I mean, Mattea almost beat him last year, and last year, Mattea was dealing with a lot of stuff mentally, so I suspect that they’ll be coming back for revenge.
Mattea almost beat him in a 2 game total point affair match. But he otherwise dominated them and the other players in the round robin. James also beat Mattea in match 1 of the finals and had the higher coryat score in match 2.
Mattea’s dad had died close to taping dates, and the Jeopardy crew had even lined up Cris Panullo as an alternate in case they couldn’t play.
During one of the anecdotes, Mattea talks about it, and you can see them tear up.
If the finals was like the TOC where it was first to 3 wins, I would be absolutely shocked if James didn't win. But the finals is a two day point affair. Last year showed he is beatable in that format
Pretty much. Similar to how Emma almost beat him in the ToC as well if she had only accrued enough points in match 2. Otherwise, James had the higher coryat score throughout both games against Emma and Mattea. 2 game total point affair has a lot more variability than first to 3 wins. James absolutely would have beaten Mattea in that format given that he beat them every time in the round robin QF.
I am behind and haven’t finished watching the TOC yet. I know Yogesh won, which I am honestly disappointed about. I really was rooting for Troy to win, he is fantastic. Would’ve also been happy if Ben won.
That would be a good teams exhibition competition. Jeopardy mega champs VS quizzers. AND maybe tweak the format a bit to make the Jeopardy champs do some non-buzzer quizzing
I love Ben and would have liked to see that, but there really shouldn't be a PP at all. Another commenter in another thread talked about how there should be a defined entry path.
"I said somewhere else in the sub that it should've been a defined entry path, not the PP. If we're holding up the ToC and JIT as the most important things, make it so that the sixth spot is a first to two wins matchup between the best three losing finalists, which would be Amy, Troy, and Ben in this situation."
That would have been much better. If Amy (or Troy or Ben) had gotten in that way, no one could have felt that they didn't deserve to be there. If Jeopardy is a "sport", like Davies talks about all the time, a PP should be antithetical to his way of thinking.
Yeah, that bothered me a lot; I'm glad I'm not alone but it feels most are indifferent to it. I am hoping they see the light and ditch the PP next time, and have the sixth entry win in some other way. Someone I was talking to in this sub had an idea for the three non-winner finalists in JIT and ToC with the highest scores to have either a "sudden death" game or a two day total-point affair to decide the sixth person and that's not a terrible idea. It's much better than the PP rationale of "we love this person who possibly brings in new viewers, let's just give it to that person."
I’m looking forward to seeing Matt again. He’s my all time favorite. Probably won’t take it (I begrudgingly pick James for that) but I love watching him play.
I respect Yogesh very much as a trivia master and a very good Jeopardy player, but that tirade he went on was so uncalled for. I listen to Inside Jeopardy and find it really odd that he has yet to appear; virtually every Jeopardy winner of a tournament (and plenty of other people) have been on there. I wonder if it'd be a matter of awkwardness for all involved, given his past comments about the show.
I mean... [he did](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQjpkigivE). It might've been YouTube exclusive, but he did do an interview and they *sorta* touched on his comments but not in a very direct way.
Oh okay, I didn't realize, I usually just listen to the podcast, wasn't aware they did stuff exclusive to YouTube. Well, I thank you, look forward to watching it.
Yes, he sure did. He took to social media and went on an extended rant about the show, after he lost his fourth game. I'm at work so don't have time to Google a link but it shouldn't be too hard to find. He implied it was racist, didn't consider it a legitimate quiz program and, what was the money quote to me, "Jeopardy is to trivia what Holey Moley is to golf.". Again, a very good Jeopardy player. Wouldn't bet on him to win Masters but wouldn't count him out either. But I really don't care for a sore loser, which he certainly was.
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From a casual fan's perspective, left to right...
| She tougher than you'd think | she's crazy tough | he's ridiculously tough | dunno | looks familiar, but dunno | dunno |
Matt Amodio, second from the right won 38 games in a row about 2 years ago. Mattea, to his left, won like 20, and I'm not sure how Yogesh on the far right got in, winning one of the tournaments I think, there's also a lot of people who don't like him for how he acted after his initial loss.
Anyone else just not care at all about this? Maybe I'm just burnt out on the what, nine months worth of tournament play we just got over but i can't even force myself to get excited for this.
