This is Day 8 of 14 in the Season 39 Champions Wildcard (Group 2)
- Wildcard Group 2 runs February 5th - 22nd
- Contestants are listed here
- This will be followed by the Tournament of Champions.
I’m posting occasionally on various social media, but this newsletter is the best place to find daily recaps, photos, and announcements.
Happy Valentine’s Day!! My friend (& fellow Jeopardy fan) Setareh has posted her Jeopardy Valentines (I look forward to these every year since she started making them in 2022.
Here’s the tweet with the full lineup, (and the archive from 2022 and 2023) but below are a few of my favorites.
Vince Bacani
Vince and Ilhana both did heart hands today during their intro (for Valentine’s Day or just because? Who knows!) All three contestants dressed pretty similarly to their original episodes tonight.
Vince’s outfit is a festive shade of pink, pretty similar to his lavender look in his first episode.
Original appearance details:
- first episode 1/17/23
- won 1 game (vs. Katie Palumbo & Stephanie Pakula)
- lost to Erin Portman (alongside Alec Wang)
Ilhana Redzovic
Ilhana’s outfit tonight looks like the same shirt as her first episode, but she paired it with a dark green blazer. That’s a nice color! She is also wearing glasses tonight, which she didn’t in her other episodes.
Ilhana also drew a heart under her name tonight.
Original appearance details:
- first episode 5/30/23
- won 2 games (vs. Diandra D’Alessio & Nathan Dennis, vs. Kyle Marshall & Lisa Gargiulo)
- lost to Jared Watson (alongside Eva Thomas)
Elliott Kim
Elliott continued his grey & black trend, but with a grey jacket this time instead of black. I like the contrast of the lighter jacket here. And he didn’t wear his glasses this time (maybe he gave them to Ilhana!!)
Original appearance details:
- first episode 7/3/23
- won 1 game (vs. Ilena Di Toro & Sarah Daily)
- lost to Kate Campolieta (alongside Chuck Beem)
Ken Jennings
Ken is wearing pink for Valentine’s Day of course! This is a tie we haven’t seen Ken wear before!
Team shirts are available in my Etsy for most of the 27 upcoming ToC contestants!
If you’re a ToC (or JIT or Masters) contestant and you want me to make a shirt design, get in touch with me!
Hi Lilly - Apologies for the late reply - I finally remembered to post about this one. I recognized Ken's tie here immediately, because, believe it or not, I just recently bought the exact same one myself! I was kind of in disbelief when I saw it, because what are the odds. This one is from David Donahue in a "berry" color, and I picked mine up from Nordstrom Rack.
I really enjoy of all of your recapping and posts here - thanks so much for putting everything together for us! I am a big tie fan (I wear one myself almost every day), and I especially like your focus on ties, both Ken's and the contestants'. If I ever make it on Jeopardy, you can bet I'll wear one too. Keep up the great work and thanks again! -Eddie