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Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:56 am
by BackInTex
Seems forever since Jeopardy! brough new contestants to the show.
It's been former players competing for a spot in a tournanment, the tournament after tournament, then new games with repeat players playing for another spot in a tournament, then yet another.
It's tiring. While not quite the Celebrity overload that killed WWTBAM, I think I'm done with Jeopardy. I've lost interest in watching the same old folks come back on the compete again and again. One player earlier this week was on her 4th run. I'm sure others are there as well.
It's too bad. I don't think Alec would have put up with it.
Re: Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:07 am
by silverscreenselect
BackInTex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:56 am
Seems forever since Jeopardy! brough new contestants to the show.
I'm wondering if this might have something to do with a lack of new contestants for the show. I remember a few years back when we and the Jeopardy boards obsessed over the upcoming contestant's tests and followed who got invited to what auditions afterward. Now, there's an online "anytime" test (which I've never taken), so the urgency to take part in the process is diminishing. Fewer people taking the test means fewer potential contestants.
Re: Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:12 am
by Bob78164
silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:07 am
BackInTex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:56 am
Seems forever since Jeopardy! brough new contestants to the show.
I'm wondering if this might have something to do with a lack of new contestants for the show. I remember a few years back when we and the Jeopardy boards obsessed over the upcoming contestant's tests and followed who got invited to what auditions afterward. Now, there's an online "anytime" test (which I've never taken), so the urgency to take part in the process is diminishing. Fewer people taking the test means fewer potential contestants.
I think it had a lot more to do with the strikes. --Bob
Re: Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:51 am
by Bob Juch
BackInTex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:56 am
Seems forever since Jeopardy! brough new contestants to the show.
It's been former players competing for a spot in a tournanment, the tournament after tournament, then new games with repeat players playing for another spot in a tournament, then yet another.
It's tiring. While not quite the Celebrity overload that killed WWTBAM, I think I'm done with Jeopardy. I've lost interest in watching the same old folks come back on the compete again and again. One player earlier this week was on her 4th run. I'm sure others are there as well.
It's too bad. I don't think Alec would have put up with it.
I like seeing my favorites return.
There will be episodes with ordinary players starting next week after the JIT ends.
Re: Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:49 am
by Ritterskoop
It was the writers' strike (they re-used contestants and re-used material); we should start seeing new people anytime now.
But yeah, I'm ready for fresh faces as well.
Re: Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:49 pm
by BackInTex
Bob78164 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:12 am
silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:07 am
BackInTex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:56 am
Seems forever since Jeopardy! brough new contestants to the show.
I'm wondering if this might have something to do with a lack of new contestants for the show. I remember a few years back when we and the Jeopardy boards obsessed over the upcoming contestant's tests and followed who got invited to what auditions afterward. Now, there's an online "anytime" test (which I've never taken), so the urgency to take part in the process is diminishing. Fewer people taking the test means fewer potential contestants.
I think it had a lot more to do with the strikes. --Bob
Why would that matter? If they are reusing questions, why would it matter whether it's new or "used" contestants?
Re: Jeopardy! Rerun contestants
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:17 pm
by Bob78164
BackInTex wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:49 pm
Bob78164 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:12 am
silverscreenselect wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:07 am
I'm wondering if this might have something to do with a lack of new contestants for the show. I remember a few years back when we and the Jeopardy boards obsessed over the upcoming contestant's tests and followed who got invited to what auditions afterward. Now, there's an online "anytime" test (which I've never taken), so the urgency to take part in the process is diminishing. Fewer people taking the test means fewer potential contestants.
I think it had a lot more to do with the strikes. --Bob
Why would that matter? If they are reusing questions, why would it matter whether it's new or "used" contestants?
They didn't want to provide new contestants with re-used material, and they didn't want to force new contestants to choose between risking their chance to appear on the show and crossing a picket line. That's why the ToC was delayed as long as it was -- a lot of qualifiers made it known that they would not cross a picket line. --Bob