[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Wednesday, November 8, 2023 episode of Jeopardy.] On the third anniversary of Alex Trebek‘s death, Jeopardy! fans were treated to a thrilling Champions Wildcard final. The game was a close call throughout, leaving fans equal parts excited for the winner and sad for the runners-up. At stake was a $100,000 grand prize and an invitation to the next Tournament of Champions. Who walked away victorious? Battling it out in this round of the Wildcard Tournament finals was returning players Jilana Cotter, Emily Sands, and Aaron Craig. Jilana had $3,000 in winnings carried over from the November 7 game (the first of two final showdowns). Aaron had $10,000, and Emily had a whopping $30,400. As host Ken Jennings said, Emily and Jilana were “jockeying” for the lead for much of the game. The scores at the first break were Emily with $3,600, Jilana with $3,200, and Aaron with $4,600. Heading into Double Jeopardy, Aaron stayed around the same score with $4,800, Emily jumped ...
- 11/9/2023
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[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Thursday, November 7, 2023 episode of Jeopardy!] Game one of Jeopardy!‘s two-game Champions Wildcard finals kicked off with Aaron Craig, an attorney originally from Toronto, Ontario; Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida; and Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota. As anticipated, it was an intense match between the three former champions, as their skill has been proven during previous installments. However, one of the contestants made fatal mistake that cost them the game and sent fans reeling. Competition before the first break remained stiff, with Emily taking the lead at $3,800 after finding the first Daily Double, followed by Jilana at $1,000 and Aaron at $800. However, once we got into Double Jeopardy, Jilana was able to take the lead with $7,600, and Emily was able to add another $3,000 to her score. Emily acquired the second Daily Double and answered correctly, adding a whopping $8,000 to her score and reclaiming the lead. ...
- 11/8/2023
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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the November 6 episode of Jeopardy!] The last finalist for the Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard has been found. However, the last of the three semifinal games could have easily ended much differently due to the winner’s wager during Final Jeopardy. Brian Adams, a retired public educator from Big Bear Lake, California, Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida, and Dave Pai, a field application scientist originally from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania faced off in the November 6 episode, with Jilana just a bit ahead going into the final round. She had $11,500 to Dave’s $11,200, with Brian in third with $5,200. The clue in “Music & Literature” read: “John Steinbeck called this ‘one of the great songs of the world’ & wanted the music & lyrics printed in one of his novels.” The answer was “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and only Jilana was correct, adding $10,900. She advanced to the finals with a total of $22,400 (...
- 11/7/2023
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[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Tuesday, October 24, 2023 episode of Jeopardy!] Jilana Cotter impressed fans during the Tuesday, October 24 episode of Jeopardy!. Following her appearance on the game show, she took to the Jeopardy Reddit discussion board to give viewers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the episode in addition to answering questions about her game play, and her comments addressed her Final Jeopardy bet that she called “embarrassing.” By the time of the first commercial break, Jilana, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida, had won $4,400. She was in the lead ahead of competitors Steve Crupi, a retired police information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada, and John Vigna, a writer from Los Angeles, California, but Steve caught up after the first break. By the end of the round, she had only added $200 to her score, leaving her with $4,600. Steve was in the lead with $6,400. John was trailing behind with -$400. Jilana increased her winnings to $19,000 in Double Jeopardy, ...
- 10/25/2023
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[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the September 28, 2023 episode of Jeopardy.] Game one of the two-day finals for Jeopardy!‘s Second Chance Tournament begins this evening with three returning contestants. Today’s contestants included Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts; Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida; and Michalle Gould, a librarian from Laguna Beach, California. Jilana had an explosive beginning, securing 8 out of the initial 15 clues. Before the first break, she secured the first Daily Double, adding $1,200 to her score for a $5,000 lead at the first break. Meanwhile, Michalle and Barb made significant progress in the latter half of the round, narrowing the gap as the game reached its halfway point. Going into Double Jeopardy, Jiliana retained the lead with $6,400, and both Machalle and Barb tied at $3,400. Barb missed the second Daily Double, plummeting her score down to $0. Afterward, she faced some difficulties regaining her momentum, but a judge’s decision to ...
- 9/29/2023
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