Adriana Harmeyer is a reputation that each Jeopardy! fanatic is more than likely aware of. After her unimaginable unique run in 2024, Harmeyer has been known as for event after event. She revealed how lengthy it took to movie Masters and why she was stunned that she was part of this season.
The Jeopardy! champion had a 16-game profitable streak the place she gathered a complete of $351,600. She then went on to compete within the Event of Champions and Masters. Harmeyer positioned third within the 2025 ToC and took house $75,000.
She talked with Jillian Ellison of the Lafayette Journal & Courier after her first recreation within the 2025 Masters Event on Could 7. She completed second with $4,400, giving her 1 level after competing towards fellow ToC finalists Isaac Hirsch and Neilesh Vinjamuri. Total, Harmeyer is in sixth place to date.
The outlet requested her if she was stunned that she was picked for this 12 months’s Masters and the Purdue College professor stated that she was. “Sure, I used to be very stunned, as a result of primarily based on the way in which they did it final 12 months, I in all probability wouldn’t have as a result of they used to have solely six folks for Masters, and solely the winner of the Event of Champions would go on to compete in it, too. This 12 months I suppose they determined to increase it in order that the finalists in ToC might undergo, too,” she stated.
This 12 months, they determined to have 9 contestants competing as a substitute of six. Harmeyer revealed that the 9 opponents filmed over two weeks in California. “It’s solely been a number of weeks since we filmed that, so it was a reasonably fast turnaround between filming dates,” she stated.
Harmeyer stated that filming Masters and the ToC have been fully totally different as a result of she had extra time to organize for the ToC. “I feel one factor, too, is that with ToC, I had been on the prime of the competitors, so I might need felt extra stress to do nicely. However with Masters, I’m taking part in with among the biggest gamers of all time, and I feel there was peace going into this that I’m not essentially the favourite this time. I went into this simply comfortable to expertise it,” she instructed the outlet.
As for what she does throughout her downtime, Harmeyer shared, “That’s one thing I’ve considered. The week earlier than, after I know I’m going again, I are inclined to learn issues and watch issues with technique in thoughts. Like, ‘Oh! That’s a very well-known film I’ve by no means seen.’ It doesn’t actually enable for time to take a seat down and browse a 500-page novel. Now that cramming is over, I can simply acknowledge that one thing is a dumb film or no matter and I can watch it for enjoyable with out feeling like I would like to check it.”
Masters is way from over, however Harmeyer revealed if she would ever come again for an additional event run. “Perhaps I’ll get to return sometime, and that might be nice, too. If I do, that’d be a minimum of a 12 months away, in all probability. A few of the individuals who seem in Masters first performed 25 years in the past, so the appearances can maintain going,” she stated. She’s speaking about Brad Rutter, who first appeared on Jeopardy! 25 years in the past, and is competing on this 12 months’s Masters.
Harmeyer will probably be again on Jeopardy! followers’ TV screens quickly although, as she has extra rounds of Masters arising.
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