Jeopardy! has announced the contestants who will be in their first ever Second Chance Tournament. 18 former contestants will get that second chance to win starting October 17, 2022. The way it all works is set out on the Second Chance Tournament page on Jeopardy.com. 9 players will compete in Week 1 and the other 9 will compete in Week 2. There will be 3 matches and the winner of each match will compete in a 2-day final. Each week will produce a Jeopardy! champion who will advance to the Tournament of Champions.
Here are the contestants, in alphabetical order, with links to the game each one was in. If you happen to watch the first rerun today, you’ll be seeing one of the Second Chance contestants: Tracy Pitzel.
Isaac Applebaum – the 4th finalist in the National College Championship tournament
James Fraser – 3rd place on 3/10/21
Sadie Goldberger – the infamous Tubma ruling on 6/17/22
Aaron Gulyas – second place on 5/27/22
Molly Karol second place (by a dollar) on 11/15/21
Alicia O’Hare – second place on 7/6/22
Do-Hyoung Park – second place on 12/20/21
Tom Philipose – second place on 6/2/22
Tracy Pitzel – third place on 9/20/21
Nikkee Porcaro – second place on 6/25/21
Renée Russell – second place on 4/28/22
Pam Schoenberg – second place on 11/30/21
Jeff Smith – third place on 11/5/2021
Sarah Snider – second place on 5/5/22
Jessica Stephens – 10/11/21 was Matt Amodio’s last game and Jonathan Fisher’s first. Jessica finished second
Rowan Ward – appeared on Jeopardy! on 8-13-21 as Nicolle Neulist; finished third
Jack Weller – second place on 1-22-21
Cindy Zhang – second place on 11-4-21
Isaac Applebaum isn’t coming due to unforeseen circumstances. He is replaced by Erica Weiner-Amachi.