Jeopardy! Masters critics beg ‘anyone but Victoria Groce’ to win ahead of finale as star’s stats are revealed
JEOPARDY! Masters critics have begged anyone but Victoria Groce to win ahead of the finale after the star’s stats were revealed.
On Friday, Jeopardy! shared all the competing player’s game stats on Instagram.
GettyJEOPARDY! Masters critics have begged anyone but Victoria Groce to win ahead of the finale after the star’s stats were revealed[/caption]
Jeopardy!Victoria was shown to have a 93% correct response percentage and the largest correct daily double wager at 20,800[/caption]
The post was captioned, “We’ll let the numbers do the talking before the Semifinals tonight at 8pm on ABC.”
First place Victoria was shown to have a 93% correct response percentage, the largest correct daily double wager at 20,800, and the highest final score at 50,000.
Sitting in second place, Yogesh Raut was revealed to have a 92% correct response percentage, his largest correct daily double wager was shown to be $15,400, and his highest final score was 36,400.
In third, James Holzhauer had a 91% correct response percentage.
The Jeopardy Masters champ’s highest correct daily double wager was $20,000 and his highest final score was 46,108.
Last was Amy Schneider, who matched James’ correct response percentage.
Her largest correct daily double wager however was only 10,600 and her highest final score was 36,001.
In the comment section, one fan complained after viewing the stats, “Anyone but Victoria.”
“I just can’t get behind Victoria,” agreed another.
They continued, “When she’s on the show The Chase, she sits there and knits, almost like she’s saying ‘I’m so much smarter than you that I barely have to pay attention.’
“I find it to be very smug and rude. I am team James all the way!”
A third person wrote, “Victoria and Yogesh have been putting on an absolute clinic. As a James fan, I’m nervous. But really, props to whoever ends up winning. They’ll have earned it for sure.”
“Still rooting for JAMES!” added another, hopeful fan.
CUT TO THE CHASE
Recently, Jeopardy! Masters viewers realized James and Victoria have a connection outside their beloved game show.
Jeopardy!Yogesh sat in second place before the Jeopardy! Masters semifinal[/caption]
Jeopardy!In third, James Holzhauer had a 91% correct response percentage[/caption]
Fans theorized that their link could be causing James to feel extra frustrated about being in third place in the tournament.
Six of Jeopardy!’s top contestants are going head-to-head in Season 2 of the show’s Masters tournament.
The competition began last month and features James, Victoria, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, and Yogesh Raut.
A few weeks in, only four players remain as they prepare to battle it out in the semi-finals.
Mattea and Matt did not qualify to move forward in the tournament, with the former coming in fifth place and the latter in sixth.
Heading into the next round, Victoria is currently in first place with 16 match points, Yogesh in second with 10 points, James next up with nine points, and Amy in fourth with 6 points.
In the first few rounds, each hour-long episode of the Ken Jennings-hosted special featured two games with different combinations of contestants.
Fans speculated that James thought the competition would be another easy win as the announcer revealed on the show that James’ occupation was “the self-described Final Boss of Jeopardy!”
After having been in third place for most of the tournament, viewers have noticed the player looking disappointed.
Some on social media are now realizing that he’s likely feeling extra defeated because of his link to rival Victoria away from this game show.
FEELING FRUSTRATED
“I’m a James fan, but he’s struggling against Victoria,” one fan said on Facebook. “He’s clearly been frustrated.”
“Since he’s known her outside Jeopardy, it probably gets to him a different way,” suggested another viewer, referencing how they are both Chasers on ABC’s The Chase.
The game show, The Chase, sees a group of contestants trying to win money by defeating a trivia expert known as the Chaser.
Some fans on social media theorized that James is likely feeling extra defeated because of his link to rival Victoria away from this game show.
WHAT IS: THE MASTERS SCHEDULE?
Six of Jeopardy!'s top players are going head-to-head in the Masters tournament. Take a look at the competiton schedule:
Wednesday, May 1 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Monday, May 6 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Wednesday, May 8 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Friday, May 10 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Monday, May 13 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Wednesday, May 15 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Friday, May 17 at 8 pm ET on ABC
Monday, May 20 — SEMI-FINALS at 8 pm ET on ABC
Wednesday, May 22 — FINALS at 8 pm ET on ABC
Along with James and Victoria both having been Chasers on the show, Jeopardy! host Ken has also taken on that role.
Brad Rutter, Brandon Blackwell, Buzzy Cohen, and Mark Labbett have taken turns as Chasers on the game show, as well.
“I think [James] has met his match in Victoria,” one fan insisted on social media.
“I thought that too, but now I think Queen Victoria is too much for him,” a second admitted.
Viewers also theorized that James’ third-place standing was the reason the game show made an unusual change in the middle of the tournament.
Normally, Jeopardy! Masters would share each contestant’s profession when introducing them before each game.
For the first couple of episodes, the announcer would share that James’ job is simply being the “self-described Final Boss of Jeopardy!”
When the third episode came around, they began only saying players’ names, and fans speculated that they dropped the occupation portion because of James.
Jeopardy!Last was Amy Schneider, who matched James’ correct response percentage[/caption]
ABCFans theorized that Victoria’s connection with James outside the Jeopardy! could be causing him to feel extra frustrated about being in third place in the tournament[/caption]
ABCJeopardy! shared all the competing player’s game stats on Instagram, which showed Victoria sitting comfortably in first place[/caption]
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