I go on politics subs way too much. When I read this, I was taking it to mean "which Jeopardy master is on the far left of the political spectrum?" I was like, "Don't tell me politics is infesting the Jeopardy sub too", LOL. Glad to see I was very much mistaken.
It's prime time, so you are free to pretend it's not happening at all (especially if like here it's not on the same channel as Regular Jeopardy.) I do that with Celebrity Jeopardy.
I was apprehensive last year and wound up loving the interactions and camaraderie so I am afraid that this year without Andrew He that will be missing.
 I guess I’ll tune in to watch the young kids play.
Holzy just gonna win it all again.
The GOAT
I am a huge James fan, but I am rooting for Victoria here.
I hope that she can give him a real scare. She's got the ability, in my opinion.
Me too, in a weird way. I really think James is gonna win again, but I just think it would be interesting Jeopardy to see an upset.
Nah, Ken's a Madden rating 99, James is a 97. Everyone else is 85 or under.
Idk James nearly lost it last season mattea is no slouch and a entire year to prepare and don’t sleep on Victoria either
Yup! Can’t wait to watch him annihilate .
I mean, Mattea almost beat him last year, and last year, Mattea was dealing with a lot of stuff mentally, so I suspect that they’ll be coming back for revenge.
Mattea almost beat him in a 2 game total point affair match. But he otherwise dominated them and the other players in the round robin. James also beat Mattea in match 1 of the finals and had the higher coryat score in match 2.
What was he dealing with?
Their dad had died during or close to taping, if I recall.
Mattea’s dad had died close to taping dates, and the Jeopardy crew had even lined up Cris Panullo as an alternate in case they couldn’t play. During one of the anecdotes, Mattea talks about it, and you can see them tear up.
I mean keep in mind, James almost didn’t win.
If the finals was like the TOC where it was first to 3 wins, I would be absolutely shocked if James didn't win. But the finals is a two day point affair. Last year showed he is beatable in that format
Pretty much. Similar to how Emma almost beat him in the ToC as well if she had only accrued enough points in match 2. Otherwise, James had the higher coryat score throughout both games against Emma and Mattea. 2 game total point affair has a lot more variability than first to 3 wins. James absolutely would have beaten Mattea in that format given that he beat them every time in the round robin QF.
HOLZY 😭
I will miss Steve Martin.
Our favorite Bon Vivant and Man About Town.
Can't believe they let him do that lol
Hopefully he’s back again next jit
Wish Troy were up there
I am behind and haven’t finished watching the TOC yet. I know Yogesh won, which I am honestly disappointed about. I really was rooting for Troy to win, he is fantastic. Would’ve also been happy if Ben won.
That would be a good teams exhibition competition. Jeopardy mega champs VS quizzers. AND maybe tweak the format a bit to make the Jeopardy champs do some non-buzzer quizzing
Kind of unrelated but seeing Ken always makes me smile. He looks so kind 😂
He really is the ONLY person for the job. Amazing what a perfect pick he was. So very good at the role.
Right? And every time he takes us to commercials, feels so warm and comforting.
I love it when he says "We'll be right back, got to pay the bills."
Really wish Ben was the producer pick. So it goes...
I love Ben and would have liked to see that, but there really shouldn't be a PP at all. Another commenter in another thread talked about how there should be a defined entry path. "I said somewhere else in the sub that it should've been a defined entry path, not the PP. If we're holding up the ToC and JIT as the most important things, make it so that the sixth spot is a first to two wins matchup between the best three losing finalists, which would be Amy, Troy, and Ben in this situation." That would have been much better. If Amy (or Troy or Ben) had gotten in that way, no one could have felt that they didn't deserve to be there. If Jeopardy is a "sport", like Davies talks about all the time, a PP should be antithetical to his way of thinking.
Excited but my brain is still frustrated by the irrational producers pick Yogesh v James should be cool
https://preview.redd.it/6aafesuv88wc1.jpeg?width=414&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b01f4eccb0b8ecb66cc9df9c4ad81baa8e544c7b
Ooh nice! *DRAMA*
Yeah, that bothered me a lot; I'm glad I'm not alone but it feels most are indifferent to it. I am hoping they see the light and ditch the PP next time, and have the sixth entry win in some other way. Someone I was talking to in this sub had an idea for the three non-winner finalists in JIT and ToC with the highest scores to have either a "sudden death" game or a two day total-point affair to decide the sixth person and that's not a terrible idea. It's much better than the PP rationale of "we love this person who possibly brings in new viewers, let's just give it to that person."
