Spoiler alert! This story reveals the winner of Superstar Jeopardy! Season 3, which aired April 23. Episodes can be found to stream with a Hulu subscription for those who haven’t watched.
One other season of Superstar Jeopardy! has wrapped on the 2025 TV schedule, and there have been positively some enjoyable occasions available watching (largely) acquainted faces reply decidedly less-difficult trivia questions. Whereas followers of one of many best sport reveals ever can most likely agree that the $1 million donation to the winner’s charity makes this spinoff a worthy endeavor, they’ve additionally acquired some concepts on how you can enhance it, and I agree with lots of what they must say.
Comic W. Kamau Bell took prime honors on Superstar Jeopardy! Season 3, beating comic Robin Thede and All-In podcast co-host Dave Friedberg within the finals to safe the seven-figure verify for Donors Select, which helps educators increase funds for his or her lecture rooms. The query was posed on Reddit, “How would you enhance Superstar Jeopardy!?” citing decrease rankings, and plenty of mentioned their greatest subject was being unfamiliar with the contestants. Responses included:
- The #1 factor IMO is that it is gotta be celebrities who’re family names. With out that, it is simply Jeopardy! however much less good. – Smoerhul
- Invite extra well-known celebrities and/or maintain the match much less usually. – scarbnianlgc
- Have some precise celebrities . I haven’t heard of virtually all of them – Plastic-Ad7692
- 100% agree. Invite celebs that most individuals know. – BusinessWarthog6
I can see the place these followers are coming from — I definitely wasn’t aware of each contestant this season. Nevertheless, I additionally assume it is a enjoyable method to uncover new actors, comedians or podcasters that I may not have come throughout in any other case.
I believe I agree extra with the viewers who say don’t fear about how well-known the celebs are however how they’re in trivia and enjoying Jeopardy!. Feedback to that impact included:
- Fear much less about how well-known they’re and extra about whether or not they know something. – BassPlayingSugarplum
- I don’t actually care concerning the fame degree of celebrities on these sorts of present however I believe they need to prioritize “nerdy” celebs. It’s SO MUCH FUN seeing folks like Mina, David, and naturally Ike take it significantly, attempt their finest, do their analysis, and so forth. – awalawol
- Cease taking pitches from brokers. … If we acquired extra celebrities who really needed to play the sport, we would get higher contestants, extra pure back-and-forth, and fairly presumably clues raised again to Teen Match or School Championship ranges. – WeAllHaveReasons
Respect for the sport is a big concern for the Jeopardy! loyal — keep in mind the tough phrases followers had for Hasan Minhaj within the first season? — and plenty of didn’t like how a lot banter there was amongst the Superstar Jeopardy! contestants along with Ken Jennings’ a number of interviews with them:
- Reduce the chit chat. Please. For the love of the sport!!! I discover myself actually doing wrap it up gestures to the television lol. – Sufficient_Egg8037
- Rein within the whole idiocy. Simply so we’re clear, I don’t thoughts folks joking for a minute, but when they’re spending half the present appearing like clowns and never enjoying the sport, that’s an issue. – EvilChocolateCookie
- Reduce on the banter for positive. We don’t want a model new interview after each business break. – NoneOfThisMatters_XO
- So most of the celebrities do not take it significantly! I needed to flip an episode off as soon as throughout this match as a result of they have been joking and taking away from the sport an excessive amount of. To me it nearly reveals a scarcity of respect for the sport, and that is what turns me away from it. – Parzival1337
I admit I begin to get annoyed when it looks like the celebrities don’t look like placing a lot effort into it — and if I’m being method too trustworthy, I fast-forward a lot of the interview stuff — however with out all of that “filler,” how is Superstar Jeopardy! presupposed to fill an hour timeslot?
I agree with Redditor jordha, who suggests eliminating Triple Jeopardy! and doing two video games per episode, non-tournament type:
Having 6 celebrities per episode will develop the ‘pool of celebrities’ (aka ‘folks I do not know lol’) but in addition, contemplating it is a at some point shoot, as an alternative of getting a number of days open for a match, you would possibly deliver in additional folks.
If Jeopardy! went again to not doing a match, they theoretically may appeal to greater names as a result of these celebrities would solely must commit to 1 tape day.
A few followers have been actually considering exterior of the field with their Superstar Jeopardy! strategies. and I’ve to offer credit score to drugsondrugs for saying that as an alternative of Triple Jeopardy!, every sport ought to begin with Ken Jennings and Pop Tradition Jeopardy! host Colin Jost competing for the prospect to host the remainder of the episode. I imply, I’d watch that.