Jeopardy! followers usually are not solely celebrating Matt Amodio‘s huge win from Thursday’s (March 6) Jeopardy! Invitational Event closing but in addition the return of standard episodes, which kick off tonight, Friday (March 7).
The Jeopardy! post-season ended on Thursday night time as fan favourite Amodio defeated Roger Craig and Juveria Zaheer to develop into the JIT winner, incomes his spot within the subsequent season of Jeopardy! Masters. This implies common Jeopardy! with new contestants returns right this moment for a 101-episode run, which is about to finish on July 25.
Amodio celebrated his victory on X, quipping, “The #Jeopardy Grasp no person needed… I’m again!” alongside a GIF of Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
He additionally praised his fellow finalists, writing, “It’s such a pleasure attending to play #Jeopardy with @rogcraig and @juveriazaheer, aside from the half that they’re each extremely good at this recreation and I’m making an attempt to win. At the least this makes for some entertaining TV!”
The #Jeopardy Grasp no person needed… I’m again! pic.twitter.com/XbE1KIyhRj
— Matt Amodio (@AmodioMatt) March 7, 2025
It’s such a pleasure attending to play #Jeopardy with @rogcraig and @juveriazaheer, aside from the half that they’re each extremely good at this recreation and I’m making an attempt to win. At the least this makes for some entertaining TV!
— Matt Amodio (@AmodioMatt) March 6, 2025
Followers have been additionally comfortable for Amodio, and the return of regular Jeopardy!, with many taking to social media to share their reactions.
“Matt Amodio lastly gained a event. Additionally, regular #Jeopardy is again tomorrow!” wrote one X consumer.
“If matt amodio thanks a gf rn it’s over for me,” quipped one other.
“On one hand, I’m barely disillusioned now we have but to see a first-to-win-X-games closing go to the tie breaking recreation. Then again, Matt acquired his first event victory! There’s no denying the ability and excellence of all three finalists (and everybody within the JIT at-large this yr),” stated one Reddit consumer.
One other added, “And the Amodio Rodeo takes his first event. Matt seemed so relieved. I used to be too, particularly after Ken rubbed salt within the wound.”
“Congratulations to Matt, who frankly was extraordinarily sturdy in each finals. You could possibly inform he actually needed this and it’s paid off. Ken actually was ribbing him about not profitable a event lol,” stated one consumer.
“An enormous congrats to Matt Amodio on his victory! Anticlimatic closing recreation or not, it’s clear he educated exhausting for this tourney, and it paid off. It’s the primary Jeopardy event he’s ever gained, too,” added one other.
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Friday’s episode will see the return of present champion Laura Faddah, a supervisor from Memphis, Tennesse, who was on a seven-game profitable streak earlier than the present entered the post-season tournaments in December. She’s going to tackle Omar Abu Realh, an aerospace engineer from Annandale, Viginia, and Roger Ghaman, a TV editor and substitute trainer from Studio Metropolis, California.
A fan on Reddit identified how this yr’s post-season was a lot shorter than final yr, which noticed many viewers complaining about “event fatigue.”
“Not counting the strike-caused “additional” competitions, final season’s all-inclusive postseason lasted 81 televised episodes,” the Reddit consumer famous, highlighting 4 rounds of Second Likelihood, two rounds of Champions Wild Card, the Event of Champions, and the JIT.
“This yr, MUCH totally different. Even with the ToC exhibition match that was initially scheduled to be audio-only, we have been proven simply 49 episodes,” he added.
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