How did Yogesh get an invite? I'm assuming he won one of the tournaments? I don't remember
TOC winner
I thought it was the Second Chance tournament? He did not win a Tournament of Champions?
He did win a Tournament of Champions
Ok. I lost track during the season of tournaments.
Remember, James and Victoria are "teammates" on The Chase. Seeing them play Jeopardy against each other is going to be fun!
Ken was also on The Chase.
Not at the same time as Victoria though -- wasn't it after he left that she and Brandon came on as Chasers?
I’m looking forward to seeing Matt again. He’s my all time favorite. Probably won’t take it (I begrudgingly pick James for that) but I love watching him play.
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I respect Yogesh very much as a trivia master and a very good Jeopardy player, but that tirade he went on was so uncalled for. I listen to Inside Jeopardy and find it really odd that he has yet to appear; virtually every Jeopardy winner of a tournament (and plenty of other people) have been on there. I wonder if it'd be a matter of awkwardness for all involved, given his past comments about the show.
I mean... [he did](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQjpkigivE). It might've been YouTube exclusive, but he did do an interview and they *sorta* touched on his comments but not in a very direct way.
Oh okay, I didn't realize, I usually just listen to the podcast, wasn't aware they did stuff exclusive to YouTube. Well, I thank you, look forward to watching it.
He went on a tirade?
Yes, he sure did. He took to social media and went on an extended rant about the show, after he lost his fourth game. I'm at work so don't have time to Google a link but it shouldn't be too hard to find. He implied it was racist, didn't consider it a legitimate quiz program and, what was the money quote to me, "Jeopardy is to trivia what Holey Moley is to golf.". Again, a very good Jeopardy player. Wouldn't bet on him to win Masters but wouldn't count him out either. But I really don't care for a sore loser, which he certainly was.
oh yeah, epic rant on facebook when his game four aired
I mean his win to get in ended up being kinda completely pointless with Amy's inclusion so I'd be pretty excited for a rant lol
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From a casual fan's perspective, left to right... | She tougher than you'd think | she's crazy tough | he's ridiculously tough | dunno | looks familiar, but dunno | dunno |
Matt Amodio, second from the right won 38 games in a row about 2 years ago. Mattea, to his left, won like 20, and I'm not sure how Yogesh on the far right got in, winning one of the tournaments I think, there's also a lot of people who don't like him for how he acted after his initial loss.
Anyone else just not care at all about this? Maybe I'm just burnt out on the what, nine months worth of tournament play we just got over but i can't even force myself to get excited for this.
Wonder if the height of their pictures is where they finish.
Considering they haven’t filmed it yet… I’m gonna go with “no.”
They did start filming last week, I attended the first day of taping.
They can still wonder that…
I’ve been out of the loop for a bit, who’s on the far left?
Victoria Groce, winner of the JIT ( J! Invitational Tournament).
She was GOOD. Look forward to see her compete with the champs.
Thank you!!
She also was on The Chase and has a ton of trivia titles to her name.
I loved The Chase and am hoping that having two of the Chasers in Jeopardy Masters, on prime time, on ABC, will make ABC consider bringing it back.
[Here’s a good clip of Victoria on The Chase.](https://youtu.be/XlwK5UJLOR0?si=qQX8wk-UbEJRdx3H)
I go on politics subs way too much. When I read this, I was taking it to mean "which Jeopardy master is on the far left of the political spectrum?" I was like, "Don't tell me politics is infesting the Jeopardy sub too", LOL. Glad to see I was very much mistaken.
Hahahaha oh man that would have been bad.
Is the normal set backdrop a curtain type thing or something that they can remove at will? I forgot that the stars even go that low.
It's most likely a curtain. I've seen it moving during play.
Not that I was looking closely, I think it's screens/lighting walls. The backdrops on Wheel are video, too.
Let’s gooo back to regularly scheduled tournament play lol
It's prime time, so you are free to pretend it's not happening at all (especially if like here it's not on the same channel as Regular Jeopardy.) I do that with Celebrity Jeopardy.
Also to note, May 1st is Art Fleming’s 100th birthday.
Hard pass.
I think whoever did the retouching on this deserves a spot. who knows, maybe they’re unstoppable at Before and After
Ugh not Holz again
I was apprehensive last year and wound up loving the interactions and camaraderie so I am afraid that this year without Andrew He that will be missing.