The 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Match is about to tape from Tuesday, February 4, to Thursday, February 6, in accordance with The Jeopardy! Fan, and on Reddit, followers are submitting their contestant wishlists.
“Who do you suppose might be on this yr’s JIT?” one Reddit person wrote on Saturday, February 1, kicking off the dialog.
That person had a protracted record of predictions, proposing Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, Mattea Roach, Ben Chan, Troy Meyer, Brad Rutter, Julia Collins, Emma Boettcher, Roger Craig, Hannah Wilson, Cris Pannullo, Ray Lalonde, Juveria Zaheer, Rowan Ward, Jonathan Fisher, Margaret Shelton, Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, Ryan Bilger, Karen Farrell, and Tim Kutz.
In a well-liked touch upon the thread, a Jeopardy! fan hoped Mehal Shah can be invited again after his controversial “horriblis” exit from the Match of Champions final week. “He’s an thrilling participant who bets huge and [is] clearly very gifted,” that commenter wrote.
One other fan, nonetheless, recalled a rule through which gamers from the newest Jeopardy! postseason can’t take part in that yr’s Invitational, since they already had an opportunity to get to Masters. “Mehal can and will return, but it surely’ll most likely be subsequent yr or the yr after that,” that commenter wrote.
One commenter mentioned Sharath Narayan “undoubtedly deserves a spot” within the subsequent Invitational. “Not solely did he dominate the 2016 Teen Match, however he’s confirmed he can grasp with the very best by defeating Brad Rutter on The Chase,” that person defined. “That win over Brad, one in every of Jeopardy’s most profitable gamers ever, exhibits Sharath has solely gotten stronger since his teen days. I’d like to see how he matches up in opposition to different Jeopardy! champions now that he’s had years to construct on his already spectacular data base. It might be actually fascinating to see if his fast buzzer expertise from his Teen Match days have stayed sharp, too.”
Another person nominated “a handful of the [Tournament of Champions] winners pre-Twenty first century, as they’re getting up there in age, reminiscent of Leszek Pawlowicz, Rachael Schwartz, Mark Lowenthal, Fritz Holznagel, and so on.”
And one particular person wrote, “I do know it received’t occur, given he retired, however I’d like to see Sam Buttrey create his villain alter ego and go on a tear — Bam Suttrey (whereas sporting a watch patch and pretend mustache) has good ring to it.”
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