Get your buzzer finger prepared: It’s time for Jeopardy! Masters’ greatest season but. This time, 9 gamers are dealing with off within the quiz present event, as an alternative of the standard six. And on the finish of 9 hour-long episodes — which every installment that includes two video games — one brainiac will take residence the Trebek Trophy and the $500,000 grand prize.
Because the J!Buzz weblog explains, gamers will earn “match factors” in every sport — three factors for the winner, one level for the runner-up, and nil for the third-place participant.
The knockouts will happen over six video games throughout three episodes, after which the highest six gamers will play within the quarterfinals within the subsequent three episodes. The highest 4 quarterfinalists will compete within the semifinals throughout two episodes, and within the season finale, the highest three semifinalists will duke it out with conventional dollar-value scores in a two-game “complete level affair.”
However nobody’s going residence empty-handed as Season 3 kicks off on Thursday, April 30, on ABC. The runner-up will get $250,000, the third-place participant will get $150,000, and so forth. Even the gamers nixed within the knockouts will nonetheless get $15,000 comfort prizes.
However the place do the Season 3 gamers’ Jeopardy! totals stand now? Discover out on this rating primarily based on information from the Jeopardy! web site and the fan-maintained J! Archive.
Jeopardy! Masters, Season 3 Premiere, Wednesday, April 30, 8/7c, ABC