Game 10"Holzhauer (23,999)He (8,800)Buttrey (0)
6"Game 11"He (15,100)Roach (11,201)Buttrey (2,799)May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)5.65[15]0.6[15]
"Game 12"Holzhauer (29,890)Amodio (5,599)Schneider (13,000)
7"Game 13"Roach (6,799)Amodio (31,000)Buttrey (14,000)May 17, 2023 (2023-05-17)5.66[16]0.5[16]
"Game 14"Holzhauer (21,392)He (9,600)Schneider (3,000)
8"Semifinals 1"Holzhauer (30,401)He (22,000)Amodio (15,201)May 22, 2023 (2023-05-22)5.81[17]0.5[17]
"Semifinals 2"Holzhauer (24,700)He (12,484)Roach (15,999)
9"Semifinals 3"Holzhauer (24,292)Roach (10,886)Amodio (0)May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)5.91[18]0.6[18]
"Semifinals 4"Roach (5,799)He (15,199)Amodio (32,800)
10"The Finals[e]"Holzhauer (34,314 + 9,481 = 43,795)Amodio (12,000 + 3,200 = 15,200)Roach (24,800 + 16,885 = 41,685)May 24, 2023 (2023-05-24)6.47[19]0.6[19]

Notes

  1. ^ As Sony Pictures Television Studios in season 1
  2. ^ Awarded after the semifinals
  3. ^ a b Awarded after the quarterfinals
  4. ^ Eliminated from Final Jeopardy!
  5. ^ Final is a Two-legged tie. Scores listed first leg, second leg, total

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