The beloved game show will be premiering its new High School Reunion Tournament early next year, producers announced on Monday, where former Teen Tournament contestants will be invited back to compete on the Alex Trebek stage once again. The competition will consist of 27 hopefuls who will battle it out for a $100,000 prize as well as a coveted spot in the 2023 Tournament of Champions. “We didn’t want to lose that sort of college energy [this season],” executive producer Michael Davies said on Monday, Dec. 5 episode of the Inside Jeopardy! Podcast. “We knew we had these 27 players who are all of college age who come from our existing Jeopardy! community, so this was a great opportunity to bring them back.” The format of the new tournament will consist of nine quarterfinal games, three semifinals and a two-day, total-point affair final. Kicking off on Monday, Feb. 20, the quarterfinals will last through Thursday, March 2. The semifinals are scheduled to take place from Friday, March 3 through Tuesday, March 7, with the finals taking place on Wednesday, March 8 and Thursday, March 9. As for the contestants, the show has already selected 27 competitors to play Jeopardy! once again, including Season 35 Teen Tournament II Champion Ava Gupta and Season 35 Teen Tournament I Champion Claire Sattler, per TV Insider. Also expected to compete are Justin Bolsen, Maggie Brown, Tim Cho, Jack Izzo, Jackson Jones, Rohan Kapileshwari, Rohit Kataria, Rotimi Kukoyi, Sreekar Madabushi, Anish Maddipoti, Lucas Miner, Hannah Nekritz, Teagan O’Sullivan, Dan Oxman, Isabella Pagano, Stephanie Pierson, Alison Purcell, Caleb Richmond, Audrey Sarin, Audrey Satchivi, Autumn Shelton, Rhea Sinha, Eesha Sohail, Maya Wright and Shriya Yarlagadda. According to podcast co-host and Jeopardy! producer Sarah Foss, more information about the contestants will be provided on the next episode of the Inside Jeopardy! Podcast, which drops new episodes every week. More News:
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